modern tendencies in demomaking
chasm/cpu

recently, there formed a difficuilt situation in the modern demomaking. almost every 8-bit platform practically has reached the climax in a programming techniques development, at the same time, on the ibm pc, due to the constant tendencies of the hardware accelerators' development, the pure and tight code, generally, is out of use.

so, it's easy to understand that demomaking from the simple coders' competition developed into the way of expressing of personal emotions and the creator's ideology. since, it became easy to deliver the creator's idea to the public visually and if it is not enough, then it is possible to combine it with text information, presented by means of effects.

for those, who don't understand what i mean, i'll try to explain it in other way. let's consider the first part of 'matrix'. for the most of consumers it is a 'super'blockbusterwith high-tech visual effects; for those, who understand cyberpunk, it's a possible way of human evolution; and if look deeper, then it's just a parable with beautiful pictures telling about a world, that every man can build around himself and which he want to see and to live in.

the same thing happens with demomaking. for the most who doesn't understand its meaning, demo is just a beautiful video, with outstanding audio-video features; for those who slightly comprehend, it's just another manner of dick-comparison, whose is longer (i.e. whose code, music or gfx is better); and finally, the most deepest understanding of a demo - what stands behind that prettiness, the sense, i.e. the inner world, either current state of creators' minds, which they want to deliver to the public.

however, there's no need in tight code to make others see, what you feel, if you have an interesting idea and its proper realization. for example, demos from skrju, or timewaster, which has nothing difficuilt in code, but has a great emotional affection.

i'm not making an appeal for creating funny crap demos, we just have to forget about this dick-length competition and try to concentrate on really interesting things, that force to comprehend the meaning of life and the world, surrounding us, or to make demos, which let us see the creator's inner state, it has a big importantance too.

p.s. i hope, sair00s will present the next progressive engine :)

p.p.s. by the way, conversions are not the cure, though it is a simple way of achieving novice coder's purposes. you don't have to follow someone's conceptions, create your own and you'll gain a biiiig satisfaction.