trsac and the demoscene

TRSAC og Demoscenen

Nicolai Brodersen Hansen - imvnbh@hum.au.dk

nic0 / TBC^TRSACAarhus University / CAVI /Participation Information

Technology centre

Me• M.Sc in Information Studies, Aarhus University

• PhD fellow 2013-2016

• Affiliated with the PIT and CAVI centres

• Advisor Kim Halskov

• Research interests:

• Hacker spaces, maker culture

• Participatory creativity and innovation

• Generative use of design materials

• Creative collaborative design processes

TRSAC - et “party”• “The Real Scene After Christmas”

• 18-20 oktober

• Århus Firmasport, Paludan-Müllers Vej 110, 8200 Århus N

• 120 Visitors, 50ish foreign (Norway, Sweden, Germany, Finland, Holland, etc)

Facilities & party features

• Room for 120 people

• Bigscreen and good PA

• Separate sleeping halls

• Cafeteria with draft beer, warm food, snacks and more

• Showers

• Internet and partynetwork

• The golden ducks

• Lots of parking space

• Several live acts

The demoscene• Computer art subculture

• Creating ‘demos’ running 3-4 minutes

• Multidisciplinary efforts

• Attracts both musicians, graphicians programmers, and a legion of hangers-on, organizers and the likes

Demo: “Blunderbuss”

256 byte intro: Difuze by Rrola

4 kilobyte intro: Elevated by RGBA & TBC

• $

Amiga 500 demo: Hideous mutant freaks by Spaceballs

Creating a demo

Demo framework

Graphics Music Routines / effects

Finished demo

Demosceners Demosceners Demosceners

Softwaretools

• Music setting the mood

• Graphicians and programmers in close collaboration

• Musicians kicking in now and then

• Pictures of music (?), code and graphics WIP all of them.

A prototypical design process

Collaboration flow

Programmer

3d software

DropboxDemo-engine

Graphician

3d object transformer

script

Amiga ftp

3d object

GNU Rocket

• WUDSN IDE (Atari 8bit)

• GNU Rocket (PC remote control)

• 4klang (4 kilobyte sound generation)

Frameworks for collaboration

Creativity, collaboration and frameworks

Programmer

3d software

DropboxDemo-engine

Graphician

3d object transformer

script

Amiga ftp

3d object

GNU Rocket

• Friendship, social interactions

• Artistic and technical challenges

• Competitiveness

Motivation for participation

• Software frameworks (Mostly selfbuilt, sometimes Unity)

• Open or closed-source programs:

• GNU-rocket etc

• Photoshop, Renoise, Lightwave

Tools for participation

Platforms for participation

• Demo “parties”

• Groups

• Online Platforms

Competitions

• Demo, 64kb intro, 4kb intro, Wild/Animation

• Graphics competitions, Handdrawn, 4kb executable image

• Music: Mp3, oldschool (mod), executable

• Photography

• ... and much much more.

TRSAC - et “party”• “The Real Scene After Christmas”

• 18-20 oktober

• Århus Firmasport, Paludan-Müllers Vej 110, 8200 Århus N

• 120 Visitors, 50ish foreign (Norway, Sweden, Germany, Finland, Holland, etc)

Want more?

• http://www.pouet.net

• http://www.trsac.dk

• nbhansen@gmail.com

• Facebook.com --> TRSAC 2013

• http://www.slengpung.com (NSFW)