Octogenarian - A MEGADEMO THAT WASN'T 31 YEARS IN THE MAKING
What Is It?
Released at the 2024 SillyVenture winter meet. Needs a 520STFM or better.
Octogenarian is my second big release and an entry to the SillyVenture Winter meet in Gdansk, Poland. I released it on the 7th of December 2024.
Whilst my last demo had the usual oldshool stuff, this one's a little bit different in places and presented differently. I've tried some new effects and pushed the limit of what you can reasonably get out of STOS on a basic ST with some screens, leaving just a few hundred bytes of memory left to work with in some cases. I'm sure it won't be winning any prizes at SillyVenture, but it's a landmark for me, to get a release done over the course of a year with an event in mind.
Whilst my last demo had the usual oldshool stuff, this one's a little bit different in places and presented differently. I've tried some new effects and pushed the limit of what you can reasonably get out of STOS on a basic ST with some screens, leaving just a few hundred bytes of memory left to work with in some cases. I'm sure it won't be winning any prizes at SillyVenture, but it's a landmark for me, to get a release done over the course of a year with an event in mind.
Unlike "Better Late Than Never", this demo runs sequentially and has six different screens that load one after the other. You don't even have to press the spacebar and can just leave it to do its thing. The screen changes every few minutes and reboots at the end.
Whilst some demos are homages to other screens, some are improvements over things I did in my last release - such as faster 3D!
It's another ST disc image, so you can always write it to a floppy (if you have a Greaseweazel) or chuck it in your favourite emulator. It's been tested on native hardware and as always, runs best on a real ST.
Whilst some demos are homages to other screens, some are improvements over things I did in my last release - such as faster 3D!
It's another ST disc image, so you can always write it to a floppy (if you have a Greaseweazel) or chuck it in your favourite emulator. It's been tested on native hardware and as always, runs best on a real ST.
Plenty of bobs in this demo. Bob's your uncle, so as to speak.
Plasma and moire - keeping it oldschool.
Many thanks to Michal Michalowski, SillyVenture organiser for welcoming such a complete lamer to the scene, Tom for his cheerleading and the many others who were so positive and friendly on the streaming event's live chat. I'm definitely going to have to get another entry together!
Now this demo is out, I'll be taking a break over Christmas. I've got a Spectrum that wants to teach me Z80. 😀
I'm aiming to release a new screen for Easter 2025, but in the meantime enjoy this one!
Now this demo is out, I'll be taking a break over Christmas. I've got a Spectrum that wants to teach me Z80. 😀
I'm aiming to release a new screen for Easter 2025, but in the meantime enjoy this one!