Watch the live version of the 4k and demo compos

4k competition:



Demo competition:

Prizegiving (updated: results!)

Full results from NVScene here:

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                            a part of NVISION 2008

                          San Jose, California, USA

                             August 25 - 27, 2008
                                        
            http://www.nvision2008.com - http://nvision.scene.org
                     
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4kB intro
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01   202 Texas - Keyboarders
02   165 Receptor - TBC
03   130 Photon Race 2 - Archee & Slyspy
04   114 Astra - AxON
05   112 Statics - Traction
06   107 eco - s_tec, matecha
07   105 Solitude - Unknown Artists
08   102 KYBERNETIC - mad/STILL
    102 kevinspacy - Alcatraz
10    98 Voxel - Fresh!mindworkz
11    94 WhiteOut - BoNZai Bros.
12    88 geburah - muhmac / speckdrumm
13    77 rutebyen  - prostyle corp.
14    60 IsoHack - GL-Fusion
15    59 Das weisse Rauschen - Kraftaktor
16    51 512 byte Domination - Polaris
17    48 Peak-load - HARDREAD
18    42 Evil Helicopters Attack With Bombs - Lord Graga
19    41 Snailmail - T$ / Scoopex & Alcatraz



Demo
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01   181 Stargazer - Andromeda & Orb
02   177 Into The Pink - Plastic
03   146 Midnight run - Andromeda Software Development
    146 n-0505 - xplsv feat. nine inch nails
05   124 Binary Alchemy - Northern Dragons
06    95 moove - fresh!mindworkz
07    94 Rarefaction - Youth Uprising
08    93 Proton - Science and Blackmaiden
09    90 Ersatz - Limp Ninja
10    86 Echoes - Anadune
     86 Life on Air - System K
12    64 Visage - Nah-Kolor
13    61 Shmakalucha - imbusy & kondencuotas pienas
14    59 See em Why Kay? - Guideline
15    47 Biocore - eXtrait

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generated with Partymeister [hacked to death by NVScene organizers]

Compos done - WOW!

Okay, I'm close to speechless - that was probably both the best 4k and best demo compo I have attended this year. The prods were great, the crowd went wild - it was just a perfect evening of demoscene spirit! I'm going to bed now so I'm leaving you with this image:

Chaos' seminar

A magical number.

Chaos' excellent user interface sketches for werkzeug.

Chaos blows things up!

Showing off werkzeug.

Mentor's seminar

Mentor/TBC is currently on stage, and the Q&A has just started. He thought he could just jump off stage and hide, but no. :) The audience wanted to know more about how making such 4k intros are possible.

Mentor shows off the animation system used in Micropolis.

Mentor tells us how NOT to make 4k intros.

"ARGH! IT'S THE INSIDE OF THE MATRIX!" (quote from Chaos :)

Mentor shows off what the "source" of Atrium looks like in their tool.

Videos from Demoscene.tv

Demoscene.tv is present at NVScene, making reports and putting them online as soon as they are edited. Here you can follow these reports (Flash player is needed)

Pictures from last night

People chilling out around the "bonfire"! Steeler giving the traditional german salute :)

The american demo posse (from left to right: gd, zsazS, and trixter)

Navis and someone from NVIDIA, Matt from the NVScene crew in the background.

Phoenix/Hornet - demomaking is NOT A CRIME!

Pan/Spinning Kids just before he went into camera-lens analytical mode. :)

IQ's talk (updated - Blogger works again :)

IQ just finished his talk on generating virtual worlds in 4 kilobytes on the GPU, and the room was packed. 140+ people, standing room only. Here are some pictures:



Right now pretty much everyone is heading over to the keynote speech by Jen-Hsun Huang, so the room is finally quiet and relaxed again. :) The crew will be having some lunch now, and in an hour, the seminars will continue. Be sure not to miss the outreach team's talk on the origins of the demoscene (trust me, it's not as boring as it's title :) at 3 PM in the NVScene room.. because you're OF COURSE already here, aren't you? If not: shame on you! :)

120 people - hall almost packed!

Okay, so.. right now there are 120+ people in the hall, listening to IQ's talk about "Rendering worlds in 4 kilobytes on the GPU", and I just had to share this picture with you:

NVScene has started, Preacher on stage

We're on! This morning at 09:00, people started to coming into the hall and finding their seats, and right now it is 10:50, and Preacher is just wrapping up his talk. I don't have much time to add a long rant about how cool it was, just trust me.. this is AWESOME! The hall is already almost completely packed (!) - a quick headcount gives me 80+ people right now.

IQ is just about to start his talk now, so here are some pictures of the opening and such before I have to start photographing again. :)

Temis Nunez of NVIDIA opens NVScene!

People working while Preacher prepares his talk.

Preacher's "Superman VS Batman" demoscene comparison. :)

Preacher talking to a packed audience!

Front row packed as well!