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Demoscene Report 23 October 2024

Latest news on the active demoscene community. This week in particular we take a look at the releases from AmiParty and Alternative Party. Watch on youtube!
[Submitted by ps]
Posted by ALiEN^bf on Thu 24 Oct 2024 | Hits: 210 | Read/Post Comment: 0 |

SceneCity: Demoparty stream ambassadors wanted

SceneCity: Demoparty stream ambassadors wanted

After some talks with sceners there now is an alternative idea to shutting down SceneCity due to it being irrelevant: Making it relevant again.

For this, we see the need for the three key ingredients:
  • Have our stream encoder at a lot of demoparties
  • Therefore no longer depending on a SceneCity admin having to be at each party
  • Besides hosting, no involvement from scamp


To do the "outreach", we are looking for "Demoparty stream ambassadors". It's basically sceners carrying a stream encoder to demopartys and back.

Provided we find a couple of these ambassadors, instead of shutting down SceneCity at the end of October, it will be kept running for another half a year to see if usage of it gains traction. If we see that it is used during this "trial time", SceneCity will stay permanently. If it turns out there is no interest, it will be shut down mid 2025.

To increase acceptance by demoparty organizer, SceneCity will support re-streaming, which means: In addition to its own streaming platform we system optionally can send a copy of the Stream to Scenesat, Twitch or YouTube.

You should be:

  • Going to demoparties often, at least 4-5 times per year
  • Either often be part of a demoparty orga team, or be the kind of sceners who is one of the first visitors arriving
  • Willing to acquire some minimal knowledge in regards of managing a stream
  • Be somewhat trustworthy and "proven". Like: For example typically not losing half of your equipment on the way back from a party


What you will be provided:

We will send you a Plug&Play ready to use SceneCity stream encoder. It's a tiny MiniPC running OBS and having two HDMI capture inputs, and two HDMI video monitor outputs. As the tech area of demoparties often is very hot, we have added an external ultra-silent fan.

Here is a picture of the device: https://scenecity.site/scenecity_encoder_minipc_small.jpg

With a size of 12x12x8cm and a weight of below 1kg it's easy to take it with you, even on a train or in the hand luggage on your flight.

We will send you the device free of charge, and you can keep it as long as you are going to demoparties on a regular basis.

We right now have three units available. Should there be additional demand, we will produce more.

Independance

You will be able to create and manage streams yourself using our stream management web interface. You may ask SceneCity admins if they are available for support during a demoparty weekend, but in general should be able to handle, test and troubleshoot things yourself.

Also, you can configure your stream to have people auto-join a party chat channel on SceneCity's chat platform. Such a channel must created by a SceneCity admin, and that should be done well ahead of the actual party date.

Tech info

The encoder will use the H.265 coded and send out the stream via the SRT protocol. This is ideal because SRT can handle packet loss much better than outdated RTMP, and can adapt to the upstream bandwidth available at the party. Ideally you will be streaming at 8-10 MBit/s.

The Mini PC while encoding has a pretty high CPU load. There is enough CPU capacity to have two video input sources (for example a camera and beam output) in OBS running on the MiniPC, and some text etc. It's not powerful to run any sophisticated effects or plug-ins, though.

Bigger demoparties typically will be running their own video mixer chain and/or OBS. In this case you would be receiving a ready to send mixdown, and only use one of the two HDMI capture inputs provided.

Re-streaming to Scenesat/Twitch/YouTube

As indicated depending on what the organizers of a demoparty want, SceneCity can re-stream to other platforms. This is happening on our transcoder chain backend in the SceneCity data center, so it does not use additional bandwidth at the party. For the re-streaming, the stream will be re-encoded from H.265 to H.264 and then send out via RTMP. You can configure the stream key the party organizers get from those platforms in the web management portal.

Also, you can configure your stream to have people auto-join a party chat channel on SceneCity's chat platform.

How to apply

Contact us on SceneCity's chat channel #SceneCity:

https://chat.scenecity.net/demoscene/channels/scenecity

[Submitted by scamp]
Posted by ALiEN^bf on Sun 20 Oct 2024 | Hits: 198 | Read/Post Comment: 0 |

untergrund.net will become read-only from December 15h 2024

untergrund.net will become read-only from December 15h 2024

If you have an account there, here is what you need to do:

1.) If your site is purely static, meaning it does not use PHP nor MySql or server-side-includes, you don't need to do anything. Your site will be archived and will still work.

2.) You no longer can FTP to your site from Dec 15th. If you would like to delete stuff so it's not archived forever, or if you stored stuff there outside of the webspace you wish to backup, do that before Dec 15h.

3.) If you have a site that is mostly static, but still uses PHP for minimal things like updating a counter, convert and rename your *.php to *.html.

4.) If you have a site that is dynamic (PHP/Mysql) and have the skills to do that, please make it static.

5.) If you have a site that is dynamic (PHP/Mysql) and you do not have the skills to do the conversion yourself: There is an archiving project run by some sceners who may be able to help. You can ask here:

https://www.pouet.net/topic.php?which=9917

6.) The email system will stop working. As it's POP3 you probably have all your mails. If you absolutely need a redirect from your old untergrund.net mail address to a different one, tell us before Dec 15th.

7.) Everything that is on ftp.untergrund.net, no matter what protocol type it was linked to will stay intact and you don't need to do anything. This applies if you have linked your downloads on your website to "https://ftp.untergrund.net/users/..." or "ftp://ftp.untergrund.net/users/". If you have stored downloads inside your pubhtml dir, see above.

8.) However, the FTP also will turn read-only. If you wish to add or remove files from there, please do it before 15th.

If you do NOT run a site, but know of a site that is important to the scene but know the account holder is gone (for example: deceased), see 5.).
[Submitted by scamp]
Posted by ALiEN^bf on Sat 19 Oct 2024 | Hits: 175 | Read/Post Comment: 0 |

!tum 2024: !TUM cancelled

[ Demoparty.net News ] !tum 2024: !TUM cancelled

It is with a heavy heart that we need to announce that !TUM 2024 cannot happen after all.

Even after several inspections and planning meetings with the location before the announcement, we have now found several showstoppers that wouldn’t allow us to party with you the way we all expect.
A big thank you to all the organizers and helpers that stepped up to make !TUM happen, the support by the TUM-organizers, and the many excited and kind messages from everyone planning to visit the party.

We will see each other at one of the next upcoming demoparties, and hope that we can pull things off in a future edition of !TUM.


[Submitted by BitBot]
Posted by ALiEN^bf on Tue 15 Oct 2024 | Hits: 193 | Read/Post Comment: 0 |

Demoscene Report 11 September 2024

Summary of the latest happenings and releases in the demoscene culture. This episode in particular covering the productions released at Xenium demoparty in Poland, ACQUA in Germany and Silly Venture Summer Edition also in Poland. Among other news and releases. Video on youtube.
[Submitted by ps]
Posted by ALiEN^bf on Thu 19 Sep 2024 | Hits: 440 | Read/Post Comment: 0 |

Transmission64 2024: Press Play on Tape Exclusive at Transmission64 2024

[ Demoparty.net News ] Transmission64 2024: Press Play on Tape Exclusive at Transmission64 2024

Don’t miss the world premiere of Press Play On Tape’s live recording from Back in Time Live 2023. Newly mixed, mastered and edited The Commodore 64 revival band covers popular songs from famous products for our favourite computer.

#c64 #demoparty #demoscene
Watch it at Transmission64 on November 23rd, 2024 on https://www.twitch.tv/transmission64

[Submitted by BitBot]

Posted by ALiEN^bf on Wed 11 Sep 2024 | Hits: 315 | Read/Post Comment: 0 |

Diversity final version released

Nah-Kolor's new Amiga AGA musicdisk Diversity final version has been released.
Featuring streaming music by Magnar, Traymuss, Skipp, Revisq, Muffler & Dreamer.
Download here: https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=97694
[Submitted by magicnah]
Posted by ALiEN^bf on Sat 07 Sep 2024 | Hits: 361 | Read/Post Comment: 0 |

Demoscene Report 4 September 2024

Summary of the latest happenings and releases in the demoscene culture. This episode in particular covering the productions released at Jumalauta 24 Years demoparty in Finland and Chaos Constructions 2024 in St. Petersburg, Russia. Among other things. Video on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urhIPh8PRns.
[Submitted by ps]
Posted by ALiEN^bf on Thu 05 Sep 2024 | Hits: 343 | Read/Post Comment: 0 |

Tracker Paper in English

[ Demoscene Research ] Tracker Paper in English
There are bigger updates underway, but as a quick heads-up: the tracker paper originally published in Finnish in 2019 is now available in English too: http://widerscreen.fi/numerot/ajankohtaista/trackers-the-rise-bloom-and-later-developments-of-a-paradigm/
[Submitted by BitBot]
Posted by ALiEN^bf on Tue 06 Aug 2024 | Hits: 671 | Read/Post Comment: 0 |

Underground Conference 13 is LIVE!

UC13 is running since last Sunday.

If you can't make it, now the UC13 party stream is LIVE:

https://tv.scenecity.net/index.html?channel=uc13

Sign in using your SceneID to also join our party chat.

Find the list of events here:

https://uc13.party/events.html#timetable

The main competitions are running from Thursday.

It's not too late to join us for the party weekend using our discounted weekend ticket.

Get the facts:

https://uc13.party
[Submitted by scamp]
Posted by ALiEN^bf on Thu 20 Jun 2024 | Hits: 795 | Read/Post Comment: 0 |

Demoscene exhibition in Hamburg

We cordially invite you to our einklang.net & Friends exhibition as part of the kunst altonale!
On June 1st and 2nd, an oasis of creativity and inspiration awaits you on the Platz der Republik (Hamburg Altona).

Experience a variety of artworks, from vibrant acrylic paintings to captivating illustrations and expressive drawings. And best of all, you can not only admire them, but also purchase them and take them home with you!

You will also be enchanted by our drawing robot, which draws portraits live and independently! A literally interactive work of art that you have to experience.

A video installation on the DEMO scene offers a spectacular look at the world of real-time algorithms, provides information about this unique digital art form and, above all, makes it tangible. DEMO art is the first digital art form ever to be declared intangible cultural heritage by UNESCO. This must be celebrated!

To round off the evening, there will also be danceable live electronic music. Look forward to great sets from B.Vernunft, Hooker and KNRD. We look forward to welcoming you to this unforgettable event!
[Submitted by Ghandy]
Posted by ALiEN^bf on Tue 28 May 2024 | Hits: 1083 | Read/Post Comment: 1 |

Issue 20 of the Amiga diskmag Jurassic Pack can be read online.

We invite you to read the latest issue of the Amiga diskmag Jurassic Pack online for all those who have problems with an emulator or don't own the original hardware anymore. You can read the last four issues here.
[Submitted by Ghandy]
Posted by ALiEN^bf on Tue 28 May 2024 | Hits: 1168 | Read/Post Comment: 0 |

CORE'97 / CORE'98 intros remake

Hello!
I just finished COREMAKE - CORE'97 / CORE'98 intros remake. This is open source project with full ANSI C MS-DOS source codes (compiled under Turbo C 2.01).
https://github.com/systoolz/coremake
This intros reverse engineered and remaked solely for fun and nostalgia. Most of the code disassembled from intros, but expect some slightly differences here and there compared to original behavior.
Greetings to everyone at CORE who did original intros almost 30 years ago!
This was fascinating dive into the late 90th technology finding origins of all assets used in the intros. The first attempt was in 2003 but only today I was able to find almost all sources for code and assets - see README.md at GitHub. Also will be glad if someone can help to identify and pinpoint the source of the font1 file - this is only asset without known origin. PC archaeology FTW!
Not sure this is the right place to submit this, but I hope you help me and forward to the right direction.
Thank you!
[Submitted by SysTools]
Posted by ALiEN^bf on Fri 24 May 2024 | Hits: 2040 | Read/Post Comment: 0 |

Full-scale Game Boy Advance dev jam is back after two-year hiatus

You have 3 months to make something cool that runs on the Game Boy Advance, using whatever tools you like!

More info: https://itch.io/jam/gbajam24
[Submitted by Anonymous]
Posted by ALiEN^bf on Fri 17 May 2024 | Hits: 1238 | Read/Post Comment: 0 |

Demoscene Report 24 April 2024

Weekly news and releases from the active demoscene.
Premiered on 24 April 2024!
Watch it on youtube.
[Submitted by ps]
Posted by ALiEN^bf on Fri 26 Apr 2024 | Hits: 1400 | Read/Post Comment: 0 |

Demoscene Report April 2024

News and highlights of the active demoscene April 2024: here
[Submitted by ps]
Posted by ALiEN^bf on Wed 17 Apr 2024 | Hits: 955 | Read/Post Comment: 0 |

Hege Nordli’s PhD thesis available

[ Demoscene Research ] Hege Nordli’s PhD thesis available
Hege Nordli’s scene-related PhD thesis, The Net Is Not Enough: Searching for the Female Hacker, has been hard to obtain for years, but now that problem is remedied. Markku spent a few hours scanning the book and got permission from Nordli to make the pdf available online (thanks!), so here you go: http://www.kameli.net/~marq/scenepub/nordli_hege/The_Net_Is_Not_Enough-ocr.pdf
[Submitted by BitBot]
Posted by ALiEN^bf on Mon 08 Apr 2024 | Hits: 1243 | Read/Post Comment: 0 |

Emticles and Arpires

[ Conspiracy ] Emticles and Arpires
In case you missed it, we have released our first 64k intro with our new toolchain! There's also going to be some more content in the articles section about how it works, so keep your eyes peeled.
[Submitted by BitBot]
Posted by ALiEN^bf on Mon 08 Apr 2024 | Hits: 1633 | Read/Post Comment: 0 |

Demoscene Report March 2024

Latest news, releases and highlights just before Revision. Get all caught up with what happened in March 2024 on the active demoscene by watching this video.
[Submitted by ps]
Posted by ALiEN^bf on Tue 26 Mar 2024 | Hits: 1210 | Read/Post Comment: 0 |

Outline 2024 - 9-12 may Ommen, Netherlands

GET READY FOR OUTLINE 2024!!
May 9-12 2024, Ommen, Netherlands

Tickets & registration for Holland’s longest running annual demoscene event are now online!

- Competitions for all platforms
- Party with DJ’s
- Free breakfast, tea & coffee
- Good food & beds at party location
- Flat scenic Dutch landscape all around
- Craptastic prize giving ceremony

Register here!
[Submitted by zeno4ever]
Posted by ALiEN^bf on Mon 18 Mar 2024 | Hits: 2218 | Read/Post Comment: 0 |
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