DemoJS, the web demoparty, is back this weekend in Paris

http://demojs.org/#index

by bobylito • 13 years ago

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p0nce• 13 years ago

Last year results http://pouet.net/party.php?which=1570&when=2012

PavlovsCat• 13 years ago

Everything! http://pouet.net/toplist.php?type=prods&platform=JavaScript&...

skrebbel• 13 years ago

For those who wonder what the hell this is about, I always find the following story a good introduction to the demoscene:

Jonny looks around, confused, his train of thought disrupted. He collects himself and stares at the teacher with a steady eye.

"I want to code demos," he says, his words becoming stronger and more confident as he speaks.

"I want to write something that will change people's perception of reality. I want them to walk away from the computer dazed, unsure of their footing and eyesight. I want to write something that will reach out of the screen and grab them, make their heartbeats and breathing slow to almost a halt. I want to write something they are reluctant to leave, knowing that nothing they experience that day will be quite as real, as insightful, as good. I want to write demos."

Silence. The class and the teacher stare at Jonny, stunned. It is the teacher's turn to be confused. Jonny blushes, feeling that something more is required. "Either that or I want to be a fireman."

- Denthor of Asphyxia (1993, if I recall correctly)

(As an aside, it's clear that what Jonny really wants to make is the Oculus Rift and not demos, but hey, he's just a kid)

mrspeaker• 13 years ago

Ah... the days spent anxiously waiting the next instalment! I had to do Pascal as part of my undergrad; The only thing that made it bearable was heapings of Denthor's wisdom (seemed wise back then, at least), and inline assembler: http://archive.gamedev.net/archive/reference/listed82.html?c...

Eduard• 13 years ago

A demo in JS - if it gets too demanding on your hardware, just make the browser window smaller :)

crazysaem2• 13 years ago

At JS1K http://js1k.com/ are also some great JavaScript demos

bobylito3• 13 years ago

Yes! By the way, we'll have the three winners of the last spring edition, P01, Roman Cortes and Philippe Deschaseaux speak saturday afternoon.

crazysaem2• 13 years ago

I'd really like to hear that talk. Will there be a Video/Audio recording for people who didn't attend?

antimagic2• 13 years ago

With all those cold dark weekends that Paris has during the year, and they couldn't find any better time to schedule this than in summer, and specifically on the Solidays weekend. Boooo!

bobylito3• 13 years ago

That was a very tough call we had to make by choosing this date. We kept it in order to respect the tradition. Who would we be if we break the rules on the third event :P

antimagic2• 13 years ago

Yeah, I'm just complaining because - well, because that's what you do when you live in Paris :D Still, it might be an idea to start slowly moving the date earlier in the year - April has far worse weather and shorter days than June, so it is far better suited to indoors activities ;)

DemoJS, the web demoparty, is back this weekend in Paris

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