It was definitly not my time when demos were so popular. But it is fun to create something like that because of speed optimizations, different techniques and of course the eyecandy.
I looked around the web and found the Demo Effects Collection which is a site that lists a lot of oldschool demo effects. I know only thoose new demos, using a lot of 3D. So this site is very helpful to get some idea about old effects and the techniques behind them.
Basically I want this demo to be some showcase to demonstrate new possibilities of Actionscript3. It will be fun creating it. The screenshot shows a Voxel engine with terrain generation based on spectrum analysis. The demo will feature a playback system and different scenes. The screen is 480×240px (!) and all effects are currently done in real-time. A release of the demo will be around 30th of november.
I am also very happy that BitShifter allowed me to use his music. Thanks Josh!
Cool, looking forward to see it when it´s done. There have been a few demos made with as3 lately. This one for example: http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=25802
Was released at Assembly 06, think it´s pretty nice.
nice work ;)
i like that old skool effect ;)