Actionscript3, Flash, Scala, Java, C#, C++, Algorithms & Imageprocessing
I announced some weeks ago that I am currently working on a demo. It is done. Finally.
Some demo features:
The demo has been optimized to work in the stand-alone player. So you can download also the lectues of the ffk06 which include the demo.swf and a program that allows you to view the demo in fullscreen!
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 480x240px (!) 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!
SoundMixer.computeSpectrum() is a lot of fun and there are lots of examples on the web. This is something different because it is something like a demo with realtime effects based on spectrum analysis.
Everything you can see is derived from SoundMixer.computeSpectrum().
The song is very chaotic (generally I do not like listening to such “music”) but it was fun to create this experiment. The song fits into the visuals. I wanted to achieve some synaesthesia. I hope that it is a success and you see the music – without some hallucinogens.
The song is called “Happy Ending” by Saskrotch. I really like the ending of that small “demo”. The text is just there because I got bored. It looks much better with some text. Enjoy and wait for the happy ending!
Update:
Now there are two versions. It is all the same code but with different music.
