340K views · Apr 10, 2012 · 3:05 · 2 HN recommenders · 6 mentions · discussed 2012–2024
Hartverdrahtet by Akronyme Analogiker, the winning PC 4k intro at Revision 2012. It is a realtime demo with music and fractal visuals in 4096 bytes.
Why Hacker News points people here: Cited as a showcase of what fits in 4k, in discussions of code size limits and the demoscene.
“So then I'm going to post my favorite 4k [1], which even if you ignore the file size, is just a very cool use of fractals.”HN comment, 2024
“So then I'm going to post my favorite 4k [1], which even if you ignore the file size, is just a very cool use of fractals.”
Favorite 4k demo, a cool use of fractals.
So then I'm going to post my favorite 4k [1], which even if you ignore the file size, is just a very cool use of fractals. [1] this video
“The most recent 4ks are nothing short of stunning”
Stunning recent 4k demoscene productions.
Sadly, I don't have any of my own work anymore, although I'm sure I could write out a few procedural texture generators from top of my head. Luckily, the demo scene has collectively decided to go back and open source much of it's best work recently: link The most recent 4ks are nothing short of stunning: this video
“It was uploaded in 2048x1526 resolution”
A 4k intro demo, uploaded in high resolution.
This one? this video It was uploaded in 2048x1526 resolution, so anything less than that will be downsampled by Youtube.
“realtime fractal rendering is a pretty common effect in the demoscene and definitely doable in that size category”
Example of realtime fractal rendering in a 4k demo.
I almost read the title as about rendering it in a 4KB binary - realtime fractal rendering is a pretty common effect in the demoscene and definitely doable in that size category. Here are some examples: this video link link
“Have you seen 4k demo contests, btw?”
Shows what fits in 4k, countering claims about megabyte pages.
I understand your argument, but even then I don't think it's quite right; there is lots of room to improve on the size of a webpage vs its rendered pixels on the screen, even with the fancy fonts and gradients and animations. I still don't believe it's really megabytes. Have you seen 4k demo contests, btw? this video
“Blockchain constraints are eerily reminiscent of the demoscene”
Demoscene as parallel to blockchain size constraints.
Related to that, people have started using old procedural generation tricks to store "large" amounts of data on-chain. For example, as far as I understand it, Aavegotchi [1] stores base layer SVGs, metadata and functions to use these and render the actual end-product at view-time. Blockchain constraints are eerily reminiscent of the demoscene [2][3][4] (just using the opportunity to share stuff I like, don't mind it). [1]: link [2]: link [3]: link [4]: this video
