229K views · Feb 22, 2009 · 7:15 · 4 HN recommenders · 8 mentions · discussed 2010–2026
Debris by Farbrausch, the winner of the Breakpoint 2007 demo competition. All of its 3D visuals, textures and music come from a single 177 KB executable.
Why Hacker News points people here: HN recommends it as the demoscene showpiece to show someone what extreme size-limited real-time graphics look like.
“If you want to really show off the demoscene, try Farbrausch - fr-041.”HN comment, 2013
“shows just how much you can pack into 200k (including the audio, btw)”
Demo packing audio and visuals into 200k.
Farbrausch's "debris." shows just how much you can pack into 200k (including the audio, btw). this video For the webby crowd: "Masagin" features animated, recursive SVGs with antialiasing and motion blur at high rez and high frame rate. link Or, you could download both demos from link and run them on your own PC.
“If you want to really show off the demoscene, try Farbrausch - fr-041.”
Impressive demo squeezing huge content into 179KB.
If you want to really show off the demoscene, try Farbrausch - fr-041. It's comparatively very big (179KB), but impressive how they were able to squeeze so much stuff there: video this video , official repository: link . If you want to dig deeper, Farbrausch published most of their material and tools last year including the source code for fr-041. Search for farbrausch on GitHub. But I must say, it's pretty hardcore.
“Super cool, and in an executable of 177kB.”
First demo seen; impressive in a 177kB executable.
Farbrausch made the first demo I ever saw, a 2007 one called debris (fr-041): this video Super cool, and in an executable of 177kB.
“are particularly worth checking out for the uninitiated”
Farbrausch demo worth checking out for the uninitiated.
Although they generally didn't compete in the 4kb genre, Farbrausch open-sourced many of their demos and demo-making tools a few years ago [1]. fr-041: Debris [2], and kkrieger [3] (the 96kb FPS) are particularly worth checking out for the uninitiated. [1] link [2] this video [3] link
“I always tought that the tiny hint of a narrative was why I've seen Debris[1] reach much more nerds than other demos”
I always tought that the tiny hint of a narrative was why I've seen Debris[1] reach much more nerds than other demos, not its spectacularly small file size. [1] this video
“It's a website for the demoscene, where people do stuff like this”
Ok fair point I shouldn't have been so glib as puet is pretty horrible from a web design standpoint. It's a website for the demoscene, where people do stuff like this this video in 177 kilobytes.
“is an executable only 177KB big.”
Example of Farbrausch doing more in 177KB.
It's a cute little demo that's only basically 1MB all in. That said, I don't think it's the best for this group - they've done more in far less before. this video for example, is an executable only 177KB big.
“a 177 Kb executable including 3d assets and textures.”
Breakpoint 2007 demo in a 177 Kb executable.
> "one guy" sir, that's no way to refer to farbrausch here is their Breakpoint 2007 demo, a 177 Kb executable including 3d assets and textures. this video
