Does Linux Have a 'Demo' Scene? 14
BigWhale asks: "I used to follow things that were happening on the Old School demo scenes a few years ago, then after a failed hard disk, I moved on and lost track. So, for old times sake I started poking around a little bit. What's happening with the scene, is it still alive? Indeed it is. Coding style is much different with DirectX, and hardware accelerated demos, but I'm 100% Linux oriented right now and I want to start a Linux Demo project. SDL by Loki Games is pretty neat, but is this the only thing that one could use to write a demo, what about ClanLib? How is with the sound support, I know about Midas and MikMod, is there anything else? I checked www.scene.org and there is one link there regarding Linux, but it's not working. So my question to /. is where would an old school demo coder, that wants to work with Linux, look for resources or scene hangouts?" I've watched demos [?] (small multimedia shorts) on just about everything from the Amiga Desktop to DOS and now Windows, does Linux have a similar subculture?
I use GDK and esd.... (Score:1)
Although I am by no means "old school".
Sound abstraction (esd) isn't really necessary on *nix, though. Just use ioctl() onRe:I use GDK and esd.... (Score:1)
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Re:Demo developpement (Score:1)
Demo developpement (Score:1)
1- you are on Linux, don't let the hardcore coders convince you that you should do everything. You have to take all the power from your Os, and taking profit of the huge offer of libraries on linux is its ownly strength really. -in demo dev-
2- don't do a coder only project. Demos nowadays are more and more turning towards quality art and what you need here is a concept, a design, an idea, and a group of talented persons to help you. (music+gfx)
3- Create!
Re:feed me, seymour (Score:1)
Re:feed me, seymour (Score:1)
Re:Demo developpement (Score:1)
2- don't date a coder.
3- procreate!
jdigital.
(hopefully linux demo will be out for dreamhack2k)
Well... (Score:1)
(there might be the odd snap crack pop in XLib but most demo programmers I know have goals of tiny executables and SVGA.. not dozens of libraries and XLib. My associate is doing something ontop of GGI [ggi-project.org] which i'm told is a lot better. An Amiga 500 could do something equally impressive, though).
Linux Demoscene (Score:2)
feed me, seymour (Score:2)
xscreensaver [jwz.org] wants you!
Re:feed me, seymour (Score:2)
So the difference between a ``demo'' and a ``screensaver'' is that the former makes noise and the latter doesn't?
That's nonsense. There is no difference: they are both eye candy. Show me a ``demo'' and I'll show you a program I want to use as a screen saver.
Re:feed me, seymour (Score:2)
In need of? (Score:2)
#demoscene on OPN (Score:2)
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