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Take a look at the code, it's not THAT hard when you have the right tools (language, libraries, knowledge...) though it's quite awesome nonetheless.

IMHO the game actually shows how powerful Python + Pyglet (OpenGL actually) are.

Wanna get your mind blown even harder? Check some 4kb demos[1]... and that's binary size! No JVM/Python runtime supporting it.

[1] http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=4kb+demo&pag...

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If you want to show off the demoscene, try the 64KB prod "Chaos Theory".

https://youtu.be/4DjBq2O0XXk

I had to draw the line somewhere. If I could show the WHOLE demoscene...

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 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqu_IpkOYBg, official repository: http://j.mp/11ETcY0.

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.

That is so incredible.

I still remember how I was blown away when seeing .kkrieger[1][2] for the first time, introducing me to the potential of procedural assets in games.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.kkrieger [2] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NBG-sKFaB0

Yeah, it's really awesome. Check werkkzeug3, a demotool for procedural asset generation by the .kkrieger team (Farbrausch).

It's in Farbrausch's GitHub with many more demos/demotools https://github.com/farbrausch/fr_public

While demoscene stuff is seriously impressive most are using a shit load of DirectX to do what they do in such a small size. They are not bare metal demos.

Obviously. You can't program the GPU without driver interfaces (DX/OGL).

  (DirectX + 4kb) vs. (OpenGL + Python + Pyglet + 500LOC)
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  4kb vs. (Python + Pyglet + 500LOC)

Long are gone the days when you could manage the framebuffer yourself :) Specially if you want to run the demo in modern OSes.

I think its most impressive to actually run the demos themselves. On this site are some good examples: http://awards.scene.org/archive.php?year=2011&cat=9

Edit: It would be intresting to see demos like this (4KB / 64KB) for WebGL. Does something like this exist already ?

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