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what a nice desktop 8)

Good code,great physics and good modelling, but the demo its a bit boring.

Im 3dgfx. The demo is maybe boring, but is great realized

The music is very good, the code too, but sh's a little boring. Perhaps more effect will be best.

great demo
original ideas & effects, fine gfx, *amazing* orchestral music
the main part is tad boring :(

Perfect (for software) looking demo which really impressed me a lot! Run it in a window and resize it to your desktop size if it's higher than 800x600 looks squared but rocks! Nice one!

well known effects used for different purposes. a huge bunch of work with a stunning result, though nothing really new is shown i like it very much.

Bravo ! It's wonderful !
Perhaps animations are not really thought, but great great music and good design !

well done !!!
a pixar style demo.
the first time i watch it, it's on a big screen and i thinked it's a imagina video in mpg, but it's Real Time ! too cool !-)

Argh, damned, the demo could have been SO cool...

If it weren't so fucking SLOW. No, i don't speak of the engine, it's fast enough for what it does, but the storyline/camera/music lets you fall asleep after just about two minutes or so. Don't demo makers ever watch movies? I mean, this could be compared to a scene where the mainn actor, let's say a secret agent, smokes a cigarette between two of his missions... and does nothing else. Ok, the cigarettes in this demo are quite short, but as long as you don't speed up the whole thing to about 2x speed or something, i'll give it the "another boring 3d demo, yet a technically impressive one" predicate.

After I had met the group Exceed from Heaven7 I downloaded this demo too.
And Exceed sattisfied me for the second time again! I beleive in Exceed very much!

I liked the first part very much! Fadezoom from pic to pic and then a beautifull looking Atlantis effect (As I use to call this effect from the game that first had used this logic..)

Second part has good speed if you have a Pentium2, but it's very good for what it does. (If it only supported also 320*200 it would be faster...)

I could say much more here,.. but I have to stop right now..

well done but the music doesn't fit the pictures

cool to impress friends, or kids, but it gets kinda boring ... i preferred heaven7 a lot ...

after "heaven seven" exceed proofed to be the hottest demogroup at the time.
(it was worth the 1st place)

just voting for one of my favourite demo ever :)

Spot proves that good code, good graphics and good music don't always make a good demo.

It's just too darn long, not to mention that it's about as much fun as watching some 5-year-olds playing guage.

really nice demo from exceed, great software 3d engine, the first part rulez, the second part could be a bit more fast paced, or a little shorter, as it is it is a bit boring, my little brother loved it though :)
the music is also very good, I can't wait to see the next exceed prod

the intro of the demo is really nice, good graphics and all. but the story itself is extremly boring, and i hate that music.

Nice demo, from a great group. The software engine is really good, and the idea with the spotlight's from pixar's film is really clever.

The intro is the singlemost amazing party of any demo I've seen up to date. It puts the TBL and 3Dmark 2001 zoomer to shame on all counts.

Te rest is boring, and has visible limitations: some textures are plain ugly, some objects seem to be restrained to about 12 polys. Shame. The engine is impressive, and is being stretched to previously impossible rates.

Reccomended download, but don't come crying if you get bored the second time =)

This is really amazing demo when wathced first time, but on second time and after that it gets boring.

I like that demo, the same I liked toys some time ago, but the second time u see it starts getting boring.
PPL talking about effects... where are they ?? A skydome, fake shadows and (maybe) metaballs are called effects ?
Nice ideas and implementation, but I call this a scene player, anyway a good work.

The start of this demo is very nice. Love that logo.

And nice things going on in that house :)

Ofcourse this demo gets boring after seeing it many times, but what a fuckin great first impression.

Now I want to see Exceed getting into hardware mode :)

The demo was awesome at the partyplace, and it's still a nice scene player (the best after Fulcrum, imho). I hope Exceed get better after the jump from the balcony!

Didn't I voted dat? Man,. I am crazy!

Woah! Like it, but it IS quite boring after a while... Still really good.

Somehow a rather typical 3d-show but I somehow ended up liking it. It even runs "decently" on my lame-ass excuse of a computer...

The paragon of all 3d demos. Everything is flawlessly executed.

It's as close to perfection as I have seen in a PC demo so far; from a technical and visual standpoint at least.

However, it loses its magic second time round; grows boring third time round; and by the fourth run, I didn't wait for it to finish.

The beginning is really great, but everything else is a bit, well, long-winded and lackluster. Animation of objects and stuff is really wonderful, as is the software-rendering. What I found odd was the telling an almost non-existant story.

there was a story? hmm ok...
nice though

Kewl, although an accelerated option would have been nice for those who have an old computer

yonki: old computers don't have hardware acceleration anyway, so it would be silly

is well made with good colors, i was gobsmacked when i saw it first time but i dont like the music and the story is simply not very interresting (actually far from) this got played 2 times on my rig, and then left the HD. But its still getting a thumbs up, because it really is worth a sight, and well....if you think of it as no wotry line, and just a demo that shift between parts on a desktop instead of various 2d/3d background...well then its pretty cool...good work people

This is one of my favourites. the music is awesome. good work guys!

this is fun - disney couldn't have done much better not so long ago - yes fond memories of Spot (1) the original - nicely encapsulated in this clever update.

nice 8)

Can't stop watching it!!!

Very nice code & graphics. I love the snoring objects at the beginning, but nearly fell asleep later in the demo due to its duration, but i enjoyed the neat 3D modeling/rendering. Music wasn't that brilliant, but was fitting the style.

A code-gem anyway. Congrats Exceed !

Lovely - awesome music- nice visuals -brilliant

Yay, this shit proved that splitting accel and nonaccell demos in compos is not a must for true demopartys either:)

Quite an original production, very well done.
I don't find it boring, I enjoy the quality of the modeling, animation and code in the slow parts :)

long and boring. sucks.

this is nice

party: Assembly
ranked: 1st

Hmmm haven't commented this one?

Let's see: Prolly the sleepiest demo ever.
BUT
Kickass code, gfx and msx.

Watch it once.

I like my desktop when nothing matters on it, but this demo roxx! :)

Love this demo

impressive

Why on earth havnt i commented this before? one of my favorite demos damnit.

I really dig that zoomer...

a bit boring, but still very good :)

super great

Despite some minor flaws, classic.

lost for words..

Kinda Tim Burton atmosphere, notably at the beginning. Too bad the objects awakening is actually not vigorous enough, and thus disappointing. Great code (software rendering!!) and very nice modeling, anyway.

great demo, although i have to agree with some of kb's points up there.

Haven't voted for this yet? Shame!

It is indeed slow, but this slow pace combined with the sweet colors and dreamy music make this demo a unique experience, magical like a nicely told fairytale.

cute :)

maybe a bit slow scenes but otherwise a very good demo

It's not as boring as 3d-only demos tend to be, and the modelling + music are really great, so thumbs up. Really love the codework as well.

Very stylish and greatly put up demo. Earns its' Spot in my collection :P

The kind of demo that could get your grandma hooked on the scene - in a good way.

Really great. A little toystory reminiscense... But great in it's own way, and software rendered of course!

JAJJ PACA ! :)

Worthy of a thumb for quality, but the direction was lacking, and a bit more plot + pace could have made it really great.

=)

Cute but too long and becomes quickly boring.

inspite of shitload of articles telling this demo is full of raytracing i personally cant see a byte of raytracer code here :D
nevertheless this one is VERY GOOD

very nice

My vote

I really really liked this at asm01. And it's still good :)

A bit too long, but always good.

Unforgettable experience, unforgettable story, reminds me advanced version of Luxo Jr. from Pixar Studios

realtime luxor in software.. good it is

so cute and refreshing, i really love the brass brand part and its synchro

Absolutely Dazzling and So refreshing for 5 year old release Still looking Great on todays systems.

Great engine and modelling, cool end titles. But sound effects missed in soundtrack! Just music, like radio playing.

A sort of realtime pixar-short... great sw rendering.

a true classic

ok, now this is my fav demo.

I like it!

first zoom is great. the rest... watching something sleeping is not that exciting.

anyway, superb code.

software rendering rocks!!!

yeah! cool

Rocks.

aaaaah... software rendering...

wow soundtrack:

great and about time to see someone use a (good sounding) orchestral palette. End result is an intruiging, colourful soundtrack with some wonderful tambres.

However I must agree with what some people have said: sometimes it feels the music simply isn't apt to the visual. Why? Two reasons. Fristly, well there simply is a lot of music. Be careful not to over-write and hence dampen the impact. Think final scene of "the godfather"; transendal scene highlighted by but 'toy piano music'. could have easily been lush orchestras. but sometimes the best fitting music is what works against onscreen...

A demo that does this well is here

And secondly - just watch your "dead hits" (exact points of music/visual sync). There were a lot of them in here, and admittedly a few at the start were just that little bit too early. Remember - a second later, is always better.

Still - again great use of tambre (espec. voice), and some good texture changes make very interesting and good sounding sountrack. (ie. result of hard work). Valiant. well done.

Rest of demo is awesome: great to see SW rendering (awesome code) and nicely designed models. Very memorable product and certainly a keeper - thankyou!

Software rendering + amazing music.

Neat demo! Super cute! :)
I only wish it came in higher resolution.

it certainly is nice - but I only watched it twice and wouldn't want to watch it again any time soon...

I really like it. Nice music, nice look, all the ideas. Could need a little more polish, some of the object-movements are not perfect and stuff.
Rocks!

Just rocks!

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felnövős demo :)

One of the most refreshing story camera driven demos I have come across in a long time. Excellent animation and a lot of effort shows! Thumbs up!

superbe! Pixal rulez ;)

Nice and smooth software rendering. Synching could be a bit better IMHO. And the logo in the first scene is soooo pretty :)

this was really amazing back then!

big plus for software engine and though the storyline wasn't completely my piece of cake, the whole thing was put together well enough to satisfy me

jaj, paca. :)

Still looks nice.

This feeling like Toy Story <3

what a superb soundtrack. i love this orchestra. on the demo i like the sleeping things. it's so sweet.

thx

whoa never voted this one ! Crazy of me. Great stuff.

Seriously sweet.

Honey)
Soundtrack is superb, direction is great, graphics is software-rendered)

whoa, impressive. really.

lovely demo.

Considering the time it rules. Really feels like a little movie for kids. The plot is not the best though. Still great stuff.

too colourful.

funny

Goodie!

Software rendering ! :)

Nice "story-telling" demo, not my cup of tea but it's well done.

Different and great.

missing thumb in action!

Lampan! <3

Wow!

Animation lacks dynamism, but still, wow.

yep!

As I love software rendering..this is a thumb up :)
Nice "story" and visuals/music!

Made a Youtube Capture for it:
Youtube(HD)

Forgot the thumb.

unbelievable!

A true classic gem - especially when you consider that this has been done with software rendering only!

another horrible "animated household stuff" production. thumb for the amazing work nevertheless

First scene is superb.
Second scene is full of stuff (ink metaballs, etc...), but a bit slow to my taste.
Amazing work like T$ said.

What Gargaj and kb said, that infinite zoom in the beginning still gets me though!

cute demo

and an amazing soundtrack

pixceed

the best (or one of then :) software rendered demo ever. even if story is rather slow paced, everything other rock hard (and code rocks even more)

i bet interlaced mode will work well even on p200mmx ;)

I think this is the first time I watched it in full. Shame on me. Everything has already been said I guess. Great rendering for the time, slow pace and incredible music!

Totally forgot this one, some very good graphics and physics and a nice orchestral track.

Watching it again years later... still strikes me as an impressive work.

a classic

A classic indeed!

legend!

ossom

Excellent!

Still cool!