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screenshot added by TawnY on 2004-02-23 14:09:20
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release date : february 2004
release party : Synthesis Party 2004
compo : combined demo
ranked : 1st
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popularity : 63%
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alltime top: #10620
added on the 2004-02-23 14:08:11 by TawnY TawnY

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yes! kiki rulezz!
rulez added on the 2004-02-23 14:13:17 by skarab skarab
Cocoon meets "le manège enchanté".
added on the 2004-02-23 14:13:56 by Sanx Sanx
goood
rulez added on the 2004-02-23 14:19:46 by iks iks
..... slow ..... UGLY .....
sucks added on the 2004-02-23 14:29:22 by spengler spengler
Holy shit, this is HORRIBLE!!!
I mean, I am usually a tolerant person towards demos, but DAMN...
- All the graphics are nearestpoint-sampled, no mipmaps, nothing. (There goes the bitmapzoom...) Looks like a software-render engine without any decency. (But, alas, it's hardware.)
- SLOW. Never managed to go over 30 fps on a GF3 during 3D scenes...
- The music sounds like if Stv tried to finish the music without a soundcard (read: more out of tune then if it was random... note that this wasn't an insult towards Stv, I know he didn't do the music)
- Non-existant storyline with wannabe-Cocoon elements.

Sheesh... As hard as I try I can't have any constructive ideas here...
Still I have to thank you for making my colorblind prods look decent :)

BB Image <- consider that as a virtual thumb-down...
added on the 2004-02-23 14:58:27 by Gargaj Gargaj
sharp 3d modeling and good textures, coherent environement like video game, like rayman for example or like those Lego universe, colorfull and realistic in the sametime
some scenes are too dark, it is difficult to see something
music is not good, it's sad you had lost the original music
you let an unuseful 152kb Thumbs.db file in the directories!
funny reference to your previous prods with billG poster ;)
it is the Jylam's head we can see lots of blood in the cave ? ;)
cartoon render gives it a good touch', but it becomes sometimes slow (gf4ti+p4)
I did not understand all the story, the cow is dead, and you try to explain who kill it but i was lost in the story
I like the camera view at the end, when we see the red men with the uzi gun, thumbs up for the 3d quality and the final scene wich remember me ix/moppi, it miss just a good music and more design and composition to be fashion ;)
rulez added on the 2004-02-23 15:33:59 by Zone (leZone) Zone (leZone)
"Winners don't use drugs."
sucks added on the 2004-02-23 18:22:24 by daddyvx daddyvx
like : music and the little cow who runs in the dark city on his skateboard :-)
don't like : some parts are really slow and the canabis picture is bad taste :-(
rulez added on the 2004-02-23 18:52:26 by sokoban sokoban
uhmm Gargaj...

"- All the graphics are nearestpoint-sampled, no mipmaps, nothing. (There goes the bitmapzoom...) Looks like a software-render engine without any decency. (But, alas, it's hardware.)
- SLOW. Never managed to go over 30 fps on a GF3 during 3D scenes..."

I got a GF 2 TI here, i don't see there nearest point sampled textures! looks like linear sampling(+mipmaps?!). Perhaps it's a little bit buggy.... It seems the demo ist loading things while playing... but it's still ok ( btw. the head rocks ;) )
rulez added on the 2004-02-23 19:13:03 by las las
So much work for a so poor result.
Beginning is a hard ting :p
added on the 2004-02-23 19:53:06 by Lanza Lanza
OMFG!
sucks added on the 2004-02-23 19:54:38 by raymon raymon
Hello, i'm the coder of this slow render engine,
and say: slow is beautifull on my ATI RADEON 9200 SE !!
yee, y've buy rescently an Radeon 9200Se and test, and thats is unlookable (1 to 3 fps at the first scene)...

The next version of my 3D engine is in preparation, and must correct this.

Technical notes: Display of first scene generate over 30.000 two pass (60.000 polygons result) textured polygons with spots and directional lightings, blendings.

And, with no Octree ! next engine must correct this and increase speed (that is not an exploit) for non Geforce15 Cards....

Sorry for this, and, wait and see !

Good making of crepes a tous!
added on the 2004-02-23 19:59:52 by piark piark
no.

demos shouldn't be only inspired by the most stupid form of crap action movies.

turn off the tv, discover museums, read books, visit galleries, explore the whole world of digital culture.
added on the 2004-02-23 21:17:27 by florent florent
i dislike this one, music is a mess, some parts really look kinda software-rendered ("oldschool feeling" :D)... very slow, too...
sucks added on the 2004-02-23 21:19:30 by red red
Please zone, don't insult Rayman, there is no comparision possible, it any mean. They are kiki prod, and we are not. Please don't, for me.
added on the 2004-02-23 22:06:18 by Sanx Sanx
whoa, when I pressed esc, this thing took more time to swap Windows back in (512MB here) than our intros need for precalc. Cool.
sucks added on the 2004-02-23 23:39:24 by kb_ kb_
It's quite well put together and the scenes are pretty well done, but the garish colour scheme and tuneless music made it feel like a very low quality production.

I guess it could be remixed into a decent demo with a few minor changes in places.
added on the 2004-02-23 23:44:26 by Wade Wade
it certainly could.

but more on topic: THANKS KIKI-PRODS! Your demo not only sucks wang like no computer company of the same name could, you also managed to be the first demo in possibily three years to *hang* my system! Most crap demos have the decency the simply crash to the desktop nowadays, but you sure take the cake.

Oddly enough, parts of the music would be usable if only it was remixed by a decent IDM artist. That is keeping me from thumbing this trainwreck of a 3D player down.
added on the 2004-02-24 00:24:50 by Shifter Shifter
blargh...
added on the 2004-02-24 03:46:19 by cats cats
piark: 60k polys is many or what? (note: you can have 400k on GF2 and still be called "realtime")
added on the 2004-02-24 08:58:51 by NeARAZ NeARAZ
umm. I like it very much first time when the show begins. But after a minute of watching the whole thing turns too boring. The music is under of any critism. The textures and the "look-out" is good (i like it). But the whole thing too boring and i haven't any idea why the things happend, i feels nothing... sorry, that's why i thumb down it.
sucks added on the 2004-02-24 10:03:21 by AbcuG! AbcuG!
has technical potential (good 3D models & rendering), but lacks coherency, attitude & taste (cartoon skating cow, realistic gunned people, buiding site and gore elements ?). Music is a pain, also... Piggie for hoping better works !
added on the 2004-02-24 10:20:35 by willbe willbe
From the people who brought you.. :(
sucks added on the 2004-02-24 10:42:20 by superplek superplek
for me not the best prod of the synthesis but nice gfx and 3d models. despite the slow 3d engine rendering is very nice.
i really don't like the music but without soundcard it is difficult to do a good one :/

good progress from kiki prod. the next one should be very nice ;-)
rulez added on the 2004-02-24 12:27:20 by Caf Caf
most gay prod ever
sucks added on the 2004-02-24 13:41:42 by mrdoob mrdoob
heh thumb up for Kiki Prods that are surely not making prods which are similar to others ;)

PS: i'm in love with the fat pigs

PS2: how is it possible to lose a soundcard ? :] please don't mistreat puters as you do with animals :P
rulez added on the 2004-02-24 15:27:35 by Zest Zest
Nice demo ! Nice GFX ! Nice Effects ! Nice Sound ! One of the best kikiprods demo i seen since Amiga.
rulez added on the 2004-02-24 17:16:49 by WoDK WoDK
a really scene demo . . . me likes
rulez added on the 2004-02-24 18:58:59 by freed_ohm freed_ohm
nice idea gone bad :(
added on the 2004-02-24 19:55:43 by q q
hello!

zone : no it's not jylam's head, he's not our friend but we respect him.
there is no scenario or somethin', just scene after scene, can be because I created each scenes..just look and enjoy or press esc.

I think there is not many demos with characters this is why there is often in ours.
Yes, this demo request a BIG computer, but version 5 of our engine arrives!..

Zest : he does not have to break his sound card, I suppose that he wants nothing to make for us.
As always, if we were more has to take part...

ps : we don't use drugs, never!
added on the 2004-02-25 01:38:43 by TawnY TawnY
ok, Tawny: why?
rulez added on the 2004-02-25 04:04:48 by quisten quisten
i love the ambient and cell shading ...
rulez added on the 2004-02-25 07:12:51 by Dahan Dahan
I like : 3D objects, textures, rendering and environment and fat pigs :-)

I don't like : Music and the absence of coherence between the scenes, but good I believed to understand that it is not really voluntary..

Globaly I like it, Kiki Rulezzzzz \o/
rulez added on the 2004-02-25 10:29:46 by Ged Ged
Nice demo With nice effect (i love the first transition effect between the loader ans the first scene for exemple)
rulez added on the 2004-02-25 10:56:56 by pops pops
Very slow. It's a pitty because it looks better than other kikiprods and I always liked these fluffy animals in Kikiprods. But where is the Bill Gates damn?! ;)
added on the 2004-02-26 19:43:07 by Optimus Optimus
Very strange, very awesome.
rulez added on the 2004-02-27 10:10:13 by deathy deathy
just to say that i have nothing to do with this demo... and my soundcard is still working....
added on the 2004-03-01 21:07:23 by Stv Stv
disgusting
Optimus : open your eyes, and you'll see bill on a texture somewhere!
:(
sucks added on the 2004-03-31 01:25:11 by _andre _andre
thimb-up for modelling, texturing, character animation and one pixelled chick.
rulez added on the 2004-05-30 15:21:33 by eye eye
Wow, a Kiki Prod that doesn't suck. At least not completely. Some of the use of cell shading was nice, and the pigs were cute, but the thematic material was kinda lame. It looks like a lot of effort was put into the demo, but not into the ideas/concepts behind the demo.
Garbage music? Bad story? Fake Cellshading?

Doesnt matter! They like cows! Ultimate Thumbs up!
rulez added on the 2007-05-18 21:29:51 by Exin Exin
Crashes @ start.
sucks added on the 2014-07-14 14:24:19 by Gadler Gadler

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