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The Flow by znah
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screenshot added by diver on 2009-08-08 23:09:41
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release date : august 2009
release party : Assembly 2009
compo : pc demo
ranked : 6th
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popularity : 61%
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alltime top: #5416
added on the 2009-08-08 23:09:41 by diver diver

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Very original concept, liked it pretty much.
rulez added on the 2009-08-08 23:11:18 by besh besh
Wonderful.
rulez added on the 2009-08-08 23:13:26 by Preacher Preacher
original, though only one effect really
rulez added on the 2009-08-08 23:14:23 by snoutmate snoutmate
Single effect, lovely.
rulez added on the 2009-08-08 23:15:14 by Optimus Optimus
With some original music and artwork this would have been much better, but it's still an amazing effect and a joy to watch.
rulez added on the 2009-08-08 23:16:24 by Wade Wade
Wonderful use of an existing effect for something original and nice :)

btw: first demo ever using a classical music soundtrack?
:D
rulez added on the 2009-08-08 23:17:46 by bdk bdk
Different.
rulez added on the 2009-08-08 23:19:24 by Alpha C Alpha C
Great single effect demo.
rulez added on the 2009-08-08 23:32:47 by xernobyl xernobyl
Very original, but more than one effect would of course be preferred.
rulez added on the 2009-08-08 23:36:33 by Serpent Serpent
Ripped music and art, one effect.

However, that one effect goes very well with the music. I dunno. Pig.
added on the 2009-08-08 23:37:18 by Claw Claw
Liked it very much...using the Van Gogh picture with its swirly sky was a neat idea. Only criticism: some of the fluid scenes looked too random...would have loved to see some more interesting shapes.
rulez added on the 2009-08-08 23:48:11 by Stebo Stebo
Original indeed. Can't decide if it's "WTF?" or awesome yet. So the pig for now. :)
added on the 2009-08-08 23:49:55 by StingRay StingRay
great idea and realisation (sure, it could have been better, but well...).

Extrathumb for the edit-mode, nice demoish bonus.
rulez added on the 2009-08-09 00:15:20 by wullon wullon
Brilliant!
rulez added on the 2009-08-09 00:25:13 by Skate Skate
Classic music doesn't get enough credit in da demoscene.
rulez added on the 2009-08-09 01:15:39 by Salinga Salinga
single effect, looks good, but not really a demo.
added on the 2009-08-09 01:23:25 by blala blala
Nice idea, nice music, but not much variety.
This could have been so much better... Normally,
I'd give a piggy, but since it's a firsty, motivational thumb up!
rulez added on the 2009-08-09 01:38:41 by Joghurt Joghurt
loved it. really loved it. there were a bunch of demos this year that wanted to win and were biting other peoples styles, this one just didn't seem to care and that was refreshingly honest
rulez added on the 2009-08-09 01:51:20 by evilpaul evilpaul
hmm, here on 9600m GT it says (command prompt):
Quote:
incomplete fbo 36054
GLerror: (zgl::RenderTexture::Init) enumeratore non valido (1280)
GLerror: (Demo::Init) unknown (1286)


And only the background color is visible and some circles/particles...
added on the 2009-08-09 03:03:38 by bdk bdk
One old effect with ripped music and art. Boo.
sucks added on the 2009-08-09 03:10:15 by teel teel
teel: at first I thought the same but the music and art are Creative Commons, also they are given credits which makes it perfectly valid and legal and not "ripped". as truck said "maybe unusual" but certainly not ripped.

I think this was really really boring and long. eventhough the artsy concept could have worked.
rulez added on the 2009-08-09 03:19:29 by decipher decipher
really enjoyed it...great way to start the compo! I second what AstronautStebo says.
rulez added on the 2009-08-09 03:27:07 by [HamsTeR] [HamsTeR]
original and beautiful
rulez added on the 2009-08-09 03:29:36 by noby noby
good effect and music :D
rulez added on the 2009-08-09 03:33:19 by dairos dairos
Refreshingly original, although towards the end it struggled to find enough variation to sustain the entire piece of music (which is understandable... it's not like you could ask the musician to re-cut it).

I don't think an original soundtrack would have improved on this at all, unless it was an original classical soundtrack - the concept just wouldn't have been as interesting if it was visuals synced with an ambient / chillout track or something.

(btw: no, it's not the first demo to use classical music...)
rulez added on the 2009-08-09 03:57:01 by gasman gasman
what Salinga and Evilpaul said.

I really liked this one.
rulez added on the 2009-08-09 04:03:48 by neptun neptun
znah needs to find himself a couple of *living* groupmates
rulez added on the 2009-08-09 04:31:18 by Korvkiosken Korvkiosken
Ok, I'm sorry, Wade liked it, I must have been wrong. It must suck.
innovative
rulez added on the 2009-08-09 07:36:59 by praetor_alpha praetor_alpha
Decent fluidsim, but the Van Gogh-scan is totally out of place, and it went on for too long.
added on the 2009-08-09 08:28:08 by gloom gloom
one effect which isnt that interesting. the way van gogh was used just sucked.

this reminded me of the winamp plugin compo that was held few years back.
sucks added on the 2009-08-09 08:43:30 by nosfe nosfe
I thought that Van Gogh graphic was made by some total n00b graphician. So thumb up for that :)
rulez added on the 2009-08-09 08:56:18 by Zplex Zplex
nice work
added on the 2009-08-09 09:14:46 by blackpawn blackpawn
Original & funny edit mode !
rulez added on the 2009-08-09 09:46:33 by MsK` MsK`
Stood out nicely in the competition.
rulez added on the 2009-08-09 09:48:32 by Daddy Freddy Daddy Freddy
I liked it because it did not feel like being punched repeatedly in the balls or treated like a moron.

I would also give credit to the coder, because scoring such an effect for the whole demo while keeping it interesting, even with the great support of a.vivaldi is quite an achievement.
added on the 2009-08-09 10:18:06 by _-_-__ _-_-__
A bit long, but I like Vivaldi, so...
rulez added on the 2009-08-09 11:08:51 by Dbug Dbug
Quote:
teel: at first I thought the same but the music and art are Creative Commons, also they are given credits which makes it perfectly valid and legal and not "ripped". as truck said "maybe unusual" but certainly not ripped.


Technically that's correct, but still doesn't make it any less lame :p
added on the 2009-08-09 11:18:31 by teel teel
ripped music. ripped graphics. and a 2d fluid effect on gpu, which doesn't exactly scream out "originality" for me. plus some seriously bad color choices.

no thanks.
sucks added on the 2009-08-09 11:23:04 by ryg ryg
Just white screen (ie depending on nvidia-only api) with music by vivaldi. Wonder how much beer it took to get it through the jury.. ;)
And what ryg said.
sucks added on the 2009-08-09 11:50:42 by Psycho Psycho
Too much PD content (and the Van Gogh didn't fit in at all) but I did like the effect. It didn't really get boring, surprisingly. But next time, make a little more stuff.
added on the 2009-08-09 11:59:04 by DiamonDie DiamonDie
As flawed or "lame" as it might be, why the hell not. It's more entertaining than all the faceless, generic ASD-inspired demos.
rulez added on the 2009-08-09 12:52:15 by tomaes tomaes
What a beauty! You should have used some other music, though.
rulez added on the 2009-08-09 13:02:43 by Mystra Mystra
gasman: Good to know... I don't know why but for some strange reason i tought moped was some kind of cheap jokeprod. Which it is Not :)

Problem with 9600m GT resolved by installing the latest forceware drivers (runs 3 fps but, ok).

Imo Van Gogh fits perfectly. And for a moment I tought the demo was going to show some procedural Van Gogh painting, aftert all VG it's flow'ish too... :)
added on the 2009-08-09 13:27:36 by bdk bdk
Meh
added on the 2009-08-09 13:27:49 by NeARAZ NeARAZ
Very refreshing and more enjoyable that most of nowaday prods!

By the way, Antonio Vivaldi rules forever!
rulez added on the 2009-08-09 15:31:23 by ham ham
well this sucked...
sucks added on the 2009-08-09 17:06:35 by uncle-x uncle-x
hated the music
sucks added on the 2009-08-09 17:15:18 by panic panic
Pretty effect, but it's a bit of a stretch to call this a demo, especially when there's not enough original content to fill even a 4k.
added on the 2009-08-09 18:01:52 by jobe jobe
absolutely not my taste. the weakest demo from the compo.
sucks added on the 2009-08-09 23:18:23 by Bobic Bobic
doesn't work on my machine, but I liked it at the stream. Remembers me to the game Plasma Pong ;-)
rulez added on the 2009-08-10 01:51:37 by Chainsaw Chainsaw
Lovely, enjoyed watching this quite a lot! =)
rulez added on the 2009-08-11 00:18:53 by Aasemoon Aasemoon
lovely !! (especially the starry night part)
Some more effects of this quality + nice tracked tune would have been even better (imho)
rulez added on the 2009-08-11 15:26:24 by sunb34mm sunb34mm
One nice effect, nothing more.
added on the 2009-08-11 16:03:04 by Maissi Maissi
looks somewhat nice but lacks content. boring as well.
sucks added on the 2009-08-11 16:12:15 by pommak pommak
very cool name of a group! :)
rulez added on the 2009-08-12 18:53:50 by magic magic
One effect "demo", a demo is design+graphics+music+code.
sucks added on the 2009-08-13 00:47:52 by isaac2^db isaac2^db
one obsolete fx + ripped music and art = pile of smelly shit.
stiil looks nice, but thumb down for being so overrated.
sucks added on the 2009-08-14 04:39:20 by Frozzy Frozzy
Honestly, for me this one is the most surprising demo from Assembly'09 which definitely has the best outcome/inputs ratio in the compo (less man-hours, more visual/audio impression). Not so impressive as Assembly 2004 invitation by Moppi Productions, but made on the same way.
rulez added on the 2009-08-14 11:37:05 by Manwe Manwe
not mas taste...
sucks added on the 2009-08-17 19:35:10 by s7ing_ATZ s7ing_ATZ
nice :)
rulez added on the 2009-08-22 04:53:37 by Queen_Luna Queen_Luna
quite meh
added on the 2009-10-20 01:44:21 by T$ T$
very soothing
rulez added on the 2012-08-06 22:01:32 by keito keito
so..."ripped" music and very cheap visuals lol
sucks added on the 2018-12-01 07:24:58 by rock rock
yes

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