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release date : august 2010
release party : Evoke 2010
compo : pc 64k
ranked : 1st
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popularity : 73%
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alltime top: #415
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I totally loved this!
rulez added on the 2010-08-28 23:41:24 by Optimus Optimus
I love originality !
rulez added on the 2010-08-28 23:42:08 by MsK` MsK`
Really great job guys, and thank you for the trying something original / with a concept.

They are things to say (pacing, some ubernice scenes and some quite ugly), but the work is awesome and the result very charming (and the music rulez).

Huge thumb up for your first demo/intro!
rulez added on the 2010-08-28 23:43:09 by wullon wullon
Awesome. The very last scene took this one even further. :)
rulez added on the 2010-08-28 23:43:41 by xtrium xtrium
very fluid and great concept and ending
rulez added on the 2010-08-28 23:44:42 by svo svo
your concepts are damn cool but you *need* to get a designer
rulez added on the 2010-08-28 23:50:24 by mueslee mueslee
cool!
rulez added on the 2010-08-29 00:00:08 by dq dq
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Error
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This test seems to have failed.
No memory?
No music?
No OpenGL 2.0 capable driver?

Anyway, a test that fails is
the opportunity of improvement. ;)
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OK
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added on the 2010-08-29 00:00:22 by xernobyl xernobyl
Loved this one, especially the secound half :)

A really nice first production, the french demoscene is alive! :D
rulez added on the 2010-08-29 00:04:22 by rez rez
Very cool! And as a first prod, it rules hard!
rulez added on the 2010-08-29 00:04:59 by martin martin
cute and well done
rulez added on the 2010-08-29 00:07:10 by bfx bfx
o_O this is a firstie?
Really, really liked this one.
added on the 2010-08-29 00:08:15 by shock__ shock__

Yes, very very nice !!!

rulez added on the 2010-08-29 00:09:18 by BiTbUsTeR BiTbUsTeR
Thanks all for the awesome feedback.

@mueslee : definitely.

@xernobyl : try using a different resolution. We are yet to nail that issue.
added on the 2010-08-29 00:09:30 by Zavie Zavie
I really like the city and the endpart was a nice surprise too. Other than that I find it a bit uneventful and the rather boring music didn't really help. Still, nice intro and quite impressive for a firstie.
rulez added on the 2010-08-29 00:20:09 by StingRay StingRay
Doesn't work here. XP SP3, Geforce 9650M GT, recent drivers + DX.
added on the 2010-08-29 00:27:30 by raer raer
Cuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuubes! Very nice concept! I'm glad that CJ couldn't put some vocals in the soundtrack, though. :>
rulez added on the 2010-08-29 00:52:32 by Saga Musix Saga Musix
Nice one.

Try to have some kind of "color/design validation" process for the next prod though ;)
rulez added on the 2010-08-29 00:57:19 by keops keops
Has some good scenes and some bad scenes, so a piggy from me.
added on the 2010-08-29 01:00:01 by Salinga Salinga
Quite nice. Lovely music. =)
rulez added on the 2010-08-29 01:11:03 by Aasemoon Aasemoon
Cute Music, Scenes one simply can love, A very round production, all fit together, was a joy to watch, that nice colours still make me smile - more of this please soon :)
rulez added on the 2010-08-29 01:19:56 by Sapphire Sapphire
really loved some scenes + what Keops said
rulez added on the 2010-08-29 01:31:13 by ulrick ulrick
Forgot it was your first 64k, double thumb then ;)
added on the 2010-08-29 01:31:42 by keops keops
the cutest entry in the whole compo
rulez added on the 2010-08-29 01:41:53 by urs urs
needs some serious design, but cool ideas
rulez added on the 2010-08-29 01:50:14 by Alpha C Alpha C
woo lordy, this must've been a SHITLOAD of work. looks like kakiarts got a challenger in the "more ideas than anyone else"-category.
rulez added on the 2010-08-29 01:59:12 by Gargaj Gargaj
I reaaallly loved it at the compo. With a little bit more shading/lighting/postprocessimg, it would be one of my all time favorites. Simple concept, extremely well executed.
rulez added on the 2010-08-29 03:45:15 by pixtur pixtur
I can't say it is beautiful, but:
1) Respect for such a huge work.
2) It was interesting to watch. This definetely makes intro to be thumb-upped.
rulez added on the 2010-08-29 09:02:46 by stan_1901 stan_1901
Wow, impressive amount of work, a nice story, some beautiful scenes, music pretty. Would deserve some postprocessing, better color/theming of some scenes, but definitely a breakthrough for a 1st prod, congrats!
rulez added on the 2010-08-29 09:33:29 by xoofx xoofx
Really really nice stuff, one of the better prods this year. \o/ and and and it has CUBES in it. :D
rulez added on the 2010-08-29 09:51:57 by Premium Premium
Great work guys! Good ideas!!
Especially loved the L-systems parts :)
rulez added on the 2010-08-29 09:55:35 by Ornthalas Ornthalas
me likes it
rulez added on the 2010-08-29 10:08:38 by ted ted
Cubes!!!!
rulez added on the 2010-08-29 10:24:25 by Emod Emod
nice prod. O_o--b
rulez added on the 2010-08-29 11:06:42 by aha aha
.
rulez added on the 2010-08-29 11:22:52 by slyspy slyspy
added on the 2010-08-29 12:19:25 by LLB LLB
Loved this at the compo. Cube porn.
rulez added on the 2010-08-29 12:51:24 by halcy halcy
<3
rulez added on the 2010-08-29 12:52:30 by Anat Anat
thats a lot of work. The end effect is a great idea. The "sphere alert" was cool too.
rulez added on the 2010-08-29 13:06:20 by auld auld
thumb goes for lots of cute ideas. Overall a bit too incoherent and slow-paced for my taste
rulez added on the 2010-08-29 13:52:27 by Duckers Duckers
great camerawork and direction, but so unoriginal
added on the 2010-08-29 14:02:03 by noby noby
i laik! the end effect was great, indeed
rulez added on the 2010-08-29 14:03:14 by phunck phunck
Fantastic stuff!
rulez added on the 2010-08-29 14:31:22 by 71M 71M
It starts ugly, but then slowly turns to something good and even became very nice near the end.
Полный кубец!
rulez added on the 2010-08-29 14:35:50 by Manwe Manwe
rulez added on the 2010-08-29 15:04:58 by moqui moqui
cute
rulez added on the 2010-08-29 16:40:13 by xernobyl xernobyl
Fascinating stuff.
rulez added on the 2010-08-29 16:46:54 by Zplex Zplex
Very cool. Ugly as hell, but the execution of the idea and the concept is perfect.
rulez added on the 2010-08-29 17:51:30 by decipher decipher
What urs, Gargaj and pixtur said.
This absolutely saved the compo for me. End scene is just perfect
rulez added on the 2010-08-29 18:28:21 by Hopper/SquoQuo Hopper/SquoQuo
worthy winner, but ugly and not really something i'd watch again ...
Some interesting movement, but looks absolutely horrible!
added on the 2010-08-29 18:46:29 by Wade Wade
Some great ideas but some ugly transitions and presentation. I like the game of life and the subpixels. I didn't like the fullscreen giant pixels effect or the music. So pig.
added on the 2010-08-29 18:49:44 by Claw Claw
what xerno said :(
added on the 2010-08-29 19:05:24 by wysiwtf wysiwtf
ah good hint with the resolution! ;)
(1680x1050 = crash; 1280x800 = worky)
basically what the others said: great ideas and well everbody loves cubes! <3
some of them looked a little too simple for my taste, tho...
rulez added on the 2010-08-29 19:15:18 by wysiwtf wysiwtf
Very enjoyable stuff. Next, please :)
rulez added on the 2010-08-29 19:47:18 by SiR SiR
Really should have added some shadows (even in the last 1k), or reflections. piggy for good design.
added on the 2010-08-29 21:20:08 by archee archee
Very, very good ideas and nicely put onto the big screen.
rulez added on the 2010-08-29 21:29:40 by mog mog
Especially the first half didn't look that great. Shadows would really improve it. But thumb up for the nice concept and amount of work.
rulez added on the 2010-08-29 21:56:57 by glow glow
basically what was already said ...
combine those shitloads of good ideas with a better presentation and my next cdc goes to you :)
rulez added on the 2010-08-29 21:57:56 by gopher gopher
Like the scenes after the city but piggie for me
added on the 2010-08-29 22:46:19 by BackSpace BackSpace
This test seems to have failed.
No memory?
No music?
No OpenGL 2.0 capable driver?
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Windows 7/Core i7/6GB/280GTX.
added on the 2010-08-30 09:22:23 by gloom gloom
Great Idea. You really deserved the Newcomer-Award.
rulez added on the 2010-08-30 10:21:13 by gaspode gaspode
Grand, good work, and after hearing some of the backstory to it's making, even more the impressive, hence a well deserved thumb.
rulez added on the 2010-08-30 12:11:14 by m0d m0d
Incredible job you've made boys !! Writting the song from the storyboard was something really special... hear it with this demo is incredible !! I was realy proud you let me once again work you, getting out my Pause Mode... I realy would like to add vocals to the song, but it was absolutly not so easy ;)

For the one, who like the songs, i've just uploaded the song : I love cube, before incubation on my website, this the version written, just before the last adjustment from LLB to fit more well to the demo !!
rulez added on the 2010-08-30 12:42:00 by cyborgjeff cyborgjeff
Thanks to all for the positive feedback. :)

@gloom: there's still an unresolved issue we're working on; try with a smaller resolution, it should work just fine.
added on the 2010-08-30 14:55:50 by Nicuveo Nicuveo
To begin with I was going to stay this lacked any feeling - however once passed through the factory scenes it gets much better and I especially like the cube trees (towards the end) and the end scene itself is very nice - enjoyable music too.
rulez added on the 2010-08-30 15:31:09 by darkus darkus
extra points for the cuby-smoke
rulez added on the 2010-08-30 16:20:51 by nulstein nulstein
Not bad at all.
rulez added on the 2010-08-30 19:14:16 by Cj Cj
Very enjoyable.
Well deserved newcomer award!
rulez added on the 2010-08-30 19:15:47 by Mystra Mystra
was nice meeting you guys too :)
rulez added on the 2010-08-30 19:18:40 by post malone post malone
first 64k? WOW!
rulez added on the 2010-08-30 19:44:50 by iq iq
nope - no even for the effort.
added on the 2010-08-30 19:51:26 by maytz maytz
Thanks again for your feedback all. Your comments are very much appreciated and give us much insight on what to get improved for next time.

The resolution bug seems to be happening to many people, which means it should be quite straightforward to fix. Honestly, we've been nothing much but resting since Evoke. ;-) So be a bit patient for the final version.

Anyway, here is a captured video.
added on the 2010-08-30 20:14:01 by Zavie Zavie
I never would expected this one to win the competition (only the well-deserved new-comer-award). But, hey, I voted for you :-)

And given the chance to see more by Ctrl-Alt-Test, this vote was a good investment. You guys definitely have talent. Now you need experience: Meaning I wanna see more releases!
added on the 2010-08-30 21:26:16 by pixtur pixtur
Cubes never get boring, and these are the most innovative cubes I've seen in a long time. Cute and filled with scene love!
rulez added on the 2010-08-31 00:04:57 by Bobic Bobic
Sorry, but I did not enjoy this at all.
sucks added on the 2010-08-31 00:28:11 by lug00ber lug00ber
this is really great for a first 64k prod and I love the fact, that you put some Super Mario Cubes, Rubics Cube and (of course!) the cute companion cube inside this demo! <3 <3 <3
rulez added on the 2010-08-31 08:34:09 by nekomono nekomono
For those that want the party feel, here's the Live w00tage
added on the 2010-08-31 08:37:57 by m0d m0d
not interesting
added on the 2010-08-31 09:33:00 by fyrex fyrex
ugly
added on the 2010-08-31 10:38:17 by tobé tobé
haha.. cute. and great for a first demo!
rulez added on the 2010-08-31 13:52:40 by evilpaul evilpaul
very cute ^_^
rulez added on the 2010-08-31 13:52:45 by provod provod
great flow and visuals!
rulez added on the 2010-08-31 15:35:06 by elfh elfh
oh, that was nice. lovely care for storytelling and details, i'd say.
rulez added on the 2010-08-31 16:16:52 by a-move a-move
Last scene was very surprising. I enjoyed it even when I hate cubes ;o)

Looking forward to see your next prod guys ;o)
rulez added on the 2010-08-31 16:52:26 by jack-3d jack-3d
Lovely!
rulez added on the 2010-08-31 17:07:28 by chromag chromag
Cute ideas and nice references. Me likes.

Qbert would like to drop by.
rulez added on the 2010-08-31 18:33:52 by Y0Gi Y0Gi
Bon, je vous ai déjà dit ce que j'en pense... Vous grillez pas à la tâche maintenant :).
rulez added on the 2010-08-31 20:45:04 by ponce ponce
Great !
rulez added on the 2010-08-31 21:01:30 by pdx pdx
i enjoyed it :D
rulez added on the 2010-09-01 10:50:43 by src src
Some scenes are really ugly but it's getting better as the intro goes.
rulez added on the 2010-09-01 15:56:53 by hitchhikr hitchhikr
really cute. good job!
rulez added on the 2010-09-01 16:12:42 by MeteoriK MeteoriK
"meh, cubes again"
(just kidding)
rulez added on the 2010-09-01 21:24:23 by blala blala
Has reminded me This and This

Good demo-design ideas!
rulez added on the 2010-09-01 21:43:50 by bitl bitl
C'est carré.
rulez added on the 2010-09-01 21:45:57 by Eldrik Eldrik
This is a firstie to remember. I was slightly irritated by the music at first, but i got into it more and more and at the end i was totally in the mood. I enjoyed this way of demomaking with the beautiful soundtrack very much. It all fits together. Worthy winner and thanks for creating this piece!
rulez added on the 2010-09-01 22:58:15 by CONS CONS
Good job on the first 64k, keep them coming!
rulez added on the 2010-09-02 05:36:46 by LovCAPONE LovCAPONE
Good concept!
rulez added on the 2010-09-02 08:16:06 by SCRIMERS SCRIMERS
Some parts are REALLY ugly, while others show visual imagination and potential. The soundtrack seals it.
rulez added on the 2010-09-04 00:25:14 by menace menace
Invasion der Kuschelwürfel
rulez added on the 2010-09-04 00:44:31 by T$ T$
for the concept!
and the fact it's your first 64kb
Oh this is awesome great
rulez added on the 2010-09-04 02:20:18 by Chainsaw Chainsaw
It was alright. Nice tune. :)
added on the 2010-09-04 21:29:41 by AntDude AntDude
Towards the 2nd 64k
rulez added on the 2010-09-05 15:04:10 by magic magic
Cubes \o/
rulez added on the 2010-09-05 16:17:35 by Sesse Sesse
surprisingly enjoyable....
rulez added on the 2010-09-05 16:26:48 by FooLman FooLman
i said so at the partyplace several times already: its BUTT-UGLY and i hate it ! NeHe-Tutorials at its best !
you really have to reconsider your design-choices ! ( while the last parts went into a good direction already ! )
so here goes my motivational/64k-firstprod-thumb:
rulez added on the 2010-09-05 20:07:43 by ɧ4ɾɗվ. ɧ4ɾɗվ.
Lovely soundtrack, great direction, good visuals. Absolutely loved it! Looking forward to your next production.
rulez added on the 2010-09-06 11:52:28 by mdx mdx
Great! When i saw the loader i conjectured that it would be a nice prod. I was right :) There are so many nice scenes in it (the last one is awesome!) that i just say: what others said :)
rulez added on the 2010-09-07 20:48:13 by Rumpel Rumpel
On the technical side, this looks great, but I didn't like it. I think semi story based demos suck IMHO. But keep it up.
sucks added on the 2010-09-08 07:52:58 by d3pth d3pth
The ideas rule , designwise ... OUCH !
added on the 2010-09-09 22:44:30 by _H2o_ _H2o_
final scene idea is incredible :)
rulez added on the 2010-09-10 06:02:34 by Skate Skate
Serious cube love!
rulez added on the 2010-09-12 03:52:54 by Zhent Zhent
Pretty boring even for a firstie, but the last scene gets my thumb :)
rulez added on the 2010-09-12 14:29:30 by dixan dixan
Failed the test. Nevertheless, I didn't enjoy, technically great, but the design and music - completely not for me.
added on the 2010-09-18 02:04:25 by Jakim Jakim
Design has to be worked here, but damn! it's full of good ideas + progressive music is totally appropriate + recursive trees are really nice. Desserves its thumb up.
rulez added on the 2010-09-18 21:31:35 by ok3anos ok3anos
Agree this needs polishing/desigigning, but it still works for me.
rulez added on the 2010-09-19 10:24:51 by doomdoom doomdoom
didn't like it until the cube trees and after, but that part itself deserves a thumb
rulez added on the 2010-09-20 06:31:41 by Inorix Inorix
i didnt like it when i saw it on the stream.
watching it in realtime gives a good feeling. the music supports the visuals very well!
nice demo! :)
rulez added on the 2010-09-20 12:20:21 by gentleman gentleman
Very nice looking demo! good musiic.
rulez added on the 2010-09-24 07:32:50 by Zababa Zababa
Pretty good overall. Music made me want thumb this down. Design/ideas left me with a thumb up, but no piggy : The last scene gave you my thumb up
rulez added on the 2010-09-25 10:36:59 by cxnull cxnull
Nice direction, good ideas, excellent for a first!
rulez added on the 2010-09-25 22:15:32 by yandexx yandexx
very nice!
rulez added on the 2010-09-26 15:41:43 by vtech vtech
It's not easy to get squares things round :-)
rulez added on the 2010-10-03 09:14:09 by w00t! w00t!
good ideas !
rulez added on the 2010-10-04 19:31:54 by gibs gibs
good one
rulez added on the 2010-10-13 20:18:29 by parcelshit parcelshit
nice cube world, lots of ideas and scenes, cute music.
rulez added on the 2010-10-13 20:40:51 by keito keito
great for first prod. camera, colors and visuals were pretty horrible but some animations were nice.
added on the 2010-10-15 09:41:04 by pommak pommak
Cube is good for you :D
rulez added on the 2010-10-17 00:53:20 by thyrex thyrex
Like it!
rulez added on the 2010-10-17 01:01:38 by samurai samurai
Nice stuff! Awesome ending with the rgb diods! Looking forward to your next production!
rulez added on the 2010-10-28 18:37:06 by velo velo
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rulez added on the 2010-11-23 17:46:25 by las las
cute cube :-)
rulez added on the 2011-01-01 21:52:49 by neoneye neoneye
I really liked this. I registered for pouet.net just so I could rate this, and I've probably seen like 100 prods.
rulez added on the 2011-01-12 02:41:37 by eebgoz eebgoz
coolness!
rulez added on the 2011-01-12 03:01:15 by mad mad
eebgoz: awesome! :-D

Thank you all for the great cheering feedback!
added on the 2011-01-12 17:17:02 by Zavie Zavie
nice ideas. nice demo!
rulez added on the 2011-01-21 23:56:10 by tirox tirox
I hate cubes. Saved by the music and the few semi-organic parts.
added on the 2011-02-27 16:31:48 by JDruid JDruid
woah! ART!!!
rulez added on the 2011-03-01 16:21:55 by SoDa7 SoDa7
nice music. why use a ugly coder-color cube in the middle of it?
added on the 2011-04-22 00:06:10 by rudi rudi
good for a firstie
rulez added on the 2011-04-22 00:13:39 by substrate substrate
Mostly rather quite ugly, but pleasant to watch, and the last scene made my jaw drop :D
rulez added on the 2011-04-24 02:59:43 by rutra80 rutra80
Keep it up :)
rulez added on the 2011-05-21 12:29:26 by iks iks
I love ❒ and there is so many in this demo - together with a wonderful soundtrack - great!

Made a Highres Youtube Rip for it:
B - Incubation by Ctrl-Alt-Test | 64k (1080p)
rulez added on the 2011-07-06 11:14:18 by anni anni
the graphics need some tweaking but the music and the last scene were excellent!
rulez added on the 2011-07-31 23:47:39 by cce cce
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rulez added on the 2011-11-16 01:03:02 by t-zero t-zero
The music reminds me of Kraftwerk at times (which is cool!), very nice soundtrack here. The 64k tells a cute story that fits extremely well with the music and this one of the most original demos/intros I've seen the last few years.
rulez added on the 2011-12-10 16:59:01 by phobium phobium
<3 the soundtrack
rulez added on the 2012-05-15 17:04:57 by dafuq dafuq
o_O
rulez added on the 2013-05-24 06:17:16 by Frozzy Frozzy
64k!
rulez added on the 2013-08-03 13:35:55 by sensenstahl sensenstahl
truly horrible music.
sucks added on the 2014-01-25 12:18:37 by kimi kardashian kimi kardashian
Just went and said that G - Level One was the best C-A-T prod to date, but I realize I forgot this one. Now I'm not sure, actually.
rulez added on the 2014-03-24 18:44:38 by Trilkk Trilkk
So many ideas, just one shape!
rulez added on the 2015-10-28 07:42:43 by andr00 andr00
Lovely! It goes on and on, and when you think it's over yet another cute idea comes around the corner.
rulez added on the 2015-10-28 10:26:13 by Kylearan Kylearan
Interesting
rulez added on the 2016-05-29 02:18:45 by golem golem
nice amount of content for a 64k
rulez added on the 2016-12-17 18:46:39 by EviL EviL
cool
rulez added on the 2017-05-10 18:00:52 by no longer active no longer active
Cube-storytelling.
rulez added on the 2021-11-04 13:17:21 by hollowone hollowone

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