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Still Rising by Vanity [web]
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added on the 2013-03-31 01:26:25 by Hicks  |
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serious cpc demo!!! respect!!
rulez added on the 2013-03-31 01:33:05 by bonefish 
Sick!
Lovely demo and lovely vibrant and bold colours! At least the russians won't be able to claim you copied *these* colours from the Spectrum...
So many good parts to this demo, but for me it's the excellent use of CRTC tricks to do something that's uniquely CPC that makes it so special! :)
So many good parts to this demo, but for me it's the excellent use of CRTC tricks to do something that's uniquely CPC that makes it so special! :)
not quite Batman level yet, but very very good otherwise :)
Awesome stuff :) Loved the twister thing.
Definitelly not a Batman killer, but solid.
Lot's of good effects, most are line based. I enjoyed the big rotozoomers.
p.s. Font was kinda hard to read in the zoomscroller.
Lot's of good effects, most are line based. I enjoyed the big rotozoomers.
p.s. Font was kinda hard to read in the zoomscroller.
this is a motherfucking piece of art.
Right on!
The MUSIC. Best in 8bit demos.
Yes, not a Batman killer, but very solid demo. Near to the top. Twister part is absolutely fantastic. Loved it via stream. I want to watch and listen it more and more.
Awesome.
Live video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=F7a7EjX0jtA#t=1979s
although it's not a batman killer, i'd say it's way more better than batman in almost every aspect.
Wicked!
and yeah, what diver said. soundtrack is a 8bit demoscene "bohemian rhapsody" - it changes so unpredictable and organically throughout the entire demo, you just can't have a time to take a breath.
just brilliant.
just brilliant.
When 8Bit look like 16bit, very nice demo.
sq, maybe, but now i can say it sounds more like a DJ mix of couple different but very cool tracks.
Right, the music is brilliant. Graphics and effects are very cool and colorful as well!
Sick work ! I discovered it yesterday live just like everybody, incredible hehe. "Excellent effects, choice of color, and lovely aesthetic" my wife said : ) Congrats Hicks and Beb. That was a long work and the soundtrack was actually made a while ago, at the very begining. It would have been different if it was made nowadays I think. Evolution of taste and way to work...
Beb, nice font at the intro. Is it original one? ;)
Instead of falling into a reply to the bashing by Batman Group you could have just done a more original approach to assert your place but at least it made me laugh a few times to see the pointed fingers in effect form :)
Great stuff
I your face, Batman!
Great stuff!
great!!!!!!
ROCKS!!!
Vanity keeps pushing the envelope further and further. Well done!
Sweet CPC demoshock!
awesome
Great demo, splendid graphics and music, the effects are classic but impressive;) it's just a little short compared to batman, but I think better shares made... Congratulations guys !
Great :)!
I'm just watching it in my CPC while commenting here.
And what I see is a lot of super smooth fullscreen effects with awesome gfx and music!
The twisters and the rotozoomers are just fantastic! A great demo, no doubt.
Many thanks to el Pulpo Corrosivo for the CRTC 0 fixes!
I'm not sure if this is a Batman killer. ;)
And what I see is a lot of super smooth fullscreen effects with awesome gfx and music!
The twisters and the rotozoomers are just fantastic! A great demo, no doubt.
Many thanks to el Pulpo Corrosivo for the CRTC 0 fixes!
I'm not sure if this is a Batman killer. ;)
Not a batman killer only because of the format (short demo with EVERYTHING in memort, instead of a long trackloader).
However more technically (bigger effect, complex borders, several plans) and artistically (amsdos transition, colors, ...) brillant than BF.
I'm impatient to see the next one
ps: nice note file! and funny texts
However more technically (bigger effect, complex borders, several plans) and artistically (amsdos transition, colors, ...) brillant than BF.
I'm impatient to see the next one
ps: nice note file! and funny texts
Although overall effect from demo is superb, I liked the music most.
oh yeah.
(and yes, awesome soundtrack)
(and yes, awesome soundtrack)
Awesome!
Yeay, CPC still kicking some asses.
Heeey, that's a great show albeit a bit short! Now that Vanity showed what they do in single load, they should consider track loading next time :P
A great demo with neat colors and effects, despite the fact that I found it a bit short...
Go on, you Vanity guys - I'm already a fan :)
Go on, you Vanity guys - I'm already a fan :)
Great design!
CCCCPPPPPCCCCC
Nice effects!
Sadly a bit too short, but it's okay.
Now Batman should return again ^^
Sadly a bit too short, but it's okay.
Now Batman should return again ^^
Great demo, guys!
Holy shit, I caught this started and I kept wondering "Is it Atari ST? No, it's CPC... Nah, it's Atari ST"... and really thought it wasn't CPC. Great job!!!
OMG, they killed Batman!
It's simple.
We kill the Batman.
We kill the Batman.
Big piece of demo with huge effects ! Respect :)
Yeah
Looks great! At first you get the impression of watching an Atari ST demo. It's really cool and polished! Yet, Batman for the world! ;)
A bunch of damn beautiful coloured FX in there.
great code and awesome music. also nice to know that erections made it possible.
Great effect demo, but the zoomscroller part at the beginning was way-way too long.
Great prod with nice design, effects, gfx and music.
Not familiar with the platform, but this looks pretty nifty, booth tech and style-wise.
Great, great demo! Gfx, msx, code, everything is excellent!
(Zoomer fonts are a bit hard to read...)
(Zoomer fonts are a bit hard to read...)
I really liked the spinning blocks part. I'd planned something similar for my own demo, but glad I ran out of time to do it because this CPC demo would have showed me up. Great stuff!
The graphics and effects were top notch, too bad the music cannot keep up.....
Holy shit!
The nicest pong I ever seen, welcome in the game scene :-)
Killing Batman?! In no ways.. Technically more brilliant than BF?! Can I borrow your distortion goggles? Batman is 2 years old now, has been done by one guy and has so many more WOW effects.. How could you..? Nice twister effects btw. And trackloading is for pussies?! Well, whatever :D
Impressive, that's for sure
Nice demo, not better than batman, but definately worth watching!
Rotator with PONG over it - small message about "this is code - not animation" - and we catch it, even beeing from ZX scene
Splendid style, clever tricks... GREAT!
Superbe
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How the hell a CPC demo can get 2nd place at Revision ? Only 2013 can make it possible :) (lol)
what Bugo the Cat said
Really great production ! I am always surprised that 8bits computers fight agains Atari ST and Amiga ECS in official competitions, computers' power are so different...
Thanks to everyone for you great feedback. But I must add some words...
@"that's not a Batman killer demo" people: in what sense are you saying that? Still Rising has: better zoomscroll, better rotozoom, better twister, better plasmas. Each of our effects are better than Batman. Then, you can consider that Batman has a better theme, construction, dynamic, etc. But by claiming that "BF stay the best" you don't speak about all this work and forget the most important thing for me: Still Rising is goes technically further than Batman Forever... and demomaking must be evaluated mostly on the technical side (even if the "show" aspect stay important). Then, it would be fairer to say that "SR is better on this side (technic)" and "BF is better on this side 'show)"...
@"that's not a Batman killer demo" people: in what sense are you saying that? Still Rising has: better zoomscroll, better rotozoom, better twister, better plasmas. Each of our effects are better than Batman. Then, you can consider that Batman has a better theme, construction, dynamic, etc. But by claiming that "BF stay the best" you don't speak about all this work and forget the most important thing for me: Still Rising is goes technically further than Batman Forever... and demomaking must be evaluated mostly on the technical side (even if the "show" aspect stay important). Then, it would be fairer to say that "SR is better on this side (technic)" and "BF is better on this side 'show)"...
Doesn't deliver.
It might be better technically, it's still much less impressive, and that stings even more because of the attitude.
It might be better technically, it's still much less impressive, and that stings even more because of the attitude.
WOW!!! That's a real piece of art! Technic, graphics as well as music are at the top!
In the CPC history, each effect here is technically the best (biggest zoomscroll, biggest rotozoom, finest kaleidoscope) or never seen before (lighted rubber bar, effects with 2 grounds, mondrian-plasma-zoom, fullscreen picture mixing perfectly 2 resolutions)... All in 65k!
Batman Forever will perhaps remain the favorite for the sceners who don't know much about the CPC (probably more receptive to the direction side). But Still Rising will for sure grab the first place for the people who know our platform well ;)
Perfect job!
In the CPC history, each effect here is technically the best (biggest zoomscroll, biggest rotozoom, finest kaleidoscope) or never seen before (lighted rubber bar, effects with 2 grounds, mondrian-plasma-zoom, fullscreen picture mixing perfectly 2 resolutions)... All in 65k!
Batman Forever will perhaps remain the favorite for the sceners who don't know much about the CPC (probably more receptive to the direction side). But Still Rising will for sure grab the first place for the people who know our platform well ;)
Perfect job!
Hicks: You are of, course, right about the technical superiority of your effects. No one who knows a bit about the Amstrad's limitations can doubt that you achieved, as a coder, the greatest goal.
BUT... A demo is not just about code. It's about many other things too. Things related with the feeling, the theme, etc.
Your demo rely too much in the "let's kick Batman ass!" theme so you put yourself under the shadow of the bat wings even before the demo start!
Don't get me wrong... all this "trackloaders are for pussies" and "moaning and decrunching" lines are quite fun and cool to read.
Even Batman Group itself did something similar against the demogroup Darkness in their demo Batman Vuelve (when they said "We are the True Dark Side" they are mocking another demogroup).
But, anyway, their demo was far, very far, beyond Darkness' stuff in terms of design... so they prevailed.
If you wanna kill Batman, you must smash Batman in all areas, not just in code.
That said, I must add that, in my opinion, both Still Rising and Batman Forever are masterpieces.
BUT... A demo is not just about code. It's about many other things too. Things related with the feeling, the theme, etc.
Your demo rely too much in the "let's kick Batman ass!" theme so you put yourself under the shadow of the bat wings even before the demo start!
Don't get me wrong... all this "trackloaders are for pussies" and "moaning and decrunching" lines are quite fun and cool to read.
Even Batman Group itself did something similar against the demogroup Darkness in their demo Batman Vuelve (when they said "We are the True Dark Side" they are mocking another demogroup).
But, anyway, their demo was far, very far, beyond Darkness' stuff in terms of design... so they prevailed.
If you wanna kill Batman, you must smash Batman in all areas, not just in code.
That said, I must add that, in my opinion, both Still Rising and Batman Forever are masterpieces.
@Hicks. Check the compo stream record. There was written: "It's really time to kick Batman Group's ass guys! ... Then Vanity is back and Batman will die!!".
So it's not a surprise when people talking about that demo "Batman killer / Not a Batman killer".
So it's not a surprise when people talking about that demo "Batman killer / Not a Batman killer".
Nice demo.
@diver,'war' between batman and still rising it's only coder's joke :)
@diver,'war' between batman and still rising it's only coder's joke :)
awesome coding.
from the gfx side the best I know on cpc! Really like the style of the gfx. The code is also nice!
nice
A must-see masterpiece of coding!
what the cat said.
Hot twisters and other effects as well, good music.. Only thing i didnt like that much was the scroller font.
The wonk hiphop part made me rather happy, something pretty unexpectable from ultrasyd, in the line of some of goto80's best "fucked up" tracks.
More technical and less design-ish than Batman, but still a masterpiece, and the music by Ultrasyd rulez!
On top of that I really like demoscene-bashing between crew :D
On top of that I really like demoscene-bashing between crew :D
Awesome demo! It didn't live up to its promise as a BF killer, and hopefully so! (because a BF-sized demo with that level of quality would not just kill Batman, but annihilate the entire DC Comics universe :)
cool
Impressive!
good job!
Ace prod!
I <3 the zoomscroll, rotozoom ( I'm not familiar with the CPC but have no idea how it'd be possible to make such a fast rotozoom on CPC ) and "twisters" but the flow is far behind Batman Forever :\
I <3 the zoomscroll, rotozoom ( I'm not familiar with the CPC but have no idea how it'd be possible to make such a fast rotozoom on CPC ) and "twisters" but the flow is far behind Batman Forever :\
Excellent! Great gfx!
nice one, but far away from being a batman killer :)
Awesome perfectness, guys! I love it. This is just the reason why Batman Forever demo has been created. To push people to make cool demos like this! Thanks for this cool production! I love it.
Good stuff there! Need to see it soon on a real CPC.
The twister and pictures are great, but somehow felt bit long to get where things was interesting.
This is not an Amstrad Demo ;-)
Marq: You should! That youtube capture seems to be made with an emulator and the great music by ultrasyd sounds very weird in some parts compared to how it sounds in the real thing.
Insane!
Lacking a bit in the design department but still a kickass prod!
Cool stuff, i especially love the twister part!
Great stuff !
this prod: rulez
Rulez!
What kaneel said. This suffers from a common problem for a lot of oldskool demos (not to batman tho) in that it's quite boring to look at for the most part. Still, the best bits are really nice, only if it was concised into a tighter packet. The joker pic is also quite ugly imo, mainly 'cause of the palette. Still clearly worth a thumb up.
Soso.
great stuff. liked the gfx and kaleidoscope the best
Bring on Revision 2014 ! :)
nice
Taking us back to school.
awesome!
ah ouais, là ça torche bien, pas trop fan du son
mais les effets sont cool et fluides et les graphs sont au top (superbes couleurs grâce aux trames dans les especes de rubber bars)
mais les effets sont cool et fluides et les graphs sont au top (superbes couleurs grâce aux trames dans les especes de rubber bars)
sorry, I wrote in french...
i said: great demo, not fan of the sound but there's cool and fluid effects and gfx are just superb (i particulary like the dithered colors in the sort of rubber bar)
i said: great demo, not fan of the sound but there's cool and fluid effects and gfx are just superb (i particulary like the dithered colors in the sort of rubber bar)
If you haven't tried it yet, run the demo with only 64k of RAM. It gives you a special mini-demo separate from the main one.
awesome effects here.
no batman-killer yet tho.
no batman-killer yet tho.
Great
Positively insane, for a Z80 :D
nice
indeed no batman-killer, but some cool stuff in there
How skilled at coding can one be?
i don't even know if any batman killer or not but just a pure goooooooood event when i was at the party ! you rulez
Watched this again after some time. It rulezzzzzzz!!!
Asskicking prod, CPC forever!
Feels a bit meh.
fpga cpc (c-one) just shon me a nice cracktro, too low requirements ;]
I enjoyed the ever-changing tune with nice melodies and sick, weird dnb parts. All the rotozoomers were ace, and the twister was really pleasant. Not sure if the plasmas are anything fancy, although they're neat.
Still Rising's -not for pussies- Making-of, published in the last Hugi (#38), is now online. Check it here!
Great design and very impressive effects (twister and rotozoom!).
its nice but not a batman killer alright
DEMO GOOD, BUT YOU GET TO BATMAN FOREVER OR SOLE SHOES !!!
Very nice.
Cool demo
Quite cool, loved the twister; music gets better during the demo
Thumb up! brilliant demonstration of skills: fx mixing hw&soft, colors&dithering, AY mastering. As a (demo-)show? arguable.
In overall presentation BF wins, but this is just 65 kb and the effects rock ! Make pussy trackloader next ;)
Very nice piece of code. Not for pussies ;)
could have been better with proper transitions
@1in10 wtf
@Norecess : I also don't understand some votes...
Innovative effects and a lot of "World Record" on CPC are obviously not enough for someone... Next time, we'll work on good transitions :) :) :)
Innovative effects and a lot of "World Record" on CPC are obviously not enough for someone... Next time, we'll work on good transitions :) :) :)
@Beb Your prod actually aged well and is amazing on all fronts (gfx/code/music). The only big complaint is his length. Overall, it really deserved its great rank here in Pouet and yes, this prod is definitively a forward step in CPC demoscene History!
forgotten thumb
This had a lovely feel to it. The presentation was especially fresh!
FOOLISH WORDS !!! A DEAF EARS !!!
!! CRY SO MUCH TO REMIND YOU THATSUPREMACY IN AMSTRAD IS FROM 2011 TO BATMANGROUP !!!! AND NOT FORGET YOU !!!, HAHAHAHA !!!
HAVE YOU EVER WITH DANCED DEVIL IN THE LIGHT OF THE MOON?
HICKS, WHAT YOU HAVE PROBLEMS DO YOU DISLIKE MY COMMENTS?
CREATE DEMOS AND EFFECTS ON CONDITIONS AND MAYBE YOU LIKE THE VALUES OF RHINO !!!!
ENVY IS VERY BAD!!!
PREPARING GO AGAIN THE ASSHOLE, YOU BATMAN WILL RETURN TO REMOVE THE PILES !!!!!!
!! CRY SO MUCH TO REMIND YOU THATSUPREMACY IN AMSTRAD IS FROM 2011 TO BATMANGROUP !!!! AND NOT FORGET YOU !!!, HAHAHAHA !!!
HAVE YOU EVER WITH DANCED DEVIL IN THE LIGHT OF THE MOON?
HICKS, WHAT YOU HAVE PROBLEMS DO YOU DISLIKE MY COMMENTS?
CREATE DEMOS AND EFFECTS ON CONDITIONS AND MAYBE YOU LIKE THE VALUES OF RHINO !!!!
ENVY IS VERY BAD!!!
PREPARING GO AGAIN THE ASSHOLE, YOU BATMAN WILL RETURN TO REMOVE THE PILES !!!!!!
great demo
Super demo (on youtube),
Can't watch it on my hardware (crtc 0/1) ... sad
Can't watch it on my hardware (crtc 0/1) ... sad
Nice!
Takes a while to get going but when it does it's awesome. The soundtrack is killer.
Great and big effects, very well polished gfx and the music fits very well... One of the best CPC demos, even 10 years after.
Ooh yeah.
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