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Storm Rider by Focus Design [web]
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screenshot added by StingRay on 2017-02-14 12:33:07
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release date : february 2017
release party : Datastorm 2017
compo : amiga aga demo
ranked : 1st
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popularity : 63%
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alltime top: #2914
added on the 2017-02-14 09:41:17 by djh0ffman djh0ffman

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Some of the parts look quite a bit unfinished but Hoffman's track is so awesome that I can easily ignore that! :)
rulez added on the 2017-02-14 10:49:42 by hfr hfr
I enjoyed this! Great music, some excellent color palettes [I might steal some of them for my own prods ;)], great graphics and interesting effects. Only "twisty twister" should have some more twists I think (hah!) as we have seen "normal" twisters way too often now. Oh, another thing, since the code needs and uses the FPU you should add some kind of system-check as the demo crashes with a big "boom bang" on Non-FPU systems which is not that nice of course.

Other than that: Fine demo! :)
rulez added on the 2017-02-14 12:38:51 by StingRay StingRay
well deserved 1st place! ;P
rulez added on the 2017-02-14 12:48:24 by wysiwtf wysiwtf
I got a bit too close to the deadline, so there is indeed lacking some finishing touches (like FPU check). The twister-routine can actually do a lot more than just basic twisting, but I didn't have the time to utilize that - It will show up in a demo in the future instead :)

This is my first demo coded using WinUAE, so I was a bit worried about performance when watching it on the bigscreen, but luckily I didn't make too many coding blunders in the innerloops.

Bonus Info: Daytripper (from "Professional Tracker" fame) did the MC'ing + lyrics and I stole some look-up tables (made by farfar) from an earlier FD demo.
added on the 2017-02-14 13:19:09 by booster booster
Power! And really cool mc'ing!
rulez added on the 2017-02-14 15:21:46 by Corial Corial
>>Sshhiivveerriinngg<< The groooooovah! Short a little but who cares.
rulez added on the 2017-02-14 19:13:10 by aki aki
Powerful, had the fitting punch :D
rulez added on the 2017-02-14 19:31:47 by Sapphire Sapphire
Cool demo!
rulez added on the 2017-02-14 22:11:04 by Skynet Skynet
Great demo!! Music is gfx really nice :)
rulez added on the 2017-02-14 22:14:58 by Sir_Lucas Sir_Lucas
What hfr said!
rulez added on the 2017-02-15 08:54:14 by Kylearan Kylearan
Love this style...
rulez added on the 2017-02-15 09:15:42 by Ramon B5 Ramon B5
music !!
rulez added on the 2017-02-15 09:30:27 by juice juice
Well done!
rulez added on the 2017-02-15 09:57:49 by ham ham
Cool stuff here. Some out of the box-thinking with the effects as well, which is definitely nice.
rulez added on the 2017-02-15 10:47:32 by Preacher Preacher
Quote:
Well done!

Indeed!
rulez added on the 2017-02-15 11:55:04 by Todi Todi
Yeah!
rulez added on the 2017-02-15 13:19:44 by Soundy Soundy
The soundtrack is super cool.
rulez added on the 2017-02-15 19:41:28 by Manwe Manwe
Music = superawesomefuckingcool!
rulez added on the 2017-02-15 20:13:09 by Dascon Dascon
Good stuff, specially dig the msx!
rulez added on the 2017-02-15 21:35:44 by sachy sachy
nice zoomers, twister, and overall flow demo.
and cool soundtrack!
rulez added on the 2017-02-15 21:43:02 by VBI VBI
Can we just have a moment of commiseration for an obviously capable lyricist who had to work with these absurd names and circumstances? :)
added on the 2017-02-15 21:52:27 by Gargaj Gargaj
The Soundtrack is supermassive of course!
The Effects are fine (although i think i have seen them in a previous release already?!) and wellcoded for sure, but didn´t fit the soundtrack, which asked for massive effect-bombing with fast movements and lots of sync!
So all in all this feels a bit disconnected sadly, still very good!
I think the Twister turned me off the most...while i love twisters! But too much black on the screen and not enough movement to accompany the music, also why only half the screen?!
rulez added on the 2017-02-16 12:56:41 by ɧ4ɾɗվ. ɧ4ɾɗվ.
hardy, the twisters are basically not really done - I had to sacrifice something to meet the deadline :)

.. but this means I can use them in another demo! :D
added on the 2017-02-16 13:39:39 by booster booster
Yes, the twisters reminded me of a certain "fade from white" ;)
Overall, this demo is a proof-positive of how much you can achieve with proper sync and audio.
rulez added on the 2017-02-16 13:43:20 by noname noname
Big tune! From now on every demo group should have their own MC! Fx are also quite nice. Yet another demo featuring Malmix, the pixel machine!

<rant>
There must be music communities, 3d communities, pixel communities out there separate from the demo scene which represent a gold mine of content ready for demo usage.

However for Amiga content it is too embarrassing to ask because content will be degraded to noisy 8-bit, 256 color (or less!) low resolution graphics and objects with no more than ~1000 faces featuring only 1 texture please! ... and the texture has to be an envmap!
</rant>
rulez added on the 2017-02-16 13:58:40 by rloaderro rloaderro
The tune made my day. Shame there wasn't any competition though.
rulez added on the 2017-02-16 19:40:09 by Twardy Twardy
Twister is what I reacted to also ;P Deadlines suck. Looks slick but doesn't impress, seems in search of a theme or idea. Music is well-made, but not my cup.
added on the 2017-02-18 02:45:58 by Photon Photon
BOOOSTA! again on Amiga board ;) Perhaps it looks a bit unfinished but the music is stunning. I like the synchro too.
rulez added on the 2017-02-20 10:15:50 by slayer slayer
Super music+effects+synchro+graphics...
...together = Best demo from the party and only one AGA !
rulez added on the 2017-02-25 13:39:29 by DJM/DTA DJM/DTA
some effects from early Focus Design demos ?:) but this soundtrack! Massive!
rulez added on the 2017-02-27 18:46:16 by dakota dakota
Decent. :)
added on the 2017-03-04 03:40:51 by AntDude AntDude
Thumb up for the massive tune!
rulez added on the 2017-03-04 16:26:14 by mayday mayday
Nothing groundbreaking, but solid mixture of awesome music, cool fx and nice effects + sync
rulez added on the 2017-03-05 15:03:20 by Triace Triace
Good tune ("wobbbawauwab"), but a bit short and unfinished.
added on the 2017-03-06 15:10:35 by raer raer
Sync and soundtrack r doing the job!
rulez added on the 2017-03-13 23:59:23 by baderman_one baderman_one
Rulez!
rulez added on the 2017-03-14 10:55:40 by at0m at0m
You should use the classic demo music style rather. I dont like the music.
added on the 2017-03-15 02:14:39 by rock rock
you want them to use 'classic' style, but your handle is 'rock'

MAKE UP YOUR MIND!!!!
rulez added on the 2017-03-15 12:40:00 by farfar farfar
Fucking great but a little short.
rulez added on the 2017-03-24 21:24:57 by lennart lennart
Wow! Great music & style. Really nice to watch.
rulez added on the 2017-05-09 19:10:31 by dissident dissident
:D
rulez added on the 2017-06-19 20:31:01 by ferris ferris
Nice but kinda short :)
rulez added on the 2017-06-27 21:41:38 by lvd lvd
farfar rocks! (and so does this demo!)
rulez added on the 2017-06-27 21:52:06 by hornet hornet
Nice flow and interesting, and cool music too!
rulez added on the 2017-07-17 03:00:18 by Angel Angel
Finally made my sceneID, just to drop a line to say this demo has become my all time favorite Amiga Demo, the music is brilliant, my god Hoffman is the man, i grabbed the mp3 from soundcloud too, and yeah the code fits the music really well. I always look forward to Focus Design demos more than any other group.
added on the 2017-09-25 12:04:01 by IvanEBC IvanEBC
masssssiv3
rulez added on the 2017-09-25 12:22:35 by Fell Fell
...as Fell said: massive!! 8)
rulez added on the 2017-11-30 19:07:16 by kwe kwe
awesome and stylish!
rulez added on the 2017-11-30 19:51:28 by gentleman gentleman
Not a big fond of the visuals (too unpolished and kinda half-baked for me), but the soundtrack is awesome. Probably my fave tune from Hoffman ever; dope funky dub jamz that remind me of The Egg.
rulez added on the 2018-01-18 22:05:25 by jazzcat jazzcat
Best extended credits ever ;)
rulez added on the 2018-01-20 00:16:05 by cxw cxw
Please bring us more demos like this!
rulez added on the 2018-03-03 22:13:13 by zeebr zeebr
great demo, ossom music by h0f!
rulez added on the 2018-11-26 12:49:26 by keito keito
dope
rulez added on the 2019-05-28 12:38:29 by nagz nagz
Nice little Amiga demo, with awesome music and nice effects, saw this now during the Pre TRSAC stream
rulez added on the 2021-10-22 17:58:39 by Queen_Luna Queen_Luna
yes
Cool demo
rulez added on the 2022-03-04 22:55:11 by bitl bitl
This demo rocks! And that music... it's awesome. It definitely deserves more thumbs!
rulez added on the 2024-05-09 10:43:57 by toms toms

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