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The Nature of Magic by New Generation Crew
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release date : april 2023
release party : Revision 2023
compo : amiga demo
ranked : 6th
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popularity : 64%
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alltime top: #2336
added on the 2023-04-10 20:46:13 by Soundy Soundy

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Such a wonderful production by quite some of my friends. Enjoyed every bit of it!
rulez added on the 2023-04-10 20:54:53 by Dascon Dascon
I really enjoyed this. It takes effort to make plasma like effects look good in 2023 and this demo definitely does that!
rulez added on the 2023-04-10 21:30:23 by Jobbo Jobbo
Really nice art, presentation and effects
rulez added on the 2023-04-10 21:37:08 by Optimus Optimus
Good to see NGC back on screen (with Viper and Soundy). I hope it's the first of other great prods.
rulez added on the 2023-04-10 21:39:16 by ok3anos ok3anos
really nice prod! Tons of different fx and kudos to fit a song with vocals on a single disk!
rulez added on the 2023-04-10 22:00:58 by leonard leonard
Cool vocal sound. Like this produktion :-)
rulez added on the 2023-04-10 22:18:30 by BulletToothTony BulletToothTony
...pls a new download link :-)
sweet, really enjoyed this one
rulez added on the 2023-04-10 22:39:52 by Ramon B5 Ramon B5
Really enjoyed this one live. Wish it placed higher...
rulez added on the 2023-04-11 00:00:38 by Rastertail Rastertail
Superb demo. This one and "The Loop" are my two favorites. How can these two demos only be placed on rank 5 and 6? They run on 512kb/512kb A500 machines, show great effects and have great music.
rulez added on the 2023-04-11 00:27:10 by AW87 AW87
Though the others all earned teir place, i also would liked this in a higher Rank.
The sound really nails it.
rulez added on the 2023-04-11 00:30:29 by B2k_ad B2k_ad
Really nice.
rulez added on the 2023-04-11 00:34:00 by gaspode gaspode
This amazing demo is a masterpiece of design. The flow is incredible.
Just look at how well each part is done. For instance, the part of the lines waving over the book: Simple effect -you may think- but not everyone choose the colors so well to fit the palette of the graphic and still maintain the illusion of motion blur.

Add these transitions, the energetic music, the little details in every part...

Hats off! You guys are wizards!
rulez added on the 2023-04-11 02:54:30 by ham ham
This demo being ranked 6th in the demo compo is a complete non-sense to me...
Amazing audio & visuals !!
rulez added on the 2023-04-11 03:03:24 by norecess norecess
This production should rank a few places higher.
rulez added on the 2023-04-11 08:01:44 by tjahzi(aka Jimi) tjahzi(aka Jimi)
great graphics, music and theme. not a big fan of the antialiased hiciolor plasma looking parts though
added on the 2023-04-11 10:12:42 by psenough psenough
Groovy as hell. Love the colorful plasma bits too.
rulez added on the 2023-04-11 10:55:44 by Preacher Preacher
Very enjoyable!
rulez added on the 2023-04-11 11:43:32 by Mystra Mystra
In other years (excluding the 2019 mayhem) this would've been up somewhere on the pedestal. Reading the "should've ranked higher" comments let me take a peek at the results, and they are quite literally only nudges of points apart starting from 6th place. So, tight race but such is life.
Top notch production in the heap of the Virgill-festival this Easter :D
rulez added on the 2023-04-11 12:16:40 by d0DgE d0DgE
Super demo with massive production values in all departments, and the code hits many aesthetically pleasing registers with grandeur. Some parts left me baffled about what's going on here, definitely needs more rewatches.
rulez added on the 2023-04-11 12:33:06 by bifat bifat
Sweet!
And the music is awesome!
rulez added on the 2023-04-11 12:38:11 by d vibe d vibe
Just great.
rulez added on the 2023-04-11 12:50:55 by grip grip
You know that it must have been an outstanding compo when great stuff like this "only" ranks 6th. Presented in a good mood, great effects and graphics, a nice flow, all held together by an awesome soundtrack, Virgill's days must have 48 hours, else I dunno.
rulez added on the 2023-04-11 13:01:09 by SiR SiR
Many thanks for the great feedback!
As you noticed the music contains lots of lyrics. These are ADPCM compressed (nearly 400kb of music in a 1 disk demo) and we stream and decompress them in real-time while the FX run. Anyways, here are the lyrics of Virgill's fantastic song:
Chorus:
I was just a kid when I first saw the light
The Amiga demoscene was my guiding light
Verses:
Chaos and Sanity, they played their game
Arte was the demo that put them to fame
Laxity and Kefrens, they took us to the stars
Desert Dream was the demo that left us in awe
Leonard and Oxygene, they took us back in time
We Were was the demo that blew our mind
Gengis and Complex, they showed us the way
Real was the demo that made us stay
added on the 2023-04-11 13:30:39 by Soundy Soundy
Some chunky effects are at a bit low resolution for my taste, still a very good OCS demo.
rulez added on the 2023-04-11 13:56:43 by Rhino/BG Rhino/BG
That music is really cool! Also stunning graphics!
rulez added on the 2023-04-11 16:03:14 by toms toms
Cool graphics, effects, soundtrack and nice magical atmosphere.
Prowler, thanks for the nice chat at Revision.
rulez added on the 2023-04-11 20:53:11 by slayer slayer
nice
rulez added on the 2023-04-11 21:44:29 by fyrex fyrex
I felt this blazed past my eyes in the compo with rapid fire effects. I need to do an extra round to get more clarity on what was going on. Certainly thumbworthy!
rulez added on the 2023-04-11 22:01:08 by rloaderro rloaderro
Masterpiece! Thanks dudes!
rulez added on the 2023-04-11 22:40:25 by thomas^sd thomas^sd
Really Cool!
rulez added on the 2023-04-12 13:11:02 by STRANGER/HMD^DLG STRANGER/HMD^DLG
Nice amiga demo
rulez added on the 2023-04-12 13:29:20 by Queen_Luna Queen_Luna
Yep
rulez added on the 2023-04-12 16:39:31 by xeron xeron
Great OCS demo and awesome, let's say, oldskool soundtrack! Reminds me of a bit to the Contex Digi-Demos on C64.
rulez added on the 2023-04-12 22:08:28 by TMA TMA
As an old fan of Animatunes and Artificial paradise, this new amiga NGC prod made my day!
rulez added on the 2023-04-13 00:01:39 by peskanov peskanov
What a lovely demo. I just love every pixel in it. NGC comeback isnt one time i hope? J'aime!

Live compo recording here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ia_5h_4mPcw
rulez added on the 2023-04-13 10:32:32 by magic magic
Quite chool!
My #1 in the amiga demo compo :) effect at full speed, love the music . And nice to see ngx back on amiga!
rulez added on the 2023-04-13 10:49:30 by ntsc_ ntsc_
Excellent!
rulez added on the 2023-04-13 12:07:40 by Anat Anat
Nice surprise from my good friend Soundy!!

Some nice parts here, a good "story" and flow, and an awesome soundtrack too!!

Well done! Should perhaps have placed higher in the rankings!
added on the 2023-04-13 21:45:18 by DanLemon DanLemon
and again forgot my thumb !!!
rulez added on the 2023-04-13 21:45:30 by DanLemon DanLemon
Demo worth watching again. Very good graphics, very interesting ideas.
rulez added on the 2023-04-14 14:13:06 by MDW MDW
Enjoyed the brushes best from effects. Not really fan of sound in this one..
rulez added on the 2023-04-14 15:18:31 by leGend leGend
Nice
rulez added on the 2023-04-15 12:44:52 by Frequent Frequent
nice one!
rulez added on the 2023-04-16 07:14:49 by sensenstahl sensenstahl
great
rulez added on the 2023-04-16 07:56:23 by grz grz
Great demo with fantastic gfx and music!!
rulez added on the 2023-04-17 08:41:09 by Sir_Lucas Sir_Lucas
That is the demo with the coolest music since ages. Not to mention the great fx. Well done, guys! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
rulez added on the 2023-04-17 17:40:14 by dissident dissident
Cool music, great flow and fresh ideas. Underrated in the compo!
rulez added on the 2023-04-17 22:03:44 by Ome_ijS Ome_ijS
Some really good effects. It's the type of demo I will watch again from time to time because of that.
Nice soundtrack and graphics as well.
rulez added on the 2023-04-20 17:27:24 by keops keops
Awesome production, I love the sound so much....
rulez added on the 2023-04-20 18:51:49 by JamieSkarla JamieSkarla
Nice theme and a very cool credits part ! (but I hate these large chunky effects on OCS even if these, I must say look better than usual :)).
rulez added on the 2023-04-22 17:21:48 by Fab Fab
The opening sequence has instant appeal to me and already secures the thumb. Going on, I can't decide if that textroutine was designed that way or it was buggy and they just left it in because it looks sort of ok.

I especially enjoyed the twister part with gfx and rising pixels, and the book part with the bendy lines. A few glitches here and there are not enough to ruin the good impression.
rulez added on the 2023-04-22 21:13:54 by Nosferatu Nosferatu
That is so cool! Awesome production!
rulez added on the 2023-05-01 19:04:56 by tifeco tifeco
The lyrics alone and all the rest of course.
Magic !
rulez added on the 2023-05-05 06:38:52 by AlienTech AlienTech
Beautiful atmosphere and aesthetics.
rulez added on the 2023-05-21 21:08:10 by Bruno Bruno
Très bon.
rulez added on the 2023-06-03 10:35:22 by hitchhikr hitchhikr
The soundtrack was planned as coop with dascon and comatron. Lazy bastards :)
added on the 2023-06-16 23:38:24 by Virgill Virgill
cool
rulez added on the 2023-06-17 00:29:09 by Blast! Blast!
Good demo, there could be more of that nice gfx, when you have such names aboard ;)
rulez added on the 2023-06-17 09:14:12 by Serpent Serpent
Very good on all fronts. Lots of different and interesting effects, good music that reminds me of Kraftwerk and nice graphics as well. The opening effect is my favourite, it really looks awesome.
rulez added on the 2023-06-17 13:46:16 by StingRay StingRay
Lovely, great sounding and aesthetic.
rulez added on the 2023-06-20 15:35:43 by adkd adkd
Deserved a higher placement in my view, but such is the way of the vote, way of the compo. :)
rulez added on the 2023-10-19 19:54:38 by ccr ccr
I can't explain why I've only just discovered this masterpiece.
rulez added on the 2023-10-31 21:50:46 by Depeche Depeche
Oops, watched this one when it came out but then apparently mixed it
up with another production I did not like and did not want to vote for.
Happy, I found out about my mistake and having rewatched this
inherently consistent and atmospheric "Copperfield" show ;-)
I am enchanted and like the colorful plasmas & the credits part, the
image of that alluring lady, and the execellent music. Everything just
fits together so nicely!
rulez added on the 2023-11-01 16:32:18 by ROG_VF ROG_VF
Wow, what a soundtrack!
rulez added on the 2024-01-11 17:12:31 by Olympian Olympian
my favorite of the entire amigacompo, awesome presentation and great soumdtrack :)
rulez added on the 2024-01-16 14:13:46 by wbcbz7 wbcbz7
Oh, I loved this one! I forgot to give it a thumbs up!
rulez added on the 2024-03-28 00:26:37 by SoDa7 SoDa7
Goog Demo
rulez added on the 2024-04-07 15:31:45 by Bartos Bartos
a demo for A500 that has style
It's elegant, it's well presented, congratulations.
At a moment, I almost feel an aftertaste of an Andromeda demo, that's a compliment.
rulez added on the 2024-07-04 23:07:32 by Frogg Frogg

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