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          :                         EMPIRES                         :
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          :                   a 64 KByte intro for                  :
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                                 REVISION 2024
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          :                     (fixed version)                     :
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          .                                                         .
          :     Engine code and additional graphics by              :
          :       BOYC                                              :
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          .     Visuals and direction by                            .
          :       ZOOM                                              :

          .     Synth and music by                                  .
          :       GARGAJ                                            :

          .                                                         .
          :     Here we go, then.                                   :
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          .     As you may have heard through the grapevine,        .
          .     we've started work on this engine about 3 years     .
          :     ago (before Clean Slate!), mostly from scratch,     :
          :     and this is our first "real" attempt to spend       :
          .     some time with the new features and see what        .
                we can do with it.
          .                                                         .
          .     This particular intro is a bit more centered        .
          .     around tech than what we usually do: there are      .
          .     quite a few new tricks, like improved physically    .
          :     based rendering (we did have an early version       :
          .     of that in Clean Slate already, but just roll       .
                with us here), fluid dynamics, GPU-accelerated
          .     particles, and a few upgrades on the synth          .
          :     as well. We're still learning how to utilize        :
          :     all of this properly, but the potential we see      :
          :     in it is quite intriguing.                          :
          .                                                         .
          .     The intro itself has been inspired by the           .
                wonderful work of Roman De Giuli - obviously
          .     we went around it the hard way instead of "just"    .
          :     filming stuff, but who said demomaking should       :
          :     be easy and convenient? (Don't answer that.)        :
          :                                                         :
          :     As you can imagine, the combination of new          :
          .     tech and time running out may have caused the       .
          :     intro to be a bit more resource-heavy than we       :
          .     hoped for, so make sure you have plenty of          .
          :     graphics memory - the 48GB from the Revision        :
          :     compo machine is probably a good start.             :
          .                                                         .
                Hope to compete against you in the compos!
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          .         "Creating scenes for this intro is              .
          .          oddly reminiscent of the movie Pi."            .
          .                                         - BoyC          .
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          .     Fixed version addendum:                             .
          :                                                         :
          .       We found some issues in the intro that caused     .
          :       a (fairly rare) crash right after loading;        :
          :       this version should be considerably more          :
          .       stable on that front.                             .
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