Impulse Goes to GERP 2025 by Impulse [web]
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Impulse goes Sixel crazy |
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release name: Impulse goes to GERP 2025 |
type: Windows Terminal Demo |
release date: 02.02.2025 |
party/compo: GERP 2025/Wild |
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code: mrange |
gfx: glimglam |
music: Astroboy (not a scener AFAIK) |
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A while ago I learnt what Sixel graphics |
is. It's a technology from the 1970s DEC |
printers that allows for "hires" |
graphics in a terminal that supports it. |
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After playing around with this I thought |
should try to make a Sixel demo for GERP |
2025. The demo mixes terminal effects |
(mostly plasmas) with Sixel effects and |
is just a bunch of effects stringed |
together without much thought. |
Hopefully you enjoy it. |
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Music is our big achilles heel but |
luckily I found an amazing track: |
'My Head Is Spiritualism by Astroboy', |
licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 3.0. I hope |
they don't mind being associated with |
this demo. |
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The last image is from Scythe the |
boardgame which is an amazing boardgame |
with evocative art. I don't have a |
license to use this art but I wanted |
something nice to cap it all off with. |
I hope Stonemair Games don't mind |
too much being associated with |
this demo. |
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The source code is available on GitHub |
for those interested under |
CC BY-NC-ND 3.0. |
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Release Name: Impulse Goes to GERP 2025 |
Type: Windows Terminal Demo |
Release Date: 02.02.2025 |
Party/Compo: GERP 2025 / Wild |
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Code: mrange |
Graphics: glimglam |
Music: Astroboy (not a scener AFAIK) |
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Picture this: it's the 1970s, and |
someone thought: Let’s add |
‘high-res graphics’ to our DEC printers! |
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Enter Sixel—a quirky tech originally for |
DEC printers. Fast forward to today, and |
I decided to see if Sixel could shine as |
a terminal demo. |
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The result? A chaotic blend of terminal |
effects (mostly plasmas) and Sixel |
goodness, slapped together with the |
precision of a caffeinated squirrel. |
There’s no deep story here—just pure, |
unapologetic fun. |
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Hope you enjoy the ride! |
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Our Achilles' heel is always music, so I |
searched the internet and found the |
amazing track: |
“My Head Is Spiritualism”* by Astroboy |
(licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 3.0). |
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Big thanks to Astroboy, and fingers |
crossed they don’t mind being |
associated with this demo. |
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The closing image is from *Scythe*, |
the phenomenal board game with |
jaw-dropping art. We don't have a |
license to use the art |
(please don't sue us, Stonemaier Games!) |
it felt right to wrap things up with |
something beautiful. |
Hopefully, they’ll see it as flattery |
and not piracy. |
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Curious about how this pixel soup came |
together? Check out the source on GitHub |
shared under CC BY-NC-ND 3.0. |
_.:!|
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