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Is the difference the same as Web Designer vs. Web Developer in a more familiar context?
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In all fairness, Smash is mostly a Jazz musician.
I'm afraid this reference went over my head. This Smash is an alias for Matt Swoboda.
The gist is that Smash is not only a spectacularly skilled coder and artist, but also an extremely nice guy (like just about every demoscener) and that sceners have a habit of colloquially mocking one another.
> Making a demo in just 256 bytes would be a formidable challenge regardless of platform. A Mind Is Born is my attempt to do it on the Commodore 64.
Going through the guidebook, anyone would know the difference between the graphician and the coder roles in making a demo? I’ve done a bit of Processing and P5js and these two roles seem to me to be overlapping, aren’t they? As you’re coding the graphics. Is the difference the same as Web Designer vs. Web Developer in a more familiar context?
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I find a lowish size limit is a good equalizer. Higher chance to succeed as an individual. I don't know about 4K vs 256b. A particularly appealing format is amiga bootblock, which is a little under 1K because a signature is needed. With no limits, you'd be going against large groups with much experience. A new scener stands no chance.
256k not 256b
"A Mind Is Born" https://linusakesson.net/scene/a-mind-is-born/ > Making a demo in just 256 bytes would be a formidable challenge regardless of platform. A Mind Is Born is my attempt to do it on the Commodore 64.
If you are into javascript there is a lot of nice demos here: https://js1k.com/
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I'm afraid this reference went over my head. This Smash is an alias for Matt Swoboda.
I just spent several minutes explaining it, then deleted the comment because it's obviously an in-joke that's not funny when explained. Sorry, in-jokes don't belong on HN (except HN-in-jokes ofc). The gist is that Smash is not only a spectacularly skilled coder and artist, but also an extremely nice guy (like just about every demoscener) and that sceners have a habit of colloquially mocking one another.
"A Mind Is Born" https://linusakesson.net/scene/a-mind-is-born/ > Making a demo in just 256 bytes would be a formidable challenge regardless of platform. A Mind Is Born is my attempt to do it on the Commodore 64.