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~96 KB on disk, but how much in RAM?
The entire game uses only 97,280 bytes of disk space. In contrast, most contemporary first-person shooters fill one or more CDs or DVDs. According to the developers, .kkrieger itself would take up around 200–300 MB of space if it had been stored the conventional way [0]
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.kkrieger#Procedural_content
I wonder how many young people were inspired to take up programming because of the work of Future Crew, Farbrausch and the like. I certainly was, after experiencing what FC did with Second Reality. Props to Farbrausch for publishing so much of their code. In some sense, getting 1k colors out of a CGA is the contra-movement to node.js :)
~96 KB on disk, but how much in RAM?
From the wikipedia article: The entire game uses only 97,280 bytes of disk space. In contrast, most contemporary first-person shooters fill one or more CDs or DVDs. According to the developers, .kkrieger itself would take up around 200–300 MB of space if it had been stored the conventional way [0] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.kkrieger#Procedural_content
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qrsHqDF4BA
For those who can't stand that endless stream of bs.
I wonder how many young people were inspired to take up programming because of the work of Future Crew, Farbrausch and the like. I certainly was, after experiencing what FC did with Second Reality. Props to Farbrausch for publishing so much of their code. In some sense, getting 1k colors out of a CGA is the contra-movement to node.js :)
Oh man, I haven't thought about Future Crew in a long time. Brings back fond memories.
~96 KB on disk, but how much in RAM?
Has anyone yet succeeded in running it on a modern computer? Last time I tried it I had no luck.
edit: wine-stable on ubuntu17.04
those are real gamedevs
No, those are real demodevs. Games are not about technical superiority - they're about having fun and projecting stories and emotions, just like any other art form.
These guys did the ALL of the work from the ground up. That's REAL development.
Fabian Giesen aka ryg, one of the developers behind .kkrieger wrote up a post about how they crunched out the last bytes to get it down to 96k. https://fgiesen.wordpress.com/2012/04/08/metaprogramming-for...