Talk i Open Space Aarhus om vores demoparty TRSAC http://www.trsac.dk og subkulturen "demoscenen" - fokuserer mest på de tekniske aspekter og samarbejdsmæssige aspekter snarere end de dybere community-betydende ting, men sådan er det jo af og til

1. TRSAC og Demoscenen
Nicolai Brodersen Hansen - imvnbh@hum.au.dk
nic0 / TBC^TRSAC
Aarhus University / CAVI /Participation Information
Technology centre

2. Me
• M.Sc in Information Studies,Aarhus University
• PhD fellow 2013-2016
• Affiliated with the PIT and CAVI centres
• Advisor Kim Halskov
• Research interests:
• Hacker spaces, maker culture
• Participatory creativity and innovation
• Generative use of design materials
• Creative collaborative design processes

3. TRSAC - et “party”
• “The Real Scene After Christmas”
• 18-20 oktober
• Århus Firmasport, Paludan-MüllersVej 110,
8200 Århus N
• 120Visitors, 50ish foreign (Norway,
Sweden, Germany, Finland, Holland, etc)

5. Facilities & party features
• Room for 120 people
• Bigscreen and good PA
• Separate sleeping halls
• Cafeteria with draft beer, warm food, snacks and
more
• Showers
• Internet and partynetwork
• The golden ducks
• Lots of parking space
• Several live acts

7. The demoscene
• Computer art subculture
• Creating ‘demos’ running
3-4 minutes
• Multidisciplinary efforts
• Attracts both musicians,
graphicians
programmers, and a
legion of hangers-on,
organizers and the likes

9. Demo:“Blunderbuss”

10. 256 byte intro: Difuze by Rrola

11. 4 kilobyte intro: Elevated by
RGBA & TBC
• $

13. Amiga 500 demo: Hideous mutant freaks
by Spaceballs

14. Creating a demo
Demo
framework
Graphics Music
Routines /
effects
Finished
demo
Demosceners Demosceners Demosceners

15. Softwaretools

16. • Music setting the mood
• Graphicians and programmers in close
collaboration
• Musicians kicking in now and then
• Pictures of music (?), code and graphics WIP all of
them.
A prototypical design
process

17. Collaboration flow
Programmer
3d software
Dropbox
Demo-engine
Graphician
3d object
transformer
script
Amiga ftp
3d object
GNU Rocket

19. • WUDSN IDE (Atari
8bit)
• GNU Rocket (PC
remote control)
• 4klang (4 kilobyte
sound generation)
Frameworks for
collaboration

20. Creativity, collaboration
and frameworks
Programmer
3d software
Dropbox
Demo-engine
Graphician
3d object
transformer
script
Amiga ftp
3d object
GNU Rocket

21. • Friendship, social
interactions
• Artistic and
technical challenges
• Competitiveness
Motivation for
participation

22. • Software frameworks (Mostly selfbuilt,
sometimes Unity)
• Open or closed-source programs:
• GNU-rocket etc
• Photoshop, Renoise, Lightwave
Tools for participation

23. Platforms for
participation
• Demo “parties”
• Groups
• Online Platforms

24. Competitions
• Demo, 64kb intro, 4kb intro,Wild/Animation
• Graphics competitions, Handdrawn, 4kb
executable image
• Music: Mp3, oldschool (mod), executable
• Photography
• ... and much much more.

27. TRSAC - et “party”
• “The Real Scene After Christmas”
• 18-20 oktober
• Århus Firmasport, Paludan-MüllersVej 110,
8200 Århus N
• 120Visitors, 50ish foreign (Norway,
Sweden, Germany, Finland, Holland, etc)

28. Want more?
• http://www.pouet.net
• http://www.trsac.dk
• nbhansen@gmail.com
• Facebook.com --> TRSAC 2013
• http://www.slengpung.com (NSFW)