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strayboom @strayboom.bsky.social · 3d

Achievement unlocked: Oldschool MSX competition winner! Notice the subtle hint of a real party in the background too. Thank you @deadline-berlin.bsky.social for the great event, see you next year <3

#C64 executable download: csdb.dk/release/?id=...

#demoscene #deadline #commodore #chiptune #sid

A unique pyramid shaped trophy with programmable LED lights inside.

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Conspiracy @conspiracy.hu · 5d

We have spent a little time helping our friends at Altair out to restore one of our favorite 64k intros from 2001:

"SCREAM" by Altair is now once again fully functional on modern Windows!
files.scene.org/view/parties...

@mlfatr.bsky.social (Sorry it took 10+ years 😅🤫)

Screenshot from the 64k intro "SCREAM" by Altair.

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alkama @alkama.bsky.social · 6d

My demoscene friends, there is a crowdfunding campaign that started in France for a upcoming movie named "DEMO", by @alexpilot.bsky.social

The demoscene will be a plot start, with the heroes competing at a party in the 90s (so it'll cover the old/midschool era) :D

fr.ulule.com/demo-par-ale...

DEMO - Un film double face / double densité par Alex Pilot

Une plongée fascinante dans l'univers des coders amateurs sur Atari ST et Amiga.

fr.ulule.com

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Conspiracy @conspiracy.hu · 6d

🤔

Screenshot from the 64k intro "Chaos Theory".

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Zoom @zoom.conspiracy.hu · 19d

Kicked off a long overdue #artstation page too. Not much there yet, but it's a start :) Planning a few more @mandragoragame.com BTS stuff in the future so stay tuned! www.artstation.com/zoomvfx #Portfolio #GameDev #VFX #RealtimeVFX #Niagara #GameArt #GameDevCommunity

Zoltán Szabó

Senior VFX Artist at Primal Game Studio

www.artstation.com

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Zoom @zoom.conspiracy.hu · 21d

Finally found the time to assemble a highlight reel for the various VFX I did on Mandragora: Whispers of the Witch Tree. Enjoy! www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSVv... #UnrealEngine #UE4 #Reel #Portfolio #GameDev #VFX #RealtimeVFX #Niagara #GameArt #GameDevCommunity

Mandragora VFX Reel

YouTube video by ZoomVFX

www.youtube.com

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strayboom @strayboom.bsky.social · 27d

Announcing BudapestMicro Vol3. - Chiptune, Seminars, Demoscene. Visit us in Harom Hollo pub if you happen to be in Budapest on the 28th March 2026.

#chiptune #budapestmicro #bpmicro #bpm #demoscene

Budapest Micro Vol3 banner. Lineup and Seminars list. Date: 28/03/2026, Harom Hollo, Budapest, Hungary.

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Conspiracy @conspiracy.hu · 28d

HUMAN artists, use only one piece to convince people to follow you

🍌

(It's the only one that fits under 3 minutes, sorry)

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Conspiracy @conspiracy.hu · Sep 4

Back when we used VS2010 the /O1 flag was useful in our context. Turns out with VS2022 /Od produces code that compresses a LOT better, especially with the current PAQ style exepackers. When we rewrote our engine we didn't test VS2022 thoroughly enough and assumed deprecated knowledge.

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Conspiracy @conspiracy.hu · Sep 4

Ever found a couple thousand bucks between the sofa cushions? That's how we felt last night when toggling a single compiler flag shrunk our 64k engine code by 20%.

Moral of the story: don't assume anything when moving compilers in a size-coding context.

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MusicOnPurpose @musiconpurpose.net · Aug 31

Open for commissions! 😉

CUSTOM MUSIC COMPOSITION • SOUND EFFECTS • AUDIO MIXING • AUDIO EDITING • REMIXING • FILM SCORING • AUDIO BRANDING • UI/UX SOUND DESIGN • AMBIENCE CREATION • VOICE-OVER (EN/HU)

👉 musiconpurpose.net

MusicOnPurpose – Custom music and sounds for your next project

musiconpurpose.net

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Conspiracy @conspiracy.hu · Aug 31

Hello everyone who found us through this starter pack recently 👋 We're a Hungarian demogroup and we've been making 64 kilobyte intros for 20+ years now, using our own procedural tooling that looks/looked like this 👇

Screenshot of the Conspiracy demotool "Archon".

Screenshot of the Conspiracy demotool "Apex".

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Sam Swain @sam.apparance.uk · Aug 30

Did you know I made a #ProcGen dev Starter Pack early on. If you are interested in people making things procedurally then check it out: bsky.app/starter-pack...

Plenty of space for more cool people so if you'd like to be added, let me know! (cursory vetting applies)

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Tombmas Spooks @thomasfuchs.at · Aug 20

This is extremely cool, a native (modern) Windows port of a 1993 PC demo.

(If you fire it up, just hit Enter in the text window and then wait a little for it to start.)

Conspiracy @conspiracy.hu · Aug 1

= 32 bits after 32 years =

We're incredibly proud to announce that Second Reality has now been finally ported to a modern operating system, and you can watch it tear up your system: no video, no emulation, just code - as it should be.

conspiracy.hu/files/w32nd_...
github.com/ConspiracyHu...

Second Reality, along with the legendary Assembly party were among the earliest influences to the members of Conspiracy. Today we're honoring the 32nd anniversary with a gift to the community: a native 32 bit port of the demo that kicked off the PC demoscene era with a bang.

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Conspiracy @conspiracy.hu · Aug 20

PSA: Now you can watch Second Reality under Windows ☺️

Conspiracy @conspiracy.hu · Aug 1

= 32 bits after 32 years =

We're incredibly proud to announce that Second Reality has now been finally ported to a modern operating system, and you can watch it tear up your system: no video, no emulation, just code - as it should be.

conspiracy.hu/files/w32nd_...
github.com/ConspiracyHu...

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JikissGamer @jikissgamer.bsky.social · Aug 16

This was like one of the first things I ran on my 486 when I bought my Gravis Ultrasound.

Conspiracy @conspiracy.hu · Aug 1

= 32 bits after 32 years =

We're incredibly proud to announce that Second Reality has now been finally ported to a modern operating system, and you can watch it tear up your system: no video, no emulation, just code - as it should be.

conspiracy.hu/files/w32nd_...
github.com/ConspiracyHu...

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indrora "botte de journalisme" @indrora.bsky.social · Aug 16

Fuck yeah

Conspiracy @conspiracy.hu · Aug 1

= 32 bits after 32 years =

We're incredibly proud to announce that Second Reality has now been finally ported to a modern operating system, and you can watch it tear up your system: no video, no emulation, just code - as it should be.

conspiracy.hu/files/w32nd_...
github.com/ConspiracyHu...

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Conspiracy @conspiracy.hu · Aug 16

The original repo is full with unused stuff, but we didn't really look at those - porting the real thing was a large enough challenge!

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Conspiracy @conspiracy.hu · Aug 16

Second Reality is arguably responsible for half of the senior / principal game developers active today. 🥹

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qdot @buttplug.engineer · Aug 16

FC's Unreal and Second Reality were *huge* influences on me in my formative years and this is really amazing to see.

Conspiracy @conspiracy.hu · Aug 1

= 32 bits after 32 years =

We're incredibly proud to announce that Second Reality has now been finally ported to a modern operating system, and you can watch it tear up your system: no video, no emulation, just code - as it should be.

conspiracy.hu/files/w32nd_...
github.com/ConspiracyHu...

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Conspiracy @conspiracy.hu · Aug 16

We never left ☺️

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Conspiracy @conspiracy.hu · Aug 16

Praise comes in all shapes and sizes.

buttplug.io 🍑🔌 - Open Source Sex Tech @buttplug.io · Aug 16

After the 64k's at revision this year I was about to start calling @conspiracy.hu a porn studio lol

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Conspiracy @conspiracy.hu · Aug 14

Most of it is relatively simple! Their "VGA timing" is really just "do stuff at the start and end of the frame", plus timing to 70Hz vblank, where you can just busywait between frames.

The real sauce was in converting 16-bit assembly to 32 (no segments) and resolving planar mode renderers.

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Conspiracy @conspiracy.hu · Aug 2

Windows for now; Mac and Linux will follow at some point when we removed all the x86 assembly parts (which is about 80% of the code)

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Conspiracy @conspiracy.hu · Aug 2

That's not the problem here.

The problem is that the original demo was designed to only run correctly at 70Hz - each frame is aligned to 70Hz.

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