ZINE: The Radio Show – Details, episodes & analysis

Everyone loves themselves a good movie, just like a good realtime-rendered scene - and as we do with the latter, some people take their passion obscenely far in making their favourite movies the best they can be. We talk with Bobson Dugnutt about fanedits, a small scene that might seem familiar in all but its final products.

Links for this Episode:

Fanedit.org: https://ifdb.fanedit.org/ (they also take donations!)

Support Us and Donate:

https://www.patreon.com/scenesat

https://www.echtzeitkultur.org/en/donations-and-membership/

Credits:

Hosts: Axel, Okkie and Ziphoid

Production and Editing: Shana and lug00ber

Cover Art: Critikill

As we learn in this episode, the executable graphics competition just celebrated their 18th birthday! High time we talk to one of the most regarded creators of those little programs - yx is joining us to talk about the creation process and the community behind it.

Links for this Episode:

in4k on Github: https://in4k.github.io/wiki/about

Selection of 4k Executable Graphics: https://executable.graphics/

PoshBrolly: http://www.poshbrolly.net/

Shadertoy: https://www.shadertoy.com/

iq’s Tutorial for “Hoody”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8--5LwHRhjk

Maurogik’s Storm (Revision 2023 Winner): https://demozoo.org/graphics/322479/

yx’ Page: https://moonbase.lgbt/

yx’ Releases on Demozoo: https://demozoo.org/sceners/77056/

Blossom on Github: https://github.com/lunasorcery/Blossom Credits:

Hosts: Axel, Okkie and Ziphoid

Production and Editing: Shana and lug00ber

Cover Art: Critikill

As David Attenborough would put it: Today, we look at life at the smallest scale. Superogue from Marquee Design joins us to tell us more about Tiny Intros, the pleasures of hunting that last byte, and why it is not just for hardcore coders. Also, we finally get an answer to okkie’s burning question on the origins of TPOLM’s group name and wallow in memories of a time where we were not only immature teenagers, but also produced some awesome diskmags.

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Links in the episode:

• sizecoding.org
• Lovebyte Demoparty
• Sizecoding Discord Server
• livecode.demozoo.org
• The Meteoriks Awards
• Diskmag Onlinification Project

Tiny Intro Playlists on Pouet and Demozoo

• 256 byte Intros
• 128 byte Intros
• 64 byte Intros
• 32 byte Intros
• 16 byte Intros
• 8 byte Intros
• Tiny Fantasy Console Intros
• Tiny Executable Graphics

Episode Credits

• Hosts: Axel, Okkie and Ziphoid
• Producer: Shana
• Editing, Audio Jingles and Engineering: lug00ber
• Cover Art: Critikill

Welcome to Season 3!

After the success in Finland and Germany, Poland just enlisted the Demoscene as Intangible Cultural Heritage - in this episode, we learn more what all of that means, about the process behind it and how this can help our scene and future adventures.

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Links in the episode:

• lug00ber's Tuesday Tea & Bass
• Echtzeit - Digitale Kultur, MountainBytes
• Cables.gl
• Demoscene - The Art of Coding; Discord Server
• Komitet Spoleczny Kronika Polskiej Demosceny
• The Meteoriks Awards
• Revision Survey 2022
• DiHalt Demoparty Russia
• Lovebyte Demoparty

Episode Credits

• Hosts: Axel, Okkie and Ziphoid
• Producer: Shana
• Editing, Audio Jingles and Engineering: lug00ber
• Cover Art: Critikill

We have delivered the 12th episode this year, as we promised: Our producers, now having satisfied their promise, join for the last episode to explain their motivations, their view on effort and discipline, and share their approach for creating and delivering projects.

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• Cables.gl: https://cables.gl/
• Transmission64: https://transmission64.com/
• TokyoDemoFest: https://tokyodemofest.jp/
• ZINE #12: https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=31740
• "The sound of 16-bit" by Ahoy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roBkg-iPrbw
• Bitjam Podcast: http://www.bitfellas.org/page.php?100
• SceneWorld Podcast: https://sceneworld.org/podcast/
• Mystery Demoscene Theater 9000!: https://psenough.github.io/mdt9k/

• Hosts: Axel, Okkie and Ziphoid
• Produced by: Gargaj
• Editing, audio jingles, and engineering: Gloom
• Cover art: Critikill

We kick off this month with an audience question: Are themed music compos a net positive or net negative? Is there a loss of interest in music compos in general? After that, a discussion about demos using stock assets and commercial engines - is it worth it? Should it be shunned upon? Finally, the legend himself, IQ joins us to tell us the story and beginnings of Shadertoy, how he views the growth of the site and what makes it special, and retells some parts of his stellar career, how his beginnings in the scene allowed him to have it, and his views on the direction of the scene.

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• "Da Clone" by Halcyon: https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=2085
• "Death Room" by TPOLM: https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=90275
• "DEMO2" by Ekspert: https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=66096
• Cables: https://cables.gl/
• Shadertoy: https://www.shadertoy.com/
• Shader Toy v0.1: https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=54180
• "Caffeinate" by P.Malin / Bitshifters Collective: https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=90253
• NVScene 2015 Shadertoy Hackathon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjU3rO36zCs
• Revision 2020 Shader Jam: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhH__Ge4s6Q
• Shadertoy on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/shadertoy
• "Atrium" by TBC & Loonies: https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=50063
• "Fractal Chaos" by GENESiS: https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=23945
• "195/95" by Plastic: https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=16351
• Quill: https://www.oculus.com/experiences/rift/5910229332328230/
• IQ on Twitter: https://twitter.com/iquilezles/

• Hosts: Axel, Okkie and Ziphoid
• Produced by: Gargaj
• Editing, audio jingles, and engineering: Gloom
• Cover art: Critikill

The versatility of the scene can be overwhelming, but also a sprawling playground for those who want to experience more and more of the possibilities of it all, and none has done more sweeping work across many areas than Ferris, who joins us to talk about his beginnings, his motivation to oscillate between oldschool and newschool platforms, his struggle to give up artistic control, and his desire to look for the next challenge.

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• Deadline 2021: https://deadline.untergrund.net/2021/
• "Muon Baryon" by Youth Uprising: https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=53605
• NVScene 2008: https://nv.scene.org/2008/
• "Edge of Disgrace" by Booze Design: https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=51983
• "Nu" by Elix: https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=62927
• "Smash It" by Elix: https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=64255
• GNU Rocket: https://rocket.github.io/
• Spindle 3.0: http://www.linusakesson.net/software/spindle/v3.php
• "Makeshift" by Logicoma: https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=70972
• "Backscatter" by Logicoma: https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=65966
• Ferris - "Poly" EP: https://open.spotify.com/album/6p7nHk0GaHcchsfhbYweWT
• "Wrecklamation" by Logicoma: https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=75812
• "Overdrive" by Titan: https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=61724
• "EON" by The Black Lotus: https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=81094
• "Oldschool demos for people who don't like oldschool demos" list: https://www.pouet.net/lists.php?which=88
• Squishy 0.2.0: http://logicoma.io/squishy/
• .kkrunchy 0.23: http://www.farbrausch.de/~fg/kkrunchy/
• Ferris on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ferristweetsnow/

• Hosts: Axel, Okkie and Ziphoid
• Produced by: Gargaj
• Editing, audio jingles, and engineering: Gloom
• Cover art: Critikill

The scene is nothing if not a giant ball of sobbing about how everything was better when computers were just growing their eighth bit - but is that a good thing? Are we taking up the space from the future with the past? What's better, to make a fresh demo on an old platform, or an old demo on a fresh platform? The show dives into these weighty questions while, naturally, reminiscing about old times, because of course.

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• Nectarine: https://scenestream.net/demovibes/
• "Arcade" by Spectrals: https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=88624
• "Median" by Lethargy: https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=89850
• "Chiphead" by Altair: https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=68505
• FastTracker II Windows Port: https://16-bits.org/ft2.php
• "Amiga Cappella" by Gaspode: https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=88526

• Hosts: Axel, Okkie and Ziphoid
• Produced by: Gargaj
• Editing, audio jingles, and engineering: Gloom
• Cover art: Critikill

There's just no denying it: over the last few years the livecoding craze took the demoscene by storm - but what is it? Is it part of the scene? How does it project onto the scene? Where does it meet the scene and where does it avoid it? We sit down with Flopine, the perhaps most prominent personality of the livecoding community, to gain more understanding of what it is and what it isn't, and what her experiences are in the field. Finally, we also have a call to action for you.

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• Boozedrome IV: https://boozedrome.com/
• In memory of Karoshier / Da Capo: https://www.pouet.net/topic.php?which=12163
• Cookie Collective: https://cookie.paris/
• executable.graphics: https://executable.graphics/
• Lovebyte Battlegrounds: http://battle.lovebyte.party/
• Flopine on Twitter: https://twitter.com/FlopineYeah/
• Flopine on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/flopine

• Hosts: Axel & Okkie
• Produced by: Gargaj
• Editing, audio jingles, and engineering: Gloom
• Cover art: Critikill

Most of us have been in the scene for a decade or more - so much that it's become second nature. But in 2021, with the massive reach of social media and various other computer art outlets gaining popularity - why would anyone else start making demos? Are we just doing it out of nostalgia and muscle memory? The show takes a look at the shifting relevance of the scene!

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• "Panic" by Future Crew: https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=479

• Hosts: Axel, Okkie & Ziphoid
• Produced by: Gargaj
• Editing, audio jingles, and engineering: Gloom
• Cover art: Critikill