Sep 072019
 

You might have already noticed it – there are currently not that many updates on my page as you might have been used to. After a lot of different changes (where I do not want to bore you with details ;-)) I needed a time out from all that retro stuff. However, I am still around and visited at least the Revision in Saarbrücken, the Evoke in Cologne and the XzentriX in Seeshaupt. We also won the second price in the fast music compo at the Revision… I also recorded live videos of the CPC demos that were shown during the Revision and some of you are still waiting that I publish them, but they were too “shaky” and dark so that deshaking was not possible and I did not want to upload them in the current condition.

If you had an eye on the technical stuff of my pages, you might have noticed that I worked a little bit under the hood and installed Let’s encrypt certificates on my pages. I also moved this page one directory down, so that the main pages is now sitting on https://www.octoate.de instead of https://www.octoate.de/wp. Hopefully the rewrite rules are redirecting you, if you have still links to the content of my page, but please check the RSS feed integration (if you are using it). I also plan to get rid of the development blog and move it back to my weblog… anyway, that is not CPC related and both are german blogs :-).

Well, during the next time I will try to catch up with the news that was laying around for a long time. But my time is still limited and I am not able to read all the CPC forums where there might be news around. So if you have any news about the CPC or CPC related topics, do not hesitate and contact me via the contact page or just drop a mail to news@octoate.de.

Let’s bring our hobby to the next century :-)!

Apr 012018
 

And another Amstrad CPC production directly from the Revision 2018 in Saarbrücken / Germany: “Isometrikum” by Vanity. It competes in with the other entries in the 4k intro competition. Great to see so many new entry this year on the Revision. Here is the live video recording of it:

You can download the intro from Pouet.net (don’t forget to vote).

Apr 012018
 

And another demo that was shown during the oldskool demo competition on the Revision demoscene party in Saarbrücken, Germany: “phX” by Condense. It was under development for nearly 5 years and wow… it was great to see the demo on the big screen and get the reactions from the audience. Have a look by yourself:

As always, you can download the demo from Pouet.net (don’t forget to vote).

Apr 012018
 

On the Revision 2018, Vanity showed their new demo called “Onescreen Colonies” to the audience in the oldskool demo competition. I recorded it during, so you can see the reaction of the audience by yourself:

You can download the demo from Pouet.net (don’t forget to vote).

Apr 302017
 

I guess that you have already seen the great demo “Logon’s run – 3D meets the aging bits” by Overflow / Logon System, which was released on the Revision 2017 demoparty in Saarbrücken / Germany. Norecess worked together with Overflow and released a “Making of” on his site in which all the techniques, which were used in the demo, are explained and how they were evolved until they reached the final state. Be sure to read it, because it is a great way to understand how this great demo works and maybe you get an idea for your next production :-). You can find the article on Norecess homepage.

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