News@Demoscene.US

We, the new organisation of the upcoming TMDC11 compo, just releasd a demo template. It’s the basic framework we’ve been using in many textmode prods. Included are a basic (but running) demo with full sources and complete info about how it works and what to do with it.
TMDC11 will be the next edition of the TextMode Demo Compo, held pseudo-annualy over the ‘nets.

The submission period for TMDC is from 11/11 to 12/12. That means you can send your entry starting in a month from now! On our side, most of the details have been cleared out and an updated list of prizes will be announced shortly.

For those who do not know, TMDC is a pseudo annual TextMode Demo Competition. Complete information with rules and all available at http://tmdc.scene.org.

During NVScene 2008, the Demoscene.tv staff interviewed a few members of the North American demoscene:

• The Northern Dragons
  
• s_tec / Trailer Park Demos

Besides these two interviews, Demoscene.tv has good coverage of NVScene itself, including hall fly-bys, interviews with the organizers, footage of the competition screenings, and even some Rob is Jarig dance action.

Visitors from North America and Europe alike were treated to some amazing seminars and demos this past week, all in a top-notch HD theater-like setting. For a one-stop-shop for downloads, reviews, results, and (eventually) photos, visit the NVScene 2008 page at Pouët. A Winnebago parked outside also proved quite the attraction, photos are here. We will link to videos of the seminars when they’re available, or keep an eye on nvision.scene.org.

We’ve added North American attendees to NVscene (let us know who’s missing), and will add the NA entries soon.

Thanks to Gargaj, Gloom, Steeler, and Temis for making NVScene possible!

Also, a little late, but congratulations to D. Travis North (aka Coplan / Fulcrum) on the birth of his baby daughter on July 29th! His European compadres even made a demo in his honor for Buenzli.

If you see something about “RVScene“, it’s not a typo…

(from the Demoscene.us NVScene forum)

Okay, so - if you’re living in the US (or, should we say: within traveling distance from California you should seriously get yourself a ticket for NVScene - just check out who is on the speaker list:
http://www.nvision2008.com/Enthusiasts/nvscene_speakers.cfm

“Deconstructing Demos - From Conception to Performance”
Presented by Konstantinos Pataridis (Navis from ASD)

“Exploring Chunks of Time - Interactive Elements in ‘Linger In Shadows’”
Presented by: Michal Staniszewski (Bonzaj from Plastic)

“From .kkrieger to debris. - Procedural Content Generation Taken to Extremes”
Presented by Dierk Ohlerich (Chaos from Farbrausch)

“Rendering Worlds with Two Triangles - Raytracing on the GPU”
Presented by Iñigo Quilez (IQ from RGBA)

“Expanding the Limits of 4K - History and Evolution of TBC Intros and Tools”
Presented by Rune Stubbe (Mentor from TBC)

“Understanding Realtime as Design Potential”
Presented by Thomas Mann (Pixtur from Still)

“The Other Side of Demo Coding - Translating Concepts into Code”
Presented by Martti Nurmikari (Preacher from Traction)

“The History of the Demoscene”
Presented by Bent Stamnes (Gloom from Excess, Portal Process and scene.org), Gergely Szeley (Gargaj from Conspiracy), Ekkehard Brüggemann (steeler from digitalekulture.ev and Breakpoint)

Created by Scene.org:

And don’t forget to come to NVision ‘08/NVScene!

Capped.TV will have a presence there, in the form of Capped.TV Authorized Juice Kiosks™. Which will include HD captures of many of the demos featured in the reel above, plus many more.

Don’t forget to register.