DEMOSCENE ⁽¹⁷⁾

Argh. The Art of Slacking is a mantra that seems to guide my existence lately. I've been promising this write-up, in one form or another, since the day after our demo hit the big screen at Revision 2024. But alas, I haven't been able to force myself to generate any…

I spent the better portion of a year grinding out a huge-arse demo, in a grand experiment. Could one actually bring a (mostly) 2D PC demo to a major party, and get it on stage? Well, the answer is yes, but don't expect much out of the voting segment. To…

Things tend to not happen unless you make them happen. This is great if you're a highly motivated and energetic person. Perhaps not so much if you're prone to apathy or are just plain indecisive. Regardless of all that, when I look back at the great events in my life…

Er... well, not really. But my ass is slowing down, now that I've received some good news. 0xDB gave the (99.5%) complete demo a whirl, and it got his seal of approval. So yeah, I'm guessing I'm on the home stretch of the home stretch. Really, aside from misc polish…

At this point in my life, I could always suspect the worst in regard to schedules, timing, and opportunities outside my control, and look positively prophetic by all reasonable standards. Long story short, just as I suspected, that final development week will be unavailable, and an extremely valuable weekend day…