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small beginnings by vrtx
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screenshot added by v3nom on 2013-06-16 01:27:48
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release date : june 2013
release party : @party 2013
compo : combined demo
ranked : 1st
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popularity : 68%
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totally awesome!
rulez added on the 2013-06-16 01:26:26 by v3nom v3nom
Massive!
rulez added on the 2013-06-16 01:31:32 by gaspode gaspode
Amazing achievement making everything so coherent. Visuals and music fits very well together. Brilliant work on all parts.
rulez added on the 2013-06-16 01:36:12 by Punqtured Punqtured
Awesome design...

btw: I am pretty sure, the download link wont work very long.
rulez added on the 2013-06-16 01:42:03 by Salinga Salinga
im a blackpawn fan!
rulez added on the 2013-06-16 02:01:34 by maali maali
Really dull music and almost nonexistent direction, lack of color, weak dezign...

But is has EFEFCKSXTS, and they are (or seem to be) fast.
rulez added on the 2013-06-16 02:30:45 by noby noby
nice :)
rulez added on the 2013-06-16 03:58:24 by Queen_Luna Queen_Luna
Oh yes!!
rulez added on the 2013-06-16 05:41:33 by ferris ferris
good demo good.
rulez added on the 2013-06-16 07:16:33 by wysiwtf wysiwtf
Very nice!
rulez added on the 2013-06-16 07:18:58 by bitl bitl
very unique style, i love it.
feels a bit puzzled together, but after having read the nfo before watching it, its totally fine. :)
rulez added on the 2013-06-16 08:09:29 by ɧ4ɾɗվ. ɧ4ɾɗվ.
rulez added on the 2013-06-16 08:14:19 by Serpent Serpent
Runs surprisingly well on my aging 4850.
rulez added on the 2013-06-16 08:25:04 by bloodnok bloodnok
nice effects - and put to an interesting use. more? yes please!
rulez added on the 2013-06-16 08:28:52 by booster booster
Interesting to watch.
rulez added on the 2013-06-16 09:06:27 by stan_1901 stan_1901
Very very nice!
rulez added on the 2013-06-16 09:09:12 by Mystra Mystra
Well done!
rulez added on the 2013-06-16 09:27:14 by Cj Cj
the music is not my cup of tea but the visuals are very pleasant to watch even if the scenes feel random. wow.
rulez added on the 2013-06-16 09:58:33 by sensenstahl sensenstahl
blackpawn 's demo are always something...this is no exception. expect cool effects good synch and design.

a really good and unexpected demo
rulez added on the 2013-06-16 10:12:21 by nytrik nytrik
I wanted to ask for a 1920x1200 resolution choice, but then I realized that even in 640x480 without anti-alias it was running super slow on my 560ti...

That being said, very nice visuals, and the musics are not bad either :)
rulez added on the 2013-06-16 10:50:04 by Dbug Dbug
What sensenstahl said.
rulez added on the 2013-06-16 10:52:24 by ok3anos ok3anos
fresh!
rulez added on the 2013-06-16 11:08:50 by MsK` MsK`
as cool as Fonzie ! great job
rulez added on the 2013-06-16 11:11:04 by alkama alkama
best demo since candytron
rulez added on the 2013-06-16 11:15:27 by Bartoshe Bartoshe
awesome demo guy
awesome demo guys
awesome beginning )
rulez added on the 2013-06-16 11:57:52 by randomi randomi
i have been waiting for that since http://pouet.net/prod.php?which=51455
added on the 2013-06-16 13:18:57 by nytrik nytrik
I like this.
rulez added on the 2013-06-16 13:32:33 by maytz maytz
F#@#@ Awesome.. A new scene contender
rulez added on the 2013-06-16 13:34:41 by reload reload
Fucking Brilliant
rulez added on the 2013-06-16 13:37:24 by FOSTER FOSTER
Music is abit so and so but otherwise a very good demo.
rulez added on the 2013-06-16 13:46:21 by Daddy Freddy Daddy Freddy
tits!
rulez added on the 2013-06-16 15:22:46 by 4kum4 4kum4
Loving prod !
rulez added on the 2013-06-16 15:31:59 by u2 u2
 
rulez added on the 2013-06-16 16:25:01 by micksam7 micksam7
:)
rulez added on the 2013-06-16 18:47:47 by raizor raizor
awesome!
rulez added on the 2013-06-16 19:30:11 by superplek superplek
i enjoyed it
rulez added on the 2013-06-16 19:58:47 by provod provod
The amount of work deserves a thumb but other than that it's pretty wtf - it just never gels together in any shape or form. The parts themselves look okay but it's just so all over the place that ultimately it never allows the viewer to tune in to a frequency.
rulez added on the 2013-06-16 20:02:02 by Gargaj Gargaj
Awesome!
rulez added on the 2013-06-16 20:03:26 by xernobyl xernobyl
Nice models. Some strange camerawork (trophy/vase scene in particular). The demo had a few moments where things worked really well, but as a whole i thought it felt a little uneven. Talented guys. Looking forward to what might come later.
rulez added on the 2013-06-16 20:09:56 by Mel Mel
nice!
rulez added on the 2013-06-16 21:22:57 by baah baah
Absolute gpu muncher.. But I like it!
rulez added on the 2013-06-16 21:57:53 by JvB JvB
Nice wobbles and nice scenes!

Have some Youtube(HD) for it :)
rulez added on the 2013-06-16 22:10:01 by anni anni
Awesome graphics, especially like the intro part, but the BD - SNARE - BD - SNARE beat gets boring pretty quickly.
rulez added on the 2013-06-16 22:41:55 by Saga Musix Saga Musix
very nice
rulez added on the 2013-06-16 22:52:38 by las las
Definitely see some Maxim Zhestkov in there... ;) Nicely done Jim! :D
rulez added on the 2013-06-16 23:00:51 by mrdoob mrdoob
Holy macaroni!
rulez added on the 2013-06-16 23:08:27 by Emod Emod
Nice.
rulez added on the 2013-06-16 23:14:15 by chock chock
awesome :0
rulez added on the 2013-06-17 00:08:43 by ----- -----
That is slick!
rulez added on the 2013-06-17 04:49:43 by Optimus Optimus
Anechoic chamber spotted!

But seriously good animation.
rulez added on the 2013-06-17 05:39:04 by Thorjak Thorjak
Slideshow on my GTX550Ti
added on the 2013-06-17 08:15:59 by Tronix Tronix
Should I watch the video or will there be a mac version? :)
added on the 2013-06-17 10:22:58 by psonice psonice
Not too bad! Some great scenes.
rulez added on the 2013-06-17 10:28:19 by elend elend
Awesome!The ambient occlusion in the chamber is very nice. I really liked the anamorphic flares as well.
rulez added on the 2013-06-17 10:36:08 by Noobody Noobody
Nice ideas in there.
rulez added on the 2013-06-17 10:54:23 by Marq Marq
what Gargaj said.
rulez added on the 2013-06-17 12:54:04 by p01 p01
What nytrik said. I love the final version.
rulez added on the 2013-06-17 17:19:50 by Preacher Preacher
Great effects and some really crisp looking rendering!
rulez added on the 2013-06-17 17:36:10 by impakt impakt
nice liquids and lighting
rulez added on the 2013-06-17 20:01:35 by bfx bfx
4 demos in 1?

Great stuff nevertheless
rulez added on the 2013-06-17 21:19:09 by wullon wullon
Nice - run almost flawless on my laptop in 720p. I hoped for a true action dnb part in the music - do an extended remix ;)

Some scenes look really really awesome, while others look "just" nice.
Gargaj does have a point though.
Best demo in a while though!
rulez added on the 2013-06-17 23:00:14 by Puryx Puryx
ah right trace.. i already wondered where i had seen this. viva germany ids etc :)
added on the 2013-06-17 23:02:49 by maali maali
Cool, and the original Maxim Zhestkov videos are also nice btw :)
rulez added on the 2013-06-17 23:06:57 by Ger Ger
Likes it!
rulez added on the 2013-06-17 23:07:44 by _Chucky_ _Chucky_
Yes! Yes! A million times yes!

Finally a really good demo in North America!!!
rulez added on the 2013-06-18 03:58:33 by madbrain madbrain
Yep, it's got rotating thingies, camera-cuts-on-each-beat, some kind of generic motion-graphics design, and so forth.... Don't really see why people are making things like this? It feels like I've seen it a million times the last 5 years. Most demos look and sound like this. How about trying to come up with... some kind of fresh idea? I know it might sound crazy.

But what really gets me is the music. Please stop making this generic d'n'b/dubstep/whatever. There are already a million songs sounding exactly like this. A million one is unnecessary. It's muzak and it causes brainrot.
sucks added on the 2013-06-18 06:44:28 by hyrfilm hyrfilm
Wow. So much hatred.
Anyone care to make a video. I seem to be a bit impaired on the GPU side here... :/
added on the 2013-06-18 09:53:37 by raer raer
the music is meh. the beats are too thin. neither is there flow nor a base in it. all a bit random put together. weird. same as the scenes. but pretty awesome effects in each. so...
added on the 2013-06-18 11:53:15 by yumeji yumeji
Why can't I select proper high-res resolutions? Capping at 1080p seems a bit dated to me...
added on the 2013-06-18 11:56:23 by kusma kusma
Also, vsync please.
added on the 2013-06-18 11:57:37 by kusma kusma
a bit squirmy but still enjoyable
rulez added on the 2013-06-18 12:19:07 by gentleman gentleman
raer: Scroll up! ;) There are 3(!) videos posted already.

Mhhm, wobbly poly-blobs and pushy "demo music" make this look and sound like a blown-up 64k from 2002. Nothing to be ashamed of, but nothing to write home about either. :)
added on the 2013-06-18 13:32:23 by tomaes tomaes
Great demo, although the anamorphic flares are a bit overdone.
rulez added on the 2013-06-18 15:42:20 by xTr1m xTr1m
thanks a lot for the comments everyone! and yep i plan to fix up and release the Mac version soon (i broke it in the party release rush) doesn't feel like many mac releases out there so will be nice to add to that pool :)
added on the 2013-06-19 01:01:40 by blackpawn blackpawn
rulez added on the 2013-06-19 10:02:46 by moqui moqui
i like it!
rulez added on the 2013-06-19 13:45:11 by cupe cupe
Great
rulez added on the 2013-06-19 15:10:05 by AnDyX AnDyX
Pretty much what Gargaj said, and it goes for visuals and music both.
However, apart from the lack of flow between the parts I like this a lot!
rulez added on the 2013-06-19 19:24:06 by lug00ber lug00ber
pretty cool, especially the zoomers!
rulez added on the 2013-06-19 20:47:05 by blala blala
Im a sucker for spectrum analyzers...
rulez added on the 2013-06-19 22:37:30 by franky-- franky--
Pretty cool.
rulez added on the 2013-06-19 22:43:03 by Intrinsic Intrinsic
despite the missing overall coherence each scenes itself is pretty cool (especially the spectrometer scene and its buildup).
music fits the visuals pretty good as well.
nice job.
rulez added on the 2013-06-20 00:01:13 by gopher gopher
Some improvement on the music side is needed for a thumb.
added on the 2013-06-20 18:02:46 by SandLover SandLover
nice
rulez added on the 2013-06-21 11:25:16 by Frequent Frequent
what gopher said.
rulez added on the 2013-06-21 12:49:32 by raer raer
Nice visuals.

Won't tell what I think about the soundtrack but it cuts the thumb for sure...
Very good.
rulez added on the 2013-06-22 10:55:17 by Cosmocat Cosmocat
this prod rulez
rulez added on the 2013-06-22 11:06:55 by dr_evil dr_evil
well, yeah it's kinda funny how Maxim Zhestkov, being inspired much by the demoscene and actually being starred at xplsv.tv so many times, is now giving that inspiration back =)

a nice demo! quite bland soundtrack and total slowness even on late top gfx cards are the main disasters though.
rulez added on the 2013-06-22 12:14:18 by ton ton
good work, visual vrtx is nice, cool music.
rulez added on the 2013-06-22 20:20:23 by bermudatatooine bermudatatooine
"... small-beginnings.exe is not a valid Win32 application." on my very old, updated Windows XP Pro. SP3 machine. :(

Decent demo from YouTube. Scary music. ;)
added on the 2013-06-22 22:34:45 by AntDude AntDude
i try to be positive.
rulez added on the 2013-06-24 12:24:05 by kimi kardashian kimi kardashian
clean!
rulez added on the 2013-06-26 11:56:06 by Happy-H Happy-H
Needs colors and direction to be outstanding but there's still some great stuff in here.
rulez added on the 2013-06-26 16:06:08 by hfr hfr
beautiful design
rulez added on the 2013-06-26 16:11:41 by Pandafox Pandafox
is the title the real meaning of how we should watch this demo, like, beginnings of kickass effects which in the long run will be used differently, with a direction?
rulez added on the 2013-06-27 00:31:12 by iks iks
awesome
rulez added on the 2013-06-28 16:34:44 by nekomono nekomono
Entertains me in a oldskool way. Thumb.
rulez added on the 2013-06-29 22:04:03 by dixan dixan
amazing
rulez added on the 2013-06-30 08:27:51 by ikam ikam
very cool ! nice work
rulez added on the 2013-06-30 17:04:37 by guille^cocoon guille^cocoon
n1!
added on the 2013-07-01 11:45:51 by V0yager V0yager
i loved it!
rulez added on the 2013-07-01 12:49:00 by button button
rulez!
rulez added on the 2013-07-02 01:00:42 by panoramix panoramix
Cool!
rulez added on the 2013-07-02 18:29:42 by jxn jxn
shiny
rulez added on the 2013-07-03 11:35:38 by cce cce
Really cool stuff. Like the track too, but it the whole think kinda ends with an anticlimax. Does the track really end like that, or is there more?
rulez added on the 2013-07-03 12:06:58 by tFt tFt
There are really nice moments in this demo. On the other hand I believe that post processing is a bit messy (maybe some bugs?)
rulez added on the 2013-07-04 10:51:56 by bonzaj bonzaj
One word: AWESOME!
rulez added on the 2013-07-04 13:41:36 by phaazon phaazon
Awesome stuff!
rulez added on the 2013-07-04 18:41:14 by kurli kurli
cool to see a new demo by blackpawn
rulez added on the 2013-07-04 19:00:17 by psenough psenough
It feels a bit patched together, hence the lack of flow, but each scene in its own right is very very cool and the track fits well in that regard. Small beginnings becoming big tingz :)
rulez added on the 2013-07-04 19:37:04 by keito keito
Just... yeah. That.
rulez added on the 2013-07-04 20:09:04 by TheT(ourist) TheT(ourist)
.really, really great!
rulez added on the 2013-07-04 20:12:49 by kempy kempy
massive piece. what keito said.
rulez added on the 2013-07-07 12:07:42 by SiR SiR
What keito, plus quality music production from G dude as always!
rulez added on the 2013-07-09 14:07:11 by djh0ffman djh0ffman
amazing
rulez added on the 2013-07-10 01:27:59 by T$ T$
dto.
rulez added on the 2013-07-11 16:09:51 by toxie toxie
Wow. Awesome stuff indeed.
rulez added on the 2013-07-12 14:00:18 by pixtur pixtur
nice, music is bland
rulez added on the 2013-07-12 16:42:55 by leGend leGend
too slow on my computer (1 frame/s) even is the video got some charms.
added on the 2013-07-12 16:44:48 by Bartoshe Bartoshe
Enjoyed the spectrum part.
added on the 2013-07-12 17:05:35 by ponce ponce
gr8
rulez added on the 2013-07-16 17:54:18 by comankh comankh
superb
rulez added on the 2013-07-21 11:42:49 by xoofx xoofx
Hell yeah!!!
rulez added on the 2013-08-01 00:03:46 by BackSpace BackSpace
very clean, and minimalistic in both, audio & visual departments.
i like that.
currently just a bit puzzled why the music and the bass riffs sounded so familiar at places.
and besides that: why no 2560x1440 res?
rulez added on the 2013-09-10 00:04:30 by keith303 keith303
This. Fucking. Style. <3

I could prolly write something to every scene, because they all rule hard - but the one that sticked out the most for me was the waveform thing, not only did it play with the FOV but wow - it looks so damn slick :D

The other thing is the tune, a bass that is so staubstrocken I had to nip on my beer :)

Fuck yes, more please! =)
rulez added on the 2013-10-13 04:00:51 by mog mog
I forgot to mention the logo, it's awesome! =)
added on the 2013-10-13 04:09:14 by mog mog
nice one! among the better demos in 2013.
rulez added on the 2014-01-01 10:44:58 by a-move a-move
Brilliant effects, great look, love the music!
rulez added on the 2014-02-04 21:03:28 by hornet hornet
Gloom and bloom!
rulez added on the 2014-02-04 22:39:19 by 71M 71M
i enjoyed the flow through the scenes, more please :)
rulez added on the 2014-06-23 12:20:11 by mantratronic mantratronic
what gargaj said! There is some pretty impressive code here, but also a few scenes where the coder designed a bit too much ;)
rulez added on the 2014-11-25 18:16:55 by quisten quisten
What Gargaj said, and the music doesn't help as well - it's not really going anywhere.

But some of the scenes look gorgeous! More!
rulez added on the 2015-04-29 21:01:29 by Kylearan Kylearan
great demo, awesome one person coding job! well done blackpawn. We want more!
rulez added on the 2016-06-04 12:48:14 by arm1n arm1n
Simply Wow.. you should make demos to Nine Inch Nails music. I'd love to see that connection. But regardless, very powerful message comes from this production.
rulez added on the 2018-10-04 12:01:58 by hollowone hollowone
Enjoyable and some really cool effects! But the direction is a bit all over the place as others have pointed out.

Anyway, when can we see your next prod?
rulez added on the 2019-01-12 17:10:57 by Zavie Zavie
I still love this one a lot
added on the 2020-04-21 14:31:31 by nytrik nytrik
awesome!!
rulez added on the 2020-07-09 03:04:22 by blackle blackle

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