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release date : march 2008
release party : Breakpoint 2008
compo : pc demo
ranked : 2nd
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popularity : 77%
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alltime top: #84
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doesn't work on my pc, but rulez anyway (I trust ASD)
rulez added on the 2008-03-24 12:40:30 by friol friol
The end is bad, but the demo is awesome nonetheless.
rulez added on the 2008-03-24 12:42:18 by zefyros zefyros
it's REVOLUTIONARY DEMO.
the very best for last few years.
awesome. just awesome.
i have no words.
rulez added on the 2008-03-24 12:44:44 by sq sq
ASD style
rulez added on the 2008-03-24 12:46:46 by Anat Anat
I loved this.
rulez added on the 2008-03-24 12:47:39 by Shockwave Shockwave
Very stylish upscoller. Music + visuals + design .. everything is brilliant. End part is the weak point of the demo i think...
Big thumps up.
rulez added on the 2008-03-24 12:54:28 by scg_ scg_
could have gone on like that forever :) really great show.. the music was wonderful, too
rulez added on the 2008-03-24 13:05:07 by fiveofive fiveofive
yes yes
rulez added on the 2008-03-24 13:07:08 by p01 p01
Am I the only one that didn't like this that much? It was nice but not what I was expecting from ASD..
Defenitely a thumb up, but I still have to watch it again alone... I was still thinking about fr demo during the compo. Two flat shaded demos in the same pc demo compo is too much ;)
rulez added on the 2008-03-24 13:09:52 by xernobyl xernobyl
Was nice, but i didn't like it that much too.
added on the 2008-03-24 13:12:21 by las las
Zero polys and shaders... true... but hmm...
added on the 2008-03-24 13:12:58 by ltk_tscc ltk_tscc
Totally different :)
rulez added on the 2008-03-24 13:17:14 by src src
Not Lifeforce and Co. - but still very good !
rulez added on the 2008-03-24 13:18:38 by BiTbUsTeR BiTbUsTeR
Simply the best this time
rulez added on the 2008-03-24 13:26:37 by ISL ISL
ASD and fr have announced @ BP08: 2D is the new 3D!
rulez added on the 2008-03-24 13:39:15 by Salinga Salinga
More of this stuff please! It reminds me of Karel Zeman movies little bit :)
rulez added on the 2008-03-24 13:43:47 by besh besh
good one
rulez added on the 2008-03-24 13:46:41 by runa runa
highly inspired visuals and not just some crap flying around (or camera flying around some crap). a lot more coherent demo than Lifeforce.
rulez added on the 2008-03-24 13:52:24 by tempest tempest
best on Breakpoint 2008
rulez added on the 2008-03-24 13:53:39 by Manwe Manwe
Als Gregor Samsa eines Morgens aus unruhigen Träumen erwachte, fand er sich in seinem Bett zu einem ungeheueren Ungeziefer verwandelt.
rulez added on the 2008-03-24 13:56:55 by Stelthz Stelthz
Very nice concept
Perfect execution
rulez added on the 2008-03-24 13:58:19 by bdk bdk
rulez added on the 2008-03-24 13:59:24 by Premium Premium
rulez added on the 2008-03-24 13:59:34 by substrate substrate
didnt like that much on the stream,
but what a fresh beauty in realtime !
rulez added on the 2008-03-24 14:00:18 by skarab skarab
namevoting
added on the 2008-03-24 14:00:36 by wie8 wie8
This one had just the things I find lacking in the usual boring ASD "megaprods": coherence, design and style. Great work. The nice music would've been even better without those cheesy trance-leadsounds though :)
rulez added on the 2008-03-24 14:04:13 by break break
Both, Fr and ASD should have won. Really great stuff and I like it much more than Lifeforce.
rulez added on the 2008-03-24 14:17:28 by Cj Cj
What break said.
rulez added on the 2008-03-24 14:17:54 by teel teel
Awesome design and style. I like this more than Lifeforce, even.
rulez added on the 2008-03-24 14:21:17 by stijn stijn
break and stijn said everything
added on the 2008-03-24 14:22:00 by sq sq
the most innovative and stylish thing I have seen for ages. this really is artistic.
rulez added on the 2008-03-24 14:22:37 by ck ck
i love the ants :)
rulez added on the 2008-03-24 14:30:15 by prm prm
no more fancy 3D?
rulez added on the 2008-03-24 14:32:43 by Frozzy Frozzy
Fresh and stylish!
Don't know why but when i see this demo Jules Verne comes in mind..
Just great!
rulez added on the 2008-03-24 14:45:51 by medron medron
Sorry, what the hell is REVOLUTIONARY on a scroller demo, with some layers?!
sucks added on the 2008-03-24 14:59:26 by d-lee d-lee
woow... very original idea!!! great prod!
rulez added on the 2008-03-24 15:00:01 by vigo vigo
I respect it for what it does, but can't bring myself to like it. Visually unappealing (almost revolting) and made me want to fall asleep.
sucks added on the 2008-03-24 15:20:00 by nagato^ nagato^
High quality scroller :D
rulez added on the 2008-03-24 15:25:01 by micksam7 micksam7
Very nice.
rulez added on the 2008-03-24 15:27:05 by Buckethead Buckethead
Nice direction and fresh stuff next to all the boring demoscene 3D stuff we are too often overloaded with and that doesn't impress anybody anyway.

Visuals are kind of unpleasant sometimes but that makes the prod even more succesful somehow :)
rulez added on the 2008-03-24 15:28:52 by keops keops
unexpected style, i like 2d stuff
rulez added on the 2008-03-24 15:40:32 by decca decca
d-lee, and what do you expect from revolution? shitload of fucking 3D-bodies, 3D-caves, 3D-heads and 3D-spaceships in dark 3D-tunnels? and camera flying around this crap?
added on the 2008-03-24 16:04:20 by sq sq
THIS IS ART!!!

Really I did liked it a lot, it's beautiful, it's different, very well done and synced, I love the music, the simplicity, the gfx, the design..

..I am also surprised to see the two first places in the compo to be 2d :)
rulez added on the 2008-03-24 16:05:05 by Optimus Optimus
very good (of course), but like all asd demos, i don't feel the urge to watch them again.
added on the 2008-03-24 16:09:52 by gg|rhg gg|rhg
looks fantastic, freshest stuff from asd so far
rulez added on the 2008-03-24 16:10:59 by hollowman hollowman
this production shows exactly what navis was talking about in his seminar. Nice to see his words in motion.
rulez added on the 2008-03-24 16:14:54 by CONS CONS
beautiful..
rulez added on the 2008-03-24 16:30:47 by can can
A very fresh and marvelous demo. Way to go. =)
rulez added on the 2008-03-24 16:37:12 by Aasemoon Aasemoon
Had higher hopes for this one. Seen better stuff from you guys.
added on the 2008-03-24 16:49:59 by mSW mSW
all thumbs up for continuing to do experimental stuff!
rulez added on the 2008-03-24 17:09:33 by toxie toxie
stunning direction as we can expect from asd, but the textures remind me of ugly 70s wallpaper. (here amusic, you have another reason to strangle me next year :D)
rulez added on the 2008-03-24 17:20:57 by maali maali
Loved this one - great style, something different and all delivered in amazing quality
rulez added on the 2008-03-24 17:24:10 by coma coma
Great show indeed.
rulez added on the 2008-03-24 17:26:08 by Alpha C Alpha C
Dark, stunning, beautiful. The ants were the icing on the cake. :)
rulez added on the 2008-03-24 17:30:55 by gloom gloom
Not sure. At least it's different. Still a thumb, but a minor one ;)
rulez added on the 2008-03-24 17:33:24 by Hopper/SquoQuo Hopper/SquoQuo
please, anyone, upload the video!
added on the 2008-03-24 17:36:10 by sq sq
Powered by Propellerhead's Reason default sample set + Un chien andalou.
rulez added on the 2008-03-24 17:41:54 by mrdoob mrdoob
this should be the introductory short film for the next ARTE themenabend about kafka
rulez added on the 2008-03-24 17:43:22 by sire sire
The ending is not what I expected.
added on the 2008-03-24 17:50:05 by glow glow
Fuck yeah!!!!!!!!!
rulez added on the 2008-03-24 17:56:59 by #535 #535
Great one! And I really love those "70's wallpaper"-textures Maali mentioned. And the ants! :-)

Should have w.... err no, I'm not going to start an argument here.
rulez added on the 2008-03-24 17:59:48 by Stebo Stebo
<3
rulez added on the 2008-03-24 18:01:52 by raer raer
not my style - thumb for art's sake
rulez added on the 2008-03-24 18:24:58 by mueslee mueslee
Choose effects over 3DS :)
rulez added on the 2008-03-24 18:29:06 by Gʀɪʍʍy Gʀɪʍʍy
Fantastic! Loved the patterns and movement and how dynamic everything is. Great music aswell.
rulez added on the 2008-03-24 18:31:00 by parcelshit parcelshit
rulez added on the 2008-03-24 18:31:13 by texel texel
bugs rulz
rulez added on the 2008-03-24 19:04:23 by batabub batabub
the demos are getting worser from year to year at breakpoint (or is it the whole scene?)
sucks added on the 2008-03-24 19:19:06 by RA RA
now we know, what is the highest than iconoclast&lifeforce.

asd really moves higher and higher. this stuff is really outstanding and fresh, very well done executed. music is just masterpiece. now i love asd.
rulez added on the 2008-03-24 19:20:24 by diver diver
Saw it on the stream and I liked it very much - even though I expected something - let's say more different from asd. Anyways - still a major production and a worthy 2nd place.

However, am I the only one not able to run this baby using a x1950pro / cataclyst 8.3 (tested with versions down to 7.1)? Got the same problem with lifeforce recently....

Demo starts, black screen, CPU usage 99%... any ideas?
rulez added on the 2008-03-24 19:23:30 by ooBrian ooBrian
nice not impressive but nice.
rulez added on the 2008-03-24 19:29:45 by Zweckform Zweckform
absolutely not my cup of tea. what's up with the demoscene? we all could also start doing Flash movies .. where are the demo fx? nothing in here :(
sucks added on the 2008-03-24 19:31:35 by twh twh
Quote:
the demos are getting worser from year to year at breakpoint (or is it the whole scene?)

No, just your grammar. (scnr)

And wow, an almost subtle asd demo. :)
rulez added on the 2008-03-24 19:35:54 by tomaes tomaes
the insects, bugs and ants look really fantastic. but the strange floating patterns on all the objects remind me of some old turkish carpet and have no visual appeal - very irritating.
absolutely not my cup of demo. :(
added on the 2008-03-24 19:39:31 by keith303 keith303
If anyone is further interested in the "man figures" appearing in the demo, check the works of the greek painter Yiannis Gaitis, it was a nice reference, but maybe difficult for the non greek ppl to understand.
added on the 2008-03-24 19:47:37 by zafos zafos
Same problem as the Farbrausch --->i don't like this kind of demo ...
sucks added on the 2008-03-24 19:48:33 by RaHoW RaHoW
Really nice artsyfartsy style.
rulez added on the 2008-03-24 19:50:18 by Daddy Freddy Daddy Freddy
for the first time, i can completely embrace an ASD demo. this is stylish, slick and - most important of all - coherent! not a potpourri like lifeforce, but one slick concept piece with much love for detail and a consistent colorscheme. okay, i might convert to an asd fan now, if this keeps on like that! :)
rulez added on the 2008-03-24 19:54:21 by dipswitch dipswitch
what a load of bollocks.
rulez added on the 2008-03-24 20:09:59 by Claw Claw
To all people having problems running this with ATI Radeon cards using the latest cataclyst display drivers: Switch back to 7.5 (yeah one year old drivers...). That did the trick for me - including lifeforce.
added on the 2008-03-24 20:29:44 by ooBrian ooBrian
hmm, both the versions of the demo run pretty well on r9700m.
I would say the unstripped version works even better.
added on the 2008-03-24 20:43:02 by bdk bdk
no milestone like iconoclast/lifeforce, but still good and somehow unique
rulez added on the 2008-03-24 20:56:10 by Ganymed Ganymed
very good. i feel like you didn't try to impress gamer audience and this is more like your own style which is evolved. i'm probably wrong
rulez added on the 2008-03-24 20:59:45 by uns3en_ uns3en_
Quote:

it's REVOLUTIONARY DEMO.
the very best for last few years.

I wouldn't say revolutionary but rather a logical step away from the 3D galore. For the 1st time the colours in an ASD production had "depth" and weren't that pale anymore.
rulez added on the 2008-03-24 21:27:03 by d0DgE d0DgE
cool but strange. :)
rulez added on the 2008-03-24 21:33:41 by blackpawn blackpawn
Damn, I love those bugs. :)
rulez added on the 2008-03-24 21:52:38 by Mystra Mystra
I really, really like this. It's the best sequel to beyond the wall of eryx I've never wished! And it's graphical design feels so *real* while being surrealist. Much more so than the photorealistic 3d stuff we too often see groups striving for.
cdc added on the 2008-03-24 22:02:54 by _-_-__ _-_-__
that "owl" in the end is so awesome!
rulez added on the 2008-03-24 22:05:58 by fiver2^fB fiver2^fB
no pic on my HD3850 ? somebody got the same problem?
added on the 2008-03-24 22:06:00 by seppjo seppjo
adobe illustrator strikes again. no seriously, it's nice. good to see them doing more and more stylish things. great transitions as always. but.. i want tech stuff!
rulez added on the 2008-03-24 22:09:25 by earx earx
arty but not farty.

how many demos must ASD do until you figure out that they are not stuck to a certain style?

i love the end.
rulez added on the 2008-03-24 22:11:06 by chaos chaos
interesting demo, really liked it !
rulez added on the 2008-03-24 22:13:22 by xyz xyz
the irritating sewing sequence at the end coupled with a unique demostyle and many details really made me love this one. To me the owl in the end looked like the flying spaghetti monster :)
rulez added on the 2008-03-24 22:25:25 by Paralax Paralax
Good execution, but Adobe Illustrator/ad agency style is something i dislike.
sucks added on the 2008-03-24 22:35:04 by Zplex Zplex
Surely innovative and certainly well done, still not my cup of tea.
added on the 2008-03-24 22:54:12 by Paranoid Paranoid
Awsome! Its wonderful that competing in THIS competition with 2d art is possible. Maye the scene can change...
rulez added on the 2008-03-24 23:00:14 by pixtur pixtur
where do these guys take the ideas? great demo, but for ASD unusual ending. But I like it
rulez added on the 2008-03-24 23:47:22 by Chainsaw Chainsaw
most overrated demo i have ever seen.
sucks added on the 2008-03-24 23:57:49 by Fzool Fzool
was a great experience, especially at the bigscreen.
i love your experimental stuff.
rulez added on the 2008-03-25 00:01:23 by v3nom v3nom
broken link ?
added on the 2008-03-25 00:02:25 by faraday faraday
found a link in bp site, but doesn't work here :/
sound but no picture.
added on the 2008-03-25 00:07:51 by faraday faraday
I wonder what it's all about but i reckon it's well crafted.
rulez added on the 2008-03-25 00:08:19 by hitchhikr hitchhikr
Unique demo with style!
rulez added on the 2008-03-25 00:47:03 by martin martin
High resolution vid cap [1240x1024], because I can.
added on the 2008-03-25 00:56:30 by micksam7 micksam7
I like this ASD much better than the Lifeforce ASD!
rulez added on the 2008-03-25 00:59:34 by okkie okkie
Quote:
adobe illustrator strikes again. no seriously, it's nice. good to see them doing more and more stylish things. great transitions as always. but.. i want tech stuff!


Actually the vector graphics are made in Inkscape :)
added on the 2008-03-25 01:05:04 by zafos zafos
the end is a little unexpected, the flow made me think of a gradual evolution... instead of that catastrophe. but i guess it was meant to be like this. ;)
rulez added on the 2008-03-25 01:09:48 by soolta soolta
crap
sucks added on the 2008-03-25 01:13:32 by Nuclear Nuclear
rulez added on the 2008-03-25 01:34:47 by Quarryman Quarryman
outstanding visuals
rulez added on the 2008-03-25 01:54:53 by madMixx madMixx
Just my take of the demo:

it follows the metamorphosis of the organic fly at the begining (the one being eaten by the ants) through a world that is progressively becoming more and more 'industrial', so to say. At the end the fly becomes an industrial version of its former self too - and that is what the metamorphosis is about. The change.

The Kafka reference is there, yes. The men can run, but they cannot escape the big 'monster' which is this world, from the depths of the earth to the stars of the skies (Just like his hero K. funny enough my first name starts with K so there you are :-)).
The man holding the balloons symbolise hope against the odds, but the scissors are fast to act.

Anyway, graphics wise I guess I was influenced a bit by the game "Caverns of Kafka" and "Drelbs". Check them out on C64 ! That explains the "70's wallpaper" feel. It was intentional.

Anyway, thanks to everyone for voting, my faith in the demoscene is getting stronger and stronger ! I had a hell of a time at BP, see you all somewhere soon.

n.




added on the 2008-03-25 02:41:43 by Navis Navis
very nice as always, well done Navis
rulez added on the 2008-03-25 02:51:26 by rbz rbz
best 2d seen so far in a demo.
rulez added on the 2008-03-25 03:03:19 by neoneye neoneye
the ending just destroys everything (in a good way)
rulez added on the 2008-03-25 03:12:51 by Gargaj Gargaj
This demo is full of bugs! ;)
rulez added on the 2008-03-25 04:08:01 by Clarence Clarence
a refreshing change of pace from the usual
rulez added on the 2008-03-25 08:01:57 by praetor_alpha praetor_alpha
fantastic d--O_O--b
rulez added on the 2008-03-25 08:03:33 by aha aha
it was unexpected for me. I liked it, it's very well executed. I like 2d vectors. but somehow it didn't shake me.
rulez added on the 2008-03-25 08:57:45 by Skate Skate
Nice but im not in love with this
rulez added on the 2008-03-25 10:46:06 by nytrik nytrik
me likey
rulez added on the 2008-03-25 11:03:33 by sam sam
just loving those ants!
rulez added on the 2008-03-25 11:16:44 by bfx bfx
Stylish and coherently designed, but I didn't care much for it. Piggy for the effort.
added on the 2008-03-25 11:36:56 by mic mic
I admire the artistic motivation that's behind this.
I found the demo a little long on the same part, but ASD dares to explore out of their famous jawdropping-3D-dreams style.
rulez added on the 2008-03-25 11:43:37 by willbe willbe
against the grain. period.
rulez added on the 2008-03-25 11:45:20 by comankh comankh
singular demo
rulez added on the 2008-03-25 11:49:15 by Pulsar Pulsar
respect for once again having a straight concept.
in conjunction with masagin i think one could say:
2d is the new 3d :)
rulez added on the 2008-03-25 11:58:01 by gopher gopher
I must say that I've been rarely that enthralled by a demo so far. It's affected poetry. I guess that words are of trifling importance, the best thing to do is to watch it again and again.
rulez added on the 2008-03-25 12:02:33 by oxb oxb
Simply nice, the idea shows that no 3d overkill is needed to have a nice demo ... .
rulez added on the 2008-03-25 12:16:48 by _H2o_ _H2o_
3d overkills usually expire in couple of years. this one never will.
added on the 2008-03-25 12:39:19 by tempest tempest
fails to go fullscreen on vista + ATI 2600 HD :(
Enjoyed it on the stream :) very good job

unfortunatly it doesnt' work on my computer

ATI X1950 Black Screen :(
rulez added on the 2008-03-25 13:04:10 by _wheely_ _wheely_
friggin awesome stuff
rulez added on the 2008-03-25 13:05:08 by mind mind
underlining h2o and hempest!
rulez added on the 2008-03-25 13:05:21 by chromag chromag
ok I need to fix this. If you have a problem with the ATI can you please send me an email at pataridis at yahoo.com to arrange some sort of betatesting. Your help will make our demos more solid in the future !
added on the 2008-03-25 13:05:43 by Navis Navis
great stuff!
rulez added on the 2008-03-25 13:08:23 by psenough psenough
ohh this is so good
rulez added on the 2008-03-25 13:09:01 by dairos dairos
nicely done, mood for me is kinda reminiscent of those industrial areas in some of the metroid-style castlevania games
rulez added on the 2008-03-25 13:22:00 by superplek superplek
very very nice!
rulez added on the 2008-03-25 13:28:39 by frits_gr frits_gr
This isn't revolutionary, but it doesn't need to be. It looks awesome, and now that Navis mentioned the "Caverns of Kafka" link I can at least bed the nagging feeling I had about "now where did I see these graphics before".

I'm assuming we can add the general "Cosmi" logo / "Aztec Challenge" gfx to the inspiration as well? :)
rulez added on the 2008-03-25 13:41:03 by sagacity sagacity
really nice demo! i love the way ASD implements their ideas - it's always so unusual stuff and differes from other demos. great work!
rulez added on the 2008-03-25 13:42:14 by scicco scicco
sagacity: yes. Add to that "boulder dash" on C64 as a reference too (the scrolling tiled textures). This effect used to scare the shit out of me when I was like 6-7.
added on the 2008-03-25 13:45:44 by Navis Navis
I'm one of the fans of the "usual boring 3d megashows", like that one as well :)
rulez added on the 2008-03-25 13:58:25 by Dbug Dbug
Hello navis :)

My First time that i have one of your production that simply doesn't work in here!!!

....ATI BUG ?

I year music, but the demo is a no go....i have to use task manager to exit..

My system:
AMD Athlon 3200+
2G ram
Windows XP2 Genuine with All updates
x1950 pro 256Mb
Dfi Lanparty nforce2 Hdd 2x300G raid 0

PS: All of your demos work in here, this one ....no (:_

Can you work a fix ?
amiga4ever: pls contact me at pataridis at yahoo.com and wel'll find a way around it. you can help me sort it out.
added on the 2008-03-25 14:08:52 by Navis Navis
sucks added on the 2008-03-25 15:09:34 by wie8 wie8
Navis was apparently brave enough to sacrifice a couple of votes to make people think outside of the box. Imo the real challenge was to make a 2D demo so easy to connect to for most people and ASD did a marvellous job with that. The result is not cheesy at all, so it's something that I totally like to watch.
rulez added on the 2008-03-25 15:32:11 by Ger Ger
0% shaders.
rulez added on the 2008-03-25 15:58:14 by Saga Musix Saga Musix
very nice demo, and its great that this outside the box thinking was spread wide at this years breakpoint.. i found bits of it a little long winded but the awesome fly or whatever at the end was really cool. mmm zepplins + bowler hats :)
rulez added on the 2008-03-25 16:04:11 by dv$ dv$
Am I the only one that thinks the demo looks like a giant tie full of ants?

BB Image

I'll go buy a Kafka book when I wake up.
added on the 2008-03-25 16:08:21 by xernobyl xernobyl
;)
added on the 2008-03-25 16:08:43 by xernobyl xernobyl
i found it quite boring... but anyway tastes are different ;)
added on the 2008-03-25 16:12:33 by ultra ultra
for me it was quite refreshing, keep up guys :)
rulez added on the 2008-03-25 16:14:51 by blz blz
*keep it up
added on the 2008-03-25 16:15:31 by blz blz
quite ok
rulez added on the 2008-03-25 16:20:56 by waffle waffle
Doesn't make my day
sucks added on the 2008-03-25 16:30:33 by Corial Corial
love of detail!
rulez added on the 2008-03-25 16:42:43 by a-move a-move
I liked the fact that I didn't see any hard cuts. nice one!
rulez added on the 2008-03-25 17:21:06 by numtek numtek
This is the first "alternative" asd demo that I really liked. Very well executed and good idea. Deserved its 2nd place.
rulez added on the 2008-03-25 17:52:14 by lemmus lemmus
nothin special :|
added on the 2008-03-25 18:59:27 by hr0nic hr0nic
very nice!
rulez added on the 2008-03-25 19:47:24 by shadez shadez
liked it a lot. it was a good choice to concentrate on semi-abstract 2d rather than butt-ugly 3d.
rulez added on the 2008-03-25 19:57:06 by viznut/pwp viznut/pwp
amazing ~
rulez added on the 2008-03-25 20:10:21 by panic panic
i like this a lot.
rulez added on the 2008-03-25 20:24:13 by rale rale
I definitely like it!
rulez added on the 2008-03-25 20:48:50 by blala blala
By the amount of production necessary to do this kind of demo, it's "good" but it's still not very interesting.
added on the 2008-03-25 21:09:40 by tyfighter tyfighter
I also have a ATI card (850 series) and the demo doesn't work here :/
added on the 2008-03-25 21:09:45 by faraday faraday
nice 2d.
rulez added on the 2008-03-25 22:52:11 by leGend leGend
progress! just the thing! more more more!
rulez added on the 2008-03-25 23:41:23 by orange orange
best prod of the party <3 guys. I will remember the bigscreen version. It was so sharp!
rulez added on the 2008-03-25 23:47:04 by bonzaj bonzaj
I already gave you my thumb, but after watching this on my big rig in 1600x1200 I'll promise you my next cdc! Those patterns (yes, I remember playing Drelbs on my 64 back in those days) are beyond cool.
added on the 2008-03-26 00:38:31 by Stebo Stebo
Yellow Submarime vs Clockwerk orange ...Me like!
rulez added on the 2008-03-26 01:45:11 by mg mg
i adore everything about it. This just came in 'favorite of all time' on my "demo meter" and i belive it will take another 15 before another demo will leave me equally impressed with the thing as a whole. The last one was arte btw.
rulez added on the 2008-03-26 06:41:15 by NoahR NoahR
This is what I see when I close my eyes.
rulez added on the 2008-03-26 07:08:13 by visy visy
nice demo.
rulez added on the 2008-03-26 08:23:51 by dude dude
I like it! It kinda reminds me of the old C64 (or someone could call it 8-bit computer) days. Only with a very nice twist!
rulez added on the 2008-03-26 14:54:32 by oldaccount oldaccount
great work. what will you do next? gabba-demos? ;)
rulez added on the 2008-03-26 15:54:58 by cp_ cp_
Next to Eryx, this is my favourite ASD-venture. Very solid stuff. And I like the music a lot too. Good work, Navis, a and iM!
rulez added on the 2008-03-26 16:03:25 by Archmage Archmage
I respect the hell out of ASD, but this just looked like a novelty release.

Sorry to say this, but I hated it! The colours and the flashing backgrounds looked so sickly and the effect was something we've all seen used better in previous ASD releases.
sucks added on the 2008-03-26 16:17:54 by Wade Wade
Very good demo, i liked it :-).
rulez added on the 2008-03-26 17:06:03 by BadSector BadSector
All I get is a white screen with music. WTF?
added on the 2008-03-26 18:09:33 by Joghurt Joghurt
Wonderful demo. I really like the way the PC scene vibrates at the moment. This demo got it all - really stylish graphical shapes, good and consistent expression, nice stencil textures instead of using flat or shaded ordinary colors on the objects. Keep on!
rulez added on the 2008-03-26 18:30:52 by Twoflower/3AD Twoflower/3AD
Well done, nice details, high quality production as you expected from ASD... but misses the pure joy I reeled while watching most other ASD-demos.
added on the 2008-03-26 19:21:20 by imYemeth imYemeth
I liked the graphics style in this demo. It is both beautiful and fresh. The music is kind of passive, yet it serves the demo's atmosphere well. I felt it is rather short, which is unusual for an ASD demo.

I watched Metamorphosis (older machines version) on Wine, which is the closest I have to Windows(tm) atm.

Finally, pouet failed me when I originally typed this comment by forgetting my cookies, logging me out and eating my post. I typed it a second time using a text editor. jsyk.
rulez added on the 2008-03-26 22:27:18 by moT moT
Lovely, well done.
rulez added on the 2008-03-26 22:43:42 by [self-ban] [self-ban]
Beautiful!
rulez added on the 2008-03-26 23:30:07 by gr9yfox gr9yfox
Solid stuff once again. The illustrator-whores at work loved this one ;)
rulez added on the 2008-03-26 23:42:44 by lug00ber lug00ber
cool and unusual!
rulez added on the 2008-03-27 01:30:33 by dimouse dimouse
very solid prod... must be ranked higher than fr
rulez added on the 2008-03-27 07:31:10 by zeebr zeebr
This is amazingly soulfull.
Excellently... Remarkable idea, unique design und excellent music.... greeeeeeat! ^)
rulez added on the 2008-03-27 09:05:25 by Silent Silent
Usual ASD stuff, so usual enormous thumb up.

I had the ATI bug though - had to go back to 7.9 drivers to get it running. Time for a mail to navis...
rulez added on the 2008-03-27 11:16:42 by psonice psonice
love the details! the design was really great, i hope to see more like that from you guys.
rulez added on the 2008-03-27 14:36:25 by dalezr dalezr
By the way, the black-and-white vectors are all done using inkscape, not Illustrator. It's such a great tool!
added on the 2008-03-27 16:25:37 by iM iM
I guess calling it "Systematic Chaos" would have been too obvious. :P
Aside from the HIGHLY IRRITATING(!) high pitch sound you hear in the beginning (whenever the scene twitches) it's very, VERY cool!
I really liked it a lot (didn't really expect much else from ASD ;))!
rulez added on the 2008-03-27 16:26:37 by Agilo Agilo
Agilo, that's a 10kHz feedback loop sound. I included some more disturbing sounds in the track, like the rumbling sound at the end caused by the fly's wings. I thought it would sound really scary on the big party speakers.. but it didn't work out as intended.

As for "Systematic Chaos".. it never occured to me, but heh.. I can see the vibes now that you mention it =)
added on the 2008-03-27 17:42:44 by aMUSiC aMUSiC
I like the 10khz sound. It helps me synchronize with the demo ;-)
added on the 2008-03-27 20:49:05 by Navis Navis
strange, but i have nothing to say.
rulez added on the 2008-03-28 00:09:15 by elfh elfh
Caught between piggy and rulez. I'll land on piggy because I know you can do so much better with the colors. The bugs were great btw. (And i mean the bugs you can see on the screen, not the bug that failed run the demo).
added on the 2008-03-28 07:30:37 by Cosmocat Cosmocat
Certainly something different from ASD's usual style, visually at least the flow is still there though. I love ASD's stuff but this just didn't do much for me, will give it a piggy though as it may grow on me life Lifeforce did. Iconoclast is still my fave though :)
added on the 2008-03-28 09:17:13 by Intrinsic Intrinsic
Beautiful and intensive. Reminds me of Kafka novels.
rulez added on the 2008-03-28 10:08:52 by napsa napsa
again another demo with a high attention to detail, a deep and engaging demo that made me think, thanks guys :)
rulez added on the 2008-03-28 11:51:46 by keito keito
very cool to watch. I specially like those ant animations (sometimes it even looks so real!). As said before, ASD's serious attention to detail and experimentation efforts deserve a thumb up, if not more.
rulez added on the 2008-03-28 12:28:09 by iq iq
nice one! interesting atmo. good music, professiolnaly mastered, but not my favourite amusic's track.
rulez added on the 2008-03-28 13:43:02 by Chaser Chaser
ASD in searching of another visual experiment. And their crafted another great executed demo. Idea design and music make this demo my personal winner of BP 08.

You know what you are doing.
rulez added on the 2008-03-28 16:57:53 by Trauma Zero Trauma Zero
highly overrated .. but good to see you're trying something else .. and no soundtrack with a guitar ;)
sucks added on the 2008-03-28 18:20:27 by dwarf dwarf
highly underrated
rulez added on the 2008-03-28 23:37:57 by pandur pandur
THough I added this prod. myself to pouet (sorry for extra H in the name :)
I just got to look at it for the first time since the stream..

Extremely nice ideas in the design and graphics.. Music contains some sound-fx to match whats going on great to!
But somehow I dont think a 2nd place was justified looking on the competitorsfield of the PC demo compo.. And why this prod. was played last ? There were better prods to play last in the compo..

In anyway, looking on all BIG and less BIG demos ASD have released over the years this demo deserves the attention. It seems ASD never runs out of some nice ideas :)

Perhaps its time to introduce a life-time archieemnt award bu the scene.org awards staff.. I nominate ASD :)

All in all nice prod. Deserves a thumb for sure..
rulez added on the 2008-03-28 23:49:47 by magic magic
While I really like that you can always come up with something new and experimental, I have to say that this didn't really appeal to me, mainly from the visual aspect. The colors and patterns are quite close to something I would call ugly, but I realise there are many who like this stlye.
The insects and animations were great though, and the music as well.
added on the 2008-03-28 23:58:09 by zoom zoom
my personal favourite
rulezcdc added on the 2008-03-29 00:19:37 by red red
Very arty and polished. But as a demo, I kept waiting for something to happen and it never did. Interesting to watch, but needed something to push it over the top. The music was too understated, too (fitting, perhaps, but that's not really a good thing). Thumbs up, but I think 2nd at BP 08 was very generous.
rulez added on the 2008-03-29 01:16:13 by paranoid paranoid
pure genie
rulez added on the 2008-03-29 01:30:03 by med med
why do i need a graphics card to run this?
added on the 2008-03-29 04:58:07 by xwize xwize
it's different, it's stylish.
rulez added on the 2008-03-29 06:01:17 by kimi kardashian kimi kardashian
i felt i'm watching a dali's picture. amazing
rulez added on the 2008-03-29 10:17:03 by spritus spritus
that's what I call creativity. but it's much more like an animation to me, than a demo
rulez added on the 2008-03-29 13:25:13 by pohar pohar
this demo suckz
sucks added on the 2008-03-29 13:55:31 by aga060 aga060
I love it! One demo in one shot. It reminds me of those czech animations on tv when I was little.

The small people walking across the bridge in the screenshot gave a great sense of scale (no shit.. it is the schoolbook way to get a sense of scale I guess).

I imagine it is a bit like progress which comes back to nature. A bit like tapping into the brain of a $4 beetle and use its vision for sensors instead of building a $60000 sensor by traditional technological means maybe.. hmm.. ehh :) Maybe not.. (there are some guys doing this already though. Reverse Cyborg?)
rulez added on the 2008-03-29 14:44:36 by loaderror loaderror
If I have one tiny complaint, it would be the way each surface suddenly pops and changes patterns suddenly, but maybe it looks more boring if they dont.
added on the 2008-03-29 14:46:03 by loaderror loaderror
a bit .. slow paced-ish. But original and well executed as always
rulez added on the 2008-03-29 14:56:10 by Duckers Duckers
magic - a lifetime achievement for 7 seven years of production ?
added on the 2008-03-29 15:05:27 by dwarf dwarf
whoops, didn't see the ones from 94-97 ;)
added on the 2008-03-29 15:06:40 by dwarf dwarf
Cool design. Loved the ants!! :)
rulez added on the 2008-03-29 23:51:48 by AntDude AntDude
I'm still happy that I haven't accidentally watched the end of this stoned in the first row. I'd have died. :)
rulez added on the 2008-03-30 00:13:29 by kb_ kb_
oh the detail!
rulez added on the 2008-03-30 00:34:30 by thec thec
BETTER THAN FARBRAUSCH...!!!
BECAUSE NO C= LOGO WAS THERE...
rulez added on the 2008-03-30 01:28:42 by tttttttttttttttt tttttttttttttttt
quite like the Masagin idea was turned around here, I like its cold and gloomy ways. . . bringing on the old demoscene feel, conjuring up some Kafka's prose (as the ST title suggests, by the way). neato!
rulez added on the 2008-03-30 06:53:08 by skurwy skurwy
awesome. much better than other asd demos
rulez added on the 2008-03-30 11:01:24 by sauli sauli
Beautifully stylish, sinister and dark. Just a tad humdrum after a while, but it really depends on your mood.
rulez added on the 2008-03-30 12:08:02 by cybernoid cybernoid
After Lifeforce I was expecting much much much much much much much much more. I don't really like the mixture of the b/w graphics with the rest. Couldn't force myself yet to watch it again but since I remember it being fresh in a way, thumb up.
rulez added on the 2008-03-30 13:05:01 by Jailbird Jailbird
Very nice style, smooth, love the patterns.
rulez added on the 2008-03-30 13:09:48 by snoutmate snoutmate
coherent and with style.
rulez added on the 2008-03-30 16:48:19 by Franxis Franxis
Don't rape Kafka in english. Original title is "Die Verwandlung".
rulez added on the 2008-03-30 17:19:59 by Calexico Calexico
fresh & coherent
rulez added on the 2008-03-31 22:42:44 by daeel daeel
indeed
rulez added on the 2008-03-31 22:57:22 by 0rel 0rel
"


One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin. He lay on his armour-like back, and if he lifted his head a little he could see his brown belly, slightly domed and divided by arches into stiff sections. The bedding was hardly able to cover it and seemed ready to slide off any moment. His many legs, pitifully thin compared with the size of the rest of him, waved about helplessly as he looked."
added on the 2008-04-01 01:33:02 by skurwy skurwy
goddamned formatting! :/ srx!
added on the 2008-04-01 01:36:25 by skurwy skurwy
brown sauce :D (ugly colorsheme)
have to agree some way with RA.
the beginning is good, but made me press escape after a while.
sucks added on the 2008-04-01 10:55:56 by seppjo seppjo
Hmm. Just my desktop @ demo's res and some music with Radeon x1600xt. Guess I'm mailing Navis too.
added on the 2008-04-01 13:02:51 by raina raina
I'll have a fix by tonight / early tomorrow. Bug (I think) found. Damn your ATI cards !! :-)
added on the 2008-04-01 13:12:51 by Navis Navis
worked on ATI HD2600 by the way
added on the 2008-04-01 13:13:03 by seppjo seppjo
I have an ATI HD2600 XT with the latest drivers running on Windows Vista Ultimate 64 - is there a new version available that works?
added on the 2008-04-02 11:01:40 by d3pth d3pth
www.asd.gr/~navis/asd_-_metamorphosis.zip there (for ATI people)
added on the 2008-04-02 11:18:26 by Navis Navis
I also have the HD2600XT, seems like i have to try the fix.
/me seconds Jailbird/Booze
rulez added on the 2008-04-02 16:48:37 by TrX TrX
yay for fix \0/
rulez added on the 2008-04-02 17:39:16 by Baz Baz
Very cool demo but tooooo short!!! :/
rulez added on the 2008-04-02 20:59:47 by prophet prophet
beautiful and coherent demo with lots of details, perfect flow and stuff. love it! my favourite from the competition.
rulez added on the 2008-04-02 22:25:26 by Spin Spin
it works on ATI 8.3 drivers :)
My system:
Athlon 3200+ 2G ram DFI nforce 2 lanparty
x1950 pro 256 MB AGP and
ATlhon 1800+ 1G ram 9800 pro 128 Mb

Thanks Navis :)
i would've loved to seen it with stronger colors, but still; it's ace. (works: ati x1400mobile)
rulez added on the 2008-04-02 23:41:45 by quisten quisten
masterpiece. And oh yes, the Caverns of Khafka vibe.. (it's a game about an Egyptian tomb, not about Kafka :) though it's still creepy as hell)
rulez added on the 2008-04-02 23:49:00 by Preacher Preacher
not much of an effect-show, of course, but the scene were the transformed fly appears in the end is powerful, I guess the music plays a part here, and is comparable to the silent part of your "walls of.. "-demo.
rulez added on the 2008-04-02 23:58:55 by Hyde Hyde
forgot to thumb...

Thanks for the ATI FIX :)
rulez added on the 2008-04-03 17:31:10 by amiga4ever amiga4ever
Finally saw it, great stuff. Not groundbreakingly awesome, but original and pleasant to watch (and listen to). I would not go as far as calling it revolutionary, but that's some style for sure. Shows that a demo doesn't need any 3D!
rulez added on the 2008-04-04 12:22:29 by DiamonDie DiamonDie
thx for the ati fix , too..

but please exchange the zip package at the download link . I had to crawl through 250 posts to find that link to the ati version.

for the late fixi just a piggy...
compared to other of your demos this looks just average.
added on the 2008-04-04 13:40:43 by titus^rab titus^rab
Very cool!!!!!!!!!!
rulez added on the 2008-04-05 00:38:04 by wiseman wiseman
nice musik and gfx, but the "beeps" every now and then are earbleeding.. ;)
rulez added on the 2008-04-05 22:03:33 by mC_lUcKy mC_lUcKy
"for the late fixi just a piggy... " he he thanks for a good laugh.
added on the 2008-04-05 22:07:21 by bonzaj bonzaj
Thanks for the ATI fix.
Link added.
rulez added on the 2008-04-05 22:22:10 by iks iks
Music is awesome, but sadly not rest of the demo. Or I wanted to see something really killing. Dunno. Thumb up.
rulez added on the 2008-04-06 12:15:12 by wrthlss wrthlss
Cdc awarded! Have a nice day!
added on the 2008-04-06 21:59:57 by Stebo Stebo
Nice demo.
rulez added on the 2008-04-08 10:39:25 by Mr.Acryl Mr.Acryl
for me it remind me on Monthy Python...
hmmmm. ..
added on the 2008-04-08 16:18:16 by doC doC
2d style!
rulez added on the 2008-04-08 21:11:23 by gentleman gentleman
pixelshaders+ asd = love
rulez added on the 2008-04-08 22:07:03 by haxorz haxorz
Ants!
rulez added on the 2008-04-08 23:44:13 by ham ham
Ants look really fantastic! Nice demo.
rulez added on the 2008-04-09 09:50:06 by Bux Bux
Thumbs up for a very nice production. The music really kicks! The visuals are interesting, but gets a tiny little bit boring towards the end. Great job!
rulez added on the 2008-04-10 14:04:52 by d3pth d3pth
some elements made me chant "pon pon pata-pon!"
just kidding :)
cool stuff. surprizingly short for an ASD demo, but what the heck, it perfectly worked.
rulez added on the 2008-04-10 17:49:58 by nagz nagz
=)
rulez added on the 2008-04-12 01:34:57 by [ProToS] [ProToS]
Awesome as usual. The end comes abit sudden though (intended?).
rulez added on the 2008-04-13 00:55:37 by beavis77 beavis77
Nice music, and thumb up !
rulez added on the 2008-04-13 23:41:26 by faraday faraday
Beautiful
rulez added on the 2008-04-14 18:20:50 by untel untel
man, that really sick. very strong style
not my fave, but great job anyway
rulez added on the 2008-04-15 14:01:33 by Speed Speed
A bit disapointed when it was shown, mostly because those dull colors are SOOOO not like the usual ASD stuff. Oh, wait : there's no such thing as "the usual" with ASD, that's what I like about you guys ! :)
rulez added on the 2008-04-15 23:48:46 by Drunken_Poet Drunken_Poet
Great one.
rulez added on the 2008-04-16 00:55:12 by Maissi Maissi
Oops, they did it again!

Like Navis once said in a certain article: "Your audience should never know what to expect from you next."

Once you again, you achieved exactly that, Navis. To me it's a mystery how you manage to break out of your own borders over and over again. Truly inspiring in every possible way. Please keep pushing for new grounds, Navis.
rulez added on the 2008-04-16 13:23:24 by Axel Axel
Beautiful!
rulez added on the 2008-04-16 17:47:49 by jimmi jimmi
What Axel said.
rulez added on the 2008-04-18 16:21:58 by edhellon edhellon
Excellent personal design
rulez added on the 2008-04-19 11:41:37 by Marq Marq
really enjoyable. should've won bp08. thank you ASD.
rulez added on the 2008-04-27 00:04:09 by etak etak
neat stuff, but somehow it left me a bit cold. Still worth a thumb.
rulez added on the 2008-04-27 00:26:57 by uncle-x uncle-x
A prod that grows each time I watch it. LOVE IT!
rulez added on the 2008-04-27 23:20:19 by Pegan Pegan
Instant love, without a doubt.
A bit better than Beyond the walls of Eryx and I just loooourve' the little people that appear here and there throughout the entire demo, especially the dude sitting on the edge while thinking heavily about something.
Should have won BP08.
A classic, IMHO!
rulez added on the 2008-04-29 06:59:23 by Nutman^IRIS Nutman^IRIS
Oh, and the music is quite nice, too (Hi, aMusic!) ;)
hehe I'm glad someone spotted the thinking guy... :-)
added on the 2008-04-29 09:16:12 by Navis Navis
Its cool =)
rulez added on the 2008-05-03 13:01:29 by Queen_Luna Queen_Luna
terrible, just terrible
ASD: yngwie malmsteen of the demoscene
sucks added on the 2008-05-08 20:57:04 by hyrfilm hyrfilm
Very detailed, great graphics and nice music
rulez added on the 2008-05-12 13:23:23 by sawo sawo
Really nice
rulez added on the 2008-05-22 14:42:11 by mutanton mutanton
rulez, like everything ASD. keep it up
rulez added on the 2008-05-28 11:22:57 by artanis artanis
Really cool design, and more importantly it remained coherent throughout the demo. ASD keeps surprising me positively :-)
rulez added on the 2008-06-03 20:03:49 by noid noid
After this demo I try to avoid ants...
rulez added on the 2008-06-15 21:28:10 by FenolFtalein FenolFtalein
I really did not enjoy watching this...
sucks added on the 2008-06-17 04:39:05 by Proteque Proteque
Words are not needed here.
rulez added on the 2008-07-15 02:30:12 by s_tec s_tec
Respect.
rulez added on the 2008-07-25 18:38:52 by stefa stefa
ASD
rulez added on the 2008-08-12 14:29:09 by SiR SiR
how the heck i forgot mentioning my love for this one, this and beyond the walls of eryx are the best ASD demos in my opinion
rulez added on the 2008-08-20 09:18:57 by decipher decipher
Very impressive!
rulez added on the 2008-08-23 06:25:07 by ryiinn ryiinn
wootabega
rulez added on the 2008-08-24 21:06:20 by PENETRATOR PENETRATOR
i don't like the visuals that much, but the story concept is neat. the deep thump of the bass line in the beginning sounds great!
added on the 2008-08-27 00:54:33 by gd gd
what prodigy sandy said
added on the 2008-08-27 20:08:37 by xTr1m xTr1m
rulez added on the 2008-08-28 12:08:16 by kurli kurli
best teaser ;)
rulez added on the 2008-08-28 12:09:21 by Zest Zest
Interesting one, well done :)
rulez added on the 2008-08-29 15:08:00 by Sapphire Sapphire
It's........................ strange
rulez added on the 2008-08-29 21:58:09 by BackSpace BackSpace
It's Best
rulez added on the 2008-09-10 20:00:31 by aGGreSSor^tPA aGGreSSor^tPA
Das großartige Krabbeln!
rulez added on the 2008-09-13 18:26:55 by T$ T$
Amazing music. Gratz.
rulez added on the 2008-10-02 16:37:26 by Shriggar Shriggar
=)
rulez added on the 2008-12-07 16:13:22 by relias abardon relias abardon
different
rulez added on the 2009-02-02 20:17:18 by wullon wullon
yep
rulez added on the 2009-03-27 17:16:19 by bumble-bee bumble-bee
good
rulez added on the 2009-04-05 10:25:19 by vestige vestige
forgot to thumb this up
rulez added on the 2009-04-13 17:39:10 by kaoD kaoD
Brilliant!! The flow is incredible, the whole style is just awesome. Great fitting soundtrack, too.
rulez added on the 2009-06-11 01:11:31 by jua jua
I don't really know, I like Midnight run a lot more due to the music and nicer ambience, this one just doesn't appeal to me that much.
added on the 2009-07-24 02:30:27 by noby noby
bugs in my eyes!
rulez added on the 2009-07-27 00:49:30 by polartimecast polartimecast
great!
rulez added on the 2009-08-03 15:06:06 by nekomono nekomono
Watching it for the 3rd time in a row and still discover new stuff! So damn great!
rulez added on the 2010-01-08 21:27:20 by Venty Venty
I love the music btw.
added on the 2010-02-20 23:41:59 by wullon wullon
No.
sucks added on the 2010-03-15 23:18:13 by zstab zstab
Not my favourite, why's there this acute sound that keeps crushing my ears ? Anyway, still a good job.
added on the 2010-03-25 02:28:33 by Korguiq Korguiq
Good.
Love ASD
added on the 2010-04-20 14:29:49 by Shatiaf Shatiaf
Owns.
rulez added on the 2010-04-20 15:32:37 by m0d m0d
I keep thinking words are gonna appear from the curvy lines haha. It's a very original demo and awesome music from amusic again. Very interested in the Kafka references. What started off that idea?
rulez added on the 2010-08-18 15:39:58 by jonnyram jonnyram
very nice
rulez added on the 2010-10-31 14:38:51 by marsel84 marsel84
me like
rulez added on the 2011-05-14 04:14:50 by phobium phobium
this demo is pure art with lovely music.

Highres Video on Youtube added
rulez added on the 2011-06-27 15:14:56 by anni anni
It has stopped working on my machine :(
Nvm, the fix for new ATI cards still works.
As usual, a very good ASD demo! :D
rulez added on the 2011-09-05 22:11:45 by baah baah
Ohh, design!
rulez added on the 2011-09-05 22:34:59 by moozooh moozooh
Great design! I am very inspired by the whole 'single panning world' idea, which ASD seem to have embraced and used to great effect.
rulez added on the 2011-12-14 22:11:47 by fizzer fizzer
Excellent!
rulez added on the 2012-02-21 21:00:33 by Frequent Frequent
J'adore!
rulez added on the 2012-04-02 05:37:31 by _JUL_ _JUL_
Surprising concept and incredible soundtrack!
rulez added on the 2012-04-24 19:04:41 by zbyndek zbyndek
engaging music and original graphics concept
rulez added on the 2013-04-07 04:51:51 by dustmote dustmote
you guys are michaelangelos
rulez added on the 2013-05-03 01:08:41 by Gaia Gaia
rulez added on the 2013-07-24 19:28:44 by ɧ4ɾɗվ. ɧ4ɾɗվ.
i really like this demo-trilogy with the distinctive 2d pattern style
rulez added on the 2013-07-25 01:37:19 by wysiwtf wysiwtf
A really great, stylish and refreshing prod
rulez added on the 2013-07-25 11:26:05 by rez rez
I like the direction
rulez added on the 2013-07-26 20:49:07 by ok3anos ok3anos
(=
rulez added on the 2013-07-26 20:52:22 by CHEF-KOCH CHEF-KOCH
.
rulez added on the 2014-01-07 17:23:07 by xTr1m xTr1m
Love the music and weird but original motif.
rulez added on the 2014-07-24 10:16:51 by drift drift
Haven't thumbed this up yet? Have to. Music is great, as is the style.
rulez added on the 2014-07-24 11:14:51 by Starchaser Starchaser
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rulez added on the 2014-08-21 19:23:20 by sensenstahl sensenstahl
This and Midnight Run are all-time classics for me, my most favorit ASD demos in fact.
rulez added on the 2015-04-29 20:46:08 by Kylearan Kylearan
One the demos that I show when introducing people to the scene. Unique weird style, music fits, progression, hints at many themes but doesn't become too random or cheesy while doing so.
rulez added on the 2016-06-09 11:13:05 by cupe cupe
Navis is a sweetheart and mind-treasure
rulez added on the 2017-07-09 15:44:13 by natalia natalia
Never thumbed this?! I love this one.
rulez added on the 2017-07-09 15:52:53 by gaspode gaspode
There's a lot of beauty in Metamorphosis, but also a lot of unrealized potential. A big issue for me is that it lacks the drama implied by the soundtrack. Everything is just presented "as-is", which if course is fine, and I feel very much intentional to have the camera just be sort of an objective narrator. But then again everything feels too calculated for that too, so the direction side ends up falling into the awkward pit between something highly choreographed and for lack of a better term "Cinéma-vérité".

I also don't care for the soundtrack. Like mentioned already it does provide the necessary drama and communicates well along with the theme and narrative, but the production is just paltry. More strictly electronic oriented music never seems to work out in ASD demos. Cheap supersaw and other plain sounds, no intonation, no modulation, tinny awkward percussion, everything mixed in the most vanilla way possible.

That's my problems with the demo, the rest is brilliant. The graphical style is impeccably characteristic and consistent. The colors are beautiful and absolutely brilliantly reflect the bleak realm depicted and the metaphorical narrative surrounding it. I love how it all centers around just three elements... insects (intricate and well animated), static more or less abstract depictions of people and everyday objects, and various abstract 2D shapes tying everything together. And oh gosh all the patterns stenciled over them, so pretty... I love how there's a lot of care put into all of this that isn't even immediately obvious to the viewer but it takes a lot of effort to pull all of it off so transparently. The only thing I'm left hoping for perhaps is to use layers and depth more to your advantage; it all feels a bit flat (yeah it's 2D har har, you get my point).

The end is terrifying and still tends to give me shivers especially if it's been a while since I've last seen this.

This was very welcome breath of fresh air 10 years ago, and certainly stands the test of time technically a lot better than almost all demos from back then. Like tempest said this isn't even close to being expired, unlike "3d overkills" (what a wonderful term, gonna nick that into my vocabulary). At this point I notice I actually have commented on it years ago, and while I know what I meant back then (see first two paragraphs), I have to be real and give recognition to the merits this has.

Also Midnight Run is still miles better though!
rulez added on the 2018-04-25 02:24:48 by noby noby
Hey thank you for this. If I have 20 mins to show to a newbie "our demos", I always choose first a big 3d (fairly modern like Monolith) and then these two, as I am -generally speaking- very happy about how they turned out.
added on the 2018-05-04 22:13:41 by Navis Navis

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