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Lunatico by lft [web]
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release date : october 2016
release party : X 2016
compo : c64 demo
ranked : 2nd
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popularity : 69%
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alltime top: #763
  • lft lft [code, music , graphics, loader]
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Great style.
rulez added on the 2016-10-30 14:55:46 by gaspode gaspode
WoW!
rulez added on the 2016-10-30 14:59:32 by w00t! w00t!
Awesome! Some demo with an actual story!
rulez added on the 2016-10-30 16:14:56 by mad mad
My personal #1 of this party. Marvellous!
rulez added on the 2016-10-30 17:18:48 by argasek argasek
Decent work from LFT. My personal favourite (but i have to watch all demos again to decide finally ;) Best thing is the sync of Music and Visual... nice story.
rulez added on the 2016-10-30 17:44:43 by viscid viscid
Great demo :)
rulezcdc added on the 2016-10-30 18:14:17 by Iapetus Iapetus
Two disksides, everything including the loader by one person. That alone would've been impressive, but the effects are cool and original, the soundtrack is sweet, and the graphics style is coherent. Winner.
rulez added on the 2016-10-30 20:05:12 by Radiant Radiant
C64 demo with a consistent theme! And it's even executed well, damn. Preemptively calling out that this should've won.
rulez added on the 2016-10-31 00:20:39 by noby noby
some very nice and fresh effects, design, good tune and a purring cat. what's not to like here?
rulez added on the 2016-10-31 07:10:33 by sensenstahl sensenstahl
Absolutely lovely!!!
rulez added on the 2016-10-31 08:36:26 by Gouafhg Gouafhg
Really nice stuff! Would love some additional information about the new hardware tricks and how they work. Fun to see a demo that breaks properly in Vice nowadays :D
rulez added on the 2016-10-31 11:28:13 by ferris ferris
Everything done by lft ! hugely impressive !
rulez added on the 2016-10-31 11:33:02 by enigma enigma
superb style
rulez added on the 2016-10-31 12:22:45 by VBI VBI
WHOOOOOOOOOooOO. Amazing, beautiful, fresh, incredible. How did this not win!?!? Perhaps the name-voting power was too low, because it was - incredibly - made by LFT only. Mind = blown.

The music was perhaps a little too melancholic even for my tastes. ;) Personally, I would have broken the harmony a tiny bit with some Spanish/diminished/jazzy/abstract stuff.
rulez added on the 2016-10-31 12:24:34 by yzi yzi
Ferris: It works in VICE, but you might need to run x64sc rather than x64. (You should be doing that anyway.)
added on the 2016-10-31 15:57:38 by Radiant Radiant
Fantastic style, rarely seen such a coherent c64 demo.
rulez added on the 2016-10-31 16:40:20 by utz utz
Super awesome one man prod! Huge respect !
rulez added on the 2016-10-31 16:51:17 by Virgill Virgill
what utz said. Coherent - right definition.
It would have to be the 1st!
rulez added on the 2016-10-31 17:20:19 by frog frog
Flow!
rulez added on the 2016-10-31 19:47:59 by slyspy slyspy
the work in this in tremendous but it would have benefitted from a slightly better job in the gfx/color department, imho.
Well, cant be top of the game in everything and still doing things like this in under 10 years of time I guess...

lft rulez.
rulez added on the 2016-10-31 19:53:03 by wysiwtf wysiwtf
Exactly what utz said. Also, just brilliant for a one man prod.
rulez added on the 2016-10-31 20:03:54 by break break
As previously mentioned, a strong one man show. While the code is the strongest part, combined with a good visual theme and some nice audionoiseparts to set the right mood. The melodies is the weakest part IMHO, but overall still a thumb.
rulez added on the 2016-10-31 20:56:01 by Frequent Frequent
Nice and consistent theme, good effects, good entertainment, good music.
rulez added on the 2016-10-31 21:17:51 by Blueberry Blueberry
That was something really unique, enjoyed it quite much :)
added on the 2016-10-31 21:47:33 by Sapphire Sapphire
Lunatico had really excellent direction, kept me riveted to the screen in ways that demos rarely do!
added on the 2016-10-31 22:12:08 by _-_-__ _-_-__
What Radiant said. And even the beginning with Workbench alone deserves the thumb.
rulez added on the 2016-10-31 23:40:56 by lvd lvd
LFT for president!
rulez added on the 2016-10-31 23:57:53 by jammer jammer
As a C64 demo this is really something else; rarely do you see this kind of flow on the platform. Technically, aesthetically and aurally a pleasure as well.
rulez added on the 2016-11-01 00:15:08 by Alpha C Alpha C
Graphics look a bit iffy at times (also: those guns remind me of a certain pouet logo :), but the tech research and some of the effects are surely top of the line. Great note file too. Most groups don't bother with note files anymore, but this one is not only very long and informative, but also serves a purpose related to the demo.
rulez added on the 2016-11-01 11:44:18 by tomaes tomaes
Incredible demo.
rulez added on the 2016-11-01 12:16:19 by okkie okkie
Radiant: Nice, what's the difference between the two VICE versions?
added on the 2016-11-01 12:18:31 by ferris ferris
A great notefile and an even greater demo. I'll take my hat off and bow to you.
rulez added on the 2016-11-01 12:35:50 by Preacher Preacher
One of my favourite C64 demos, now :)
rulez added on the 2016-11-01 13:16:25 by FreeFull FreeFull
ferris: One is cycle accurate, the other isn't. Basically a rewritten emulation engine from what I gather.
added on the 2016-11-01 13:26:00 by Radiant Radiant
And now for something completely different....
rulez added on the 2016-11-01 13:29:26 by hooverphonique hooverphonique
x64sc is the cycle accurate one (if you havent figured yet), downside is it eats a lot more CPU (which shouldnt be a big problem in this day and age on regular PCs, but may be for some weaker handheld/embedded ports).
added on the 2016-11-01 14:24:47 by wysiwtf wysiwtf
wysiwtf: thanks!
added on the 2016-11-01 14:47:30 by ferris ferris
Nice
rulez added on the 2016-11-01 15:50:13 by bitl bitl
So this is what an ASD demo for C64 would look like.
rulez added on the 2016-11-01 21:22:49 by KeyJ KeyJ
Great work, man! Respect
rulez added on the 2016-11-01 21:43:18 by randomi randomi
really cool, nice flow
rulez added on the 2016-11-01 22:07:24 by a-move a-move
when You thought, one can't squeeze anything new out of breadbox...
cool.
rulez added on the 2016-11-01 22:28:02 by bizun_ bizun_
Incredible for an one-man show. Also, perhaps the world needs more melancholic demos.
rulez added on the 2016-11-02 13:23:39 by Trilkk Trilkk
superb!!
rulez added on the 2016-11-02 13:37:59 by sINk sINk
Incredible transitions, design, and effects!
rulez added on the 2016-11-02 17:07:23 by panic panic
...the best design and flow for a C64 demo I can recall by now...
rulez added on the 2016-11-02 23:59:35 by Kuemmel Kuemmel
holy fuck
rulez added on the 2016-11-03 01:07:48 by nosfe nosfe
Wow! It's atleast 15 years since a demo captured me in this way! It sparked something in me that I haven't felt in a long time! Thank you! It's beautiful!
rulez added on the 2016-11-03 01:27:12 by spotUP spotUP
Damn, this is so good..
rulez added on the 2016-11-03 02:55:57 by Buckethead Buckethead
Oniric, classy, innovative, technical, romantic, distinguishable, fresh, inspired, inspiring and from the same man. What should a release give more than this, should make you coffee the morning after?
rulezcdc added on the 2016-11-03 10:36:34 by Luca/FIRE Luca/FIRE
I like it, good atmosphere it is
rulez added on the 2016-11-03 13:02:38 by error error
For couples of month I was wondering if we will see any new big projects from you... as I am sure you are very busy and even more as the family get bigger!? (if I am correct)... The music & sound is amazing! I am also curious about the new tricks you have found - which is something I look to check in your .d64 once I finish to view (re-view) the prods from X2016! The animated rain drop pattern make me though about a demo and article (http://cpc.sylvestre.org/articles/articles_makingof4.html) related with the Amstrad CPC by Les Sucres en Morceaux.

A very nice demo... but I hope next time that we could see more colors!
rulez added on the 2016-11-03 18:26:49 by F-Cycles F-Cycles
Coder porn and good style and flow, but I also think that this demo would have benefitted from a graphician.
rulez added on the 2016-11-03 21:22:06 by Kylearan Kylearan
Holy shit. O_o
rulez added on the 2016-11-03 22:23:58 by jimmi jimmi
I like how it turned out. I don't necessarily think it needed more colors, like others say. I do think the bouncing ball scene with the large scroller text was a little out of place, but other than that this is excellent.
rulez added on the 2016-11-03 23:04:12 by Starchaser Starchaser
Great demo, nice music and great ideas!! :)
rulez added on the 2016-11-04 12:18:11 by Sir_Lucas Sir_Lucas
simply wow!
rulez added on the 2016-11-04 14:48:11 by toxie toxie
Sweet!
rulez added on the 2016-11-04 15:59:58 by rloaderro rloaderro
totally incredible one man's prod °__°

lft you truly RULEZ, I don't know how it's possible to be so good in all parts :D
rulez added on the 2016-11-04 18:18:44 by rez rez
Very polished demo for C64.
rulez added on the 2016-11-04 18:20:54 by ham ham
Decent. :)
added on the 2016-11-05 03:23:31 by AntDude AntDude
This is really wonderfully atmospheric, much more so than any of the other X releases. Well done!
rulez added on the 2016-11-05 15:50:20 by sagacity sagacity
rokrok.
rulez added on the 2016-11-05 18:16:13 by zoi zoi
Speechless!
rulez added on the 2016-11-06 02:28:23 by Arkholt Arkholt
Fantastico. Great style and ideas with marvelous tunes.
rulez added on the 2016-11-06 18:36:37 by Serpent Serpent
So nice.
rulez added on the 2016-11-06 19:35:22 by cce cce
I really like the woodwind-like sound in the music, or whatever I should call it. Like a clarinet, almost?
Also, some great VIC-II trickery going on. The bumpmapped rain part is really clever!
rulez added on the 2016-11-06 20:02:41 by Scali Scali
LFT delivers, as usual. I'd be very interested to read a write-up about the new VIC thecniques used.
rulez added on the 2016-11-07 11:18:46 by juice juice
O_o--b
rulez added on the 2016-11-07 11:24:31 by aha aha
nice
rulez added on the 2016-11-08 16:06:56 by Beb Beb
Perfect demo! And done by ONE guy? AMAZING. LFT is a *machine*.
rulez added on the 2016-11-09 10:24:30 by skurk skurk
insane
rulez added on the 2016-11-10 11:35:50 by SiR SiR
Good in every field, the best in the compo IMHO.
rulez added on the 2016-11-11 16:41:59 by cngsoft cngsoft
btw... thumb up (which I already did) for the Amiga Workbench intro in that demo! The soundtrack is also amazing!
added on the 2016-11-11 21:23:51 by F-Cycles F-Cycles
Very nicely made, with properly fitting music. Like an ASD demo on C64. Lost me a little toward the end, though.
rulez added on the 2016-11-12 00:00:45 by Claw Claw
A thing of beauty is a joy for ever
rulezcdc added on the 2016-11-12 16:39:22 by mermaid mermaid
That is quite dreamy. One of my favorites in the compo.

I noticed there were 3 screens that wouldn't work on winvice, the flickered wrong screens, but I later found there is another executable for accurate emulation. I am wondering what kind of hardware trick these screen achieve that is hard to emulate. Did LFT invented some new tricky stuff again?
rulez added on the 2016-11-12 20:19:26 by Optimus Optimus
better than perfect. should have won.
rulez added on the 2016-11-12 20:49:00 by 1in10 1in10
Nice! I like the rain particularly.
rulez added on the 2016-11-13 22:00:48 by cxw cxw
loved it
rulez added on the 2016-11-15 08:44:38 by jasuy jasuy
what ferris said. my attention span is too low by a factor of three to really appreciate this on its audiovisual qualities alone
rulez added on the 2016-11-15 10:12:02 by cupe cupe
Lovely!
rulez added on the 2016-11-19 15:21:33 by Mystra Mystra
Nice job guys :)
rulez added on the 2016-11-20 04:02:10 by rock rock
very fantastic prod! this demo rocks!
rulez added on the 2016-11-22 07:57:39 by unity1 unity1
True class here. Amazing new tech delivered in a well oiled sleek package. Love the little touches in the soundtrack, especially the filter choice when the turn disk screen appears, made it sound like it was coming out of an old commodore monitor!
rulez added on the 2016-11-24 15:01:30 by djh0ffman djh0ffman
impressive!
rulez added on the 2016-11-27 18:03:21 by gentleman gentleman
Great design!
rulez added on the 2016-11-28 14:17:59 by Yoyost Yoyost
Codewise this should have won for sure!
But it lacked more colors to win. I guess this has to do with your new VIC-trickeries, but grey/blue isn´t too attractive! ;)
Music is more than splendid!
I see why this has not won, but it still should have won i think.
rulez added on the 2016-12-06 17:19:00 by ɧ4ɾɗվ. ɧ4ɾɗվ.
Really nice :)
rulez added on the 2016-12-25 22:43:50 by Sapphire Sapphire
Refreshing
rulez added on the 2017-01-03 22:51:20 by BackSpace BackSpace
Tech pr0n with style. The expected lft blend.
rulez added on the 2017-01-19 00:07:13 by Saga Musix Saga Musix
Yes!
rulez added on the 2017-01-19 00:58:39 by neoman neoman
Impressive!
rulez added on the 2017-01-19 23:02:39 by Rob Rob
missing thumb is missing
rulez added on the 2017-01-20 00:07:44 by psenough psenough
damn impressive
rulez added on the 2017-01-20 11:53:12 by EviL EviL
I just watched this once again and I truly think this is one of the best demos of 2016. On all platforms. Same goes for the exquisite soundtrack. This thing needs to be showered in Meteoriks.
added on the 2017-02-04 03:22:56 by Alpha C Alpha C
I'm not fond of long slow-pacing C64 demos. But this one is...
Perfect pacing for such an atmosphere. The show is so stylish and coherent (fx, gfx, music). All done by a guy alone!? My Number 1 choice for 2016 - and a late missing thumb.
rulez added on the 2017-03-11 09:52:20 by Overflow Overflow
That soundtrack is epic + what others said
rulez added on the 2017-03-11 10:53:13 by Triace Triace
"lft (code, music , graphics, loader)" - and A DISK COVER PRINT OUT?
You had my thumb after 20 seconds. And still you kept on coding, designing and composing , ... how can you...

Wait, NOW I KNOW: I found this secret video where you can see ALL THE LFTs involved in creating the demo, esp. the rain related scenes. Watch the first few seconds closely!
rulez added on the 2017-04-03 23:33:28 by JAC! JAC!
this got style!
rulez added on the 2017-04-04 11:00:51 by nagz nagz
Hummmm. I like the music, but, pardon me, I was not blown away by the demo itself. Perhaps cause I am not a C64 coder. Nor the story did attract my attention, neither.
added on the 2017-04-04 12:09:57 by sim sim
ALL THE AWARDS FOR LFT! \o/
added on the 2017-04-04 13:11:10 by okkie okkie
Beautiful and insanely massive one-man production with a dreamlike quality to it.
rulez added on the 2017-04-10 21:19:21 by lennart lennart
Treasurebox full of finest-polished gems
rulez added on the 2017-05-04 23:47:14 by T$ T$
What a masterpiece! I've got shivers all over
rulez added on the 2017-09-19 18:35:44 by trigger trigger
what they said
rulez added on the 2017-10-13 04:13:12 by no longer active no longer active
Nice style and lots of content.
rulez added on the 2017-10-13 12:13:59 by mic mic
Just Beatiful
rulez added on the 2017-12-17 19:42:32 by Emufr3ak Emufr3ak
This demo deserves more attention.
added on the 2017-12-17 19:46:13 by noby noby
Absolutely. I love it to bits. It is the perfect blend of technicality and artistic expression. One can probably criticise some dubious choices in motion design and graphics, but this would be nitpicking. It is in the league with the greats. Maybe it is too introspective to be universally liked?
rulez added on the 2017-12-17 20:01:09 by introspec introspec
Awesome demo!
rulez added on the 2019-04-03 01:31:00 by C0untWAVnstein C0untWAVnstein
just wow!
rulez added on the 2019-04-03 19:49:17 by Asato Asato
such great prod and polish!
rulez added on the 2020-05-26 13:54:32 by superogue superogue
Have i not thumbed up this awesome thing
how bad
rulez added on the 2020-06-27 17:38:15 by Queen_Luna Queen_Luna
Absolutely brilliant! Plus add everything good that has already been said about the demo here! ;)
rulez added on the 2020-10-03 02:01:20 by Skyrunner Skyrunner
Just great
rulez added on the 2021-02-23 01:40:44 by grip grip
really great
I know it's awkward to admit, but this demo absolutely makes me cry every time. And I don't mean just a single tear. I hope this conveys how much I appreciate this demo. The C64 scene does amazing things but there is only one Lunatico.
rulez added on the 2023-02-19 22:04:19 by luutifa luutifa
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This demo deserves more attention.
rulez added on the 2023-08-13 01:52:38 by porocyon porocyon
Impressive!
rulez added on the 2024-04-20 14:32:18 by Olympian Olympian

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