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Sojourn of the Soul by Flex
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release date : april 2023
release party : Revision 2023
compo : amiga demo
ranked : 4th
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popularity : 67%
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This is a very beautiful journey. Great design and music.
I love those cubemaps and the moody environment.
A great demo!
rulez added on the 2023-04-10 14:46:35 by ham ham
Was beautiful
rulez added on the 2023-04-10 14:55:35 by Optimus Optimus
For me this is the winner. Consistent and crafted design, sweet music, smooth code. This great demo will be remembered.
rulez added on the 2023-04-10 14:57:46 by Crumb Crumb
Absolutely soothing trip!!
rulez added on the 2023-04-10 15:13:48 by Sir_Lucas Sir_Lucas
A very well made, relaxing and pleasant demo! This should have ranked higher. I'm glad that people still produce high-end 060 demos, even if Truck said that "060 isn't a real Amiga" :(That's nonsense. FLEX (and other Amiga enthusiasts too), keep on doing your great work and continue to bring us more unforgettable moments. You all are the greatest heroes =)
rulez added on the 2023-04-10 15:38:28 by mayday mayday
Ambient, atmospheric, chilling, soothing... what else can I say?
rulez added on the 2023-04-10 15:57:30 by Foebane72 Foebane72
Youtube link to the Revision 2023 Amiga Compo run https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=n95gUdRwGRA&t=2690s
added on the 2023-04-10 17:49:02 by rloaderro rloaderro
This one was really calm and ambient chill gave me goosebumps during the compo
rulez added on the 2023-04-10 17:54:01 by Queen_Luna Queen_Luna
Beautiful in all aspects.
rulez added on the 2023-04-10 17:57:40 by Serpent Serpent
Should have won or came second. Not often can a demo bring a fully grown man close to tears... Awesomely beautiful stuff...
rulez added on the 2023-04-10 18:11:04 by spiryt spiryt
really pleasant to watch
rulez added on the 2023-04-10 19:06:29 by Kuemmel Kuemmel
This was something pleasantely different.
Considering the general low level of quality of Amiga demos this year (for Revision's past standard), this one to me was spectacularly the best. The only one that I did not fast forward today to catch up with the compo.
rulez added on the 2023-04-10 19:55:22 by hollowone hollowone
This one was lovely! One of the best in the competition I think. Love the tune - well done Klaus!
rulez added on the 2023-04-10 20:44:40 by PRiDE PRiDE
Images I've never seen before on an Amiga. Beautiful Soundtrack.
rulez added on the 2023-04-10 22:30:40 by Emufr3ak Emufr3ak
very nice
rulez added on the 2023-04-10 22:48:42 by illusion illusion
Masterpiece!
rulez added on the 2023-04-10 22:57:02 by ED ED
I was surprised this didn't win, a party highlight for me. Thanks for the experience.
rulez added on the 2023-04-10 23:04:03 by revival revival
Beautiful killer stuff! What an awesome compo this was!
rulez added on the 2023-04-10 23:10:05 by Bobic Bobic
A real beauty.
rulez added on the 2023-04-11 00:56:33 by gaspode gaspode
impressive
rulez added on the 2023-04-11 03:13:26 by bitl bitl
The demo is lovely. For me the only thing missing is that hard-techno style of the Ephidrena.
rulez added on the 2023-04-11 08:08:37 by tjahzi(aka Jimi) tjahzi(aka Jimi)
Absolutely beautiful. And that track... THAT TRACK !!!
rulez added on the 2023-04-11 08:16:43 by alkama alkama
Should have been ranked much higher! Very beautiful demo with excellent music and great atmosphere.
rulez added on the 2023-04-11 08:17:35 by StingRay StingRay
My favorite in the competition.
added on the 2023-04-11 08:35:35 by nytrik nytrik
that was really good!
rulez added on the 2023-04-11 10:10:18 by psenough psenough
Maybe even too chill? Absolutely love the mood.
rulez added on the 2023-04-11 10:53:16 by Preacher Preacher
I must admit I didn't fully appreciate this during the compo, maybe it just wasn't the perfect fit for the boozed up party atmosphere. Looking at this again now, I can totally dig it. More chill demos please!
rulez added on the 2023-04-11 10:59:10 by break break
Absolutely lovely, my favorite from the compo!
rulez added on the 2023-04-11 11:34:24 by kusma kusma
Beautiful bliss that should've deserved a place on the pedestal.
rulez added on the 2023-04-11 11:35:15 by d0DgE d0DgE
How on Earth this one not won the compo? A killer concept, perfectly executed from start to finish. Massive one, hat tip to all involved.
rulez added on the 2023-04-11 11:46:58 by AzzaroMWI AzzaroMWI
Guys, guys... I don't want to start any drama but I think there's animations in this demo.
rulez added on the 2023-04-11 12:48:33 by grip grip
Loved this. So smooth, amazing use of 060. Amazing soundtrack too!
rulez added on the 2023-04-11 13:30:14 by SoDa7 SoDa7
Dreamlike and emotional, beauty.
rulez added on the 2023-04-11 13:53:47 by Rhino/BG Rhino/BG
Loved it. This one got the most when I voted and for me this should've won.
rulez added on the 2023-04-11 14:13:45 by Raven^NCE Raven^NCE
amazing, should be higher in the competition's rankings.
rulez added on the 2023-04-11 14:46:29 by estrayk estrayk
Beautiful Soul
rulez added on the 2023-04-11 15:45:25 by jazz jazz
Soul! as Jazz said.
added on the 2023-04-11 17:02:10 by Unreal Unreal
<3
Love it! Should've got much higher ranking!

The music got some serious Wintergatan vibes btw.
rulez added on the 2023-04-11 21:02:59 by d vibe d vibe
Original concept, a dose of melancholy and a nice soundtrack. Good job.
rulez added on the 2023-04-11 21:14:11 by slayer slayer
Drastically underrated :| I had this as my party favorite before PC compo, and apparently saw no need to change it.

It's soulfood ♥ thank you
rulezcdc added on the 2023-04-11 21:25:36 by HellMood HellMood
What a beauty.
That soundtrack.... <3
rulez added on the 2023-04-11 21:37:02 by SiR SiR
Simply Beautiful. The soundtrack draws you in right from the start, the graphics and design are so soothing.
rulez added on the 2023-04-11 23:24:13 by Solar Flare Solar Flare
beautiful and underrated
rulez added on the 2023-04-11 23:27:20 by mop mop
Pure dope, sooo nice!
rulez added on the 2023-04-12 01:19:00 by ghandy ghandy
I'm going to need a YT that is not LIVE From The Party.
this is good. assumed it would win.
rulez added on the 2023-04-12 11:21:10 by smash smash
very pretty demo, should've won!
rulez added on the 2023-04-12 11:34:15 by post malone post malone
nice
rulez added on the 2023-04-12 12:00:39 by fyrex fyrex
Absolutely gorgeous, one of my party favourites. Please continue with this killer team!
rulez added on the 2023-04-12 12:21:35 by okkie okkie
this demo was just beautiful, wish it placed higher...
rulez added on the 2023-04-12 13:01:06 by anticore anticore
Thanks for all the kind comments!

I'm really happy that so many people got emotional vibes from this .. melancholy, simplicity, quietness.. even silence in parts. Once again Xerxes' music blew me out of the water.

It hasn't been a group decision as such to include any symbolism in the demo, but for me there is a special symbolic significance in both the title and the narrative of the demo, because my father passed away about a week before Revision.

The candle blowing out in the middle of the demo makes me think of him every time I watch it - a very melancholy thing for sure, but I also feel like it's a little seed that's been planted, which can bear fruit and bring back memories of my dad whenever I happen to come across this demo in the future. Thanks for humoring me about that, and for timing it so well Espen <3
added on the 2023-04-12 14:25:14 by farfar farfar
Quote:
Thanks for all the kind comments!

It hasn't been a group decision as such to include any symbolism in the demo, but for me there is a special symbolic significance in both the title and the narrative of the demo, because my father passed away about a week before Revision.

The candle blowing out in the middle of the demo makes me think of him every time I watch it - a very melancholy thing for sure, but I also feel like it's a little seed that's been planted, which can bear fruit and bring back memories of my dad whenever I happen to come across this demo in the future. Thanks for humoring me about that, and for timing it so well Espen <3


in the end ... it is always about the people ..
rulez added on the 2023-04-12 14:43:17 by eightbm eightbm
Ohh good one.

The scene in the screenshot... is that the good old infinite bobs but with lots of buffers?
rulez added on the 2023-04-12 16:36:59 by xeron xeron
@xeron: yes, infinite bobs with ~25 ish color and depth buffers.
added on the 2023-04-12 16:39:51 by rloaderro rloaderro
Really nicely done.
added on the 2023-04-12 16:43:51 by xeron xeron
Lovely atmosphere and a fantastic soundtrack. Deserved a place on the compo's podium at the very, very least.
rulez added on the 2023-04-12 16:44:13 by Mibri Mibri
I feel relaxed. Some chords gave me goosebumps!
rulez added on the 2023-04-12 20:01:31 by Virgill Virgill
Soothing and refreshing.
rulez added on the 2023-04-12 21:25:13 by CiH CiH
Nice mood and great tune!
rulez added on the 2023-04-12 21:55:08 by TMA TMA
Enjoyed this one.
rulez added on the 2023-04-13 00:30:48 by peskanov peskanov
My absolute winner in the competition, just beautiful and calming.
rulez added on the 2023-04-13 00:54:31 by Infinity Infinity
Flex is at it again.. Original concept and theme! Big thumbs up!

Live compo recording here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfsPrRvASVg
rulez added on the 2023-04-13 10:31:18 by magic magic
What everyone else said.. great soundtrack.. Farfar's tragic loss gives it extra meaning.
rulez added on the 2023-04-13 16:42:33 by phoenix phoenix
Beautiful.. but a little boring for me (not enough coder porn here)

Would love to see Loaderror make something cool on OCS :)
rulez added on the 2023-04-13 21:49:31 by DanLemon DanLemon
pleasant atmosphere and beautiful
rulez added on the 2023-04-14 09:25:56 by Murphy Murphy
Thank you for the beautiful demo. I will watch it again...
rulez added on the 2023-04-14 14:17:12 by MDW MDW
Just beautiful!
rulez added on the 2023-04-14 14:42:25 by __sam__ __sam__
This was artistically lovely.

I can't fully appreciate the code with my limited understanding about what's possible on these high-end systems.

I really like the landscape scenes, but why are they jittery, is that just a design choice or is it a precision issue?

Anyway, it's all beautiful!
rulez added on the 2023-04-14 15:10:53 by Jobbo Jobbo
Cool chilling
rulez added on the 2023-04-14 15:13:52 by leGend leGend
Atmosphere!
rulez added on the 2023-04-14 15:30:00 by keops keops
Looks and sounds good.
rulez added on the 2023-04-14 15:47:30 by Soundy Soundy
honestly didn't do much for me, but maybe I'm missing something
added on the 2023-04-14 18:35:59 by lynn lynn
@Dan : Perhaps OCS with 060 and 64MB RAM on CDTV? First screen will be that FBI arcade warning "Winners don't use AGA". Perhaps both a laugh track and applause track playing from the CD. I've got all these brilliant OCS ideas!

@Jobbo:
The jittering may be from multiple sources. Perhaps the vertex transform precision is not enough? Those are in fixed point format while I try to have a perspective division done in parallel using the "FPU pipeline" (Never confirmed that this parallel action actually happens though)

Another could be lack of subtexel precision for the texture interpolation.

A third one could be that there is no perspective correction in the texture mapping. The jittering got reduced by subdividing the skybox mesh into more triangles so that was at least one confirmed source.

Lots of things to improve as always :)
added on the 2023-04-15 07:27:43 by rloaderro rloaderro
for me the video segments kinda threw me out of it hurting the prods overall feel/style more than it helped. which is a shame because everything else looks so fantastic. also the music is great. i'd like to piggie it but i just love the scene in the screenshot. so a weak thumbs it is.
rulez added on the 2023-04-16 07:19:26 by sensenstahl sensenstahl
Sensenstahl: the videos started out as just the “flex” sequence and then ballooned a bit out from there. Would’ve been much cooler to hand animate those sequences, or do them in 3d if course, but time :)
added on the 2023-04-17 08:58:20 by farfar farfar
ok, watched this one again and was feeling it better this time... but while obviously related to martini effect, it falls short of martini effect on many fronts, imho.

those constant color changes are way too high frequency to me. In martini effect, they worked as they gave the impression of light glittering from the surface of water when under water. but here, in particular the frequency of the glittering during the greets felt very rushed. also the videos felt disconnected from the rest of the demo. in particular, the contrast between the cubemaps from the exegfx compo and the videos was so big that they didn't feel they belong to the same demo.

on the other side, I think the slow zoomers and panning images felt very appropriate for the music, and I loved how the flex text appeared on screen.
rulez added on the 2023-04-17 09:17:09 by pestis pestis
what Mibri said
rulez added on the 2023-04-17 17:18:53 by wullon wullon
Finally watched it on my bigbox Amiga 1260. The overall feel is very cinematic and the music touches. Just wonderful.

Also runs nicely on my little Amiga with PISTORM32... smooth framerate here :D
rulez added on the 2023-04-18 16:58:22 by dirtie dirtie
So pleasant
rulez added on the 2023-04-18 17:54:54 by Corial Corial
Winners use 060 Amiga ;-)
rulez added on the 2023-04-19 03:46:03 by mikev mikev
FLEX quality!
rulez added on the 2023-04-22 11:16:24 by toms toms
So, for me, only the lovely music confirms this as a firm thumb.

Now there's nothing wrong with coding for a 68060, the issue is more that doing only c2p turns your Amiga into just a very slow PC, and where's the fun in that? This demo, fortunately, has some interesting tricks in addition, like the infinite bobs thing from the screenshot.

Did not appreciate the FMV scenes or the constant flashing. The candle scene was really well executed.
rulez added on the 2023-04-22 14:02:35 by Nosferatu Nosferatu
I definetly agree that pure c2p is a dead end if you want anything at decent framerate. Even on 060 amigas with 100s of MHz the typical c2p pass would limit you to 25fps just because of the 81920 bytes worth of chip copy that has to be done each frame for a 256 color display.

We try to mitigate by using lower color modes, copper rainbows and such. The cloud zoomer is 64 (or was it 32?) color and the effect is interleaved with Kalms' c2p so there is no fast ram chunky buffer pass in between. Then a copper gradient is added to make it more colorful.

It's not just enough to blame the c2p though. The effects may be very heavy. The c2p could be blamed for 50 -> 25 fps reduction, but anything below that is to be blamed on the effect code itself.
added on the 2023-04-22 17:28:39 by rloaderro rloaderro
A few hardware tricks are present in the demo though.

The VHS distort at the beginning and end is 640x180 in HAM8. It is using the bitplane modulo to pick lines from a base image that contain 8 layers of pre-distorted images. Similar to how someone might implement a twister.

The music is using dynamic volume adjustment coupled with an 8-bit sample stream to get a sound fidelity that exceeds 8-bit, but without suffering the volume loss of the usual 14-bit modes (Cheetah's idea! Also mentioned in the HW ref manual on closer inspection!)

Anyway, people like to see "big 3D effects" with lots of details and pretty high color imagery. Tunnel tables and 2D bumps and whatever. Clearly there is a market for these effects even at low framerates :D

Btw: The demo can be run with --fps parameter to have it spit out fps for each part.
added on the 2023-04-22 17:40:32 by rloaderro rloaderro
FLEX goes moods. Great stuff.
rulez added on the 2023-04-22 19:06:20 by Charlie Charlie
love the atmosphere of this one. nice work!
rulez added on the 2023-04-23 14:04:59 by Ramon B5 Ramon B5
OK.
added on the 2023-04-24 19:46:20 by AntDude AntDude
Can't overstate how _good_ this is, just solid in every aspect. Dust your piano tho! That shit gross! (hi Lynn)
added on the 2023-04-25 13:55:42 by okkie okkie
cozy indeed! Love the distortion effect and nice to see something with this kind of laid-back vibe so well-executed on the platform.
rulez added on the 2023-04-25 14:25:01 by ferris ferris
touching; painterly qualities in this melancholic demo
rulez added on the 2023-04-27 13:42:59 by zden zden
The soft guys who came to chill, but stayed to play guitar and piano.
rulez added on the 2023-04-27 22:32:29 by malmix malmix
Quote:
Can't overstate how _good_ this is, just solid in every aspect. Dust your piano tho! That shit gross! (hi Lynn)



dust on piano
rulez added on the 2023-04-29 15:31:35 by lynn lynn
I think it’s a shame that this didn’t place higher, but perhaps it’s a victim of the success of The Martini Effect a couple of years ago, which was an absolute banger. :)

This is is a very worthy follow up though, and I love the mood of it. Is it meant as a ‘sequel’ to The Martini Effect? To me, it seems like one!

Congratulations on the wonderful prod. I can’t wait to see the next one, especially if it continues in the Martini/Soujourn format while continuing to offer something new, if not in technical terms then in design and ambience. :D
rulez added on the 2023-05-09 20:10:12 by idc idc
Lazy weird pills look like color graded nothing, hey there's someone randomly strumming a guitar. I'm with some other guys, let's put a 10MB limit on AGA/060 and let's see some demos! I mean at least technically, how is this not at least overscan. Well there you go, Revision. You made it so.
sucks added on the 2023-05-13 02:47:50 by Photon Photon
Journeys take you places. Kind of liked it in the compo but (to be honest) thought they could've done better. Just like me. Hm.
rulez added on the 2023-05-13 03:16:38 by bsp bsp
Thx for this lovable artwork and melancholic trip, it touches the soul. <3
rulez added on the 2023-05-15 11:16:29 by Kaszi75 Kaszi75
absolutely love the soundtrack and mood of this
rulez added on the 2023-05-15 12:10:05 by v3nom v3nom
The music and aesthetics of 'Sojourn of the Soul' are captivating.
rulez added on the 2023-05-27 11:12:38 by Bruno Bruno
Absolutely stunning! The music and the general mood of the demo sucks me in every time. Thank you!
rulez added on the 2023-08-08 10:07:29 by Mystra Mystra
Such a beautiful demo with an amazing soundtrack. The mood speaks to my heart.
rulez added on the 2023-08-18 22:24:38 by z5 z5
Ça dechireuhhh !!! More Aga Prods are welcome :-)
rulez added on the 2023-09-06 22:44:20 by Black Dragon Black Dragon
Absolutely brilliant!!! I love this melancholic atmosphere.
rulez added on the 2024-02-20 13:27:28 by Axi0maT Axi0maT
What an atmospheric journey! Visuals and soundtrack are just beautiful!
rulez added on the 2024-10-13 09:21:10 by Olympian Olympian

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