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Backslide to Arcanum by Cosmic Orbs [web]
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release date : march 2024
release party : Revision 2024
compo : amiga demo
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added on the 2024-04-01 11:53:35 by Jobbo Jobbo

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Nicely done. Blends the new and the old ideas. Love it.
rulez added on the 2024-04-01 12:29:28 by Sir_Lucas Sir_Lucas
I liked this a lot! =)
rulez added on the 2024-04-01 13:57:01 by mayday mayday
Sure is nice
rulez added on the 2024-04-01 15:30:17 by Emod Emod
Great one. The greetings effect is truly astonishing.
rulez added on the 2024-04-01 15:40:27 by Murphy Murphy
Nice!
rulez added on the 2024-04-01 15:45:26 by bitl bitl
My favourite from the compo, great effects.
rulez added on the 2024-04-01 16:39:34 by 4mat 4mat
exactly what 4mat said!
rulez added on the 2024-04-01 19:16:33 by Hyde Hyde
Love it
rulez added on the 2024-04-01 19:18:34 by prm prm
Seriously impressive with great music sync and mood.
rulez added on the 2024-04-01 21:02:43 by Motion Motion
nice
rulez added on the 2024-04-01 22:48:22 by SiR SiR
Loved this one. Impressive scenes, with great work in all departments!
rulez added on the 2024-04-02 00:44:48 by Soundy Soundy
What a killer effects! together with great music and graphics. Next year Jobbo for the win i hope :)

Live compo recording here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hJVUbtmHkg
rulez added on the 2024-04-02 09:08:35 by magic magic
This one is great!
rulez added on the 2024-04-02 09:36:00 by Korvkiosken Korvkiosken
Nice demo! The "falling" picture is surprising, cool idea!
rulez added on the 2024-04-02 10:18:45 by toms toms
Very enjoyable. Strong code and nice design. Could've maybe been a bit faster paced for the non-coderpr0n-focused part of the audience though.
rulez added on the 2024-04-02 10:22:14 by break break
The colored rotator and big bitmap rotating was impressive!
rulez added on the 2024-04-02 10:28:00 by Optimus Optimus
Heavy tech!
rulez added on the 2024-04-02 13:29:07 by grip grip
great
rulez added on the 2024-04-02 18:45:04 by Alex Menchi Alex Menchi
Tasty stuff with some really good tech.
rulez added on the 2024-04-02 19:44:57 by sachy sachy
My type of demo...big thumbs up for the columns/rows rotation.
rulez added on the 2024-04-02 20:47:29 by peskanov peskanov
Tasty pepperonipizazoomers
rulez added on the 2024-04-03 01:30:52 by pigpenpete pigpenpete
Nice fx and stellar graphics. My kind of demo.
rulez added on the 2024-04-03 11:01:37 by Preacher Preacher
Probably my personnal favourite of the compo. Great coding skills, nice musics and graphics.I hope to see more in the future. :)
rulez added on the 2024-04-03 20:59:16 by ok3anos ok3anos
Here's why these guys rule:

The single frame 288x288 3bpl rotator.

So far IMHO this is the best rotator by far on an Amiga 500 and even successfully fakes a bit of zooming. For the first time, I have finally seen someone beat Mr. Pet's Turmoil rotator.

For those that haven't seen this before, there's a variant of rotation that can be coded efficiently on an Amiga 500, invented by the late Alan Paeth in 1986. Here's a great summary of such rotations by late Mike Morton (who contributed his share of potential planar Amiga 500 effects if you dig deep): https://archive.gamedev.net/archive/reference/articles/article811.html
rulez added on the 2024-04-04 09:02:26 by zajc zajc
Very nice effects and the end tune is so good!
rulez added on the 2024-04-04 09:23:28 by PRiDE PRiDE
Pretty cool and impressive roto-zoom!
rulez added on the 2024-04-04 09:45:29 by hfr hfr
Lovely in every department!! 100% amiga vibes, and nice to see someone tackle a great looking "Brian The Lion" type rotator finally!
rulez added on the 2024-04-04 12:09:33 by DanLemon DanLemon
That 1x1 rotator left me speechles, but the rest of the demo is strong as well...
rulez added on the 2024-04-04 12:25:08 by juice juice
very good demo! and this ending brain-blasting 50hz rotozoom?!! I love it!
rulez added on the 2024-04-05 08:44:35 by leonard leonard
Superb stuff.
rulez added on the 2024-04-05 19:35:32 by ham ham
Had all of us coders wondering how the hell that rotator works. Time to break out the Action Replay I reckon. Top work in all departments.
rulez added on the 2024-04-05 19:38:08 by djh0ffman djh0ffman
Truly awesome!
rulez added on the 2024-04-05 20:08:03 by Mystra Mystra
I love the music , good work Magnar!
rulez added on the 2024-04-05 23:29:03 by estrayk estrayk
Thanks for all the nice feedback, guys! /Magnar
rulez added on the 2024-04-06 04:21:05 by Magnar Magnar
Nice prod!
rulez added on the 2024-04-06 12:33:55 by SoDa7 SoDa7
Awsome BrianTheLion rotator! Well done!
rulez added on the 2024-04-06 21:19:57 by Morbid Morbid
Cool demo, love the greeting part and the tune.
rulez added on the 2024-04-06 21:31:49 by TMA TMA
Freezes in the middle after the rotator on FS-UAE, but watched the whole thing on youtube.

That Rotator must be one of a kind on the demoscene circuit. Never saw such a highres rotation in 50hz before! I also love the intro logo zoom/morph transitions. Looks really smooth!

I thought this would win the compo honestly.
rulez added on the 2024-04-07 08:18:22 by rloaderro rloaderro
Or was the rotator the end? By "Youtube" I mean "I watched it on the compo stream" :)
added on the 2024-04-07 08:34:17 by rloaderro rloaderro
The 1*1 rotator was my favorite moment from Revision 2024. Outstanding work.
rulez added on the 2024-04-07 13:36:54 by Toffeeman Toffeeman
A demo built as a pedestal for the effect we all knew was possible and we were waiting for for so long!
And when it's finally pulled off, it's with so much grandeur and nice details, high precision, and smooth as silk, it's even better than we could hope for. The other guys working on this: If you wait too long... somebody's gotta do it :-)
Thanks so much!
rulez added on the 2024-04-09 16:42:12 by bifat bifat
@bifat It was originally done 30 years ago though in Brian The Lion ;)
added on the 2024-04-09 17:05:39 by DanLemon DanLemon
dan: that's why we knew it would be possible. but this here is the demoscene execution, and it's better :-)
added on the 2024-04-09 17:08:25 by bifat bifat
Great rotator man!
rulez added on the 2024-04-10 15:48:15 by leGend leGend
also really loved the first logo effect
added on the 2024-04-10 15:54:04 by leGend leGend
Holy crazy sh*t! This was the most exciting release for me at revision
2024. Great effects, appealing graphics, and outstanding(!) music.
It already starts very promising with those nice logo effects; I love a)
the accompanying sound when the 1st logo enters and leaves the
screen and b) this electronic voice whispering "Cosmic Orbs".
The 3D rotozoomer that follows is mesmerizing; looks somehow
different than the rotozoomers I came across so far (some words
about the tech and "screen mode" would be highly appreciated :-) ).
But the highlight is the shear rotator. I already liked those rotators by
Mr. Pet and Kreator back in the days. Then we had this large and
impressive skull rotator in Batman rises (time 4:50) by Rhino end of
2022 and now this breathtaking and exceptional one by Jobbo.
Soooo cool. This demo definitely deserves a place in the hall of fame!
rulez added on the 2024-04-11 13:17:10 by ROG_VF ROG_VF
Big welcome back to Jobbo, reads like a C64 demo at heart and lots of C64/Amiga memories shared between us all I think!

Chunky, oof, OK you make me squint like Bifat does, but it already does more than bloody Gagrakacka.

The 3 skew pic is indeed what we were waiting for. Amiga Demo compo over.
rulez added on the 2024-04-11 23:40:26 by Photon Photon
Great
rulez added on the 2024-04-12 15:54:39 by Frequent Frequent
rotozoom
rulez added on the 2024-04-17 21:25:11 by Piru Piru
Some impressive effects here. Good job guys. I really enjoyed this prod during live stream compo.
rulez added on the 2024-04-20 18:28:59 by Oriens Oriens
Very cool. Love the soundtrack!
rulez added on the 2024-04-20 20:10:18 by Olympian Olympian
very nice demo, great effects! :)
rulez added on the 2024-04-20 20:45:33 by rez rez
Great effects, good gfx and tunes.
rulez added on the 2024-04-21 14:42:14 by Serpent Serpent
Thank you for all the nice feedback.

I've uploaded a final version, which includes:
- HDD install support.
- A longer end text with tech details.
- Fixes so the end part works on FS-UAE.
- A couple of other minor fixes.

If you don't feel like re-watching the demo to read the tech details then you can also find them on our website.

Cheers
Jobbo
added on the 2024-04-21 14:48:56 by Jobbo Jobbo
Excellent
rulez added on the 2024-04-21 15:46:44 by keops keops
Mind bending demo! Thx for the writeup.
rulez added on the 2024-04-21 16:01:17 by Virgill Virgill
The 288x288 3bpl is damn impressive
rulez added on the 2024-04-24 23:56:10 by BraxtonDK BraxtonDK

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