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• first name: M
• last name: N
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• cdcs:
• cdc #1: Lifeforce by Andromeda Software Development [web]
• cdc #2: Concentrate by Adapt [web]
• cdc #3: Beta by Still [web]
• cdc #4: Artphosis by Hitmen [web]
• cdc #5: Secret Rooms
• cdc #6: Coronoid by Still [web]
• cdc #7: mulberry plains
• cdc #8: Radiating by Still [web]

• demo Windows B-sides and Rarities by Traction [web] & Jumalauta [web]
• If someone has this demo, I would like a copy (feel free to e-mail me the link). I lost mine in a HD crash.
• isokadded on the 2015-11-19 17:11:07
• demo Windows Vox Dei by Traction [web]
• cce: the music is randomized from various ilkae songs. I enjoyed making this and I think it's stood time quite well. It didn't work on the compo machine at Icons for some reason (blending modes were all fucked up) and I had the unique pleasure of disqualifying my own demo.
• isokadded on the 2015-11-19 17:10:16
• demo Windows Devious by Traction [web]
• I think this was last bits of Traction stuff Vulture did before starting his career in professional bodybuilding (no joke).
• isokadded on the 2015-11-19 17:08:53
• demo Windows Fairytale by Traction [web] & Brainstorm [web]
• One of the best ones from us, definitely. When we were making this, I had no idea who that "romeo knight" guy was and why everyone was so awed by working with him... when the demo ended and people were cheering, that's when I understood.
  
  This was a long project. It was supposed to be originally something like a neo-paganistic occult Spring Equinox tribute (hence all the spirals) to the ASD style, but the concept was abandoned quite quickly. IIRC, a scene with a pentagram existed at some point. Rale was instrumental here, he did pretty much all the stuff with shaders and whatnot. I made glowing lines and prettified things :)
  
  The scene with the blue spiral and the first heavy bit in the music was coded at the partyplace. When we arrived in Germany, there was just 30 seconds of black there. It felt pretty dismal, then me and rale had a few beers and quickly made that.
  
  One of our most enduring things, definitely. Was really happy to come 4th in that kind of a competition. One of my demoscene career highlights, definitely.
• isokadded on the 2015-11-19 17:07:42
• demo Windows Fascination by Traction [web] & Brainstorm [web]
• Neither do I. It's clumsy, we were still learning at that time. The landscape in the beginning is great though, but otherwise it's ribbons galore. I do like the fake rain in one scene, but that's pretty much it.
• isokadded on the 2015-11-19 17:02:28
• demo Windows virta by Brainstorm [web] & Ümlaüt Design [web] & Traction [web]
• Maybe my best demo. I spent ages, ages, ages tweaking and tuning all the little things in it. I got the track and didn't show it to Gargaj (who's a perfectionist) until very late in the process, fearing his reaction, and I remember how palpable my relief was when he loved it.
  
  This is, despite it being abstract, also one of my most personal demos in a way. A relationship of almost six years was coming to an end while writing this and in the end it did come to that. When we visited Evoke together in 2011 we weren't a couple anymore and I think that some of that bittersweet sentiment is visible in this demo. I coded this mostly at work outside office hours, because I didn't have a proper PC at home at that time. I even did it during my summer holiday, ie. sneaked in in the evening after people had left and disappearing before dawn.
  
  Some individual tidbits:
  
  The demo was almost called Distance, but then I decided to go with a Finnish name. Virta means flow or stream, and I think that's very appropriate for the mood.,
  
  The logo part was one of the few moments when I gave creative control away to Prowler, because he was adamant about it. I'm glad I did, it looks magnificent and the logo itself is stunning.
  
  The part with the vertical lines after the logo was inspired by title graphics in a documentary by Joy Division that I saw at a festival. You can see it here if you're interested: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1qQsHGHi8w. It's a great as a documentary as well.
  
  The part with the circles is based on a poster I saw in Budapest while attending Function 2010. It's very static and I tried giving it more motion, but nothing worked.
  
  The particles in a vector field is one of my favorite effects of what I've done and it was and inspired by Peon's demo Movement. I guess almost all of Virta has that kind of vibe to it. Go check it out, it's great.
  
  The falling particles thing came from a dream. I love how the glow filter bugs around 3:30 and it seems like there's light falling.
  
  The last scene was totally an accident and made in a day. The shape looks great though.
  
  Now, watching this, I wonder if I should get back to coding demos. If only there was time...
• isokadded on the 2015-11-19 16:59:54
• demo Windows Fascination 2 - Into the Neon Rain by Traction [web] & Brainstorm [web]
• The rain puddle and the cube were the first scenes to be done and then it just took off from there. I think there's some nice audacity here, to just make random stuff and publish it. I agree that it could have more to it than just neon & glow, but then again it's an Eighties synth disco demo thing, and Eighties synth disco wasn't exactly the pinnacle of concepts :D
  
  Also, there were plans and a soundtrack for a third part but it never materialized.
• isokadded on the 2015-11-19 16:48:44
• demo Windows Challenger Deep by Traction [web] & Brainstorm [web]
• Hey, we got successful once with this concept (Fairytale) so let's do it again! The music is great (I especially love the acoustic guitar solo in the middle and the shredding through shitloads of effects in the end). This one was a painful to make with lots of arguments etc, but watching it now years later hurts less than it perhaps could.
  
  Out of all the effects I've ever done, the recycled Fairytale line snake is maybe the best single one.
• isokadded on the 2015-11-19 16:46:47
• demo Windows Spring Brought Us Dry Withered Flowers by Brainstorm [web] & Traction [web]
• The scenes don't look all that great without the blur ;) I wrote demo this really, really quickly as well (I think it was something like a week) to have something for the party, though the poem existed long before. Unfortunately I became ill just before Easter and couldn't go to the party and I've yet to see it on the big screen. Also, Xerxes got me the music like in a day or something after I requrested it, then used the same samples and sounds and got third in the music competition with Toybox Adventure :) That man is awesome.
• isokadded on the 2015-11-19 16:43:22
• demo Windows Väre by Brainstorm [web]
• Some trivia: I wrote this in a week. I was originally supposed to participate with the demo that later became muoto, but I couldn't get that up and running quickly enough and I didn't have any music for it, so I decided to make a simple one-screener from scratch. I didn't have music for this either, but luckily Parsec did his magic and we developed this demo in tandem, me received a new preview of the tune each day and trying to come up with proper visuals. The last scene with the retracting camera was done at the hotel room in Cologne.
  
  Fun fact: the middle scene (with the descending camera and the ribbons) was one of the first scenes I made for Muoto, but the colors were totally different and the camera moved from left to right. It wouldn't have fit that demo anyhow, so it's good that it was used here. Also, the flowing feedback effect for the screen with the title was taken straight from Spring Brought Us Withered Flowers. I don't think I even changed any parameters :)
  
  This is one of my favorites from the ones I've done.
• isokadded on the 2015-11-19 15:58:46