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• general:
• level: user
• personal:
• first name: Tomasz
• last name: D.

• wild Animation/Video Suboceanic Reimagined by Tomasz Dobrowolski
• LJ: thanks for feedback. About low effort - in the context of this prod, it was deliberate, focused effort in short period of time to meet the deadline from the conception of the idea to the final product. I could have postponed the release until next party with "Wild with AI" compo (although I'm not sure there will be any looking at the reception ;), to regenerate some shots/scenes, polish some cuts etc.... but this would lose its momentum and significance for the discussions we had. I hope this clarifies why there is some sloppiness here and there.
  
  If you follow some AI artist, or maybe you tried to generate AI videos on your own, you should know it's not that easy to make a flawless AI video at this point. But your observation is valid. If you have such a massive help from AI, the outcome should be scrutinized even more than usual - it should be visually consistent and pleasing, either have an interesting story or important message message, etc.. which interestingly doesn't have to be all that advanced for size-limited intro that can defend itself on purely technical grounds, with ok, amateur level artistry and entertaining "here is scary witch" type of "message"/plot.
• isokadded on the 2026-03-18 18:29:04
• demo Commodore 64 Sweaty Moustache by TSJ [web]
• Personally, not my thing, but entertaining to watch.
• rulezadded on the 2026-03-08 17:57:53
• 4k Windows Δ by epoqe [web] & Team210 [web]
• Nice twisted chord progression - me likes :) Visuals okeyish.
• rulezadded on the 2026-03-01 23:27:05
• demo invitation Windows JavaScript The Golden Disk by Slipstream [web]
• Based on true story.
• rulezadded on the 2026-03-01 13:44:56
• demo Windows ReelTime by Demostue Allst★rs
• Cool concept and execution! And frankly, that would be less of a brain rot than actual doom-scrolling ;)
• rulezadded on the 2026-02-28 13:15:41
• wild Animation/Video Suboceanic Reimagined by Tomasz Dobrowolski
• About the low-effort thing, which seems to be now the main object of critique: sorry to break it down for you, but the view that art must involve visible labor, technical mastery, and so called "effort" is typical for working class aesthetic (Pierre Bourdieu). It makes a lot of sense why, if you think about it. So, no, in general low effort doesn't necessarily mean low value.
• isokadded on the 2026-02-24 20:59:04
• wild Animation/Video Suboceanic Reimagined by Tomasz Dobrowolski
• fizzer: it's more like I was one of the few who had a balanced opinion about it, as opposed to extremely polarized "are you with us or against us" type of view.
• isokadded on the 2026-02-24 14:29:36
• wild Animation/Video Suboceanic Reimagined by Tomasz Dobrowolski
• Quote:

  "we can do cool things with AI" then fucking do cool things, this ain't it.

  
  
  Please go ahead, do cooler things with AI by all means.
  
  This was indeed just a low-effort attempt (which was the whole point really) to show what's possible with off-the-shelf tech used in a demoscene context. But as other said as well, it would be very interesting to push it to its limits.
• isokadded on the 2026-02-24 14:04:48
• wild Animation/Video Suboceanic Reimagined by Tomasz Dobrowolski
• darya: this community was never purely artistic. Please don't forget it was technical oriented community at the very beginning. It was all about pushing boundaries what's possible, even directly competing with gaming industry at a time: raycasters on low-end hw, voxel terrains, software raytracing etc... The art was there, just for the entertainment value - and frankly, quite kitschy art, which had it's charm. It's nice that more serious artists joined later on, but this it not exclusively artistic community in a slightest.
  
  About opinions: as you can see, I'm not afraid of backlash, so go ahead. It's just more telling about you than anything else.
• isokadded on the 2026-02-24 13:53:20
• wild Animation/Video Suboceanic Reimagined by Tomasz Dobrowolski
• wrighter: so you think it's ok to "hate"? Wow.
• isokadded on the 2026-02-24 13:03:05