As always, we will have seminars at Inércia on different topics connected with the demoscene, read more information about them below:
Restoring or building old computer replicas from scratch as a hobby is a great way to understand not only how they worked but also how modern computing still shares some of the same fundamentals.
I will present how I built a C64 replica from scratch and restored and upgraded other Commodores (C128DCR and an Amiga1000). Maybe I'll bring them along too.
Reverse engineering an arcade game and re-implementing it into an 8 bit system is an engineering exercise, where compromises have to be made in order to accomplish the goal, since the capabilities of the target machine are severely under powered when compared with the source machine.
On this seminar talk the processes of accomplishing this and all it involves, will be presented with example of the Arcade game "Magical Drop II" and how it became the ZX Spectrum game "Extruder" developed by Rui Martins.
TIC-80 is a free and open source fantasy computer for making, playing and sharing tiny games.
We decided to use it for evil and make demoscene productions instead. It's a fun sandbox to quickly prototype some ideas, it's limitations of palette and sound offer a charming oldschool retro aesthetic while the support for modern languages enables a faster learning curve.
In this seminar talk I'll walk you through the basics of TIC-80 and how to quickly get started doing something creative with it: pixel art, music and programming. We'll also include some protips of what tools are availble to assist in both size optimized or megademo projects.
Cables.gl as a demo making tool by anticore feat. liqube
Cables.gl is a tool for creating beautiful interactive content. With an easy to navigate interface and real time visuals, it allows for rapid prototyping and fast adjustments.
Anticore and liqube will make this presentation framed from the perspective of Gaia Space Agency demos, with focus on techniques, learned lessons and nifty tricks.
During our open morning to the community on Saturday, we will explain what the Demoscene is all about, telling a bit about the history, the artists, the productions and the role of Associação Inércia in promoting the Demoscene in Portugal.
As the main target audience is Almada's community, this seminar will be in Portuguese.
https://nczeroshift.github.io/demoscene_presentation/
Short showcase of how you can code music live with FoxDot, an intuitive and open live coding library using Python and SuperCollider.
Presented by Violeta Padilha, brazilian multimedia artist based in Lisbon.
Following up to what we did last year, we will hold another roundtable at Inércia this year to help us reflect on the best way to go forward with our mission to promote the demoscene culture in Portugal.
We will present our vision and listen to the stories from some friends who have gone or are going through similar processes in other niche scenes: João Ramos from Load ZX Spectrum Museum, Manuel Correia with gamedev perspective, João Catarino from Oficina D'Almada Makerspace and Celso Martinho with his experience having helped organize Codebits/Pixelscamp, the first editions of Lisbon Makerfaire, etc. We'll also have FRaNKy (organizer of Revision, RSync and Transmission64) and rc55 (organizer of NOVA) to ground it on the demoscene perspective. Hopefully we will all get some more insights and protips on how to grow niche communities in sustainable ways.
It wouldn't be a demoparty without some live music and DJ sets. Read all about them here!
Organized by LCDZ, we present to you a massive GLSL livecoding session with over 30 participants programming in realtime from all over the world: in Bulgaria, Chile, France, Finland, Germany, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, United States and ofcourse a few of them also at our party place, right here in Portugal. Audio liveset by Parallel Pulse.
HAGUE // DETROIT
Dusty disco tracks and oddities from unconventional places of Dutch/Detroit scene.
A classy blend of soulful, funky, and jackin' house music to make all the bits and bobbles inside your body do a handsome mating dance.
Award winning chiptune artist Gasman has rocked dancefloors across Europe with his unique blend of energetic vocal performances, virtuoso keytar synth solos, and the nostalgic square wave sounds of the Sinclair ZX Spectrum.
"Echo Chamber Effect" is a project that brings together members of the Portuguese scene and researchers in digital art, and is based on the convergence and remixing of a set of old and original works from this group. This show combines the digital with the analog and the pre-recorded with the immediate through live music and reproduction of graphics, and live coding.
Organized by Field-FX, multiple participants coding TIC80 visuals from different corners of the world and ofcourse a few of them also at the party place. DJ set by Jeenio.