Tag: Crinkler

Aug 03 2024

Building From Bedrock 1K

This intro was created for the Assembly summer 2024 1K intro competition, where it placed 1st. Since this was the first time one of my kids came along, I was inspired by one of their favourite games :) The music was made by Miss Saigon on a very limited size and time budget.

You can watch the intro on Youtube here: https://youtu.be/yDIRSU-8coQ

For feedback, the Pouet page is here: https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=97442

If you have a fast enough Nvidia video card, you can run the executable yourself, download it from here .

Warning: Windows Defender doesn’t like the 1K assembler magic that is needed to create this, and will report it as a virus (and delete the exe). You might want to download it in a folder that is excluded from the virus scanning.

Aug 03 2024

Creative Carving 1K

This done-in-a-hurry 1K was made for the Demosplash 2023 combined intro competition, where it placed 1st. It’s based on a recursive torus idea that I had for quite a while, with some added near-Halloween styling.

You can watch it on Youtube , feedback welcome on Pouet

Or you can download the executable and run it yourself: Creative Carving 1K by Fulcrum

(Standard disclaimer about antivirus not liking 1K intros applies)

Aug 07 2022

Truck Is Jarig 4K

Here’s a crazy idea I have had for a few years: remake the entire Rob Is Jarig/Aardbei demo from 2000 in a 4K. That demo has been submitted at quite a few demoparties (see Pouet ). At some point people started to dance on stage if that demo was shown. Unfortunately the Fins at Assembly’22 didn’t know that custom (or they were scared of the security guards. Yes Assembly has those). Still, they at least recognized my artistic impression of Truck ;-)

Download: http://www.fulcrum-demo.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Truck-is-Jarig-4K-by-Fulcrum.zip

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuYktqWhznI

Pouet page: https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=91905

Aug 07 2022

Dissecting the Scene Syndrome executable graphics

Another 4K executable graphics (more like 2.3 KB, actually) , which placed 2nd at the Outline 2022 executable graphics compo. It was also nominated for a Meteorik award in the “Best executable graphics” category.

Pouet page: https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=91576

Download: https://www.fulcrum-demo.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Dissecting-the-Scene-Syndrome-by-Fulcrum.zip

Aug 07 2022

The Red Chair executable graphics

My first 4K executable gfx, for the Outline 2021 party. It placed 2nd in the executable graphics competition. It’s amazing how much space is in a 4K if you don’t have to add a soundtrack and animation…

Pouet page: https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=91371

Download link: http://www.fulcrum-demo.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/The-Red-Chair-by-Fulcrum.zip

Apr 18 2022

DC Offset 8K

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This was our contribution to the 8K intro competition at Revision 2021, where it placed 2nd. It is the first production using our experimental GPU-synth. I wanted to see if a synth in the same language as the visuals would compress better and ultimately be smaller than the usual softsynths (Clinkster/4Klang). Unfortunately, you can’t really do an apples to apples comparison by implementing half a synth, or even 80% of one. And I’m not that interested in synths, VSTi’s etc etc, so this took a long time. This intro gave the final motivational push to finish it. We ran in the usual last-days bugs, sleepless nights, asking the organizers to extend the deadline etc… so it’s not as polished as we had hoped. Still, we learned a lot, and had fun making this!

Pouet page: https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=88658

Download the intro: https://files.scene.org/view/parties/2021/revision21/pc-8k-intro/dc_offset_by_fulcrum_%28synth_fix%29.zip

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwRqysVSAwA

Oct 16 2020

Jumpgate 10.24 1Kb intro

Jumpgate 10.24 is our contribution to the Assembly 2020 1 kilobyte intro competition. It was an online-only event, for obvious reasons, but we’re glad it wasn’t cancelled.

You can watch the intro on Youtube: https://youtu.be/Cv4DYmxgYlQ

Or you can download the executables (1K versions and safe versions) here: zip archive. Note that some virusscanners may confuse 1K intros with malware due to the unconventional coding techniques. The almost-compo version is nvidia only and rather slow, I recommend running one of the safe versions.