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Intrinsic Gravity by Still

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Demoscene & retrocomputingCreative coding & generative art

What it is

Intrinsic Gravity is a real-time demoscene production by Still, made with the Tooll tool for Under Construction 2014. It is a black-and-white op-art animation with a soundtrack by hoffman.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN people hold it up as a standout modern demo, praising its scene transitions and how it looks on 3D displays.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 3 strong recommendations
  • first 2019, last 2026

What HN commenters said

  1. “the more modern demos like Intrinsic Gravity by Still ( ) are just amazing”

    Impressive modern demoscene production

    onion2k, 2019-11 · Strong recommendation · in “Demoscene guidebook (2018)”

  2. “It's also one of the best executable demos I've ever seen.”

    One of the best executable demos

    pierrec, 2023-09 · Strong recommendation · in “Sesame Street – Count to 12 [video]”

  3. “This one is fun to watch on a 3D display.”

    Demo uses real 3D geometry, works well on stereoscopic displays

    n3k5, 2019-11 · Recommendation · in “Demoscene guidebook (2018)”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: demoscene, real-time graphics, op art, motion graphics, shaders

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