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Farbrausch - fr-041: debris. [HD]

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Demoscene & retrocomputingComputer graphics & rendering

What it is

Debris by Farbrausch, the winner of the Breakpoint 2007 demo competition. All of its 3D visuals, textures and music come from a single 177 KB executable.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN recommends it as the demoscene showpiece to show someone what extreme size-limited real-time graphics look like.

  • 4 people recommended it
  • 4 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2010, last 2026

What HN commenters said

  1. “shows just how much you can pack into 200k (including the audio, btw)”

    Demo packing audio and visuals into 200k.

    corysama, 2010-05 · Recommendation · in “The Demoscene -- an Overview”

  2. “If you want to really show off the demoscene, try Farbrausch - fr-041.”

    Impressive demo squeezing huge content into 179KB.

    guiambros, 2013-03 · Recommendation · in “Simple Minecraft Clone in 580 lines of Python”

  3. “Super cool, and in an executable of 177kB.”

    First demo seen; impressive in a 177kB executable.

    clay_to_n, 2015-03 · Recommendation · in “F***ing Learn to Code Again (1999)”

  4. “are particularly worth checking out for the uninitiated”

    Farbrausch demo worth checking out for the uninitiated.

    sclangdon, 2016-06 · Recommendation · in “Source code for 4kb demoscene production “Elevated” released”

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Topics: demoscene, farbrausch, procedural graphics, size coding, real-time 3d

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