Monolith - ASD | Assembly 2015 | 60fps

1st place in combined demo compo at Assembly 2015
Credits:
code: Navis
graphics: amv
More infos and download on Pouet:
www.pouet.net/p...
music: aMUSIC, Leviathan

[@deleyt4312]

Seeing this in 2022 (almost 2023) just blows my mind that this is a production of 7 years ago. It is beautiful. In every way. How does one come up with this as a concept... and then execute it so perfectly? Wow... just wow...

[@spell105]

Few demos have gotten me as emotional as the final scene in this one, it's something special. Almost something that you wouldn't expect to come out of a subculture focused heavily on (friendly) dick measuring one's technical skills.

[@marcohernandez2519]

the fact that all visuals is generated by coding and some texture files make it more AWESOME!!!

[@EldersOfTheInternet]

Sometimes I think these guys basically won the demoscene. There's a lot of great prods out there but I keep circling back around to this one. It's brilliant, simply brilliant.

[@SturmFlut]

It's nice and all, but it's a 120 megabyte (!) demo that contains the plain 3D models and textures. The demo is hardly smaller than the video people wach here on KZbin. Basically the opposite of what the demoscene stands for.

[@fonkbadonk5370]

@@SturmFlut I'd beg to differ. The Scene isn't just about squeezing content down to miniscule size. There are specific discipliines with that goal, yes, and it's an art in itself, but there have been big prod demos ever since w/o any size restrictions and they have deseverdly won high accolades ever since the scene existed, merit of their artistic and production values. I personally see the technical and artistic value in either of those categories, and no matter the mere file size, ASD has continued to excel in the unrestricted drawer for many years on art, style and direction alone for many years. No need to make it 64k to be worth celebrating.

[@EldersOfTheInternet]

I exaggerated but I just think it's a really good demo - art, music, programming coming together. I also love the amazing 64k stuff from groups like conspiracy, mercury, etc. I still remember loading a demo from a cassette tape on our amstrad cpc that was just a 2d silhouette of a man running but using impossible colours I'd never seen on my screen before, I love the scene still going strong on targeting old hardware like amstrads, commodores, even vic 20's. I get a kick out of playing modern games targeting this old hardware. There's a lot to appreciate and everything needs to be taken in context. In this demo there's just an excellent delivery of a visual and audio narrative that's incredibly evocative, there are some strong technical elements but I don't truly think they "won" the entire demoscene, I was just really trying to express my overall enjoyment of this piece in particular, sort of like when you do something that pleases others and people say "you're the best" or whatever, like really? are you the best? You know what I mean. Big ups to the entire scene honestly.

[@gaspode8]

@@SturmFlut The demoscene is about a lot of things. Foremost its about realtime-art. And this is realtime-art for sure.

[@gregmark1688]

@@SturmFlut I know it's been a year or more, but I still have to point this out: at over 2 megabytes in 1993, Second Reality was bigger than a number of commercially available games. Some of us did complain -- not about the "correctness", but about the time it took to d/l the thing. lol Anyway, I think it's a better standard to compare the visual experience to games that came out around the same time, and then compare the resources used. Cause 120 MB sure seems tiny by today's standards. (I do agree with your point, tho -- real coders would have taken the time to compress the data. Surely that very-low-res video of two parents and a child, along with some object models ain't got to take up nearly that much space. So yeah, releasing like this kinda makes them seem lazy. But that doesn't make the demo any less amazing to watch, does it?)

[@ArtemAstafyev]

The first demo that make me cry. Awesome both from technical, musical and art side!

[@randomstroke7026]

makes me cry every time

[@hebbo]

Absolutely stunning

[@SpiroHarvey]

Wow. Since I first saw D.O.S. on the Amiga in 92, these guys have never failed to blow my mind.

[@gaspode8]

D.O.S. is by Andromeda. ASD is a different group.,

[@matsopelle]

I want this music to play in my funeral.

[@titanium.iridium]

Outstanding! Great art design! And the music, what a pleasure! U guys really wicked, wherever u r now!

[@rloadah]

Massive! That last part always makes me shed a tear

[@suremind]

perfect.. the end lightfigures just wow!

[@SparkX120]

This is pure art! One of the best demos I have ever seen. Thanks ASD!

[@barb0ful]

Absolutely stunning!!! Hypnotized!!!

[@yogers1]

Chapeau bas!

[@0bstriege1]

This is too good for youtube. Run it on your machine. Even with a bad framerate at some points a great experience.

[@williamkane]

Those strings that begin to start playing at 3:15 sounds like Aphex Twin was a heavily influence on the guide who wrote the soundtrack for this.

[@ellopropello]

so beautiful.

[@spavatch]

Truly amazing...

[@martinstaiger1813]

Just mind blowing!

[@expression6180]

I feel like I'd have to watch this uncompressed or set up a rig that can handle this type of real-time animation to appreciate it better, but from what I've seen, this is absolutely superb!

[@hajnrichp3513]

what an amazing

[@micmul23]

This demo is not only technically excellent. It is also high art.

[@williamkane]

Indeed it is.

[@Anyamar666]

incredible...

[@СемёнПетров-з4щ]

unbelievable

[@davidkoch9123]

My mind just exploded. Damn. What a moment. Brillant !

[@idiedlastmonth]

Sick shit! Been away from the demoscene since 1998, damn Andromeda is still kicking ass! God mode AF!

[@snekkermann1]

amazing demo

[@spiroskoufos4786]

Perfect...

[@AntonKudin]

Stunning

[@ЯдНадголовой]

Потрясно смотришь и оторваться не можешь

[@antivanti]

Nothing flows like an ASD demo. BTW I'd love to see ASD mess around with VR. I think this ray marcher artstyle would be really cool in VR. Perhaps when the consumer versions hit the market the demoscene will start messing with them.

[@NMROSTA]

Amazing

[@williamkane]

The part starting at 6:30 is truly something else when you are on psychedelics.. I really, really love this demo.

[@kapsel1941]

best of the best !!!!!!!

[@XxDUSTYxX666]

Just awesome! 👍👌💪 I love the music!

[@papanovemverseti9124]

I like ADS . This art is very abstract and beautiful

[@sagraelson]

brilliant!

[@Jbalaji]

Very imaginative Especially from 6.00 Minutes onward.... Regards Balaji - Sydney- Australia

[@Torxed]

This was insane

[@gergelydrotos3745]

damn. this is just epic

[@Dougie-]

Noone, NOONE!, make demos like ASD. Incredible art and technicals, without being boring flybys that many pc demos are.

[@danheidel]

+dahDougieBoy Agreed. Lots of demos feel like fancy screensavers. ASD stuff is one of the few that actually feels like interesting art.

[@SourCyanide]

+dahDougieBoy thats because its not 64k

[@SparkX120]

+Naruga Kuruga I have seen a couple (I stress couple) 64Ks that I think are nearing this from an artistic standpoint. However, that being said, I think this is one of the best demos I have ever seen.

[@mehpixel]

love to see this on vimeo ... youtube compression sucks

[@qwworpdd]

ohhhhhhh shiiiiiit. this is so good

[@n3xtfl1x]

love it marion cotillard

[@Ionixification]

So so so sick

[@devl547]

ASD rock as usual.

[@anothergol]

This is something I'd love to "be in" in VR

[@neok9550]

i thought the same thing

[@zalanta7]

excellence

[@sebaxboro4025]

Deno zajebiste. Szacun dla kodera

[@douglasalves4892]

❤❤❤

[@robotic381]

Really like the name "Monolith“ : )

[@Mariusz_Wlodarczyk]

Awesome design. ASD rulezzzzzzz! :)

[@AmigaRulez_parallax]

+Mariusz Włodarczyk Amiga też :P

[@Mariusz_Wlodarczyk]

To nawet nie podlega dyskusji. "Rulez" to obowiązkowe dopełnienie wyrazu "Amiga". Jedno bez drugiego nie może istnieć. :)

[@antiquasarmusic]

Nice!

[@ИгорьЯрыжнов]

Супер шедевр

[@kilomancer]

mad fucking respect damn

[@RichardDavey]

It's like Tetsuo Bodyhammer meets Free Willy! Mind blowing direction.

[@lotteri]

0:59

[@TheLastHylianTitan]

can someone explain to me what demoscene is as simply as possible? it's really cool, but before i learn more, i want to make sure i have the basic concepts under my belt.

[@yoshi314]

+TheLastHylianTitan art in digital form, with various restrictions. or doing seemingly impossible things with hardware you have at hand.

[@TheLastHylianTitan]

yoshi314 thank you.

[@jnolck]

Anyone know what name of the song at 2:00.

[@sotirisvarotsis5848]

The entire production is one song, and it’s been composed specifically for this production

[@iou0]

really like 5:30 and on

[@АннаСоловьева-ъ4й]

😍

[@alanbradley1231]

uuaaooo!!!

[@laurinneff4304]

I tried it on my laptop (running Linux, ran it with Proton) and it just crashed with the dedicated GPU (Nvidia MX250 with proprietary drivers). On the Intel GPU, it runs, but even at 800x450 it barely manages to get 10-15FPS, and at some point everything becomes blurry (from watching the video, it's when the camera starts shaking. I guess it's probably a bit too much motion blur for that low of a framerate). I should probably try on Windows tomorrow, since that's what it's written for. It runs perfectly on my PC (i7-9700K and RTX2060 running Windows).

[@hazardbalt7319]

on s'en bat les couilles

[@KrzysztofBryk]

anyone noticed that this is a perfect ringtone ? :))) wow

[@FredwRoT]

I watched this while tripping on acid. Ho lee fuck was that amazing.

[@raze7x]

wow....

[@silentdebugger]

*INCEPTION NOISE*

[@JohndeWit]

Damn!....

[@theodorep.5501]

How long It takes for you guys to make a project(amazing piece of art) like this?

[@sotirisvarotsis5848]

Depends on the project. We've done demos like Lifeforce that took us about 4 months to complete, and we've also done demos that we completed in a single day.

[@surject]

@@sotirisvarotsis5848 LifeForce was amazing! So was Memento Mori.

[@NMROSTA]

06:00 ♥

[@Rafoune0633]

It's possible screen display 1440p ????

[@nerdz0ne]

wow

[@northamptonpl]

Mother Of God ...

[@cocodriloco7780]

:O I... I... um... wow.

[@Bemmu]

I get anticipatory frisson already from the loading screen.

[@plasmaarmelund]

Is this the same Andromeda as the old Amiga demo scene group?

[@douglasalves4892]

No !

[@monstercolorfunco4391]

It's the same as Nebula. That video is pretty illustrative of a supernova, which has the ebility to eject many stars away from it by compressing nearby clouds and making star formation, and if we could see the star forming zones over millions of years they would explode in that fasion similarly.

[@aaro1268]

I'm not sure you understood the question or watched the video... Andromeda (Software Development), also known as ASD, is a group that makes videos like this. These kinds of videos were made all the way back when the Amiga was a common computer, and Andromeda was also one of the groups from back then. Pouet is the definitive website for sharing these demos, and it is a great way to find groups too. Here's a link that shows the different groups named Andromeda: www.pouet.net/search.php?what=andromeda&type=group

[@sotirisvarotsis5848]

No, we are a different group, and we were never making demos on Amiga. However, we did collaborate with Archmage of Andromeda in our demo Lifeforce.

[@demo_sphere]

Do I hear a beyond good and evil sample?

[@glexperiments8025]

Points!

[@hannuhyvonen4227]

minun musiikkia Voi kuunella Twiteristä Myös Mikseristä sekä Facebookista.Bändin Löytyy Nimellä espoon Tallaajat Moniäänirock KZbin.

[@mgcm]

wow what an amazing visual feast. congratulations! too bad the music was not up to par with the effects but still... wow!

[@chokichocat3083]

Same.

[@ancientapparition1638]

Is this x86 asm?!?

[@yadatoshi6114]

I think assembly has become somewhat negligible nowadays, except perhaps for filesize limited demos

[@saintceee]

Holy Cr.p

[@KingGrio]

Not even 100k views. What is wrong with humanity ?

[@pseudo_DaH]

ЗА МАНАЛИАТ БЛЕАТЬ!!00))

[@Quazgaa]

the pregnancy stuff is a little weird though

[@MrMovieMan941]

Rendering... Remainging time: days; hours; minutes; 999;99999;99999999 :D

[@stephaneduhamel7706]

Actually this isn't a rendering. This is a realtime graphics demo.

[@yadatoshi6114]

I think many people would have to have it prerendered though xD

[@browarian]

Too many particles!!!!!

[@yooyo3d]

I don't know.. I don't like it. It have nice fx, but for most cuts, source is either video or kinect depth stream.

[@jasonalt7110]

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[@greob]

My jaw was on the floor the whole time. Too bad the video compression doesn't always do it justice. ;)

[@Annikras]

Njul ye, video compression is bad on YT for so many particles. Best is still to enjoy it fully in realtime (as always) ;-)

[@antivanti]

+Demoscene High-Quality Videos (Annikras) The 1080p60 option at least has decent bitrate but lots of particles is a video encoders worst nightmare =)

[@qmurec]

+Njul Dito, one of the most stunning Demos I have ever seen!