THIS% IS% THE% RESULT% OF
TWO YEARS OF SACRIFICES,
I THINK ONLY CODERS WILL
KNOW OF THEIR SIZES.
DESPITE THIS FACT
I% KNOW% THERE% WILL% BE,
PEOPLE% WITH% BAD% MORAL
WHO WILL BECOME GREEDY.
-%HEADX
CREDITS:
CODE:
HEADX
MUSIC,SFX:
MR.MAN
GRAPHICS:
ARCHMAGE
FAIRFAX
AND
QUEST
RAYTRACING:
VIEW
AD ASTRA AD INFINITUM
AD ASTRA AD INFINITUM
YOU HAVE NOW REACHED THE LAST PART OF
- SEQUENTIAL -
AN ANDROMEDA PRODUCTION IN 1994.
RELEASED AT "THE GATHERING '94" IN NORWAY.
COMPLETE CREDITS:
CODING, MATHEMATICS AND IDEAS BY
- HEADX -
MUSIC COMPOSED BY
- MR.MAN -
GRAPHICS PAINTED BY
- ARCHMAGE -
- FAIRFAX -
- QUEST -
RAYTRACING BY
- VIEW -
ADDITIONAL CREDITS:
TRACKLOADER CODED BY
- DR.JEKYLL -
VECTOR-EXPLOSION AND DELTAPLAYER CODED BY
- MR.HYDE -
ADDITIONAL GRAPHICS BY
- DECKER -
DESIGN ASSISTANCE BY
- INTERPHACE -
END PICTURE BY
- FAIRFAX -
INTERNAL CHANGES:
THE MAIN CHANGED HIS HANDLE TO VIEW.
LORD INTERFACE CHANGED TO INTERPHACE.
CURRENT MEMBERS OF ANDROMEDA ARE:
ANDY
ARCHMAGE
DECKER
DR.JEKYLL
FAIRFAX
HEADX
HYDRA
INTERPHACE
JAZ
MCS
MR.MAN
MR.HYDE
QUEST
VIEW
WILLIAM
WOOD
WE GREET ALL OUR FRIENDS.
THE ESSENTIAL ROUTINES:
JELLY-LETTERS:
I MODELLED THESE ONES AS ELASTIC SPRINGS,
ASSIGNING AN APPROPRIATE SPRING CONSTANT
TO THE SYSTEM. I ALSO USED THE FACT THAT
THE TOTAL AREA OF EACH LETTER SHOULD BE
CONSTANT DURING THEIR BOUNCES. NOTICE
THAT THE LETTERS BOUNCE INDEPENDENTLY!
ROLLER-COASTER:
THE TRACK CONSISTS OF DIFFERENT SEGMENTS
JOINED TOGETHER (LOOP, SPIN ETC.). I USED
PARAMETRIC CURVES IN GENERATING THE
DIFFERENT SEGMENTS. THERE IS NO FRICTION
IN THIS ENVIRONMENT, BUT THERE IS
GRAVITY. NOTICE THAT THE ROUTINE IS
RUNNING ON A FULL SCREEN IN 4 COLOURS
UPDATED EVERY VERTICAL BLANK!
CREDITS-PART:
THE THORUS CONSISTS OF 512 SURFACES AND
THE NICE BACKGROUND IS CALCULATED!
MAGNET-PART:
THE MAGNET IS JUST 22 SURFACES IN 4 BPLS.
BUT COMBINING IT WITH THE BALLS, WHICH ARE
"ATTRACTED" TO IT, IS A SMALL, BUT ANYHOW
NOTICABLE ENHANCEMENT TO THE GENERAL
VECTORROUTINE.
MIRROR-PART:
THIS ROUTINE IS RUNNING AT 50 HZ! I USE 3.3
BITPLANES AND MY SPECIAL ROTATIONROUTINE,
5 MULS EACH POINT AND NO PRECALCULATIONS!
NOTICE THAT THIS IS NO PLAYFIELD-EFFECT,
THE FOUR MIRRORING CUBES ARE CALCULATED!
GROWING-TREE-PART:
I MODELLED THE MOVEMENTS OF THE TREE IN THE
THE WIND AS A LINEAR COMBINATION OF A
QUADRATIC AND EXPONETIAL FUNCTION DECIDING
THE ROTATION ANGLE.
SWIMMER-PART:
NOTHING SPECIAL ONCE ONE IS FAMILIAR WITH
TRIGONOMETRIC FUNCTIONS. I TRIED TO GIVE
LIFE TO THIS OBJECT. DID I SUCCEED?
BOX-SCROLL:
I JUST HAD TO MAKE A DIFFERENT TYPE OF
SCROLLER. I ENDED UP WITH THIS ONE.
3D-MORPHER:
IN THIS ROUTINE THE OBJECTS ARE TRANSFORMING
WHILE ROTATING, RESULTING IN A SMOOTH MORPH.
I DISCRETISIZED EACH LINE INTO POINTS AND
TRANSFORMED AND ROTATED THEM AS3D-OBJECTS.
LIGHTNING SPHERE:
I MODELLED THE "RANDOM" MOVEMENTS AS A
LINEAR COMBINATION OF TRIGONOMETRIC
FUNCTIONS EACH LIGHT CONSISTED OF MANY LINE
SEGMENTS JOINED TOGETHER. THEN THEY WERE
TREATED AS ORDINARY 3D-OBJECTS.
I THINK THIS WILL COVER THE ESSENTIAL
ROUTINES OF THIS DEMONSTRATION. FOR MORE
DETAILED INFO, MAKE CONTACT.
I WILL THANK ALL THE MEMBERS OF OUR
TEAM, AND IN PARTICULAR THOSE INVOLVED
IN THIS PROJECT, FOR THEIR EXTREME
PATIENCE AND SUPPORT:
ALL GOOD THINGS TO THOSE WHO WAIT.
A VERY SPECIAL THANKS MUST GO TO MR.MAN
FOR MAKING THREE TUNES FOR THIS DEMO WITH
PACKED LENGTH LESS THAN 140 KB (!).
I WILL ALSO THANK STEINAR NYGAARD,
TERJE LEIRA, JARDAR LEIRA AND MARIUS KINTEL
FOR THEIR SUPPORT.
THIS IS PROBABLY THE LAST PRODUCTION
FROM OUR TEAM, DEVELOPED ON AN A500.
IF SOME PARTS OF THE DEMO LOOK CORRUPTED,
THAT IS PROBABLY BECAUSE YOU HAVE LARGE
CACHE MEMORY. THIS WILL CAUSE MEMORY INCONSISTENCY, RESULTING IN VISUAL ERRORS.
YOU SHOULD TRY DISABLING YOUR CACHES TO
GAIN A BETTER RESULT.
YOU MAY CONTACT ME (HEADX) AT:
TERJE THOBERG STUDENTBY 0-14N-7016 TRONDHEIM
NORWAY
FOR SWAPPING PLEASE CONTACT:
ROAR ODDENESVOKTERVEIEN 24N-3218 SANDEFJORD
NORWAY
AND NOW FOR SOMETHING TOTALLY DIFFERENT:
- THE SEX LIFE OF AN ELECTRON -
ONE NIGHT, WHEN HIS CHARGE WAS PRETTY
HIGH, MICRO FARAD DECIDED TO SEEK OUT A
CUTE LITTLE COIL TO LET HIM DISCHARGE. HE
PICKED UP MILLIE AMP AND TOOK HER FOR A
RIDE ON HIS MEGACYCLE.
THEY RODE ACROSS THE WHEATSTONE BRIDGE,
AROUND THE SINE WAVE, AND STOPPED IN
THE MAGNETIC FIELD, BY A FLOWING CURRENT.
MICRO FARAD, ATTRACTED BY MILLIE AMP'S
CHARACTERISTIC CURVES, SOON HAD HER FULLY
CHARGED AND EXCITED. HER RESISTANCE WAS
AT A MINIMUM. HE LAID HER ON THE GROUND
POTENTIAL, RAISED HER FREQUENCY AND
LOWERED HER RESISTANCE.
HE PULLED OUT HIS HIGH VOLTAGE PROBE AND
INSERTED IT INTO HER SOCKET, CONNECTING
THEM IN PARALELL, AND BEGAN SHORT CIRCUITING
HER RESISTANCE SHUNT. FULLY EXCITED MILLIE
AMP MUMBLED "OHM OHM OHM." WITH HIS TUBE
OPERATING AT A MAXIMUM, AND HER FIELD
VIBRATING WITH HIS CURRENT FLOW, IT CAUSED
HER SHUNT TO OVERHEAT, AND MICRO FARAD
WAS DRAINED OF EVERY ELECTRON.
THEY FLUXED ALL NIGHT, TRYING VARIOUS
CONNECTIONS AND SOCKETS, UNTIL HIS MAGNET
HAD A SOFT CORE AND LOST ALL
ITS FIELD STRENGHT.
WITH HIS BATTERY FULLY DISCHARGED,
MILLIE AMP WAS UNABLE TO EXCITE MICRO
FARAD'S FIELD, SO SHE TRIED
SELF-INDUCTION AND DAMAGED HER SOLENOIDS.
AFTERWARDS THEY SPENT THE REST OF THE
NIGHT REVERSING POLARITY AND BLOWING
EACH OTHERS FUSE.
- THE END -