Aug 02 2025
This is our contribution to the Assembly 2025 1K intro competition. It placed 1st out of 3 entries. feedback is welcome on the Pouet page: https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=104610
You can download the executable from here: Bones-Of-Civilisation-by-Fulcrum.zip Warning: Windows Defender doesn’t trust the 1K executable and will happily delete it (the executable header trickery makes it claim it’s a virus), so download it in an excluded folder. Or you can watch it on YouTube .
Aug 03 2024
This is a small intro (less than the usual 4K) using particles and compute shaders. It took part in the R-sync 2024 demoparty in Belgium, where it took first place in the combined demoparty. I was trying to make an infinitely-running demo like Timeless/Tran, but due to numerical precision the effect starts to look a bit weird after 7-8 minutes.
You can watch a HD recording on Youtube , feedback welcome on the Pouet page
Or you can download an run the intro yourself: Pyrotranquil by Fulcrum (HD)
Aug 03 2024
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
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
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
Apr 18 2022
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
Oct 17 2020
This is the exhaustively documented shader code of the Jumpgate 10.24 1 kilobyte intro.
Continue readingOct 16 2020
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.
Apr 21 2019
Originally conceived as an 4K intro for Assembly 2018, we released this 8K at Revision 2019, in cooperation with Horology. It needs a very powerful graphics card. You can either watch in on Youtube: https://youtu.be/x_MalHjxcEs
Or if your hardware is fast enough (AMD RX 480, Nvidia 1080 GTX), you can download the executable here:
Jan 06 2019
It took us 7 years to release a new demo, and one month later we have another ready :) Made in approximately 1 week time to support the MAGFest 2019 demoparty, it took 1st place in the combined intro/demo competition. It’s a bit short, but we’re happy we made it.
Get the executable here: MAGI by Fulcrum
If your videocard is too slow, watch it on Youtube: MAGI by Fulcrum