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Truck Is Jarig 4K

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

Dissecting the Scene Syndrome executable graphics

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

The Red Chair executable graphics

My first 4K executable gfx, for the Outline 2021 party. It placed 2nd in the executable graphics competition. It’s amazing how much space is in a 4K if you don’t have to add a soundtrack and animation…

Pouet page: https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=91371

Download link: http://www.fulcrum-demo.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/The-Red-Chair-by-Fulcrum.zip

DC Offset 8K

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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

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwRqysVSAwA

Jumpgate 10.24 Shader code

This is the exhaustively documented shader code of the Jumpgate 10.24 1 kilobyte intro.

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Jumpgate 10.24 1Kb intro

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.

The Last Dance 8K

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:

MAGI

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

Arctic Voltage 4K


Here is our contribution to the 4K intro competition at Under Construction 2018.

Get the executable here: Arctic Voltage by Fulcrum

Party At Spencer’s

So, after almost 7 years, we made a demo again! Slightly hurried, but we wanted to support the American demoscene at Demosplah 2018, where we placed 2nd in the Modern democompo.

Get the demo here: Party At Spencers by Fulcrum final