I can’t believe it’s been more than a year since I wrote about the Breakpoint 2007 demo party and competition. Breakpoint 2008 actually already took place last March on the Easter weekend, so the following is really just old news. However, I still wanted to share some of my favorites. This year’s motto of the competition was Digital Garden hinting at the annual Garden Show in Germany that, too, took place in Bingen at the Rhine river this year.
The demos have all been very impressive again. Some explored different ideas than the usual animations and particle- or plasma-effects in 3D. Instead they were designed around two-dimensional, scissor-cut, flower, comic-book-like or retro-Commodore 64/Amiga-looking elements.
I’m attaching a few of my favorites below with video and a link for further details and download. Demos and intros should really be experienced in real-time. These video clips can only reflect a tiny fraction of the whole experience. A complete list of the Breakpoint 2008 entries can be found here.
Masagin by Farbrausch & Neuro [download/details]
Metamorphosis by ASD [download/details]
theBeauty by einklang.net [download/details]
Challenger Deep by Traction and Brainstorm [download/details]
64k: Invoke by Still and Conspiracy [download/details]
4k: Atrium by TBC and Loonies [download/details]
[Four kilobytes? How is that possible?]
4k: h4vok by Archee [download/details]
[Again: 4 kilobytes? I'm just speechless...]
