Alpha & Omega

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By Pure Metal Coders
Type: Trackmo
Chipset: ocs
Released 29. June 1991
Party: 2nd in the demo competition at the Amega Party
Disks: 1
Code: Cocy & Vanguard
Graphics: Ramjet
Music: Peter
Text: Cocy
 

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ALPHA AND OMEGA, A PURE METAL CODERS RELEASE.   WRITTEN IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1991   FEATURING THE NEW RECVEC SYSTEM, FOR HIGH SPEED VECTOR ANIMATION AT HIGH COMPRESSION RATIOS.
FOR INSTACE THIS SEQUENCE HAS A COMPRESSION RATIO OF 260:1
BUT WE ALSO DO REALTIME LIGHTSOURCED VECTOR.
THE GHOST OF MESMERIZED
THE DODECAHEDRON AMUSED THE OLD GREEKS, AND IT'S STILL A PUZZLE TO CALCULATE THE 3D CORDINATES
OBJECT SPONSORED BY PENTAGON
THIS IS CNN REPORTING LIVE FROM A BOX
5 BITPLANES, WHO SAYS YOU CAN'T ?
A FAMILIAR OBJECT IN A DIFFERENT WAY
CLASSICAL GEOMETRIC OBJECTS IN HARMONY WITH COMPUTER AGE FRACTALS.  A FORCEFULL COMBINATION OF REALTIME VECTOR AND ANIMATION.
RIEMANN SPHERE COMPRESSED WITH ELEIDON
BUT THERE IS A REAL POSSIBILITY THAT THE SPHERE WOULD LOOK BETTER IF RENDERED WITH A RAY TRACER
SO WE DID IT !
THE ANIMATION IS RENDERED WITH A SPECIALLY MADE FRACTAL RAY TRACER
WE BELIEVE THIS IS THE LARGEST RAYTRACED ANIMATION FOUND IN A DEMO, BOTH IN RESPECT TO SCREEN SIZE AND NUMBER OF FRAMES
THE MAPPING ON THE SPHERES ARE THE ATTRACTIVE BASINS OF A FOURTH GRADE POLYNOMIAL SOLVED WITH NEWTONS METHOD
A VISUAL EXPERIMENT: MANDELBROT SET MAGNIFIED ON A RIEMANN SPHERE
ALSO COMPRESSED WITH ELEIDON
BUT NOW FOR A TRIP INTO DEEP SPACE
TRAVERSING THE DEEP STRUCTURES OF SPACE IS THE ESCORT OF ALEF-1 CLOSELY FOLLOWED BY THEIR MOTHER SHIP, THE IMPERIAL STAR CRUISER ALEF-1 THE MOST MAGNIFICENT OF MAN'S CREATION TO DATE. 5800 METERS LONG THE SHIP IS UNABLE TO ENTER ANY PLANETS GRAVITY FIELD, AND IS LEFT TO RELY TOTALLY ON IT'S OWN FLEET OF LESSER SPACE CRAFTS. THE PROPELLING SYSTEM IS ONE OF THE BEST KEPT SECRETS IN THE UNIVERSE. NOW FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME THE INTERIOR OF THE REACTOR VAULT WILL BE REVEALED HERE LIVE ON CNN.
HERE IS A CARDBOARD MAN 6 FOOT TALL
AND THIS IS HIS TWIN BROTHER
A CUSTOM MADE FRACTAL
THIS IS NOT A BLITTER-STRECHER OR ANYTHING SIMILAR, BUT A LOOPED ZOOMING SEQUENCE ON AN IFS RANDOM ITERATION FRACTAL.
THATS ALL FOLKS! STAY TUNED FOR FUTURE PMC PRODUCTIONS.

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coder in charge:
(coding, 3d objects, design)

assistant coder:
(math algorithms, 3d objects, design)

credits also to:
silmarillion for the eleidon grapichs
cruncher and realtime decruncher
ramjet for all graphics on this demo
peter for the music

if you are a good:
graphics artist
music artist
coder

then send me samples of your work
cocy/pmc
varatunveien 57 
4300 sandnes
norway

for contact with pure metal coders:
flush/pmc
gamle postvei 30
4300 sandnes
norway

lord helmet/pmc
bergelandsv. 12
4060 kleppe
norway

try our board: +47-6-833547  (piece of heaven)

and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started
and know the place for the first time.

-t.s. eliott