ASD’s “Metamorphosis” was one of those demos that made us all “think” for a while. Very deep and meaningful, and also very fresh from the design point of view. “More of this please” is definitely something that I was thinking while watching that demo over and over again. Well, I guess somebody heard that, because now we can enjoy some more of that… or perhaps I should say “even better than that”. =) Yesterday I woke up pretty early in the morning to check out ASD’s new demo “Midnight Run”, which happens a sequel to “Metamorphosis”. It’s very interesting that the demo didn’t only bring me back the “Metamorphosis” feeling, but I also experienced a bit of “Lifeforce” feeling too. The visuals of this demo are extremely beautiful, and the music is simply ingenious. As expected there’s a ton of depth of meaning, enough to again keep us all thinking for the days to come. You can download the demo and read the related comments here.
As you may have already noticed through my twine feed, the IDC 2008 final competing teams have been selected, and the application demos are now available to watch through the IDC website. Similar to previous years: 5 teams, 5 fantastic demos, and 1 heck of a dilemma when it comes to voting, which you can do as of the end of June. =) The competing teams this year are Cocoon, Fairlight & TBL, MFX, Inque and Still. As for how I feel about the demos, well, I really can’t tell yet. I’ve watched each demo 3 times so far but I still have quite a few more rounds to go. But so far, I can say this, Still always has a way of making me glad I watched the demo [hence the pic!], and to top that, they brought in the duckie again! =D I have to add that the demos are not available for downloading as of yet, but I will let you know as soon as they are. So for now, go watch some demos and enjoy!
P.S.: Does the “fat guy” in Cocoon’s demo remind any of you of “Baron Vladimir Harkonnen” of Frank Herbert’s “Dune”? Cause that’s who he reminds me of somehow! =)
UPDATE: Well, I think Optimus’ comment just confirmed my suspicion. The application demos are almost all parts of previously released demos, except for some reason [I could be very well wrong about this] the Fairlight & TBL demo seems newish! So lets just wait and see if there will be other demos popping up.
This video amazed and impressed the heavens out of me. In a way it’s sort of like a wild demo. The animation has been created out of paintings on public walls. Do check it out. =)
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