/-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=\ |_.,-=~'`D R E A M C Y C L E`'~=-,._| \-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=/ !VERTIGO Prod. 1996! (: Finished 6th at NAID96 :) ...................................... This is VERTIGOs First contribution to the demoscene, and we have tried to create something different from the norm. DreamCycle tries to combine design and a purpose, instead of the latest trend in demos. In fact, we decided to include 0 3d, and as we had guessed, ours was the only one without 3d :). This does not mean we Don't like 3D, far from it! We just wanted to part from the latest trend of "Show a 3d Object on screen, and put a banner up that it is XXXXXXX Polys". Anyways, our next demo is planned to have an advanced 3D engine, but will be very different from the normal Demo Structure. Rest assured of that :). Like we said, we just wanted to remind the scene that Demos are an artwork, and can be expressed any way desired. Also, we have implemented a new idea into our demo, called an AutoRip, and external data files command. Half because most of the pictures where done in a hurry or where donated by kind individuals, and it is always cool to be able to improvise! Enjoy, Email us what you think! ......................................... - Story Behind the demo? (Related to you from Vector) I heard about NAID 96 about a month before it was slated to start, and VERTIGO a lone coder with a cool musician at the time. So off I was to hopefully create an innovative demo with 1 coder and one month compared to many others with 8-30 people and 6 months notice. Anyways, I was off for a month adventure filled with Bacon crackers and missing the Sympsons, to get this thing to the judges 3 minutes before the deadline :). Anyways, we decided to make a totally original demo, and what could be more original than not using 3D, and having a storyline kinda. I got a little help along the way, lightman came in a little before the compo, and helped create the Psychadelic effect, and the font for this demo. Plus moral support and stuff :). Finnally, about a week before the demo was due for release, my SoundCard "Spontaniously Combusted" on me. So I had to hope that the demo was still synched to the music kinda :) (Thanks much to Kain, for lending me his lifesaving Gravis at the Party). Anyways, It was off to listening to the same CD over and over, until it struck me that the words to one of the songs went great with the demo, so we chose "Dream On" by the beloved (CD recommended :). And it was in :). And well, working I was, till 30 minutes b4 the party, when I realized there was a big Bug in the program, and ended up handing it in 3 minutes before, fixed up and ready to go. Ran great in its final Version :). ......................................... - What is this Autorip Command? Try it :) ......................................... - What is this "Use your own Datafiles" comand? Use the files that where ripped, edit em to your desire, and use them in the same dir as the demo with this command! :) Have FUN! And if people really like this idea, Ill make a list containing whate every pic is involved in :)! ........................................ - The Demo Locks up On me, But Only Sometimes!!! Yup! Me too! I dont get it! How can It only lock up SOMETImes, but not always? One of those Watcom Pragma Mysteries Perhaps... If I ever figure it out, Ill upload a patch file or something :) Anyways, Bare booting with NOthing, or different boots usually solves the problem. :) ..................................... BTW: This demo is pentium Optimized... don't tell us we didn't warn you :). ....................................... Ciao! Reach Vector and Lightman on all #coders, but mostly Undernet. And Email us! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- VERTIGO FAQ (Future AQ :) Version 0.1 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- What is VERTIGO? VERTIGO: An overall feeling of nausea and dizzyness; a cool movie by Alfred Hitchcock; And of course, Us!. Not so literal now! VERTIGO: Is a group originally started in Guatemala by Vector and Crow (Formerly Billy Boy and Hodges Reversely Respectively although unless you lived inside our heads, you wouldn't know.... Neva mind :) We had always loved making games, and in fact VECTOR tought himself at the age of 5 to read just to be able to code em :). Crow has always been Into Music, and also dables in Code at times :). Until of course, we saw our first demo called UNREAL :) God bless its soul... we have been hooked ever since to the DemoScene as well as the game Lightman is in Spain, and joined VERTIGO about 3 weeks before NAID 96, and is quite a kewl coder. He helped Support us with some ideas, and of course, the frase "Of course No one will notice the V flickering around the screen" Even though it sucked, and we took care of it, it was cool support anyways. In the demo, he came up with the Idea for the Psychich Flashback effect in the DreamCycle demo, and drew the font for us :). ....................................... Who is in VERTIGO now? Vector: Vertigos Main Coder. (cowanb@limestone.kosone.com) Crow: Vertigos Musician. (Revue@guate.net) Lightman: Recently joined Vertigo, as a coder and stuph :) (gyorem@encomix.es) ....................................... Does VERTIGO have a Web Page? Soon my children, soon.... Stay tuned for the Upcoming PCDCE (He he... REALLY!) to be announced :). ........................................ What has VERTIGO Released up to now? Dream_Cycle: a demo Released for the NAID 96 democompo, tries to be different by having a storyline kinda, and different design from the norm. Finished 6th Place. Dreaming A wicked 4k intro, released at the in Blue: NAID 96 4k intro compo. It has many Effects, and is only 2.8k uncompressed! Finished 1st place. ...................................... Any final Werds? Yah, NAID 96 rocked! I really hope someone puts up a NAID 97, or another American Demoparty, and my Extreme Grats to the NAID 96 demoparty :). Also, stay tuned to many future VERTIGO releases, including Music Disks, and of course CODE! Vector is also currently Making PCDCE (He he, yup, "PC Demo Coders Encyclopedia", But he needs help. Email him for more Nfo! Werd or whatever :).