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cöncept by Ümlaüt Design [web]

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   │▓  │                   Ü M L A Ü T   D E S I G N                    │  ▓│
   │░  │                                                                │  ░│
   │   │                      is proud to present                       │   │
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   │   │                           "cöncept"                            │   │
   │   │                                                                │   │
   │   │             at the mighty Function 2021 demoparty              │   │
   │  ░│               (2021.09.10-12, Budapest, Hungary)               │░  │
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   │▓  │  MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:                                         │  ▓│
   │░  │                                                                │  ░│
   │   │  - Some sort of DOS variation (works fine in FreeDOS)          │   │
   │░  │  - Pentium II with MMX support (or AMD equivalent)             │  ░│
   │   │  - 64MB RAM (might work with 32)                               │   │
   │  ░│  - Gravis Ultrasound with at least 512KB of RAM                │░  │
   │░ ▓│  - VESA Truecolor-capable graphics card (no LFB needed)        │▓ ░│
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   │▓  │  CREDITS:                                                      │  ▓│
   │░  │                                                                │  ░│
   │   │    Code, graphics and music by Gargaj                          │   │
   │░  │    Additional graphics by a kind soul, who then went off to    │  ░│
   │   │      offer aid in the valiant fight against the Dissonance.    │   │
   │   │                                                                │   │
   │  ░│    Uses stb_image by Sean Barrett.                             │░  │
   │░ ▓│    Additional textures by the Pixologic Matcap library.        │▓ ░│
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   │▓  │  I guess this needs a bit of explanation, doesn't it.          │  ▓│
   │░  │                                                                │  ░│
   │   │  Okay, so there's a couple of things at play here, but         │   │
   │░  │  it essentially boils down to the fact that this has           │  ░│
   │   │  been a missing piece from my scene history / career, and      │   │
   │   │  over the years it occupied part of my mind, where it kept     │   │
   │   │  a quiet but noticable presence, occasionally reminding me     │   │
   │   │  that my favorite demos are all on DOS and I never made a      │   │
   │   │  (proper) DOS demo, that I never learned how to program a      │   │
   │   │  GUS, that I never figured VESA or protected mode out,         │   │
   │   │  that there was still a separating line between what I         │   │
   │   │  wanted to be as a demoscener back then, and what the people   │   │
   │   │  I looked up to were. That sure, I had become successful,      │   │
   │   │  but I was still somehow Less Than.                            │   │
   │   │                                                                │   │
   │   │  Maybe that feeling still won't go away. But now I feel like   │   │
   │   │  I have gained an understanding of what the people writing     │   │
   │   │  those demos have gone through.                                │   │
   │   │                                                                │   │
   │   │  Maybe it was just something I needed to mature into.          │   │
   │   │  Back then it all seemed so complex, the low-level code,       │   │
   │   │  the busy visual design, the intricate music... In the era     │   │
   │   │  of multiple render targets and Reaktor, it almost seems       │   │
   │   │  quaint now. But at the time, it was The Unattainable.         │   │
   │   │  That's not to say I didn't try - naturally attempts were      │   │
   │   │  made and failed spectacularly (even the title "cöncept"       │   │
   │   │  is from that period!), but that's the lesson here, if         │   │
   │   │  there is one: Failure isn't always final.                     │   │
   │   │                                                                │   │
   │   │  Sometimes, the coming-of-age movie cliche is true:            │   │
   │   │  "You're just not ready yet."                                  │   │
   │   │                                                                │   │
   │   │  Sometimes it takes 20 years.                                  │   │
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   │  ░│  Peace,                                                        │░  │
   │░ ▓│  Garg                                                          │▓ ░│
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