Company
Date Published
Author
Vicent Martí
Word count
325
Language
English
Hacker News points
None

Summary

Fabian "ryg" Giesen, a coder from the renowned demoscene group farbrausch, has open-sourced a GitHub repository that includes the group's work from 2001 to 2011, featuring a wide range of tools and productions integral to the demoscene community. The repository contains hundreds of C++, C, and assembly files, showcasing tools such as the kkrunchy x86 executable compressor and the werkkzeug3 engine, known for its revolutionary procedural content generation that powered many of farbrausch's successful projects. Notable productions include .kkrieger, a first-person shooter with advanced graphics in only 96kb, and the award-winning demo fr-041: debris. Despite the historical significance of these resources, much of the code is outdated, although there is an effort underway to update it for Visual Studio 2010. Giesen's series of blog posts also provide valuable insights and guidance for navigating the repository.