MakeCode Arcade demoscene?

[Brohann]

@Vegz78

With all the great stuff/snippets around on the forum, aren’t you gues really pretty close to compiling a demo soon and making a first competition entry for MakeCode in a demo party?

yea, we pretty much have everything that we need, makecode is not very limited…
when is the next demo compo?

[Vegz78]

A pretty extensive list of upcoming demoparties around the world:

Upcoming parties – demoparty.net

[Vegz78]

…and wavetable synthesis!:

Custom audio clips, possibly using queuePlayInstructions

@chembot anything less than 1ms is going to be running up against limitations of the browser itself. iirc that’s the range where browsers start messing with things to avoid fingerprinting via high precision timestamps. I know firefox limits precision to 2ms that being said, i’ve been playing around with adding some new experimental audio features that might help you out with this; specifically, wavetable synthesis which could probably be expanded to playing PCM buffers. below is a demo link, b…

[Vegz78]

…and textured polygons!!!:

Brohann's 3D devlog

HUGE BREAKTHROUGH TODAY TEXTURED POLYGONS!!! its actually very simple and uses @Nome_muito_criativo’s Sega Saturn “3D” sprite distorsion There’s still tons of optimizations to be made, so keep your eyes peeled for more updates

What an awe-inspiring week on the forum!

[Vegz78]

Why not? This effect can also be put to use:
https://forum.makecode.com/t/3-brave-cats-64-epic-3d-game-hd-with-mario-64-like-graphics/27761

[Jedi]

man im so exited
HYPE

[Vegz78]

A nice scrolling effect!:

I little visualization/sound i dood

enjoy

[randomuser]

Truly!

[Vegz78]

Nice logo and glitch effect!:

[Announcement] MakeCode Arcade Mini Game Jam #10 - Illusion Jam

Hey, would you look at that, I submit a game at last. Just want to point out this is a demo of the game and I was unfortunately not able to finish the game because I had to leave for a trip due to a competition. V I S I O N What you see might not be what really lies beneath. Press B to see the truth. I might finish the game and add functionality sooner or later. For now you’re stuck with one level and an idea. Sorry about that .

[Vegz78]

In addition to the aforementioned recent breakthroughs for sound, there are definitely developments in and actors doing great work with music on the forum, too:

https://forum.makecode.com/t/at-the-speed-of-light/28169

https://forum.makecode.com/t/free-music/24638

https://forum.makecode.com/t/music/20722

https://forum.makecode.com/t/sound-effect-demo-no-extensions/5833

Probably much and many more. Maybe some of them would like to contribute?

[ThatUruguayanGuy]

so did Sonic the Hedgehog 1 & 2 for the Sega Genesis/MegaDrive

[ThatUruguayanGuy]

Yo, I’m proud that I was part of the initial inspiration!

[Vegz78]

Your contributions on the sound front have not gone unoticed by many! -Thanks!

[Astronomicality22]

Just got idea. What if you imitated 3d? Kind of like what the Sega Saturn and 32X did, and render the graphics as pixelated triangles instead of making the real-time-rendering?

[Astronomicality22]

Pre-Rendered 3D N64 Logo:https://github.com/A-Random-Nerd21/rendertest

[Astronomicality22]

Pre-Rendered 3D can utilize things like SketchFab models and the wireframe, and then make a 3D model if you have the time and patience to draw all the polygons in the pixel art editor. That method could make a nice demo with some music, like, say, a 3D Demo to show off a game, and would be cool, to see on something like a meow:bit or adafruit.

[Vegz78]

New developments yet for great (demo) music production!:

[Extension] arcade-mml

Hey folks! I’ve gone ahead and made another extension! This one is super simple, it allows you to play songs written using MML. For more info on the syntax of MML, check out the README of this repo, where I’ve written up an explainer: MML was used back in the old days for authoring chiptunes on systems like the NES! Some videogames still use it today. Anyways, have fun!

[Jedi]

yeah, i saw this. AND YOU CAN SET DIFFERENT WAVEFORMS OTHER THAN THE DEFAULT INSTRUMENTS!

[Vegz78]

Just checking in to see how the MakeCode Arcade demoscene is evolving…

The technical level has reached new highs, with notable recent contributions like:

1. Legendary @Brohann’s MakeCode Portfolio (see demo section) and 3D devlog
2. @MrJones’ new and amazing 3D engine
3. @UnsignedArduino’s new standalone executable solution with packers soon enabling entry into the 20kB competitions
4. 60 fps version hopefully making the next major @MakeCode release(?), so that we can experiment with illusions of new colors

Anything else I have missed in my long absence?

The community more than ripe to making the first official MakeCode Arcade demoparty competition entry if the right people come together!

[Vegz78]

Forgot to mention @kwx’s repost of Space Rock Revenge…