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Intrinsic Gravity by Still

Intrinsic Gravity is a real-time demoscene production by Still, made with the Tooll tool for Under Construction 2014. It is a black-and-white op-art animation with a soundtrack by hoffman.

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Why HN readers recommended it

HN people hold it up as a standout modern demo, praising its scene transitions and how it looks on 3D displays.

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel
TiXL
Topic
demoscene
Format
demo
Level
general
HN recommenders in dataset
3
HN mentions in dataset
5
Recommendation years in dataset
2019–2026

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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  • I've followed the demoscene for nearly three decades, and the demos get put out every year have always been hugely impressive. The old Amiga stuff like Technological Death was great but the more modern demos like Intrinsic Gravity by Still ( [VIDEO] ) are just …

    onion2k on Hacker News · 2019-11
    In Demoscene guidebook (2018)

  • That's amazing and I'm now wondering if it influenced the demoscene. In fact I'm specifically thinking of "Intrinsic Gravity" by Still, which has fairly similar concepts going on, especially at the end. It's also one of the best executable demos I've ever seen. [LINK] [VIDEO]

    pierrec on Hacker News · 2023-09
    In Sesame Street – Count to 12 [video]

  • I grew up in the era of the Amiga and got into computing in some part due to demoes like Technological Death and Unreal. Not sure if 10 years is too new to be considered 'retro', but "Intrinsic Gravity" by Still is my favourite demo …

    onion2k on Hacker News · 2026-03
    In The curious case of retro demo scene graphics

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