THE VIDEO SHELF · demoscene
elevated by Rgba & TBC | 4k intro (FullHD 1080p demoscene demo)
Elevated by Rgba and TBC, the winner of the 4k intro compo at Breakpoint 2009. It is a realtime procedurally generated 3D flythrough with music, all in a 4096-byte executable.
Why HN readers recommended it
Held up as the landmark demoscene production and a counterpoint to software bloat.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Demoscene High-Quality Videos (Annikras)
- Topic
- demoscene
- Format
- demo
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 7
- HN mentions in dataset
- 15
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2013–2025
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
Excerpts from the recorded comments. Follow each source for the full comment and surrounding discussion.
Those who don't see anything unusual or wasteful about an 8KB+ executable whose only action is to exit and return a value are recommended to watch this demo generated in realtime by a 4KB executable: [VIDEO] There's more here: [LINK] The demoscene is basically the …
userbinator on Hacker News · 2015-04
In Code Inflation [pdf]Release info: [LINK] Binary: [LINK] Video: [VIDEO] Everything you see and hear is procedurally generated by the 4096 byte executable, in real time. It still blows my mind 7 years after release...
jsheard on Hacker News · 2016-06
In Source code for 4kb demoscene production “Elevated” releasedObligatory link to Elevated - a 4 kilobytes animated 3D demo with music by rgba (authors of PDF in the OP) & TBC: [VIDEO] For me, achieving something like this in 4k is just mindblowing.
M4v3R on Hacker News · 2016-11
In Making graphics in 4 kilobytes (2008) [pdf]
Summaries, classifications and recommendation records are from the HackerTube source dataset. Read about this library and its limitations.
