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Farbrausch & Neuro - Masagin (HD Stereo)

Masagin is a realtime demoscene production by Farbrausch and Neuro with music by paniq, using animated recursive SVG graphics made in Inkscape. It is a psychedelic, nested-dials audiovisual piece.

Why HN readers recommended it

HN recommends it as a showcase of what the demoscene can do, with high-res antialiased vector graphics and motion blur.

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

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel
Leonard Ritter
Topic
demoscene
Format
music
Level
general
HN recommenders in dataset
3
HN mentions in dataset
4
Recommendation years in dataset
2010–2023

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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  • Farbrausch's "debris." shows just how much you can pack into 200k (including the audio, btw). [LINK] For the webby crowd: "Masagin" features animated, recursive SVGs with antialiasing and motion blur at high rez and high frame rate. [VIDEO] Or, you could download both demos from …

    corysama on Hacker News · 2010-05
    In The Demoscene -- an Overview
  • The one for NVScene 2008 kicked ass. It's about as close as you can get to color intoxication (which is the rough translation of "farbrausch"). [VIDEO]

    theandrewbailey on Hacker News · 2014-07
    In Interview with Demoscener “kb” of Farbrausch
  • Leonard Ritter is a very talented guy. Looking forward to NOWHERE. He's known as paniq in the demoscene and did the music, 2d engine and graphics for the awesome Masagin: [VIDEO]

    hansjorg on Hacker News · 2015-01
    In Conspire: A Programming Environment for NOWHERE

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