Andromeda Software Development (abbreviated ASD) is a

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demogroup Demogroups are teams of demosceners, who make computer based audio-visual works of art known as demos. Demogroups form a subculture collectively known as the demoscene. Groups frequently consist of students, young computer enthusiasts who spend ...

that was formed in 1992. They produced a number of small intros and demos in the mid-1990s for the PC, most notably CounterFactual (winner of the first Greek demo party ever, The Gardening 1995) and ''Beyond'' (Placed 4th in The Gardening 1996). ASD was quiet for the following years until 2001, when they presented '' Cadence & Cascade'' - their first accelerated demo - and won the Digital Nexus demoparty, held in

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, Greece. From 2002 onwards, ASD started participating in major demoscene competitions, eventually winning the

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2005 demo competition with ''

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''. ASD is not associated with the Norwegian demo group Andromeda, however, ASD collaborated with Archmage of Andromeda for the production of their 2007 Assembly demo competition winne
Lifeforce

Style

In the accelerated era, ASD established themselves as a demogroup with an extremely distinctive style. Visually, their demos featured dynamic coherent flows of abstract visual elements subtly blending into each other in various unexpected ways, often to the point where the viewer wouldn't be able to distinguish the start- and endpoints of an effect. This led to many debates considering the demos, some viewers praise this type of design, while others consider this an unnecessary amalgam of otherwise unrelated visual effects. The two musicians of the group (aMUSiC and Leviathan, from Dreamchild) venture into the territory of

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, akin to commercial bands such as

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. Their songs often feature live instruments, variating tempo and

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s, constantly changing musical textures and a showcase of remarkable proficiency by the two composers.

Members

Active members

* Navis ( Kostas Pataridis) - code * Amoivikos ( Nikos Batalas) - 2D graphics * iM ( Stathis Sideris) - 2D graphics * Ch3 ( George Cherouvim) - 3D graphics * aMUSiC ( Sotiris Varotsis) - music * Leviathan ( Fotis Panetsos) - music

Former / Inactive / Guest members

* Incus - Code * Nina - Code and PR * Odette - Modelling * Matilda - Vocals * Liska - Vocals and Modelling * Roscoe - Vocals * Ars Nova - 2D Graphics * Pindaros - Music

Releases

MS-DOS era

* Demo5 - (1992) * Cosmos BBS demos series 1-7 - A series of demos released between 1993 and 1995 * Vertex megademo - (1993) * Digital dreams - (1993) * Counter Factual - Finished 1st at The Gardening 1995 * Beyond - Finished 4th at The Gardening 1996

Windows era

Cadence and Cascade
- Finished 1st at Digital Nexus 2001
Edge of Forever
- Finished 1st at ReAct 2002 * Blue Wire - Finished 2nd at ReAct 2002
Dreamchild
- Finished 4th at

2003
EON
- Finished 2nd at ReAct 2004
Planet Risk
- Finished 2nd at Assembly 2004
PixelShow Invitation
- (2005)
Ambience for the masses
- Finished 5th at The Gathering 2005
Aphorism for the masses
- Finished 13th at

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2005
Antidote for the masses
- Finished 1st at PixelShow 2005
Iconoclast
- Finished 1st at Assembly 2005
PixelShow 2 Invitation
- (2006)
Animal Attraction
- Finished 1st at The Gathering 2006
Captive : the game
- Finished 2nd at The Gathering 2006 gamedev compo
Captive
- Finished 3rd at Breakpoint 2006
The Evolution of Vision
- Finished 1st at Sundown 2006
Lithography
- Finished 2nd at the

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demo trailer compo 2006
Beyond the walls of Eryx
- Finished 3rd at the second Intel demo competition 2007
LifeForce
- Finished 1st at

2007
Zine #13 Headlines
- (2008)
Metamorphosis
- Finished 2nd at Breakpoint 2008
Realtime Generation
(made with Fairlight and Alcatraz) - Finished 3rd at Outline 2008
Size Antimatters
- Finished 1st at Euskal encounter 2008
Midnight Run
- Finished 3rd at NVScene 2008
Rupture
- Finished 1st at The Gathering 2009
Chameleon
- Finished 1st at Evoke 2009
The wind under my wings
- Finished 1st at Euskal encounter 2010
Happiness is around the bend
- Finished 1st at

2010
Anoxia Redux
- Finished 7th at Main demo party 2010
Electric Bullet
- Finished 1st at TRSAC 2010
The Butterfly Effect
- Finished 1st at Euskal encounter 2011
Spin
- Finished 1st at

2011
MitoChondrio
- Finished 1st at Euskal encounter 2012
Violent Nature
- Finished 1st at Euskal encounter 2013
Mrs Escher's nightmare
- Finished 1st at Euskal encounter 2014
Monolith
- Finished 1st at

2015
Esocentrica
- Finished 1st at Demobit 2017
Dark Demon
- Finished 2nd at Demobit 2018
For Your Love
- Finished 2nd at Assembly Summer 2018
Hetoxoteh
- Finished 3rd at Demobit 2019
The Legend of Sysiphus
- Finished 1st at Assembly Summer 2023

Awards

* Scene.org Awards 2003 - Best Soundtrack nomination (

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) * Scene.org Awards 2003 - Public's Choice nomination (Dreamchild) * Scene.org Awards 2004 - Best Demo award ( Planet Risk) * Scene.org Awards 2004 - Best Soundtrack nomination ( Planet Risk) * Scene.org Awards 2004 - Best Effects nomination (Planet Risk) * Scene.org Awards 2004 - Public's Choice award (Planet Risk) * Scene.org Awards 2005 - Best Demo nomination (

) * Scene.org Awards 2005 - Best Effects nomination (Iconoclast) * Scene.org Awards 2005 - Best Soundtrack nomination (Iconoclast) * Scene.org Awards 2005 - Best Direction nomination (Iconoclast) * Scene.org Awards 2005 - Public's Choice award (Iconoclast) * Scene.org Awards 2006 - Best Soundtrack nomination (

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) * Scene.org Awards 2006 - Best Effects award ( The Evolution of Vision) * Scene.org Awards 2006 - Most Original Concept nomination (The Evolution of Vision) * Scene.org Awards 2006 - Most Original Concept nomination (

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) * Scene.org Awards 2006 - Public's Choice nomination (Animal Attraction) * Scene.org Awards 2007 - Best Demo award (Lifeforce) * Scene.org Awards 2007 - Best Effects award (Lifeforce) * Scene.org Awards 2007 - Public's Choice award (Lifeforce) * Scene.org Awards 2007 - Best Direction nomination (Lifeforce) * Scene.org Awards 2007 - Best Direction nomination (Beyond the walls of Eryx) * Scene.org Awards 2007 - Most original concept nomination (Beyond the walls of Eryx) * Scene.org Awards 2007 - Best graphics nomination (Lifeforce) * Scene.org Awards 2007 - Best Soundtrack nomination (Lifeforce) * Scene.org Awards 2008 - Best Soundtrack award (Midnight Run) * Scene.org Awards 2008 - Best Direction nomination (Midnight Run) * Scene.org Awards 2008 - Most Original Concept nomination (Metamorphosis) * Scene.org Awards 2008 - Best Demo nomination (Metamorphosis) * Scene.org Awards 2008 - Best Effects nomination (Size Antimatters) * Scene.org Awards 2008 - Best Graphics nomination (Size Antimatters) * Scene.org Awards 2008 - Best Effects nomination (Realtime Generation) * Scene.org Awards 2009 - Public's Choice award (Rupture) * Scene.org Awards 2009 - Best Demo award (Rupture) * Scene.org Awards 2009 - Best Direction award (Rupture) * Scene.org Awards 2009 - Best Direction nomination (Chameleon) * Scene.org Awards 2009 - Best Effects nomination (Rupture) * Scene.org Awards 2009 - Best Graphics nomination (Rupture) * Scene.org Awards 2009 - Best Soundtrack nomination (Rupture) * Scene.org Awards 2009 - Best Soundtrack nomination (Chameleon) * Scene.org Awards 2010 - Best Demo nomination (Happiness is Around the Bend) * Scene.org Awards 2010 - Best Effects nomination (Happiness is Around the Bend) * Scene.org Awards 2010 - Best Graphics nomination (Happiness is Around the Bend) * Scene.org Awards 2010 - Best Direction nomination (Happiness is Around the Bend) * Scene.org Awards 2010 - Public's Choice nomination (Happiness is Around the Bend) * Scene.org Awards 2012 - Public's Choice nomination (The butterfly effect) * Scene.org Awards 2012 - Best Direction nomination (The butterfly effect) * Scene.org Awards 2012 - Best Direction nomination (Spin) * Scene.org Awards 2012 - Public's choice nomination (Spin) * Scene.org Awards 2012 - Best Effects nomination (Spin) * Scene.org Awards 2012 - Best Soundtrack nomination (Spin) * Scene.org Awards 2012 - Best Direction nomination (Spin) * The Meteoriks 2015 - Best High-End Demo nomination (Mrs Escher's nightmare) * The Meteoriks 2016 - Best Soundtrack nomination (Monolith) * The Meteoriks 2016 - Best High-End Demo nomination(Monolith) * The Meteoriks 2016 - Public Choice nomination(Monolith) * The Meteoriks 2018 - Best Visuals nomination(Esocentrica) * The Meteoriks 2019 - Best High-End Demo nomination(For your Love) * The Meteoriks 2019 - Best High-End Demo nomination(For your Love) * FMX 2006 - Best Realtime Demo nomination (Iconoclast) * Bitfilm Festival 2008 - Winner in realtime category (Lifeforce) * Animatu 2009 - Winner in Demoscene competition *

2003 - 4th place
Dreamchild
*

2004 - 2nd place
Planet Risk
*

2005 - Winner
Iconoclast
*

2007 - Winner
Lifeforce
*

2010 - Winner
Happiness is Around the Bend
*

2011 - Winner
Spin
*

2015 - Winner
Monolith
*

2018 - 2nd place
For your Love

External links

ASD home page

ASD page at Pouet.net
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