Chaos Theory is a computer demo by

Conspiracy A conspiracy, also known as a plot, is a secret plan or agreement between persons (called conspirers or conspirators) for an unlawful or harmful purpose, such as murder or treason, especially with political motivation, while keeping their agree ...

released in August 2006 at

Assembly Assembly may refer to: Organisations and meetings * Deliberative assembly, a gathering of members who use parliamentary procedure for making decisions * General assembly, an official meeting of the members of an organization or of their representa ...

. It has been realised by Gergely Szelei, Barna Buza and Zoltán Szabó.

Technical description

Chaos Theory is a

64K intro A 64K intro is a Demo (computer programming), demo where the size of the executable file is limited to 64 kibibytes, or 65,536 bytes. At demo parties, there is a category for this kind of demo, where the one that gives the best impression wins. ...

demo. It uses kkrunchy from

farbrausch Farbrausch, or Farb-rausch, is a German group of demogroup, demomakers who became well known in the demoscene in December 2000 with a 64k intro called "fr-08: .the .product". The demo achieved its small size through the use of procedural textures, a ...

as packer.

Synopsis

The demo opens with three circles and a black screen. On a green foliage pattern screen the words "Conspiracy", "Assembly 2006" appear, before showing a space opera scene with "a world not of my making yet a world of my design, so strange and so familiar" text. After a quiet moment, the rhythm of the music and the speed of the graphisms accelerates, to represent chaos. A device with imbricated rings moving up and down appears briefly. Then, the demo decreases again to a more quiet pace, prints geometry patterns before a second acceleration and a repeat of the previous patterns and elements, slightly different.

Awards

The demo has been very well received by the critics. It was ranked second place at the Assembly 2006. Since, it has received several awards, like an honorary mention in the

Prix Ars Electronica The Prix Ars Electronica is one of the best known and longest running yearly prizes in the field of electronic and interactive art, computer animation, digital culture and music. It has been awarded since 1987 by Ars Electronica (Linz, Austria) ...

's Computer Animation / Film / VFX category in 2007. At Scene.org Awards, it won the best

prize, and was also nominated in the "Best Direction" and "Public Choice" categories. It was also presented at

SIGGRAPH SIGGRAPH (Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques) is an annual conference on computer graphics (CG) organized by the ACM SIGGRAPH, starting in 1974. The main conference is held in North America; SIGGRAPH Asia ...

in 2007.{{cite web, title=SIGGRAPH 2007 {{! For Attendees {{! Computer Animation Festival {{! Animation Theaters, url=http://www.siggraph.org/s2007/attendees/caf/at.html, website=www.siggraph.org, accessdate=12 February 2017

References

External links

Official site

Chaos Theory
on Pouët Demos 2006 works