Moppi Productions was a Finnish-based

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 ...

founded in 1996. It is mainly known for their story-based demos and the demo authoring tool Demopaja. The demo ''ix'', released in 2003, won a total of three awards in the Scene.org Awards gala. Moppi is usually referred to as the " numedia" demogroup; their demos generally rely on a combination of design and effects, accented by a multitude of design element overlays. Their music is most often some sort of

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akin to Massive Attack or Morcheeba. They became well known on the demoscene for their streak of second places in demoparty compos: starting in 1998 they have released demos consistently placed second in their respective competitions. In "ix" the group,

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, adapted the catchphrase "We're #2 so why try harder?" - the demo, ironically, also placed second. Their Assembly demo titles also incremented through the alphabet starting with ''Further'' in 2000 through ''Jalousie'' (a demo that was presented at the party, but crashed during the presentation and the binaries were never released) in 2004. While Moppi did not release a demo in 2005, Sumo Lounge presented an animation, entitled ''The Week'', as his final project at the

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Institute of Design. It carries the style of Moppi releases.{{fact, date=September 2014

Members

* Mikko "memon" Mononen * Jukka "sumo lounge" Koops * Henrik "gstep" Rydberg * Riikka Kurki * Sami "ceesam" Kalliokoski

Notable releases

* "Kolme Pientä Pukkia (Three Little Goats)" (4th at The Party 1997) * "Hannu & Kerttu 2000" (2nd at

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1998) * "Further" (not shown at Assembly 2000) * "FFWD" (2nd at Lobotomia 2000) * "Gerbera" (2nd at Assembly 2001) * "Halla" (2nd at Assembly 2002) * "ix" (2nd at Assembly 2003) * "Assembly 2004 Invitation" (2nd at Breakpoint 2004)

External links

The official website of Moppi Productions

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on Pouët 1996 establishments in Finland Demogroups Finnish artist groups and collectives