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The Green Herring<p>It's not easy to fit a pleasant vista into precisely 256 text characters, but I did it for "A Pleasant Vista", my entry into the jam-packed Text Graphics Competition at <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://graphics.social/@lovebyteparty" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>lovebyteparty</span></a></span> 2025!</p><p><a href="https://chitter.xyz/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Art</span></a> <a href="https://chitter.xyz/tags/Lovebyte2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lovebyte2025</span></a> <a href="https://chitter.xyz/tags/Demoparty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Demoparty</span></a> <a href="https://chitter.xyz/tags/Demoscene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Demoscene</span></a> <a href="https://chitter.xyz/tags/TextmodeArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TextmodeArt</span></a> <a href="https://chitter.xyz/tags/ANSIArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ANSIArt</span></a> <a href="https://chitter.xyz/tags/Textmode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Textmode</span></a> <a href="https://chitter.xyz/tags/ANSI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ANSI</span></a> <a href="https://chitter.xyz/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoArt</span></a> <a href="https://chitter.xyz/tags/FediArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FediArt</span></a> <a href="https://chitter.xyz/tags/PixelArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PixelArt</span></a></p>
grz0zrg<p>"Archimedean Echoes" 256 bytes for RISC PC+ / <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/riscos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>riscos</span></a> 3MB+ for <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/lovebyte2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lovebyte2025</span></a> </p><p>Multilayered "Appolonian Net" with horizontal parallax scrolling, patterns are produced with the HAKMEM 149 algorithm. (All integers)</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/arm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>arm</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/demoscene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>demoscene</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/riscpc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>riscpc</span></a></p><p>Write-up (with sources): <a href="https://www.onirom.fr/wiki/codegolf/archimedean_echoes/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">onirom.fr/wiki/codegolf/archim</span><span class="invisible">edean_echoes/</span></a></p>
grz0zrg<p>"Bloom 612" a 256 bytes <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Dreamcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dreamcast</span></a> procedural graphics shown at <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/lovebyte2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lovebyte2025</span></a></p><p>3x additive HAKMEM 149 algorithm (all integers) progressively scaled up which render a blooming 🌺</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/sh4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sh4</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/demoscene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>demoscene</span></a></p><p>Write-up: <a href="https://www.onirom.fr/wiki/codegolf/bloom_612/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">onirom.fr/wiki/codegolf/bloom_</span><span class="invisible">612/</span></a></p><p>Video: <a href="https://youtu.be/YmsTdToc2Tc?feature=shared" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/YmsTdToc2Tc?feature=s</span><span class="invisible">hared</span></a></p>
grz0zrg<p>"Dreamelt" 128 bytes <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Dreamcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dreamcast</span></a> intro shown at <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/lovebyte2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lovebyte2025</span></a></p><p>This uses the HAKMEM 149 algorithm, it draws with a fixed color and has a screen clearing pass that decreases the framebuffer values continually which result in colors cycling along frames.</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/sh4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sh4</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/demoscene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>demoscene</span></a> </p><p>Dreamelt write-up (with sources): <a href="https://www.onirom.fr/wiki/codegolf/dreamelt/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">onirom.fr/wiki/codegolf/dreame</span><span class="invisible">lt/</span></a></p><p>Also released a 64 bytes <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/acornarchimedes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>acornarchimedes</span></a> intro with the same algorithm although it doesn't have the screen clearing pass : <a href="https://www.onirom.fr/wiki/codegolf/archismall/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">onirom.fr/wiki/codegolf/archis</span><span class="invisible">mall/</span></a></p>
grz0zrg<p>"The Cube is A Lie" 256 bytes intro (including 32b program header) for 1985 <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/AtariST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AtariST</span></a> shown at <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/lovebyte2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lovebyte2025</span></a></p><p>Demonstration of an iterative way to plot a rotating wireframe cube showing two faces at most without initial data by exploiting the square &lt;&gt; hexagon transition of the HAKMEM 149 algorithm.</p><p>Refined version of the one in previous toot.</p><p>Full write-up: <a href="https://www.onirom.fr/wiki/codegolf/tcal/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">onirom.fr/wiki/codegolf/tcal/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/demoscene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>demoscene</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/cube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cube</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Motorola68000" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Motorola68000</span></a></p>
grz0zrg<p>Eadem Mutata Resurgo - 128 bytes procedural gfx intro for <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/riscos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>riscos</span></a> / <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/acornarchimedes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>acornarchimedes</span></a> shown at <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/lovebyte2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lovebyte2025</span></a></p><p>Mode 13 256 colors on 8 MHz ARM.</p><p>96 bytes of algorithm code (24 instructions), rest is for setup.</p><p>Full write-up (with code): <a href="https://www.onirom.fr/wiki/codegolf/eadem_mutata_resurgo/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">onirom.fr/wiki/codegolf/eadem_</span><span class="invisible">mutata_resurgo/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/arm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>arm</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/demoscene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>demoscene</span></a></p>
Lex Bailey<p><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/LoveByte2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LoveByte2025</span></a> was great! Lots of great entries. I had a couple entries and decided to make an explainer video. It should hopefully make sense even if you're not familiar with the demo scene: <a href="https://youtu.be/ZQZt4MO2eD4" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/ZQZt4MO2eD4</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Lovebyte Demoparty<p>Only two weeks left until Lovebyte!</p><p><a href="https://graphics.social/tags/demoparty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>demoparty</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/lovebyte" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lovebyte</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/lovebyte2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lovebyte2025</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/sizecoding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sizecoding</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/tic80" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tic80</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/pico8" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pico8</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/bytejam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bytejam</span></a></p>
Lex Bailey<p>I ... have an entry ready for <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://graphics.social/@lovebyteparty" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>lovebyteparty</span></a></span> already!? I'm ... on top of things!? HOW!?</p><p>Working on finishing my second one now...<br><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/lovebyte2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lovebyte2025</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/ItsOnlyForThe32ByteIntroDontWorry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ItsOnlyForThe32ByteIntroDontWorry</span></a></p>