k i n d e r g a r d e n

4 kb intro
presented at Euskal Party 9 (spain)

0. Requirements

[ + ] = yes

.. go32-v2.exe ............. [ + ]
.. emm386.exe .............. [ - ]

.. also runs ok on a dos box under win9x

video :   .. vesa 2.0 ................ [ + ]

.. mmx and p6 not requiered
.. 500 mhz for a nice visualization
.. programed in a P 133 Mhz

sound :   .. no sound... :(

1. Just some words

hmmm... this is our first 4k intro... i (me, Iq) never had programmed in
asm before, but i decided to start with it some months ago. this is the
result of the work done during this time. i started to make the raytracer,
some 2d deformations and the mini-texture generator. Geiger saw these
things and we decided to make an intro. he made the font generator and
a new 2d efect. then, we put all together and tried to present it on
xuventude galicia net party, but it was imposible because the intro
was 5.600 bytes long! so, we thought to try again in euskalparty. we
remade the font generator, the raytracer and the main loop, and we
achieved (at last) to make the intro 4k long. so, here it is. we hope
you like it.

ah, we made some versions of the intro so that everybody can watch
the intro:

kinder_a.exe    :   320 x 240 x 32
kinder_b.exe    :   320 x 240 x 24
kinder_c.exe    :   320 x 200 x 32
kinder_d.exe    :   320 x 200 x 24

2. The intro

well. just to let you make an idea, the executabla real size is
5264 bytes. and apack helps us to make it no more than 4k size :)

now, a short description of the main parts of the intro...

..fonts :

yeah, we generate the fonts! they are antialiased, you see, and we can
generate them in any resolution we want. it's geirger's works,
genious'work. ah!, the font generator takes no more than 1 kb!

..raytracer:

absolutly not speed optimized raytracer. the first raytracer (the
one we wanted to present in the xuventude's version) was able to
raytrace planes, spheres and cylinders, and it was quite fast...
however, the code was too big. so i decided to rewrite de raytracer
and to make it able to intersect "just" cuadrics. of course, this
made the code smaller, but also the raytracer much more slower :(

..2d deformations:

they are beatifull, aren't they? the main idea and code is Geiger's,
our 2d man. i just made the fpu code to generate de deformations
themselves.

..textures:

the intro generates three 256x256 true color simple textures. we could
have generate more with no space cost, but they are all of them very
similar, so... anyway, the mini-texture generator makes just fractal
plasmas and have three filters. the extended version was able to make
more sofisticated textures, but you know... 4k is 4k...

hey, Ufix, at last the plasma rutine is 178 bytes long!

3. iq

sorry, because this short poem above (made by me) is written in
spanish.

"el mar y tú:

Cuántas almas en el regazo del mar se han sentado
contándole penas, desahogando su melancolía,
o pidiéndole ruegos o expresándole su alegría,
y esperando una contestación, el sonido de las olas han escuchado.

De su inmensidad nacen miles de esperanzas y decisiones
pues miles de almas en él buscan respuestas y comprensión,
un hombro en el que llorar, un amigo de corazón
alguien que escuche todas nuestras emociones.

Y es que sencillo es notar que el mar te escucha y te comprende

como un un corazón dadiboso que sabiduría y comprensión desprende.

Pero al hablarle al mar, a nosotros mismos nos hablamos en verdad,
porque las aguas de un mar enfurecido o un mar en calma,
no son más que un simple espejo de nuestro alma
y de ellas escuchamos lo que nosotros mismos cabilamos en soledad."

Espero que os haya gustado.

4. Geiger

Not too much to say... just watch our work, enjoy it or delete it.
Meet us at the party and have a drink.
And btw, we're looking for a musician for some prods we're working in.
Contact us, and see ya.

5. greets

..we greet:

Fuzzion, Network, Ozone, Tlotb, Concept, Rgba, Niako, Elerium Core,
Solstice, Centosis, Anaconda, Escena.org staff, and anyone we can forget.

..we admire:

Orange, KOMA, Mfx, Jamm, CNCD, Byterapers, Fudge, Halcyon, Tbl,
Replay, Purple, Halcyon, Yodel, Soopa Doopa, Fobia Design, Tpolm,
Valhalla, Goto10.

..we thank:

Maxwell Sayles, for his DPMI only protected mode kernel
Jibz,           for his apack compressor