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|                      ii         ooo                      |
|                     iii        o   o                     |
|                      ii        o   o                     |
|                     iiii        ooo                      |
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|                       a  4k  intro                       |
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| f i l e s                                                |
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|    io_hw.bat ............ 4k, hardware vertex shading    |
|    io_sw.bat ............ 4k, software vertex shading    |
|    io_hw.exe ...... unpacked, hardware vertex shading    |
|    io_sw.exe ...... unpacked, software vertex shading    |
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| i n f o                                                  |
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|    io was originally presented at the pilgrimage demo    |
|    party in 2004.  s_tec wrote the visuals in a great    |
|    hurry a few days before the party, leaving no time    |
|    to polish or add music.  at the party place, s_tec    |
|    showed the unfinished intro to thom, who agreed to    |
|    write a sound track.  while s_tec quickly hacked a    |
|    music player into the intro, thom composed a score    |
|    on paper. neither thom nor s_tec had any idea what    |
|    the music would sound like until 1 hour before the    |
|    deadline, but it was too late make changes at that    |
|    point. the end result was a low-quality intro with    |
|    400 bytes of unused space.                            |
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|    because the party version was so awful, this final    |
|    version is fully reworked. the music is completely    |
|    new, the scene geometry is expanded, and the whole    |
|    camera path is tweaked to perfection. please enjoy    |
|    the improvements, and thank you for watching io.      |
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| p e o p l e                                              |
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|    s_tec ....................................... code    |
|    thom ....................................... music    |
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| g r e e t z                                              |
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|    cns ................................... conspiracy    |
|    nd .............................. northern dragons    |
|    tmdc ........................ text mode demo compo    |
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| t h a n k z                                              |
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|    legalize^polygony ...... for loaning us his laptop    |
|    preacher^traction ...... for helping us mend a bug    |
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