Are you a game developer who has *feelings* about old console tech demos like Mario 128 or the rubber ducks or FFVII PS3? Think they were cool or pointless? Did they inspire you in any way? I'm writing a short piece and am inviting also short comment on it. DM me and we can talk! - ThreadSky

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imrankhan.bsky.social • 37 days ago

Are you a game developer who has *feelings* about old console tech demos like Mario 128 or the rubber ducks or FFVII PS3? Think they were cool or pointless? Did they inspire you in any way? I'm writing a short piece and am inviting also short comment on it. DM me and we can talk!

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borman.bsky.social•37 days ago

If you need a historian point of view, always happy to weigh in!

rayjaksart.bsky.social•36 days ago

Not a game dev, but I think tech demos like these can be hit or miss. Ok cool you have a demo of 128 Mario’s, what does that mean tho? What does a cutscene of FF7 on the ps3 mean the ps3 can do?

dustinmatheny.bsky.social•37 days ago

I still think about this one.

https://youtu.be/i2vxeX9Rrcc?si=wvQaVlqGys4d4YB4

ravelordenito.bsky.social•37 days ago

Not a dev, but a game dev student. I’ll say every time I see a new tech demo I get more and more intimidated by the concept of trying to develop more and more realistic games. I’m not even an artist, but with graphical fidelity growing so does the need for polish and fluidity of gameplay to match.

xintsuai.bsky.social•37 days ago

I think they were cool but in the end, useless. Since most does not represent a running game.

managingastarship.bsky.social•37 days ago

The neat thing we have learned with hindsight is that the tech demo shows us what it could do, but not what it is fully capable of. For example any PS3 tech demo compared to what Naughty Dog did for The Last of Us.

managingastarship.bsky.social•37 days ago

They are inspiring because they show us something cool and then we realize this is the baseline. We can go further and make something even more incredible.

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