City In A Bottle

April 30, 2022 4:24 AM

256 bytes of JavaScript code to render a shaded city-scape [Twitter]

With an attempt to explain how this was achieved.

posted by urbanwhaleshark (9 comments total)

I wish I had something more useful to say than, "wow!" But I don't.

Wow!
posted by Mister_Sleight_of_Hand at 6:24 AM on April 30, 2022

Here's what you can do in 256 bytes of machine code: Memories

This message is 93 bytes long.
posted by tigrrrlily at 6:50 AM on April 30, 2022 [4 favorites]

I'm grateful for the Observable notebook explanation. Still amazed.
posted by Nelson at 7:02 AM on April 30, 2022 [1 favorite]

I recently came across the competition this one came from (all entries here) via lunasorcery on twitter. I used to watch demoscene stuff as a young internet person and it's so cool to see it still going and evolving. This particular one is called "City Blocks" and looks mis-shelved on the demozoo page (it's in the 4k rather than the 256b section).
posted by curious nu at 7:06 AM on April 30, 2022 [1 favorite]

I barely believe it! What a time.
posted by Going To Maine at 9:07 AM on April 30, 2022

A Mind Is Born (256 bytes), covered previously.
posted by dephlogisticated at 11:02 AM on April 30, 2022 [1 favorite]

> covered previously

Holy Mackerel. I've just been looking at lft's other work. Outstanding stuff.
posted by urbanwhaleshark at 11:51 AM on April 30, 2022

Y'all need to check out @zozuar-- WebGL shaders that fit in a URL.
posted by gwint at 3:14 PM on April 30, 2022 [1 favorite]

As a professional software developer, I look at the sources for things like that and conclude that they're magic. Magic, I tell you!
posted by Harald74 at 8:54 AM on May 1, 2022 [1 favorite]