Draft:Andromeda Software Development

Andromeda Software Development (abbreviated ASD) is a Greek demogroup that was formed in 1992.^[1]^[2]

ASD participated in pioneering Greek demoscene event The Gardening which was held in the city of Patras between 1995-1997.^[3]

In 2004 ASD made their first demo for Assembly party held in Helsinki. They eventually won Assembly's demo compo in 2005 demo competition with Iconoclast. Over many years, ASD was one of the main competitors of the renown demogroup Fairlight.^[4]

Finnish journalist Mikka Hyvönen characterises ASD as a tight group of friends who spent considerable time together both inside and outside the demoscene.^[4] Navis, ADS's main coder, has been interviewed by German media scholar Doreen Hartmann for her monograph on the practices and structures of the demoscene.^[5]

ASD is not associated with the Norwegian demogroup Andromeda, however, ASD collaborated with their graphics artist Archmage while producing their 2007 Assembly demo competition winner Lifeforce.

Style

ASD demos feature virtual worlds that German media scholar Daniel Botz describes as being located between dreams and nightmares, containing self-illuminating wire meshs, filigree line clews and particle swarming on high detailed, organic polygon models.^[1] According to Botz, the demos of ASD belong to a new generation of demos in which single effects cannot be anymore judged as separate achievements and any means of representation is seen as legitimate. Here two- and three-dimensionality are used as necessary constituents while abstract and representative motifs have an equal role.^[1]

Members

Active members

Navis (Kostas Pataridis) - code
Amoivikos (Nikos Batalas) - 2D graphics
iM (Stathis Sideris) - 2D graphics
Ch3 (George Cherouvim) - 3D graphics
aMUSiC (Sotiris Varotsis) - music
Leviathan (Fotis Panetsos) - music

Former / Inactive / Guest members

Incus - Code
Nina - Code and PR
Odette - Modelling
Matilda - Vocals
Liska - Vocals and Modelling
Roscoe - Vocals
Ars Nova - 2D Graphics
Pindaros - Music

Releases

MS-DOS era

Demo5 - (1992)
Cosmos BBS demos series 1-7 - A series of demos released between 1993 and 1995
Vertex megademo - (1993)
Digital dreams - (1993)
Counter Factual - Finished 1st at The Gardening 1995
Beyond - Finished 4th at The Gardening 1996

Windows era

Cadence and Cascade - Finished 1st at Digital Nexus 2001
Edge of Forever - Finished 1st at ReAct 2002
Blue Wire - Finished 2nd at ReAct 2002
Dreamchild - Finished 4th at Assembly 2003
EON - Finished 2nd at ReAct 2004
Planet Risk - Finished 2nd at Assembly 2004
PixelShow Invitation - (2005)
Ambience for the masses - Finished 5th at The Gathering 2005
Aphorism for the masses - Finished 13th at Breakpoint 2005
Antidote for the masses - Finished 1st at PixelShow 2005
Iconoclast - Finished 1st at Assembly 2005
PixelShow 2 Invitation - (2006)
Animal Attraction - Finished 1st at The Gathering 2006
Captive : the game - Finished 2nd at The Gathering 2006 gamedev compo
Captive - Finished 3rd at Breakpoint 2006
The Evolution of Vision - Finished 1st at Sundown 2006
Lithography - Finished 2nd at the Intel demo trailer compo 2006
Beyond the walls of Eryx - Finished 3rd at the second Intel demo competition 2007
LifeForce - Finished 1st at Assembly 2007
Zine #13 Headlines - (2008)
Metamorphosis - Finished 2nd at Breakpoint 2008
Realtime Generation^{[permanent dead link]} (made with Fairlight and Alcatraz) - Finished 3rd at Outline 2008
Size Antimatters - Finished 1st at Euskal encounter 2008
Midnight Run - Finished 3rd at NVScene 2008
Rupture - Finished 1st at The Gathering 2009
Chameleon - Finished 1st at Evoke 2009
The wind under my wings - Finished 1st at Euskal encounter 2010
Happiness is around the bend - Finished 1st at Assembly 2010
Anoxia Redux - Finished 7th at Main demo party 2010
Electric Bullet - Finished 1st at TRSAC 2010
The Butterfly Effect - Finished 1st at Euskal encounter 2011
Spin - Finished 1st at Assembly 2011
MitoChondrio - Finished 1st at Euskal encounter 2012
Violent Nature - Finished 1st at Euskal encounter 2013
Mrs Escher's nightmare - Finished 1st at Euskal encounter 2014
Monolith - Finished 1st at Assembly 2015
Esocentrica - Finished 1st at Demobit 2017
Dark Demon - Finished 2nd at Demobit 2018
For Your Love - Finished 2nd at Assembly Summer 2018
Hetoxoteh - Finished 3rd at Demobit 2019
The Legend of Sysiphus - Finished 1st at Assembly Summer 2023

Awards

Scene.org Awards 2003 - Best Soundtrack nomination (Dreamchild)
Scene.org Awards 2003 - Public's Choice nomination (Dreamchild)
Scene.org Awards 2004 - Best Demo award (Planet Risk)
Scene.org Awards 2004 - Best Soundtrack nomination (Planet Risk)
Scene.org Awards 2004 - Best Effects nomination (Planet Risk)
Scene.org Awards 2004 - Public's Choice award (Planet Risk)
Scene.org Awards 2005 - Best Demo nomination (Iconoclast)
Scene.org Awards 2005 - Best Effects nomination (Iconoclast)
Scene.org Awards 2005 - Best Soundtrack nomination (Iconoclast)
Scene.org Awards 2005 - Best Direction nomination (Iconoclast)
Scene.org Awards 2005 - Public's Choice award (Iconoclast)
Scene.org Awards 2006 - Best Soundtrack nomination (Animal Attraction)
Scene.org Awards 2006 - Best Effects award (The Evolution of Vision)
Scene.org Awards 2006 - Most Original Concept nomination (The Evolution of Vision)
Scene.org Awards 2006 - Most Original Concept nomination (Captive)
Scene.org Awards 2006 - Public's Choice nomination (Animal Attraction)
Scene.org Awards 2007 - Best Demo award (Lifeforce)
Scene.org Awards 2007 - Best Effects award (Lifeforce)
Scene.org Awards 2007 - Public's Choice award (Lifeforce)
Scene.org Awards 2007 - Best Direction nomination (Lifeforce)
Scene.org Awards 2007 - Best Direction nomination (Beyond the walls of Eryx)
Scene.org Awards 2007 - Most original concept nomination (Beyond the walls of Eryx)
Scene.org Awards 2007 - Best graphics nomination (Lifeforce)
Scene.org Awards 2007 - Best Soundtrack nomination (Lifeforce)
Scene.org Awards 2008 - Best Soundtrack award (Midnight Run)
Scene.org Awards 2008 - Best Direction nomination (Midnight Run)
Scene.org Awards 2008 - Most Original Concept nomination (Metamorphosis)
Scene.org Awards 2008 - Best Demo nomination (Metamorphosis)
Scene.org Awards 2008 - Best Effects nomination (Size Antimatters)
Scene.org Awards 2008 - Best Graphics nomination (Size Antimatters)
Scene.org Awards 2008 - Best Effects nomination (Realtime Generation)
Scene.org Awards 2009 - Public's Choice award (Rupture)
Scene.org Awards 2009 - Best Demo award (Rupture)
Scene.org Awards 2009 - Best Direction award (Rupture)
Scene.org Awards 2009 - Best Direction nomination (Chameleon)
Scene.org Awards 2009 - Best Effects nomination (Rupture)
Scene.org Awards 2009 - Best Graphics nomination (Rupture)
Scene.org Awards 2009 - Best Soundtrack nomination (Rupture)
Scene.org Awards 2009 - Best Soundtrack nomination (Chameleon)
Scene.org Awards 2010 - Best Demo nomination (Happiness is Around the Bend)
Scene.org Awards 2010 - Best Effects nomination (Happiness is Around the Bend)
Scene.org Awards 2010 - Best Graphics nomination (Happiness is Around the Bend)
Scene.org Awards 2010 - Best Direction nomination (Happiness is Around the Bend)
Scene.org Awards 2010 - Public's Choice nomination (Happiness is Around the Bend)
Scene.org Awards 2012 - Public's Choice nomination (The butterfly effect)
Scene.org Awards 2012 - Best Direction nomination (The butterfly effect)
Scene.org Awards 2012 - Best Direction nomination (Spin)
Scene.org Awards 2012 - Public's choice nomination (Spin)
Scene.org Awards 2012 - Best Effects nomination (Spin)
Scene.org Awards 2012 - Best Soundtrack nomination (Spin)
Scene.org Awards 2012 - Best Direction nomination (Spin)
The Meteoriks 2015 - Best High-End Demo nomination (Mrs Escher's nightmare)
The Meteoriks 2016 - Best Soundtrack nomination (Monolith)
The Meteoriks 2016 - Best High-End Demo nomination(Monolith)
The Meteoriks 2016 - Public Choice nomination(Monolith)
The Meteoriks 2018 - Best Visuals nomination(Esocentrica)
The Meteoriks 2019 - Best High-End Demo nomination(For your Love)
The Meteoriks 2019 - Best High-End Demo nomination(For your Love)
FMX 2006 - Best Realtime Demo nomination (Iconoclast)
Bitfilm Festival 2008 - Winner in realtime category (Lifeforce)
Animatu 2009 - Winner in Demoscene competition
Assembly 2003 - 4th place (Dreamchild)
Assembly 2004 - 2nd place (Planet Risk)
Assembly 2005 - Winner (Iconoclast)
Assembly 2007 - Winner (Lifeforce )
Assembly 2010 - Winner (Happiness is Around the Bend)
Assembly 2011 - Winner (Spin)
Assembly 2015 - Winner (Monolith)
Assembly 2018 - 2nd place (For your Love)

References

Botz, Daniel (2011). Kunst, Code und Maschine. Die Ästhetik der Computer-Demoszene. Bielefeld: transcript. ISBN 978-3-8376-1749-8.
Hartmann, Doreen (2017). Digital Art Natives. Praktiken, Artefakte und Strukturen der Computer-Demoszene. Berlin: Kadmos. ISBN 978-3-86599-343-4.
Hyvönen, Mika (31 July 2014). "Kymmenvuotinen nokkapokka - ASD vs. FLT". Skrolli, Assembly 2014 -spessu! (Assembly 2014 special edition). p. 5-7.
Polymeropoulou, Marilou (2018). "Digital Music Creativity – Chipmusic in/from Greece". In Tragaki, Dafni (ed.). Made in Greece: Studies in Popular Music. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-3176-0799-1.

External links

^ ^a ^b ^c Botz 2011, p. 288.
^ Hyvönen 2014, p. 5.
^ Polymeropoulou 2018.
^ ^a ^b Hyvönen 2014, p. 5-7.
^ Hartmann 2017.

[FOOTNOTEBotz2011288-1] Botz 2011, p. 288.

[FOOTNOTEHyvönen20145-2] Hyvönen 2014, p. 5.

[FOOTNOTEPolymeropoulou2018-3] Polymeropoulou 2018.

[FOOTNOTEHyvönen20145-7-4] Hyvönen 2014, p. 5-7.

[FOOTNOTEHartmann2017-5] Hartmann 2017.

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