Demoscene Simulator

Build your own legendary demo group. Code groundbreaking productions. Compete at demoparties. Become a scene legend.

Demoscene Simulator is a management and simulation game inspired by the international demoscene culture that has existed since the 1980s. Starting as a small group of enthusiasts, you'll recruit talented sceners, research new effects, create productions, release them to the scene, and compete against legendary groups for fame and recognition.

Whether you're an oldschool scener or someone discovering the demoscene for the first time, the game aims to capture the creativity, technical innovation, and friendly competition that have defined the scene for decades.

Features

🎬 Create Productions

Design and release many different production types, including:

• Mega Demos
• 64 KB Intros
• 4 KB Intros
• Music Disks
• Cracktros
• Slide Shows

Each production has different strengths, technical limitations, and scoring bonuses.

💾 Build Your Demo Group

Recruit coders, musicians, graphicians and organizers.

Improve your team's skills through experience, research, and successful releases while managing your group's growing reputation.

🎵 Tracker Music Support

Create playlists using your own MOD and XM tracker modules and experience productions with authentic demoscene music.

The game supports custom playlists, allowing you to build your own soundtrack using your personal module collection.

🎨 Demo Creation Studio

Design productions using dozens of effects including:

• Plasmas
• Vector graphics
• Copper bars
• Starfields
• Scrollers
• Particle systems
• Fractals
• Tunnel effects
• Custom procedural shaders
• ...and many more.

Build productions containing multiple scenes connected by cinematic transitions.

💻 Custom Shader Editor

Write your own procedural shader effects using the built-in shader language.

Features include:

• Live preview
• Expression-based scripting
• Loops and conditions
• Mathematical functions
• Procedural colors
• Pixel drawing
• Animation support

🏆 Party Competition System

Travel to demoparties and compete against rival groups.

Features include:

• Multiple judges with unique personalities
• Audience reactions
• Dynamic party events
• Award ceremonies
• Hall of Fame
• Reputation system
• Long-term statistics

Every competition feels different depending on your production and the judges.

📡 Living Demoscene

Immerse yourself in an active scene featuring:

• BBS discussions
• Rival demo groups
• Historical technologies
• Research progression
• News events
• Reputation changes
• Random scene happenings
• Amiga disk virus events

📅 Evolving Through History

Progress through multiple eras of demoscene history.

As time advances, new technologies, visual effects, and production techniques become available, allowing increasingly ambitious productions.

🛠 Built-in Content Editor

Create and edit your own:

• NPCs
• Sceners
• Demo groups
• BBS messages
• Events
• Music metadata
• Production content

The game is designed to be expanded over time with new community-created content.

Inspired By

Demoscene Simulator is inspired by decades of demoscene history across:

• Commodore Amiga
• Commodore 64
• Atari ST
• DOS
• Windows PC
• Modern shader demos

It celebrates the creativity, technical excellence, and community spirit that continue to make the demoscene unique today.

Current Status

Demoscene Simulator is under active development, with frequent updates introducing new gameplay systems, content, visual effects, and quality-of-life improvements. Community feedback plays an important role in shaping future releases.

Whether you're chasing first place at the next demo party, experimenting with procedural graphics, or simply reliving the golden age of the scene, there's always another production waiting to be created.

See you at the next party! 🎉💾✨