Comment by kbutler
9 years ago
> No, those are real demodevs.
You say that as if it is a pejorative. In many ways, the demo scene is more demanding of excellence than game development.
Yes, there are differences in priorities between demos and games, but by creating a technically excellent demo that is also a game that "plays really well", they've shown that they are "demodevs" who are also "gamedevs".
And art comes in many forms. Besides the obvious visual/animation/audio artistic aspects of demos, the awe felt at the technical superiority of a great software demo is very similar to the inspirational effects of great physical architecture, but not everyone feels that emotion.
The Taj Mahal is a physical "demo" that demonstrates great "technical superiority", but even people who don't care for architecture tend to recognize it as art.
"Demodev" is not a pejorative? I didn't read that into it. Although the proper term would be "democoder"! :)
On the other hand, yes of course demos are also about "technical superiority", as well as "having fun and projecting stories and emotions". Just in a different sense than games are, which is the part that's "just like any other art form" ;-)