Scene productions

Here are some of my contributions to the demo scene. Enjoy!

4096 bytes

This is my first linux 4k intro. It ended up on 2nd place at Dreamhack Winter 2004. Read more.

4096 bytes by lft (Linux executable, 4096 bytes)

4096 bytes by lft (DivX, 6.2 MB)

Posted Wednesday 27-Dec-2006 10:24, 0 comments.

Craft

Craft is a demo running on its own minimalistic demo platform. The demo platform is based on an ATmega88 microcontroller. Read more.

lft_craft (Original video clip, Xvid, 89.4 MB)

lft_craft_capture (Full screen video capture, H.264, 85.5 MB)

Linus Akesson - Craft (Soundtrack, MP3, 3.3 MB)

lft_craft_src (Schematics, firmware binaries and source code, 70.5 KB)

Posted Thursday 27-Mar-2008 20:33, 54 comments.

Field Trip

I won the demo competition at Birdie 2007 with this linux demo. Read more.

Field Trip by lft (Linux executable, 5.4 MB)

Field Trip by lft (DivX, 85.4 MB)

Posted Sunday 10-Jun-2007 19:10, 0 comments.

First Day of Spring

I was asked to compose a tune to a chip disk, early in 2006, but the whole project appears to have been abandoned. So I'll just put my song here instead. Read more.

Linus Akesson - First Day of Spring (MP3, 4.7 MB)

Linus Akesson - First Day of Spring (AHX, 8397 bytes)

Posted Tuesday 2-Jan-2007 13:55, 0 comments.

At Dreamhack Winter 2004 there was a surprise compo (called the fast music compo) in which one had to write a piece of music using only the default set of sound samples shipped with Windows. Read more.

Lft - Humming Birds - fastmusic compo (MP3, 469 KB)

Posted Wednesday 27-Dec-2006 13:12, 0 comments.

Kung Fu Goldfish

A fun event at Backslash 2007 was the 4 KB tracked music compo. My contribution was in the MOD format (ProTracker), which turned out to be quite a challenging restriction. Read more.

Lft - Kung fu goldfish (ProTracker MOD, 3228 bytes)

Lft - Kung fu goldfish (MP3, 2.1 MB)

Posted Wednesday 1-Aug-2007 17:01, 0 comments.

Leet, sweet, petite

This is my first linux 64k intro. It won the 64k compo at Birdie 2006. Read more.

Leet sweet petite by lft (Linux executable, 42000 bytes)

Leet sweet petite by lft (DivX, 72.9 MB)

Posted Friday 13-Apr-2007 18:10, 0 comments.

Mike the Grasshopper

This was my contribution to the chip music compo at Hype 1999. It ended up on a shared 3rd place. Read more.

Linus Åkesson - Mike the Grasshopper (MP3, 4.0 MB)

Linus Åkesson - Mike the Grasshopper (AHX, 7239 bytes)

Posted Sunday 30-Jul-2006 12:02, 0 comments.

Nymphaea

This SID tune was composed for (and partly at) Breakpoint 2008. Read more.

Nymphaea (SID, 4754 bytes)

Nymphaea (C64 executable file, 4630 bytes)

Linus Akesson - Nymphaea (MP3, 3.5 MB)

Posted Tuesday 25-Mar-2008 18:26, 0 comments.

Summer cloud

This is my first regular SID tune. It was written for Backslash 2007, where it ended up on 4th place. Read more.

Summer Cloud (SID, 6227 bytes)

Summer Cloud (C64 executable file, 6103 bytes)

Linus Akesson - Summer Cloud (MP3, 3.5 MB)

Posted Saturday 14-Jul-2007 11:19, 0 comments.

The hardware chiptune project

Normally, when you create a chiptune, you start with an existing chip (such as the SID chip or the YM2149) and write a tune for it. We decided to start from scratch, and create a chip and a tune. Read more.