Farbrausch


Farbrausch, or Farb-rausch, is a German group of demomakers who became well known in the demoscene in December 2000 with a 64k intro called "fr-08:.the.product". The demo achieved its small size through the use of procedural textures, a custom MIDI-based software synthesizer V2, and a modified version of UPX executable compressor, ".the.product" is an 11-minute 3-D show featuring complex scenes of computer generated imagery.
The name "Farbrausch" translates literally to "color rush", where rush means variously "intoxication, drunkenness, high, ecstasy, and state of euphoria.".
Their work has won numerous awards. In 2004, a subdivision of farbrausch called ".theprodukkt" released a 96kB first-person shooter game named ".kkrieger", and an earlier version of the tool they currently use to produce some of their demos, named ".werkkzeug", or "Tool".
Farbrausch give their releases a "product code", in the format "fr-0#". The numbers do not specify the order of release — the members have stated that they allocate the numbers as they start working on the project, not when they finish it. Non-serious releases receive negative numbers.
The group has periodically released improved compositions such as "fr-019: Poem to a Horse", "fr-030: Candytron" or "fr-025: The.Popular.Demo". The.Popular.Demo and debris. are among the most highly favored demos on the demoscene index, Pouet. The.Popular.Demo also received the "Public Choice Award" from the 2003 scene.org awards, and debris. won the 2007 scene.org award for best direction.
In 2009, Farbrausch released.detuned, an interactive demo for the PlayStation 3, again under the name.theprodukkt.
In 2012 Farbrausch released the source code of many of their demotools on github.com.

Notable demo releases and awards

TitleTypeAwards
demo2nd place at Evoke 2000
demo1st place at Dialogos 2000
64kB intro1st place at The Party 2000
64kB intro1st place at Mekka & Symposium 2001
64kB intro1st place at Mekka & Symposium 2001
demo4th at Mekka & Symposium 2001
invitation introfor The Party 2001
GBA demo1st place at Woest 2002
64kB intro1st place at Mekka & Symposium 2002, scene.org award nominee - best intro & best effects of 2002; the first demoscene production to be shown at SIGGRAPH
demo3rd place at Mekka & Symposium 2002
64kB intro2nd place at Mekka & Symposium 2002
64kB intro1st place at The Ultimate Meeting 2002, scene.org award nominee - most original concept of 2002
64kB intro2nd place at 0a000h 2003
demo1st place at Breakpoint 2003, scene.org award winner - public's choice of 2003, nominee - best effects, best demo, & best soundtrack of 2003
64kB intro2nd place at Breakpoint 2003, scene.org award winner - best intro of 2003
demo12th place at Assembly 2003, scene.org award nominee - best graphics of 2003
64kB intro2nd place at Simulaatio 2003, scene.org award nominee - best intro of 2003
demo1st place at The Ultimate Meeting 2003
invitation demofor Breakpoint 2004
demo2nd place at The Ultimate Meeting 2004
wild demo2nd place at Breakpoint 2004
pc 4k8th place at Breakpoint 2004
64kB intro1st place at Simulaatio 2005
demo11th place at Breakpoint 2005
demo4th place at Evoke 2005
64kB intro4th place at Assembly 2006
invitation demofor Breakpoint 2006
64kB intro1st place at The Ultimate Meeting 2006
demo1st place at Breakpoint 2007, scene.org award winner - best direction of 2007, nominee - best demo, best effects, public choice of 2007
demo1st place at Icons 2007
demo2nd place at Breakpoint 2010
demo1st place at The Ultimate Meeting 2010

Farbrausch technology