So, I am here at assembly 2011 and there was this demo played: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69Xjc7eklxE&feature=player_embeddedIt's one single file only, it says that in the rules. So I repeat, how have they made this to fit into so small file?
How can this all fit into 64kb?
assembly
It's procedural based. The content is not included in the exe, only the rules of how to draw it. When launched, the program draws what it needs to at runtime it's not pre-rendered or pre-saved in any form.This is the same method used by Elite to create a vast universe of star systems, etc.It's pretty amazing what is possible today using procedural generation, i think games will feature more of this in the future.