# psenough/teach_yourself_demoscene_in_14_days

A guide to learn and become active in the demoscene within a couple of weeks

Repository: https://github.com/psenough/teach_yourself_demoscene_in_14_days
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/teach_yourself_demoscene_in_14_days
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: demoscene, guide, demo-scene
Last push: 2024-07-25T21:07:55+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3596, "days_push": 769, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2287, forks 63 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:34.640150+00:00)

## What it is
A 14-day guidebook teaching newcomers how to get started in the demoscene, an underground computer art culture of realtime audiovisual demos. It covers demoscene categories, tools, demoparties, and community participation.

## Use cases
- learn how to get into the demoscene
- find resources for making a demo
- understand what demoparties and compos are
- get started with size-coding and intros
- find demoscene tools and tutorials
- introduce a friend to demoscene culture

## When to choose
- you are a newcomer wanting a structured path into the demoscene
- you want a curated list of demoscene tools and resources
- you want to understand demoscene categories and community norms

## When to avoid
- you need a software library or tool rather than a guide
- you are already an experienced demoscener
- you want a formal course with exercises and grading

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: stable
- function: documentation, graphics, developer-tools
- domain: graphics, tutorials, gaming-tools, awesome-lists
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: demoscene, guide, computer-art, intro, size-coding, demoparties

## Member repositories
- psenough/teach_yourself_demoscene_in_14_days (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:34.640150+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:40:52.434991+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/psenough/teach_yourself_demoscene_in_14_days (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:34.640150+00:00, sha 72917ce2206b)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.