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|             .--------------------------------------------------.             |
|             |   B E R A   &   M A Y O R   presents  . . .      |             |
|             '--------------------------------------------------'             |
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|                               C O L D B O O T                                |
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|                        a 4090 byte intro for the web                         |
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+==============================================================================+
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|   R E L E A S E                                                              |
|   - - - - - - -                                                              |
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|     party . . . . . Assembly 2026, Helsinki, Finland                         |
|     compo . . . . . 4k intro                                                 |
|     released  . . . August 2026                                              |
|     platform  . . . browser / WebGL2 -- (see below)                          |
|     size  . . . . . one self-extracting HTML file, <= 4090 bytes in total    |
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|   H O W   T O   E X E C U T E                                                |
|   - - - - - - - - - - - - - -                                                |
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|     The intro is ColdBoot.html, one self-contained file, 4090 bytes.         |
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|     Because of Chromium based browsers safety features, FIREFOX is           |
|     currently the only browser that supports loading from file://            |
|     Basically every browser is supported if the file is served over          |
|     an http:// link.                                                         |
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|     If you want to run the intro via Chrome browser from file, you           |
|     need to start chrome with the following command line prompt:             |
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|     chrome --allow-file-access-from-files ColdBoot.html                      |
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|   C R E D I T S                                                              |
|   - - - - - - -                                                              |
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|     code, shader . . . . . Bera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Byterapers   |
|     music, design  . . . . Mayor . . . . . . . . . . . .  Wide Load ^ RBBS   |
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|   T E C H                                                                    |
|   - - - -                                                                    |
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|     Everything you see is one fragment shader: a distance-estimated          |
|     raymarch of a Mandelbox, plus a Roman dodecahedron for the outro.        |
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|     engine  . . . . Loertsy 4k intro engine (MIT)                            |
|                     https://gitlab.com/bits_lab/loertsy                      |
|     synth . . . . . Sointu (MIT) -- 4k software synth, compiled to WASM      |
|                     https://github.com/vsariola/sointu                       |
|     packing . . . . Closure Compiler + shader-minifier + zopfli,             |
|                     wrapped in an SVG self-extractor                         |
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|     No third party art, samples, fonts or textures are used. All             |
|     content is generated at runtime from the code in this release.           |
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|   S P E C I A L   T H A N K S                                                |
|   - - - - - - - - - - - - - -                                                |
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|     bits_lab for Loertsy. vsariola & contributors for Sointu.                |
|     laurentlb for shader-minifier.                                           |
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|   G R E E T I N G S                                                          |
|   - - - - - - - - -                                                          |
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|     Assembly Organising, Simulaatio.org, Gray Marchers, Adapt, Doomsday      |
|     Taongad, Pyrotech, Finnish Gold, ASD, Hedelmae, Artline Designs,         |
|     Fairlight, CNCD, Zenon, Jumalauta, Dekadence, Revision organising,       |
|     5711, Haujobb, Skrolli, 68k inside and everyone at Assembly still        |
|     making the scene live long and prosper.                                  |
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+==============================================================================+