256b

a 256b PC intro released at Revision 2021 [pouët] This intro is a demonstration of a way to simulate buffer swaps using special color values, all within 256 bytes. The naive way to render an effect like this would be to first clear the entire screen, then draw some lines and repeat. This works in theory but it creates a lot of flickering since you're very likely to see the image while it's in the middle of either clearing or rendering, meaning the lines are only partially visible....