The theme for the pre-opening Demo Challenge will be the 'spinning cube.' The 'spinning cube' is a reference to any demo you have ever watched that featured a single effect that the coder let go on for way, way, way too long. If you have ever said to yourself as you were watching a demo, "OK, I get it, NEXT!", then you know exactly what the 'spinning cube' is.

For this Demo Challenge, your task is to produce a single effect and bore your audience with it. Literally creating a spinning cube or even producing a single triangle on screen and putting your audience to sleep with it is perfect. You might even try using the same effect in as many ways as you can - just as long as it is the same boring effect. If you are new to demo programming, head over to NeHe's page and check out his tutorials. Also check out SceneTV for ideas.

Here are the rules: the demo must be a minimum of 1 minute long, it must contain some form of animation (color, movement, etc), and it must terminate when the user hits the ESC key. Demos can be built for any platform. Other than that, your task is to bore the hell out of us. The group that wins this 'challenge' will have their demo used as the "Spinning Cube Award" in future challenges. Remember to include your source code and project files when you email it.

Use the boring example demo on the right as a guide to this Demo Challenge [source, executable]. You can also check out the Challenge Archive for more ideas.

Godvalve: SpinningCube (Submitted Feb 26, 2010) [ ScreenShot ]