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• first name: Josh
• last name: Renaud
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• artpack slideshow Atari ST IGNITE01 by Mistigris & Break Into Chat [web]
• This pack probably needs some context and explanation.
  
  More than anything, it's a love letter to "Instant Graphics and Sound" — an obscure graphics protocol for BBSes on the often-overlooked Atari ST computer platform.
  
  I love telling unknown underdog computer stories, and IGS sucked me in. My beloved Atari ST had a protocol like RIPscrip years before the PC had it? I couldn't believe it.
  
  This fall, after years of research, I published a six-part, 14,000-word history, introducing a cast of characters that included creator Larry Mears, a self-described “working man without a degree” who often downplayed his own coding ability; Kevin Moody and Anthony Rau, two Navy guys in Florida who bonded over their love of Atari and BBSing; Steve Turnbull, an artist and scenic designer working in Hollywood; and many others.
  
  But IGS isn’t just a thing of the past. Two years ago, on New Years Eve 2022, Mears made a surprise announcement on AtariAge — he had released a new version of IGS, thirty years after he originally stopped working on the project.
  
  I felt an obligation to try to make some art using Larry's new tools. I completed my first piece — a drawing of a ship from the sci-fi game FTL — in early 2023. Since then I have created many more fun animations. I’m particularly proud of the animated Guardian of Forever login sequence, and a brand-new Calvin and Hobbes-themed animation I created just for this pack.
  
  After a while, I wanted to find an easier way to draw sprites and art for IGS on a modern machine, so I created my own web-based drawing tool, JoshDraw. It's experimental and supports only a subset of IGS’s features, but it mostly works.
  
  I thought it would be cool to release an IGS-only artpack as a way to honor Mears, highlight IGS, and maybe stir other people’s interest in trying this format. To my surprise, I successfully recruited seven other people who submitted nine static images to include in the pack.
• rulezadded on the 2025-01-03 00:56:13
• artpack slideshow Atari ST IGNITE01 by Mistigris & Break Into Chat [web]
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  Thanks, Havoc! I'm really excited (and surprised) this came together. Hoping this pack will help raise the profile of an overlooked format ("Instant Graphics and Sound").
• isokadded on the 2025-01-02 18:01:44