Released at Inércia 2025, our new demo “HeXenium” took 3rd place in the Combined Demo Competition - and serves as the official invitation for Xenium 2026.
This time we moved away from particle-driven visuals and focused instead on reflections, lighting interplay, and a clean, TV-studio aesthetic.
HeXenium is all about timing, atmosphere, and a polished broadcast feel - yet still rendered entirely in real time.
As always, everything runs live in Python using Panda3D, with custom GLSL shaders, a multi-pass rendering pipeline, and tight sync with Dan’s soundtrack.
No baked animation, no pre-rendered footage - just code on the GPU.
Credits:
Code - @miklesz
Music - Dan
Graphics - Suule
Watch & download:
Pouët - HeXenium by Damage :: pouët.net
Demozoo - HeXenium by Damage - Demozoo
YouTube - https://youtu.be/XJLwzE9ZKk0
Big thanks to the Panda3D devs, the Inércia community, and everyone supporting the demoscene spirit.
See you at Xenium 2026!
