Contest: The Fellowship Of The Ring 2002

Welcome To The Fourth NeHe Productions OpenGL Challenge!

The demos for this contest had to have something to do with The Lord Of The Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring (the first movie or book). Not books 2 or 3! The demos had to include source code, and had to compile without any major problems. The winner was decided based on visitor feedback, and feedback from a few close friends of mine.

The prize for this contest was an NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4600 (fully loaded... TV out / in, etc). At the time this contest was announced, the Ti 4600 had just been released and not many people could afford one, let alone get their hands on one. I had to special order the card at just over $800.

* * * CONTEST IS NOW OVER. ENTRIES CAN BE FOUND BELOW * * *

	Mirko Teran Ravnikar (Winning Demo) Watching this demo, you will see why it won! It's full of effects, and very nicely put together. The only thing that could use improvement is the soundtrack. •Executable •Source
	Adam King Watch out for the ring wraiths. •Executable •Source
	Alex Mizrahi Remember the fireworks dragon? This demo does a pretty good job of recreating it. •Executable •Source
	Alexander Zaprjagaev Very cool looking ring with an incredible amount of detail. •Executable •Source
	Alexandre Couture The fire in this demo is awesome!!! Love the way it reflects off the ring. •Executable •Source
	Alexandre Jasmin One of the most bizaar entries. The idea is very cool. Love how the film distorts at the end. •Executable •Source
	Ananth Balasubramaniam The graphics in this demo are just cool! Watch it and you'll see what I mean. •Executable •Source
	Baldur Scott Karlsson This demo acts out each scene as it tells the story. •Executable •Source
	Bruno Loff This demo pans through the shire. Warning... the hobbits are creepy looking :) •Executable •Source
	Daniel Harrington Another very nice ring, with an original fire effect behind it. •Executable •Source
	Daniel Schaeppi The scene with Gandolf and the Balrog is great. Very nice graphics! •Executable •Source
	Flavien Brebion This demo has some amazing graphics. The opening scene is incredible. Crank the detail up! •Executable •Source
	George Ziniewicz This demo has some great effects. Make sure you check it out. •Executable •Source
	Graeme Harris A short demo with a nice soundtrack. •Executable •Source
	Graham Aldridge This demo has some cool scenes, although most of them are a little dark. •Executable •Source
	Henrique Tavares Alves One of the craziest demos submitted. See if you can figure it out :) •Executable •Source
	Hugh Sanderson Watch as the wizards battle it out. •Executable •Source
	Ildar Sagdejev Very nice scene with butterflies and cool particles. •Executable •Source
	Jesper Ek A nice slideshow type demo. Very cool first effect! •Executable •Source
	Kiel Mark Gilleade You'll have bad dreams after watching this demo. •Executable •Source
	Kristoffer Boman This demo takes so long to load I actually thought my system crashed the first time I ran it. Definitely worth the wait thought! •Executable •Source
	Krzysztof Topolski A recap of the story along with some short animations. •Executable •Source
	Markus Ilmola This is one huge battle. Very impressive engine! •Executable •Source
	Mauricio Garcia Serrano Demo features the shire and some cool visual effects. •Executable •Source
	Michael Hanslik I like the butterflies flying through the trees. Nice music as well. •Executable •Source
	Michael Pote This demo has some wicked effects. Love the water outside the mines and the super cool purple torches! •Executable •Source
	Mike Samsonov A very cool demo with some amazing graphics. •Executable •Source
	Mircea Marghidanu A very cool effect, with some nice techno music. •Executable •Source
	Mirsad Makalic A high resolution trip through the mines of moria. •Executable •Source
	Nils Scheuschner This demo looks incredible as long as your video card can handle it. It also takes a very long time to start... be patient. •Executable •Source
	Paul Kitchin A nice demo with voice narration. A nice variety of graphics. •Executable •Source
	Paul Robello I think this is the only demo that shows fire being used to see the rings markings. Very cool Effect, and great hobbit like music! •Executable •Source
	Peter Esculier War is brewing in this demo. •Executable •Source
	Petr Stetina Some really nice graphics. Love the flyby views. •Executable •Source
	Richard Glass A very dark and rainy Isengard. •Executable •Source
	Robert Merrison A marker moves over the map and at each stop, the story is told. •Executable •Source
	Rudolf Florian A very dark and very short demo. •Executable •Source
	Sharif Elcott The graphics in this demo are absolutely incredible! •Executable •Source
	Shree Kumar Nice landscapes with bits of the story thrown in. •Executable •Source
	Stein Nygaard A very bizaar demo with some really nice effects. •Executable •Source
	Stephen Cook A nice trip through middle earth? Love the waterfall and stream. •Executable •Source
	Steven Winsor Features a cool scroller and a nice water effect. •Executable •Source
	Troy Moure Very nice landscape. I especially like the fast fly over effect with rain falling. •Executable •Source
	Valdemar Rorbech Don't let the screenshot of Frodo and Gandalf fool you, this demo has some great effects! •Executable •Source
	Vincent David Very cool loading screen featuring the One Ring. •Executable •Source
	William Brander Trees, a hill and a very nicely etched ring. •Executable •Source