1998 Shockwave code art classic 'The Square Root of -1' ported to run today
floguo · x · 2026-10-16
Zach Lieberman shared that atomless's 1998 code artwork The Square Root of -1 has been ported from Macromedia Director Shockwave to run in modern browsers via DirPlayer. Lieberman said seeing this work as a student was hugely inspiring, and he thought he'd never see it again—intense nostalgia now that it's back.
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