The Polynomial HD test 2 (game video).

What capture program did you use? I tried Camtasia, but the video is very choppy.

I, too, am reminded of Star Trek: The Motion Picture, that was my first thought. The choice of music for the video also sounds vaguely Trek.

Hi there! I really looks great. My question: I use Debian Lenny but unfortunately I am not familiar with Linux. I can't get the Linux demo of The polynomial to run (nothing happens when I click the shell script). Can you give me some advice or a link on how to run it? Thank you very much!

Hmm, try running from bin folder directly, on console, if it complains of missing libraries install those (you need freealut , freetype, and gtk). Or run it under debugger, with gdb Polynomial32 (then type 'run' to start it), so you get stacktrace if it crashes. Mail me the log.txt if you get it to run or stacktrace if you don't....

r the controls mouse or keyboard oriented?

Mostly mouse. You can download the game and see the readme.

Spoken like a true non-programmer.

as per 2001, classical music fits extremely well in space (also, this lights reminds me of the timescape sequence).
using copyright-free classical music would be a great plus for this game

The visuals on display here are incredibly beautiful. I'm downloading the demo as I write this - and I will definately buy the complete version. Great work :)

Has a 2001 Spade Odyssey look and sound to it.
Nice job!