tAAt is a Finnish

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

 humor-based demogroup

Demogroup

Demogroups are teams of demosceners, who make computer based audio-visual works of art known as demos. Demogroups form a subculture collectively known as the demoscene....

 founded in 1992 which is active in participating and organizing demoscene

Demoscene

The demoscene is a computer art subculture that specializes in producing demos, which are non-interactive audio-visual presentations that run in real-time on a computer...

 events. They are recognized outside of the demoscene for their "Dismount" series of computer games, including Stair Dismount

Stair Dismount

Stair Dismount is a computer game originally made by Jetro Lauha of tAAt. It is a puzzle game where the goal is maximising the 'damage' done to a 3D stickman figure; the player causes damage by applying a force to the figure to make it fall down a staircase.The stick figure's falls are...

(Porrasturvat) and Truck Dismount

Truck Dismount

Truck Dismount is a computer game made by Jetro Lauha of tAAt. Truck Dismount is a simple stress-reliever, allowing players to release their anger on a 3D stick figure....

(Rekkaturvat).

tAAt also founded a non-profit organization, tAAt ry, in Finland

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

, for the promotion of demoscene culture. tAAt ry has organized such computer competitions as the Text Mode Demo Contest

Text Mode Demo Contest

Text Mode Demo Contest is a semi-annual text mode demo competition organized by tAAt ry and held over the internet. The inherent limitations of text mode graphics create unique challenges for demosceners. To help promote the event, a text mode invitation demo is released ahead of the competition....

and musitAAtio composing challenge http://taat.fi/taatry/musitaatio/.

External links

• official homepage
• tAAt productions list at pouët.net