I was never part of it. But it seems like it is still fairly popular. The constraints are artificial now, but other than just creating work, those constraints shape what is produced in a way that is still pleasing. Other constrained stuff like tiny wasm game competitions are fun too. I'm hoping demoscene on microcontrollers becomes a thing. Though you'd have to be selective. Many of them absolutely demolish the capabilities of an amiga1000.

Constrained generative networks would be interesting too.