..:: The Competitions ::..

We will have most of the usual Competitions like Demo-Compo, Music, GFX... whatever - plus some Fun / Game-Compos. If you plan on releasing a demo on any kind of exotic hardware like a pocket calculator, game console or whatever - plz send an email to us.)
We will try to run everything on original hardware - and not just make avi films out of them.

We are also going to accept remote entries again this year. For more Info scroll down the page - but joining the party is much better ;-)

Also scroll down for some info about preselection please.



the machines we are going to have prepared for the competitions are:

PC


• Radeon x1950


• Core 2 Duo: 2 * 2.4 GHz


• 2 GB Ram


• Windows XP (vista is possible too if you need it)


• DirectX 9.0c


• onboard sound

8-Bit Platforms (PAL):


• C64C, 1541-II, SID 8580
  (optional: 256k RAM expansion - REU 1764)



• VIC20, 1541-II
  (optional: 3k ram expansion - VIC-1211A)



• C128DCR



• Atari 800XL, disk drive 1050



• Plus/4, 1551
  (optional: SID-card if you bring it to the party)

You may bring your own addons for these 8-Bit Computers (example: Magic Voice)

16 / 32 Bit Platforms


• Atari 1040ST



• Amiga 500, 1 MB RAM



• Atari Falcon 030, 14 MB RAM, 68882 FPU
  (68060 if you bring your own accelerator card)



• Amiga 1200, 64MB RAM, 68060@50 MHz, OS 3.1
  (PPC if you bring your own accelerator card)

We also accept other 8/16/32 platforms for our competitions. But you will have to bring them along! Same goes for more exotic platforms like mobile phones, pocket calculators, game consoles - and whatever.

• if we dont have a minimum of 3 entries for any competition, we will cancel it and combine it with another compo, or put it into the wild compo.



• dont compete with a production which was already released before. it has to be something new / unused or you will be disqualifyed.



• Entries have to be free of third party rights unless you have a legal license to use that content



• Entries we cannot get to run have to be disqualifyed - you will get the chance to fix the problem, so dont worry

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• PC Demo:
  Maximum running time is 10 minutes (including loading and precalculations) - Maximum Resolution has to be 1024x768




• PC 64K and 4k combined:
  Maximum size is 65536 bytes (64k) / 4096 bytes (4k) for the executable. Maximum running time is limited to 8 Minutes. Max resolution is 1024x768
  we will tell on the bigscreen if its a 4k or a 64k before it starts.

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• 8-Bit Demo: (C64, Plus4, DTV, 8-bit Atari...)
  Maximum running time is 10 Minutes. Long Scroller Parts will not be shown in full length. it has to be executable via RUN (c64, plus/4... etc.) or equivalent




• 8-Bit Music: (C64, Plus4, 8-bit Atari...)
  it has to be delivered as executable file containing the name of the music, the author, the sid-chip (c64)... maximum playtime is 4 minutes.




• 8-Bit GFX: (C64, Plus4, 8-bit Atari...)
  the picture has to be delivered as executable file. it is not allowed to put any kind of other code (effect) or music into this release (beside the code it needs to make it executable).
  you have to deliver a minimum of 2 (preferably 3) working stages (remote entry) or bring some working steps along with you to the party. If your working stages don't look plausible, your entry will be disqualified. All formats/modes are allowed. Please specify which mode you use, it will be displayed on the beam slide before the entry.

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• 16 / 32-Bit Demo: (Amiga, Atari ST, Atari Falcon...)
  Maximum runtime is 10 minutes. If you plan to do a 4k or 64k intro it will be shown here too.

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• Streamed Music:
  .mp3 file oder .ogg file with a Bitrate of 192kbps oder higher. Please fill in the ID3 tag or OGG file info as thoroughly as you can.
  
  Maximum playtime is 4 minutes

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• Music Mixed
  Other Formats which dont fit into the 8-Bit or Streamed Music Compo. example: TRACKED MUSIC
  
  Maximum playtime is 4 minutes

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• GFX Mixed:
  All GFX that dont fit into the 8-Bit Category. Maximum size is 1024x768. Dont forget to deliver 2 or 3 plausible looking working-stages. (beginning, and steps of around 33% and 66% of your progress).
  
  Plz make sure you dont deliver the Picture in a lossy Format like .JPG... it should be delivered as .BMP, .PNG, .IFF, .TGA... or formats like that.

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• Wild Compo Everything which doesnt fit into any of the other Compos. (Mobile Phones, Flashdemos, Render-movies, Musicvideos, Game Consoles etc.). If theres less than 3 Compo Entrys in any of the Categorys we will Cancel that Compo and put those Entries into the Wild Compo.

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Yes, we are going to allow remote entries again. That means that also non-attenders may send their competition entries via email to the email address listed HERE.

Remote entries can not win any prices if they make it into the top 3 results at the party. Plz keep that in mind. Deadline for remote entries is february 21 / 8pm.



Most likely not. But if we receive a lot of entrys we will have ofcourse to do a preselection. Remote entries are the first to be preselected if necessary (we hope thats understandable... productions done by ppl attending the party come first.)

In general the organizers can exclude any entry without giving a reason for it (that will for example happen if theres anything rassistic or stolen content or whatever in it.)

Compo entrys should not be released before our party. If you are going to compete with any kind of graphics - plz make sure you have some workstages with you (or send them with your email for the case we allow remote entrys.)



If you are unsure about anything depending on your release - you should Email us.