Competitions

General Compo Rules (All Competitions)

• Only one entry per person in each category
• Minimum of 3 entries per competition required for it to happen, else it may be combined / cancelled
• You, your group and your entry must not be registered with a copyright society (GEMA, BIEM etc)
• Fees charged by a copyright society caused due to ignoring above rule will be passed on to the artist
• Single-artist compos are held anonymously, all names will be shown alphabetically after the compo
• Only original works which you hold all rights to are allowed, NO unlicensed / protected material!
• Racism, child pornography, any kind of content that violates german law will be disqualified
• Your entry must not have been released at another party or anywhere else previously
• There is no filesize limit for your entry unless stated otherwise, please use common sense here
• Please .zip or .rar your entry and include an info file in your archive, this helps us identify your prod
• Optionally, provide a message / greetings for us to show on the bigscreen during compos
• Only visitors at the party can win compo prizes, they will not be posted in the mail afterwards
• We reserve the right to disqualify any submission that we deem inappropriate for any reason
• All released entries will be made available on scene.org after the party

GFX Compo (Oldschool)

• Entry must run on oldschool hardware (C64, OCS Amiga, NES, SNES, Genesis etc.)
• Entries for platforms without standardized image formats (Atari XL, C64 etc.) must be submitted
  as executable program, otherwise standard formats such as .IFF for Amiga are fine
• Include at least 4 “plausible” work stages for your submission and some background
  information about how it was created e.g. which system and tools used
• Remote entries accepted for this category

GFX Compo (Newschool)

• Use any graphics tool you want, rendered or drawn images
• Hand-drawn pictures must be scanned with at least 300dpi, NO photographs!
• Include at least 4 work stages for your submission and some background
  information about how it was created e.g. which system and tools used
• Remote entries accepted for this category

Photo Compo

• Up to 1920×1080 pixels in 32-bit color, larger photos will be scaled down
• Slight retouching allowed (color correction, brightness etc.)
• Adding new effects or elements not present in the original photo is NOT allowed
• Please provide the original photo too!
• Remote entries accepted for this category

ASCII / ANSI Compo

• Maximum size: 80 x 1000
• PC ASCII’s will use 80×25 VGA Mode for displaying
• Amiga ASCII’s will use the built-in topaz font for displaying
• Animations are not allowed
• Remote entries accepted for this category
• You are very welcome to use Nordlicht’s official unofficial ANSIshader tool (MAC/PC)
  which shall be one of the faster methods to generate decent content

Gravedigger Compo

• Dig out one of your century-old, unfinished works from the past
• Pictures, music, animations, games … surprise us!
• Provide some background information about your entry, e.g. how and when
• If can’t be run on standard platforms, please provide a video for us to show
• Maximum showing time: 5:00 minutes
• Since we had a ton of entries last year, remote entries are NOT accepted for this category

Executable Music Compo

• Maximum filesize: 32 kilobytes
• Please also include a pre-recorded audio file for your track (.ogg / .mp3 or .flac)
• Music only, a static infoslide will be shown on the big screen
• Maximum precalc time: 60 seconds, music must end in silence (no looping)
• Maximum song length: 4:00 minutes
• Must provide own hardware if not running on Windows PC, Amiga or C64 (.sid)
• Remote entries accepted for this category

Tracked Music Compo (Oldschool)

• Submit your entry as .ahx .mod .it .xm or .s3m
• Maximum file size: 2 MB (2048 kilobytes)
• Maximum song length: 4:00 minutes
• Songs will be played back in XMPlay, Deliplayer or “ProTracker on real hardware”
• XMPlay set to “sinc” and “sensitive” by default, tell us if you need different settings
• Remote entries accepted for this category

Streaming Music Compo (Newschool)

• Submit your entry as .flac .wav .ogg or .mp3
• .mp3 or .ogg files must be at least 192 kbps (lossless formats preferred!)
• Maximum song length: 5:00 minutes
• Songs will be played back in WinAmp 5 (it’s alive!!)
• Remote entries accepted for this category

Realtime Demo Compo (Oldschool)

• No maximum filesize, but please use common sense here
• C64, Amiga, Atari, GP2X, GameBoy, DTV and others, if in doubt – ask!
• Use our C64, Amiga and PC-DOS compo machines or bring your own hardware!
• RCA, VGA, DVI and HDMI inputs supported, if unsure provide a video for your entry!
• Maximum showing time: 8:00 minutes
• Don’t forget to include any custom libraries your production may require!
• Remote entries accepted for this category

Realtime Demo Compo (Size-Restricted)

• Maximum filesize: 64 kilobytes
• C64, Amiga, Atari, GP2X, PC-Win 32/64 or PC-Linux 32/64 (for others, get in touch!)
• Use our PC, C64 and Amiga compo machines or bring your own hardware!
• RCA, VGA, DVI and HDMI inputs supported, if unsure provide a video for your entry!
• Maximum showing time: 5:00 minutes
• Don’t forget to include any custom libraries your production may require!
• Remote entries accepted for this category

Realtime Demo Compo (Newschool)

• PC-Win 32/64 or PC-Linux 32/64 (for others, get in touch!)
• RCA, VGA, DVI and HDMI inputs supported, if unsure provide a video for your entry!
• Maximum showing time: 8:00 minutes
• Don’t forget to include any custom libraries your production may require!
• Remote entries accepted for this category

Wild Compo

• Anything that doesn’t fit in any of the other categories goes here
• Maximum showing time: 5 minutes
• Live performances accepted (Make it good or we’ll throw bananas at you ;) )
• Material should somehow fit with the demoscene spirit (here’s a good example)
• Remote entries allowed, make sure we can easily play it back on our hardware!

Fun Compo

• TBA
• TBA
• TBA
• This competition does not have any prizes to be won, it is just for fun
• Remote entries NOT accepted for this category

The deadline for all remote submissions is: 22nd July 2014 23:59 GMT.

Compos may be combined / cancelled if there are not enough entries in one of the categories.
If there are too many entries in a category, preselection will apply (remote entries to be preselected first).

Remote Entries Closed!

Deadline for remote entries passed on 22nd July 2014 at 23:59 GMT. Thank You, and Good Luck to all participants!

All competition rules apply!

For very large files, you can email us a download link for your production. Don’t forget to add your nick and / or group name so we can identify you. We’ll contact you when we received your entry and did a dry run.

Compo Hardware:

PC:
Intel Core i7, 16GB RAM (or higher)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX Titan Black, 6GB
Windows 7 Ultimate x64, latest Ubuntu x64

Amiga:
Amiga 1200, Blizzard 1230, Indivision AGA

Projector:
Epson 1920×1080 native (FullHD)

Last Year’s Winners:

Realtime Demo (Newschool):
1. Guess Who’s Back? by GENESiS
2. Dott by Virgill
3. Den here & fluppe by RBBS and friends

Realtime Demo (Oldschool):
1. aTaRSi by TRSi & DSS & Crest
2. Natura Morta by TRSi
3. Zeropage Gravity by TRSi

Wild:
1. Fish & Chips by gaspode

Tracked Music:
1. Spring Break by gaspode
2. Headcrash Hively Rmx by Virgill
3. LOVE by Knoeki / Digital Sounds System

Streaming Music:
1. Demoscene Flow (Nordlicht Edition) by gaspode
2. Change by CONS / TRSi
3. Butcher by Virgill / Haujobb / Rebels / Alcatraz

Executable Music:
1. System Malfunction by Virgill / HJB RBS ATZ
2. A Mind Experiment by Punqtured / Fnuque
3. Lauter by dEViLOCk

Gravedigger:
1. Drago – Dumpster Divin’ 65% by Widdy / Nuance
2. Insania by tOM
3. DEViANCE Cracktro 2006 by trigger / ex-DEViANCE

GFX Oldschool:
1. Nightwalk by veto / Oxyron Arsenic
2. Mind Collapse by CONS / TRSi
3. Spraycan tells the lsd pirate about a robot in the garden stealing plants by Alien / PDX

GFX Newschool:
1. Until next time by offwhite
2. Dimensionstor 631 by Prince / tOM / TRSi
3. It’s Teatime by laddie & gaspode

Photo:
1. The watch tower by Xerxes
2. Under a bridge by offwhite
3. Real Vectorballs? by gaspode

Surprise:
1. Northern Lights by gaspode
2. Jezus kut alle trackers zuigen en mac zuigt en dit is breakcore by okkie / Accession
3. TOTALLY NOT OBVIOUS WHO MADE THIS by Knoeki / Digital Sounds System