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compo rules 0.1
GENERAL RULES
At least one person involved in the production must have a
"Participant Ticket".
Cash prices can only be obtained by being present at the price-ceremony.
All entries must be previously unreleased.
Covers, remixes and tributes should be well credited, preferably
with permission.
As organizers we reserve ourselves the right to use the entries
in future, non-commersial promotions of deadline.
A selected screening jury will examine the entries and can disqualify
any entry without motivation.
We reserve ourselves the right to change these rules, but we hope it
will not be necessary.
All C64 entries shall be handed in on separate disks (so we can make one
.d64 for each entry), disks will be kept.
If you co-operate in a song or picture you cannot participate in a second
entry in the same compo.
A console is any hardware (including portable ones (aka handheld))
intended/built for gaming (aka a videogame).
DEMO COMPOS
Accelerated (PC & Mac Hardware Accelerated Demo)
PC
Compo Machine: ?
Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP Home SP1
Available APIs: Latest DirectX
Demo must support OpenGL or Direct3D
Mac
Compo Machine: G3 800MHz, 384MB RAM, Radeon 7500 (iBook G3 v 2.2)
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.3 aka Panther
If you have a demo for another setup you must be prepared to set it up.
Max size: 32MB (33 554 432 bytes) (excluding infofiles)
Must be exitable with Esc or Ctrl-c thruout the demo.
Demo must not write to disk or network.
We prefer demos that have their objects in one file instead of a directory.
PC Demo
Compo Machine: ?
Operating System 1: Microsoft Windows XP Home SP1
Available APIs: Latest DirectX
Operating System 2: Debian Sarge, Linux 2.4.23
Available APIs: SVGAlib, libSDL, ncurses, aalib
Max size: 8MB (8 388 609 bytes) (excluding infofiles)
Must be exitable with Esc or Ctrl-c thruout the demo.
Demo must not write to disk or network.
Demos for MS-DOS & OS/2 are not accepted cause these OS:es are dead.
We prefer demos that have their objects in one file instead of a directory.
PC 64k Intro
Same rules as "PC Demo" except for the size
Max size: 64kB (65 536 bytes) (excluding infofiles)
We prefer a "onefiler"
Amiga Demo
Compo Machine: A1200 68040 ?
Demo must not write to disk.
C64 Demo
Compo Machine: C64 with diskdrive
Max 2 disksides
One entry per disk
Disks will be kept
Console Demo
Bring your console with standard audio/video equipment (if available) to
play on bigscreen.
Only standard modifications are allowed, that is, modifications to enter
your code.
PHP Demo
Only HTML and PHP
Must use standard HTML (preferably w3 validated)
No Javascript or flash
Must work in several browsers, several operating systems
Competitor can choose what browser the demo will be played in
GRAPHIC COMPOS
Raytrace
Only one entry per participant.
Pictures bigger than 1024x768 will be scaled down when shown.
Freestyle Graphics
Only one entry per participant.
You must hand in at least 3 working pictures.
No raytracing
No photos
Allowed file formats: TIF, PNG, TGA
Max 24bit RGB
Pictures bigger than 1024x768 will be scaled down when shown.
Oldskool Graphics
Only one entry per participant.
You must hand in at least 3 working pictures
No raytracing
No photos
Max 8bit Indexed (256 colors)
Max 320x240 pixels
Exception: On consoles that are not being manufactured any more, we
accept the native/natural resolution of the console
If you bring a console entry, you also need to bring the console so we
can show your entry.
C64 Graphics
Only one entry per participant.
Picture must be a self-executing PRG on a disk.
One entry per disk.
If we only get 1 or 2 entries, this compo will be combined with
"Oldskool Graphics"
MUSIC COMPOS
Freestyle Music
Only one entry per participant.
Allowed file formats: MP3 or OGG
Max playing time: 4 minutes
Files will be played with latest Winamp2
Multichannel
Only one entry per participant.
Max file size: 2048kB (2 097 152 bytes)
Allowed file formats: S3M, XM, IT
Max playing time: 4 minutes
S3M-files will be played with
soundcard: Gravis UltraSound PnP Pro
program: Scream Tracker V3.01 BETA
XM-files will be played with
soundcard: SB AWE 64
program: Fasttracker 2.08
IT-files will be played with
soundcard: Gravis UltraSound PnP Pro
program: Impulse Tracker 2.14p5
driver: ITGUSPNP.MMX, "MMX, Filtered"
If you rather want ITVSOUND.MMX you have to say so
Oldskool Music
Only one entry per participant.
Max playing time: 3 minutes
If your song loops, please say after how many seconds it loops.
The entry is one of the following:
PC Chip
Max file size: 32kB (32 768 bytes)
Allowed file formats: S3M, XM, IT
Files will be played as in "Multichannel"
Amiga 4channel
Max file size: 512kB (524 288 bytes)
Will be played with Protracker
Console Music
Only consoles that are not being manufactured anymore are allowed.
You need to bring the console so we can play your song.
Songs are handed in as binaries
C64 Music
Only one entry per participant.
Song must be a self-executing PRG on a disk.
One entry per disk.
If your song loops, please say after how many seconds it loops.
If we only get 1 or 2 entries, this compo will be combined with
"Oldskool Music"
MISC COMPOS
Wild
Surprise Compos