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 deadline 2007
compo rules 1.0

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.

  Do note that your release will be distributed freely after the party,
  you have to be comfortable with that because we will not remove it
  from any online filearchives in the future.

  A selected screening jury will examine the entries and can disqualify
  any entry without motivation.

  A console is any hardware (including portable ones (aka handheld))
  intended/built for gaming (aka a videogame).

  If you see the text "Only one entry per participant" somewhere it also means
  that if you are making a co-op you can't do another co-op or an entry by
  yourself in the same compo.

  We reserve ourselves the right to change these rules, but we hope it
  will not be necessary.


DEMO COMPOS

  PC/Mac Demo
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    The demo must support one of the following platforms:

    Win32
      Compo Machine
        CPU: AMD Athlon XP 1700+ (1,47 GHz)
        RAM: 512 MB DDR 266 MHz
        Graphics: Powercolor Radeon9600Pro 256 MB
        Sound: SB 128 PCI
      Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP Home SP2
        Available APIs: Direct3D, GDI, OpenGL
        Will not have .NET

    Linux
      Compo Machine
        CPU: AMD Athlon XP 1700+ (1,47 GHz)
        RAM: 512 MB DDR 266 MHz
        Graphics: Powercolor Radeon9600Pro 256 MB
        Sound: SB 128 PCI
      Operating System: Fedora Core 3 (WS Installation), Linux 2.6.x
        Available APIs: libSDL, x11, aalib, ncurses
          More details on exact configuration will be available later
      Must be able to run as user (not root - thus SVGAlib is banned)

    Mac
      Compo Machine: Apple iBook
        CPU: 1.2GHz G4
        RAM: 768MB DDR
        GPU: Radeon 9200
      Operating System: Mac OS X 10.3 aka Panther
        Available APIs: OpenGL, Quartz, QuickDraw
        Will not have Developer Tools

    Max size: 16 777 216 bytes compressed
    Must be exitable with Esc or Ctrl-c thruout the demo.
    Java is not allowed.
    Demo must not use network.
    We prefer demos that have their data in one file instead of a directory.
    Maximum resolution 1024x768, or configuration dialog that allows 1024x768
     or lower.
    The entry must be zipped together with a file_id.diz in PCBstandard
    (max 10 lines, max 45 columns, only 7bit ASCII all with a sane description)

  PC 64k Intro
  ------------
    Demo must support Win32 or Linux
    Same rules as the PC-part of "PC/Mac Demo" except for the size
    Max size: 64kB (65 536 bytes) (excluding infofiles)
    We prefer a "onefiler".
    If we only get 1 or 2 entries, this compo will be combined with
     "PC/Mac Demo".
    The entry must be zipped together with a file_id.diz in PCBstandard
    (max 10 lines, max 45 columns, only 7bit ASCII all with a sane description)

  Amiga Demo
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    Compo Machine 1: A500 Plus (ECS, SOTA-compatible :))
    Compo Machine 2: We got a A1200 vanilla
    Compo Machine 3: Bring your own Amiga (680x0 only)
    Must be exitable with left mousebutton (A1200 only)
    Must be installable on harddisk and preferably with installationprogram,
     it cannot take more space than 8 388 608 bytes installed (A1200 only)
    The entry must be compressed together with a file_id.diz in PCBstandard
    (max 10 lines, max 45 columns, only 7bit ASCII all with a sane description)

  C64 Demo
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    Compo Machine: C64 (PAL) with 1541 diskdrive
    Max 2 disksides
    One demo per disk
    Disks will be kept

  Console/Real Wild
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    Demos for consoles and other platforms that doesn't have their own compo
    Bring your console with standard audio/video equipment (if available) to
     play on bigscreen (That means PAL with a composite- or RGB-signal).
     If you bring something NTSC you need to also bring an NTSC->PAL konverter.
    Only standard modifications are allowed, that is, modifications to enter
     your code.
    The entry must be compressed together with a file_id.diz in PCBstandard
    (max 10 lines, max 45 columns, only 7bit ASCII all with a sane description)

  PHP Demo
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    Only PHP, HTML and CSS
    Must use standard HTML (preferably w3 validated)
    Must not use img-tags unless the picture actually is rendered in realtime
    No Javascript, flash or dhtml and so on
    Must work in several browsers, several operating systems
    Competitor can choose which browser the demo will be played in
    Demo is not allowed to use the system() function
    If the demo has sound there must be a nosound option
     (we suggest a starting screen with options)
    We encourage announcing what charset the demo is in by the use of metatags
    Meta-refresh is your friend
    The entry must be compressed together with a file_id.diz in PCBstandard
    (max 10 lines, max 45 columns, only 7bit ASCII all with a sane description)
    (We suggest that unixarchives are done as .tar.gz (with -9) and named .tgz)
    Examples of PHP Demos can be found on http://phpdemo.pseudohacker.org/


GRAPHIC COMPOS

  3D Modeled Graphics
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    Only one entry per participant.
    You must hand in screenshots of the wireframe from at least 2 different
     angles.
    Pictures bigger than 1024x768 will be scaled down when shown.
    Allowed file formats: TIF, PNG, TGA
    The entry must be accompanied by a filename.diz in PCBstandard
    (max 10 lines, max 45 columns, only 7bit ASCII all with a sane description)

  Freestyle Graphics
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    Only one entry per participant.
    You must hand in 3 pictures of your progress.
    No scanning of photographs.
    No raytrace, 3D-rendering.
    Pictures bigger than 1024x768 pixels will be scaled down when shown.
    Max colors: 24bit
    Allowed file formats: TIF, TGA, PNG, BMP
    The entry must be accompanied by a filename.diz in PCBstandard
    (max 10 lines, max 45 columns, only 7bit ASCII all with a sane description)

  Oldskool Graphics
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    Only one entry per participant.
    You must hand in 3 pictures of your progress.
    No scanning of photographs.
    No raytrace, 3D-rendering.
    Max resolution: 320x240 pixels
      (or whatever your 8bit machine/console supports)
    Max colors: 8bit indexed (256 colors)
      (or whatever your 8bit machine/console supports)
    Allowed fileformats: GIF, LBM, PNG, BMP
      (or a selfexecutable for your 8bit machine/console)
    Pictures for 8bit machines/consoles must be showed from the console and
     you need to bring that console yourself.
    The entry must be accompanied by a filename.diz in PCBstandard
    (max 10 lines, max 45 columns, only 7bit ASCII all with a sane description)

  C64 Graphics
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    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"

  ASCII/ANSI Graphics
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    Only one entry per participant.
    Max 80 columns, 1000 lines.
    Entries will be shown with ACiD View for Windows.
    Put the right ending on your entry, ASCII is .asc, ANSI is .ans
    The entry must be accompanied by a filename.diz in PCBstandard
    (max 10 lines, max 45 columns, only 7bit ASCII all with a sane description)
     Please mention platform, format, charset, encoding, etc in the diz-file.


MUSIC COMPOS

  Prerendered Music
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    Only one entry per participant.
    Fileformats: MP3, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC
    Recommended maximum playing time: 4 minutes
    Files will be played with latest Winamp
    The entry must be accompanied by a filename.diz in PCBstandard
    (max 10 lines, max 45 columns, only 7bit ASCII all with a sane description)

  Multichannel
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    Only one entry per participant.
    Max file size: 1 400 000 bytes
    Allowed file formats: S3M, XM, IT, MT2, SKL
    Recommended maximum playing time: 4 minutes
    If the file is saved in a compressed format you need to also supply an
     uncompressed file. The uncompressed file is for review only, it needs to
     meet the sizelimit and it will not be released.
    The song cannot use any plugins or VST's, it shall sound the same in every
     tracker on every computer.
    Please don't use the wrong program for a particular fileformat
     (like tracking XM-files in Sk@le Tracker, you will be disappointed)
    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 128 PCI
        If your rather want GUS you have to say so
      program: Fasttracker 2.08
    IT-files will be played with
      soundcard: Gravis UltraSound PnP Pro
      program: Impulse Tracker 2.14p5
      machine speed: P200 MMX
      driver: ITGUSPNP.MMX, "MMX, Filtered"
        If you rather want ITVSOUND.MMX you have to say so
    MT2-files will be played with
      The PC Demo Compo Machine using latest stable MadTracker
    SKL-files will be played with
      The PC Demo Compo Machine using latest stable Sk@le Tracker
    The entry must be zipped together with a file_id.diz in PCBstandard
    (max 10 lines, max 45 columns, only 7bit ASCII all with a sane description)

  Oldskool Music
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    This compo consists of several subcategories and you may enter one entry
     for each subcategory.
    Recommended maximum playing time: 3 minutes
    The entry must be compressed together with a file_id.diz in PCBstandard
    (max 10 lines, max 45 columns, only 7bit ASCII all with a sane description)
    The categories are:

      PC Chip
        Max file size: 32kB (32 768 bytes)
        Allowed file formats: S3M, XM, IT
        Files will be played as in "Multichannel"

      Amiga 4channel
        Must fit (uncompressed) on an Amiga-formated DD-floppy
        Allowed file formats: MOD
        Will be played with Protracker on an Amiga

      Console Music
        Only consoles that are not being manufactured anymore are allowed.
        You must bring the console and equipment yourself.
        The entry must (and will) be played from the console, no exceptions.
        Entries must be handed in binary/original format (No MP3, OGG, etc)
        To clearify: realtime/tracked music, not samples on a CD or databank.

  C64 Music
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    Only one entry per participant.
    Song must be a self-executing PRG on a disk.
    Recommended maximum playing time: 3 minutes
    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

  Animation/Video
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    A movie or animation of something that is demoscenerelated
    Allowed formats: MPEG1, MPEG2, DivX, XviD, AVI (uncompressed)
    Banned formats: Quicktime, Realmedia, WMV
    The entry must be accompanied by a filename.diz in PCBstandard
    (max 10 lines, max 45 columns, only 7bit ASCII all with a sane description)

  Surprise Compos
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    Recreation! Exercise! Fun! 
    "something for people who thinks that wildcompos are demoscene"!

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