deadline harakiri
compo rules 0.6.4 beta

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
  -----------
    The demo must support one of the following platforms:

    Win32 (i386)
      Compo Machine:
        CPU: Intel P4 2,4 GHz
        RAM: 512 or 1024 MB
        GPU: Nvidia Geforce 6600gt
        Sound: Sound Blaster Live
      Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP Pro SP2
        Available APIs: Direct3D (End-User Runtimes Dec 2005), GDI, OpenGL
        Will not have .NET

    Linux (i386)
      Compo Machine:
        CPU: Intel P4 2,4 GHz
        RAM: 512 or 1024 MB
        GPU: Nvidia Geforce 6600gt
        Sound: Sound Blaster Live
      Operating System: Fedora Core 4 (WS Installation), Linux 2.6.x
        Avalable APIs: libSDL, X11, OpenGL, aalib, ncurses
        Must be able to run as user (not root - thus SVGAlib is banned)

    Mac (PPC)
      Compo Machine: Apple iBook
        CPU: 1.2GHz G4
        RAM: 768MB DDR
        GPU: Radeon 9200
      Operating System: Mac OS X 10.4 aka Tiger
        Available APIs: OpenGL, Quartz, QuickDraw
        Will not have Developer Tools

    Max size: 20 971 520 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.
    PC-demos (Win32/Linux) must work on AMD CPU too.
    PC-demos (Win32/Linux) must work on ATI GPU too.
    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/Mac 64k Demo
  ---------------
    Same rules and compomachine as the "PC/Mac Demo" compo except for the size
    Max size: 65 536 bytes (excluding infofiles)
    We prefer a "onefiler".
    If we only get 1 or 2 entries, this compo may be combined with
     "PC/Mac Demo" or "PC/Mac 4k 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)

  PC/Mac 4k Demo
  --------------
    Same rules and compomachine as the "PC/Mac Demo" compo except for the size
    Max size: 4 096 bytes (excluding infofiles)
    We prefer a "onefiler".
    If we only get 1 or 2 entries, this compo may be combined with
     "PC/Mac 64k Demo" or "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
  ----------
    Compo Machine 1: We got a A1200 with 68040
    Compo Machine 2: Bring your own Amiga (680x0 only)
    Must be exitable with left mousebutton
    Must be a "onefiler" or installable on harddisk and preferably with
     installationprogram, it cannot take more space than 20 971 520 bytes
     installed
    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
  --------
    Compo Machine: C64 (PAL) with 6581 sidchip, 1541-II diskdrive and TFR
    Max 2 disksides
    Max one entry per disk
    Demos must be handed in on floppy
    Disks will be kept

  Console/Real Wild
  -----------------
    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 videosignal).
     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.
    We will not provide any hardware for this compo.
    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
  --------
    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/
    Consider these rules to be just guidelines since this is a very rare scene

GRAPHIC COMPOS

  PC Graphics
  -----------
    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)

  Amiga Graphics
  --------------
    Rules pending, similar to PC Graphics but picture will be shown on Amiga
    fileformats: LBM

  C64 Graphics
  ------------
    Only one entry per participant.
    Picture must be a self-executing PRG on a disk.
    One entry per disk.

  ASCII/ANSI Graphics
  -------------------
    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
  -----------------
    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
  ------------
    Only one entry per participant.
    Must fit (uncompressed) on a DOS-formatted HD-floppy
    (If you want to be safe, make it 1 400 000 bytes)
    Allowed file formats: S3M, XM, IT, MT2, SKL
    Recommended maximum playing time: 4 minutes
    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,
      because we disqualify any entries that does not play properly)
    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 4channel
  --------------
    Only one entry per participant.
    Recommended maximum playing time: 3 minutes
    Must fit (uncompressed) on an Amiga-formated DD-floppy
    Allowed file formats: MOD
    Will be played with Protracker on an Amiga
    Any entry that does not play properly in Protracker will be disqualified
    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)

  GameBoy Music
  -------------
    Only one entry per participant.
    Recommended maximum playing time: 3 minutes
    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 and MP3/OGG/FLAC
    This means that if the song was made in carillon you must hand in a GB-file
     and if the song was made in LSDJ, you must hand in the SRAM as a file.
    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 Music
  ---------
    The song will be played with a PAL C64 with 6581 sidchip.
    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.