General information

  • You will be able to upload your production before the party starts. Actually, we strongly encourage you to do so, since time at the party will be short and receiving the entries in advance will guarantee that we will have enough time to make sure that your production will run smoothly.
  • We will announce when the party system will be open for submissions on the website.
  • Your production must not have been released before.
  • Each participant may contribute with maximum of one entry per compo.
  • By participating, you will agree that we will distribute your production on the main scene sites and social channels.
  • The organizers reserve the right to cancel/aggregate compos in case of lack of participation, even if we would prefer not to.
  • The organizers have the right to disqualify entries for being in violation of the party rules, the local legislation or of general common sense. Please understand that disqualifying an entry would be an extreme measure that we would not love to do, and we believe in the collaboration of the participants in avoiding such situations.
  • Usage of copyrighted or third-party content is prohibited, unless specifically authorized.
  • Please make sure that your productions run on the compo machines (see details for each compo).

A.I. policy

  • Content created predominantly or substantially using artificial intelligence systems will be disqualified. Please understand that the compos are about creativity and originality, not prompting ability.
  • Usage of unaltered, generative-A.I. content for graphics or music is not permitted. Entries relying on that will be disqualified during the pre-selection process. Please understand that the compos are about creativity and originality, not prompting ability.
  • Entries using obvious A.I.-generated content will be disqualified during the pre-selection process at the discretion of the organizers.

Remote entries

Would you still like to contribute to the party even if you can’t make it in person? We will accept remote entries as well! Contact us and you will receive a code to register to the party system and upload your production as soon as we are going to open it for submissions.
This will be announced on the main website.

The compos

Pure characters, pure style
From text-mode wizardry to PETSCII madness - how far can you push?

  • ASCII/ANSI: Maximum width is 80 characters, maximum height is 2048 lines.
  • PETSCII: Maximum width is 40 characters, maximum height is 25 lines. No mixed graphics modes, no sprites. ECM and MCM are allowed. Entries must be provided as binaries (.prg/.d64).
  • No XBIN, custom fonts, custom palettes, blinking or Ansimations. iCE Colors are supported.
  • Please declare whether your ASCII should be displayed as PC or Amiga ASCII, or include a suitable SAUCE record.
  • PC ASCII/ANSI is shown using 80×25 VGA mode.
  • Amiga ASCII/ANSI can use any font supported by AnsiLove. The default is “topaz”.
  • Please provide a PNG as a fallback along with the original file.

Where pixels obey - or don’t
Oldschool discipline meets modern attitude. One pixel off? We’ll notice.

  • Entry must maximum 320x240 pixels resolution and up to 256 colors
  • No plain photos without artistic effort
  • You must include at least six working stages of your entry
  • Please submit your entry in .PNG format
  • All pictures will be displayed with the latest version of XNView

If it runs and it’s fun, it counts
Bring your gameplay, your weird ideas - or just break the rules entirely.

  • No size limits.
  • Your production must run on one of the systems from the C64, Amiga and PC compos.
  • If your production runs on a different system/machine, consider bringing your own hardware but make sure to contact us beforehand.
    • The same applies if production requires non-standard input devices other than the default keyboard, joystick and mouse
  • Consider also recording a video of your entry in case anything goes wrong.

Patterns, modules, total control
Make those channels dance - XOR the snare if you have to.

  • Entry must be in any format supported by OpenMPT (MOD, XM, S3M, IT and many others).
  • We will play back entries using the latest TrackMeister
  • Please specify if you want any specific playback settings (e.g. interpolation, volume ramping, stereo separation).
  • Do not use any special tools to generate or inject visual effects in the pattern data. This is not an animation compo.
  • Size Limit: 2 megabytes

Rastertiming as a lifestyle
SID, VIC-II and raw determination - prove the old breadbox still owns the room.

  • No size limit (one file demos, multi-sides, etc.)
  • Maximum running time is 8 minutes.
  • Looping final scrollers/messages may be cut during the compo.
  • Please submit your entry in a common format such as .prg, .d64, .t64 or .crt
  • Compo machines: (all machines are VSP-safe!)
    • Breadbin with 6581 SID
    • C64c with 8580 SID

Copper, Blitter, Attitude.
Make Paula sing, bend the copperlist - and remind everyone who invented cool.

  • No size limit
  • Maximum running time is 8 minutes.
  • Looping final scrollers/messages may be cut during the compo.
  • Please submit your entry in a common format such as .adf
  • Compo machines:
    • A500 OCS 512kb chip + 512kb slow
    • A1200

4 kilobytes. Zero excuses
No assets, no mercy - just math, code, and pure scene flexing.

  • Maximum file size is 4096 bytes for the executable. All other files in the archive will be deleted before showing the entry in the competition (no, you can’t give us a zip with 10 million of zero bytes files...)
  • Pressing ESC should exit the production immediately
  • The intro should run on Windows (no Linux or other OSes)
  • Maximum running time: 8 minutes including loading/precalc
  • Compo machines:
    • TBA

Uncapped creativity and framerate
Your playground for everything too big, too loud, or too wild for any other category.

  • No size limit
  • Pressing ESC should exit the production immediately
  • The intro should run on Windows (no Linux or other OSes)
  • Pure animations are not allowed (i.e. playback of a pre-recorded video file)
  • JavaScript/Browser entries are allowed. We will run those on Windows using the latest version of Chrome, Edge or Firefox. Productions must not rely on internet connections to run.
  • Compo machines:
    • TBA