Nicron #130 19 января 2006

Демопати

Events - Spring demoscene: rules DiHalt2006.

            DiHalt2006



   April 29-30, Nizhny Novgorod


   Attention!

   This is a beta version of the rules!

   Discuss in our forum rules and
help make them better!



   General rules for competitions

   Equipment

   Determination of Winners

   Registration and reception work

   PC / Amiga Tenders

   Graphic Competitions

   Music competitions

   ZX-Spectrum Tenders

   Other Competitions

   Indicative timetable

   Version History



   General rules for competitions


   - To participate in competitions with works created for
platforms, PC, Amiga / Pegasos, ZX-Spectrum.

   - Works submitted for the contest must not be earlier
released material.

   - If, as part of your work is used
Copyrighted material, then you should have the right to use 
them. 

   - Each work should have real
representative, determined by the author, who can
win prizes if the work takes place prize. Otherwise
If the author of the work will receive the diploma in the mail.

   - All work will be pre-selected
in which some work may be screened (low
quality of work, violations of the law and / or ethics, and
etc.). Selection will be made by the organizers of the festival
together with the invited experts.

   - Winners will be awarded. The prize fund will depend
the number of visitors and sponsors.

   - All the submitted works can be
distributed by the organizers of the festival without any 
additional agreements with authors, including the WWW / FTP / 
CD / DVD. 

   - The organizers reserve the right to reduce or
demonstrated to increase the number of works in any competition,
Depending on the quality or level of work.

   - For a small number of studies, there is a possibility
union of some competitions.



   Equipment


   The organizers will provide for the following competitions
Equipment:

   PC: Intel P4/3.2GHz, 1.5Gb RAM, Radeon X700 Pro, Windows XP.

   Amiga: A1200, 68060/50Mhz, 64Mb RAM, AmigaOS 3.1.

   Pegasos: Pegasos II, G4/1GHz, 256MB RAM, Radeon9000, MorphOS
1.4.5 '3D-update.

   ZX-Spectrum: Pentagon128k without additional extensions.



   Determination of Winners


   Winners in each of the contests are determined by
a vote of all present in the room on the principle of
average score.



   Registration and reception work


   Registration and attendance (anyone who wants to submit
work to the competition) - is required.

   Reception and registration papers will be completed in 2 
days before Festival - the night of 26 April. Likely to receive 
the work will be go after, and possibly directly to demopati 
but it is not GUARANTEED.


   Work for the Wild / Animation contest (on CD / DVD) can be
taken directly at the festival.

   Register and download works carried out by email:
dihalt@flatrate.ru. The size of letters is not limited to 
(within reasonable). If, within three days you have not received

Confirmation of registration of your work, please refer to
organizers.

   Do not forget to put in the archives of the work 
faylopisatel (file_id.diz), which answers to the following 
questions: 


   -------------------------
   First / Last Name / Nickname:

   Team:

   Competition:

   Requirements / Platform:

   Full title of work:

   Duration (minutes):

   How to contact you:

   Notes:

   -------------------------



   PC / Amiga Tenders


   * 4k Intro

   - The size of the intro should not exceed 4096 bytes.

   - Show Time - 3 minutes maximum.

   - Only 10 entries.



   * 64k Intro

   - The size of the intro should not exceed 65536 bytes.

   - Show Time - 5 minutes maximum.

   - Only 10 entries.



   * 16mb Demo

   - The size of the entire archive (accepted formats ZIP, RAR, 
LHA, LZX) must not exceed 16mb.


   - Prohibited solid animation.

   - Show Time - 10 minutes maximum.



   Total:


   - You can use acceleration (DirectX9/OpenGL).

   - Output of LMB / RMB (Amiga), ESC (PC).

   - Maximum 2 works by the author in every contest.



   Graphic Competitions


   * Gfx Rendered

   - Graphics created render programs (Lightwave, 3DMax,
Cinema, etc.).

   - Files in the archive should be Name your follows:

   name_xxx.jpg - phase of the work

   name_wire.jpg - wireframe scene

   name_unsig.jpg - not signed version

   name_sig.jpg - signed by the author version



   * Gfx Handdrawn

   - Images are drawn manually on the computer. If,
drawing used in sketches on paper, they also
it is desirable to provide for preselekta in scanned form.



   * Gfx Freestyle

   - Images from the combined method
(Processing in Photoshop, rendering, photography, collage, hand-
drawing, etc.)



   * Gfx Ascii

   - Allowed to use ANSI colors.

   - The works will be shown in ACID.



   Total:

   - To display all the images are scaled to
800x600x24-bit resolution (for the hard-80x60 Ascii characters.)

   - All graphic work must have at least 3 intermediate
phase in the archive.

   - We accept only original works. Scanned and other
copies are not accepted.

   - Formats accepted files: JPEG, TIFF, GIF, IFF, PNG, HAM.

   - Logo's / group to display will be hidden in black
square. If you do not want this, then send another, and
unsigned version of the work.

   - Not allowed pornographic images.

   - Maximum 2 works of the author, 3 from each group in the 
competition. 

   - Total 20 papers in each contest.



   Music competitions


   * Multichannel Traditional Music

   - Music of the following areas: pop, blues, pop, jazz, 
rokballada, new age, retro, classic, demoscene-oldschool, etc. 

   - The size of no more than 4mb.

   - Max. number of channels - 64.



   * Multichannel Alternative Music

   - Music of the following areas: Trance, Hardcore, Jungle, 
DJnapravleniya, etc., as well as "hard" styles Heavy / Thrash / 
Death Metal, etc.


   - The size of no more than 4mb.

   - Max. number of channels - 64.



   * MP3/OGG ​​Music

   - Music, set up different tools, resources and
programs, including songs (the text must pass censor
ethics).

   - Competition version must be at bit rates only 192kbps,
VBR is not valid.

   - ID_TAG must be filled.



   * Chip Tune Music

   - Tracker music, created in limited circumstances to
volume modulus and the number of channels.

   - The size of no more than 64kb.

   - Max. number of channels - 16.



   Total:

   - Playback will be the player XMPlay (PC) or
DigiBoosterPro (Amiga) at the request of the author.

   - Only original work. No remakes, remixes
cover version of "alien" theme.

   - Tracker music format standard modules XM, IT, S3M,
MOD, MED, DBM.

   - No reaped samples.

   - Allowed to use 16-bit samples.

   - OST should not be obsessed.

   - Time to 3 minutes.

   - Maximum 2 works from author / group in each contest.

   - Only 15 entries in each competition.



   ZX-Spectrum Tenders


   * 512b Intro

   - Work started without a BASIC loader.

   - The maximum display time - 1 min.

   - 2 work from the author.

   - Only 15 entries.



   * 4k Intro

   - Work started without a BASIC loader.

   - Maximum time out - 3 min.

   - 2 work from the author

   - Only 15 entries.



   * 640k Demo

   - The size of the demo is not more than 640KB (one 5 "25 
drive format TR-DOS). 

   - Maximum time out - 10 min.

   - Only 15 entries.



   * 640k Game

   - It is desirable to demonstrate the existence of the regime.

   - It is desirable that the idea of ​​the game was the 
original. 

   - The maximum display time - 5 minutes.

   - Only 10 entries.



   * ZX Spectrum Graphics

   - Standard screen (6912 bytes). Black / white papers should 
be set the corresponding attributes.


   - All graphic work must have at least 3 intermediate
phase in the archive.

   - Scanned and other copies are not accepted.

   - Competitive work should not contain the logo
author / group.

   - Not allowed pornographic images.

   - In a demonstration of work will be set border 0.

   - Maximum 2 works of the author, 3 of the group.

   - Participates no more than 40 papers.



   * ZX Spectrum AY / YM-Music

   - The work carried out in any existing AY-editor
Computer ZX-Spectrum.

   - The module must be compiled under the address # C000 
(49152) and must provide entry points for playing and

initialization.

   - Maximum size - 16384 bytes.

   - By default, the distribution channels for playback - ACB.
If desired, specify its location channels.

   - Time to 3 minutes.

   - Maximum 1 entry from author, 2 from the group.

   - Only 15 entries.



   Other Competitions


   * Animation

   - Animation, videos created on your computer.

   - Videos can be packed with the best quality in MJPEG,
AVI or standard in the VCD (mpeg1) / SVCD (mpeg2).

   - Compression in AVI video codec to use DivX 4.0 and
above, or XviD, audio MP3 (0x55 = MPEG Layer-3).

   - Works are accepted on CD / DVD.

   - Time display no more than 5 minutes.

   - Only 10 entries.



   * Wild

   - Scenes filmed on camera / video camera and digitized, as 
well as work, which do not fit the rules of other competitions, 
including including non-standard equipment (please contact

organizers).

   - Videos can be packed with the best quality in MJPEG,
AVI or standard in the VCD (mpeg1) / SVCD (mpeg2).

   - Compression in AVI video codec to use DivX 4.0 and
above, or XviD, audio MP3 (0x55 = MPEG Layer-3).

   - Works are accepted on CD / DVD.

   - Time display no more than 5 minutes.

   - Only 10 entries.



   * Flash 4mb demo

   - Max. size of 4mb.

   - Allowed animation tools Flash, use
jpeg-video only small fragments.

   - Time display no more than 4 minutes.

   - Only 10 entries.



   Indicative timetable


   Saturday, April 29:


   09:00 - Home run of visitors at the venue;

   10:00 - opening speech, voting procedures, the announcement
sponsors;

   10:30 - ZX Spectrum graphics

   11:00 - ASCII graphics

   11:15 - Traditional Music

   12:00 - ZX Spectrum 512b intro

   12:30 - ZX Spectrum 4k intro

   13:30 - Freestyle Graphics

   13:50 - ZX Spectrum Game

   14:40 - Animation

   15:20 - Wild

   16:00 - ZX Spectrum AY-music

   17:00 - ZX Spectrum Demo

   20:00 - Closing the first day of the festival


   Sunday, April 30:


   09:00 - Home run of visitors at the venue;

   10:00 - comment on the day passed, the voting procedure,
advertisement sponsors;

   10:30 - Amiga / PC Render graphics

   10:50 - Alternative Music

   11:50 - Amiga / PC 4k intro

   12:40 - Flash compo

   13:30 - MP3/OGG ​​music

   14:20 - Handdraw schedule

   14:40 - Amiga / PC 64k intro

   15:40 - Chip music

   16:40 - Amiga / PC demo

   19:15 - announcement of winners, presentation of awards, the 
show's best works;


   20:00 - closing of the festival.



   Version History

   05.12.2005

   The first version of the rules.

   Open discussion on the forum.


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