Only one entry per composer and competition allowed.
The composer has to be present at the party! (we repeat this here
because this rule is the most often broken in music compos)
If necessary, we will have a jury preselection before the compos. We
will put out a call for jury members from the audience. Entries that do not
make it onto the bigscreen cannot be voted for and will not be spread.
Maximum playing time is 4 minutes. Tunes exceeding this limit will be
disqualified without further notice!
If you have questions or suggestions about these rules, contact the organizers at
.
The entry has to be delivered as single .MP3 or .OGG file at a bitrate
of 192kbps or higher. If you really have no access to any encoder,
please contact us at the party place.
Please note that there is no separate Tracked Music Compo any more. If
you have prepared an entry for that competition, please convert it to
a streaming format and enter it in this one.
Please fill in the ID3 tag or OGG file info as thoroughly as you can.
While you're at it, Maxx/Kolabore has written a nice article on getting the best possible
result out of your mp3/ogg encoder.
This is a cross-platform competition. Submit entries for any platform
that is able to make noise! Please contact us beforehand for anything
that requires non-standard plugs or special hardware to record properly.
Supported platforms in the oldschool variant are anything with a CPU
that has a 16 bit or smaller data bus (C64, Amiga 500 [yes, 68000 is 16bit], VIC20,
Atari XL, NES,...)
The entry has to be delivered as executable program, in a format
suitable for the target platform.
Maximum size of the executable: 32768 bytes (129 blocks and 2 bytes on
C64). Noters, info files, and readmes don't count into this limit.
No screen contents will be shown (so don't waste your space on fancy
graphics or demo effects)
The maximum allowed pre-calculation time (in case your player needs
it) is 30 seconds.
If possible, bring an MP3/OGG encoded version of your tune with you.
You must deliver proof that your entry works on real hardware (i.e.
bring the hardware with you and show the organizers).
For C64 entries, please specify clearly if you require a specific SID
chip version on the submission form!
This is a cross-platform competition. Submit entries for any platform
that is able to make noise! Please contact us beforehand for anything
that requires non-standard plugs or special hardware to record properly.
Supported platforms in the newschool variant are anything with a CPU
with 32 bit or wider data bus (PC, Mac, Amiga AGA/PPC, XBOX...).
The entry has to be delivered as executable program, in a format
suitable for the target platform.
Maximum size of the executable: 32768 bytes. Noters, info files, and
readmes don't count into this limit.
No screen contents will be shown (so don't waste your space on fancy
graphics or demo effects)
The maximum allowed pre-calculation time (in case your player needs
it) is 30 seconds.
Please include a .WAV writer or MP3/OGG encoded version of your
submission if in any way possible.
You must deliver proof that your entry works on real hardware (i.e.
bring the hardware with you and show the organizers).
