21 - 23 MAY 2021
An online demoparty
Compos (if we are in lack of content, they will be mixed)
entry submissions opening : 01/05/2021
entry submissions deadline : 18/05/2021
You need a key to register to the party, ask it on discord or at admin@shadow-party.org
/!\ Gamejam theme: "Color changes all" /!\
if you don't find your category, feel free to release it in the wild compo with a text explaining your work
- Oldschool demo [rules]
- Any console prior to 2005 and computer prior to 1995 are considered oldschool.
- The demo must work on the real hardware.
- Any additional real hardware can be used as long as it can be emulated (for example, 512k extension on AMIGA 500).
- Maximum duration: 8 minutes.
- Maximum size: 2 media of the original machine (for example: 2 floppy disks on AMIGA, 2 faces of one disk on CPC)
- Please provide instructions on how to run your demo on the compo machine (or emulator).
- Please provide a video capture (720p or 1080p) of the demo.
- Oldschool intro [rules]
- Any console prior to 2005 and computer prior to 1995 are considered oldschool.
- The intro must work on the real hardware.
- Any additional real hardware can be used as long as it can be emulated (for example, 512k extension on AMIGA 500).
- Maximum file size: 64kiB.
- Maximum duration: 8 minutes.
- Please provide instructions on how to run your demo on the compo machine (or emulator).
- Please provide a video capture (720p or 1080p) of the intro.
- This compo will be merged with the “oldschool demo” compo if there are not enough entries.
- Newschool demo [rules]
- Maximum duration: 8 minutes.
- Please provide a video capture (720p or 1080p) of the demo.
- Newschool intro [rules]
- Maximum duration: 8 minutes.
- Maximum file size: 64kiB.
- Please provide a video capture (720p or 1080p) of the intro.
- This compo will be merged with the “newschool demo” compo if there are not enough entries.
- Oldschool Graphics [rules]
- Accepted file format: PNG or executable binary.
- Maximum resolution and color depth: 320x256 /32 colors.
- Include at least 3 work in progress steps, together with the final version.
- Newschool Graphics [rules]
- Render, scan or photo of hand painted or procedural material only.
- Accepted file formats: PNG, JPEG, or executable binary.
- Include at least 3 work in progress steps, together with the final version.
- Quality settings: Baseline Standard instead of Optimized or Progressive, and sRGB color profile.
- Maximum file size: 20MiB.
- Music streamed [rules]
- MP3/OGG
- Required format: OGG or MP3.
- Maximum playing time: 3:30, longer songs will be faded out start 3:30.
- Playback with current Winamp 5.x version.
- Music tracked [rules]
- Required format: (XM / MOD or Arkostracker).
- Maximum playing time: 3:30, longer songs will be faded out start 3:30.
- Must be 100% Fasttracker-compatible or Arkostracker, the compo will play the music inside the tracker.
- Exotic format others than xm/mod are allowed if you can give a player/tracker that can display the track's content during replay
- Photo [rules]
- Allowed retouching is limited to filtering, coloring grading, cropping, stitching, etc.
- Collages or photomontages are not accepted and can be submitted to the Wild compo instead.
- Include the original photo if the entry is retouched.
- Accepted file formats: PNG or JPEG.
- Quality settings: Baseline Standard instead of Optimized or Progressive, and sRGB color profile.
- Maximum file size: 20MiB.
- Wild [rules]
- Platform: any.
- Maximum duration: 8mn.
- Please provide a video (720p or 1080p) of the production.
- Gamejam [rules]
- There is the theme: "Color changes all"
- Platforms: any including game engines (Unreal Engine, Unity, Godot, and all others).
- Maximum size: 256Mo (Yeah, it's a gamejam, you are not making a triple A).
- Please provide a video (720p or 1080p) Inluding Start screen, Gampeplay and End screen for at least 2 minutes.
- If your game contains copyrighted materials, make sure you have the rights to use it or it will be disqualified.
- And good luck !
