Shadow Party 5 — 3-5 July 2026, Aubervilliers, Paris

COMPO RULES

SHADOW PARTY 2026
⚠ NO AI-GENERATED WORK ALLOWED ⚠

▶▶ Newschool Demo

  • Max duration: 8 minutes
  • Provide a video capture (720p or 1080p)

▓▒░ Oldschool Demo

  • Any console prior to 2005 and computer prior to 1995 are considered oldschool
  • The demo must work on the real hardware
  • Additional hardware allowed if it can be emulated (e.g., 512k AMIGA 500)
  • Max duration: 8 minutes
  • Max size: 2 media of original machine
  • Provide running instructions and video capture (720p or 1080p)

Sticker Compo

  • Must relate to the demoparty theme
  • Provide a photo and own the original
  • Specify max size (e.g., 20×20 cm)
  • Image formats: PNG, JPG, RAW
  • Open to all participants
  • 1 entry per person
  • Send by email to Callisto

Oldschool Graphics

  • Formats: PNG or executable
  • Max resolution: 320×256 / 32 colors
  • Include 3 WIP steps + final version

Newschool Graphics

  • Render, scan or photo of hand-made or procedural work
  • Formats: PNG, JPEG, or binary
  • Include 3 WIP steps + final version
  • Quality: sRGB, Baseline Standard
  • Max file size: 20 MiB

Textmode Graphics

  • Text-based artwork: ASCII, ANSI, PETSCII, SHARPSCII, etc.
  • Use built-in standard charsets only
  • No custom charsets allowed
  • Provide: hardware, display software, charset, font

Music Streamed

  • Formats: MP3 or OGG
  • Max duration: 3:30 (fade out after)
  • Playback with Winamp 5.x

Music Tracked

  • Formats: XM, MOD, Arkostracker
  • Max duration: 3:30
  • Compatible with tracker (e.g., Fasttracker)
  • Exotic formats OK if you provide a player

Photos

  • Edits allowed: filters, cropping, color grading, etc.
  • No collages or photomontages (use Wild compo instead)
  • Include original photo if retouched
  • Formats: PNG or JPEG
  • Quality: sRGB, Baseline Standard
  • Max file size: 20 MiB

Wild

  • Platform: any
  • Max duration: 8 minutes
  • Provide a 720p or 1080p video

Fantasy Console

  • Platform: any fantasy console
  • Max size: 256 bytes
  • Provide a 720p or 1080p video

Hack Challenge