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On MAiN 2009 party the following compos will be held: Combined 4k intro (pc, mac, pocketpc, amiga, console)
Combined 64k intro (pc, mac, pocketpc, amiga, console)
Combined Demo (pc, mac, pocketpc, amiga, console)
Tracked/Streaming Music
Photo
Graphics
Animation 2D
Animation 3D
Wild SPECIAL : HUGESCREEN WILD COMPO ( more infos here ) The entries are accepted onf the following media (you will get them back): * PC/console: pendrive, CD, DVD, memorycard, 3,5" IDE hdd, e-mail
* Amiga: pendrive, CD, 3,5" DD floppy, e-mail General rules applied for all compos Entries will be preselected in all categories If the production has unsure copyright status (ripped music, etc), it will be disqualified It's possible to send your entry on the net, but if you're not present on the party during the prizegiving, fame is all you get, because we will not send the prizes after you. Releases containing destructive code, trojan or virus will be revenged and disqualified Intro/demo general rules: If your program doesn't run on the compo machine, it will be disqualified automatically. Of course you'll have a chance to try it out and fix, if you are able to. If you bring your own hardware you will still have to give us a binary of your release, which will be published, and no, there won't be any exceptions. As Winfdows Vista came out, in case of PC entry try to be compatible (however there will be no Vista on the compo machine), the same stands for nVidia/ATI videocards, if possible try to make it work on both. Max resolution is 1280x720, if you support more modes, we will choose this. Detailed rules: 4k intro: * playing time max. 5 min
* precalc time max. 1 min
* the intro must quit on key ESC (pc)
* the intro must quit on pressing the mouse button (amiga)
* the intro is one file, max 4096 byte long, before playing we will delete all other files (nfo,txt,diz)
* writing on disk permanently is not permitted, using a dropper is allowed
* the day before the party we will update to the latest End-User DirectX, don't expect any other DLL's 64k intro: * playing time max. 10 min
* precalc time max. 1 min
* the intro must quit on key ESC (pc)
* the intro must quit on pressing the mouse button (amiga)
* the intro is one file, max 65536 byte long, before playing we will delete all other files (nfo,txt,diz)
* writing on disk permanently is not permitted
* the day before the party we will update to the latest End-User DirectX, don't expect any other DLL's Demo: * playing time max. 10 min
* the demo must quit on key ESC (pc)
* the demo must quit on pressing the mouse button (amiga)
* the compressed demo (zip/rar) can't exceed 32 Mbytes
* writing on disk permanently is not permitted Tracked/Streaming Music: There will be no separate tracked and streaming category, everything will be combined. Only one entry per musician is allowed. The maximum playing time is 4 min. * allowed tracked formats: xm, it, s3m, mod
* allowed streaming formats: mp3, ogg
* player: latest release of XmPlay
* we highly recommend at least 192kbit rate mp3/ogg as minimum
* please fill mp3/ogg id tags
* you can place infos in sample/instrument text in case of tracked music
* size limits: tracked 5MB, streaming 10MB
Photo:
Inspired by the great success of the photo competition at Breakpoint party we decided to hold our own photo competition. The rules are the followings: * the entry has to be a photo taken by yourself
* retouching (color correction, crop, etc.) is allowed, drastic changes aren't
* HDR photos are allowed (wikipedia , example )
* we need the untouched version of the image (in decent quality JPG, with EXIF info included, or RAW), in case of HDR image, we need all the phases . we won't spread the original image(s)
* highest resolution: 1280x720, (bigger ones will be scaled)
* any formats known by the widespread image viewers are accepted (we recommend: PNG or JPG)
* animations not allowed (that includes animated GIF's)
* only one entry per photographer allowed
* viewer: IrfanView on PC
Graphics: * the combined competition for pixelled, rendered, photoshopped, etc. images
* highest resolution: 1280x720, (bigger ones will be scaled)
* any formats known by the widespread image viewers are accepted (we recommend: TGA, PNG or BMP)
* animations not allowed (that includes animated GIF's)
* only one entry per graphics artist allowed
* we need at least 3 (three) in-work phases of the image, to accept your entry Animation 2D: * playing time: max. 5 min.
* highest resolution: 1280x720 (PAL 720p recommended)
* AVI, MPG, or DVD format allowed
* supported video codecs mpeg1, mpeg2, mpeg4 (DiVX, XViD, h264, WMV)
* supported sound codecs: uncompressed PCM, MP2, MP3
* if you make subtitles, we suggest to put it on the top of the screen so it will be visible even from the last rows Animation 3D: * playing time: max. 5 min.
* highest resolution: 1280x720 (PAL 720p recommended)
* AVI, MPG, or DVD format allowed
* supported video codecs mpeg1, mpeg2, mpeg4 (DiVX, XViD, h264, WMV)
* supported sound codecs: uncompressed PCM, MP2, MP3
* if you make subtitles, we suggest to put it on the top of the screen so it will be visible even from the last rows Wild ( Console and any other hardware ) : * playing time: max. 5 min. if it's boring, or if the audience complains, we will stop it.
* highest resolution: 1280x720 (PAL 720p recommended)
* AVI, MPG, or DVD format allowed
* supported video codecs mpeg1, mpeg2, mpeg4 (DiVX, XViD, h264, WMV)
* supported sound codecs: uncompressed PCM, MP2, MP3
* Bring the real hardware to proof its working native Compo machines PC: Some powerful PC+ Windows XP, details tba. Mac: Apple Macbook Pro with nVidia 9600 Others ( Amiga / Pocket PC / Consoles ) : Bring your equipment with you, we try to be helpfull as much as possible, easiest way is to deliver also a videoversion, but be sure we proof if your production is working on the native platform.
If you need other OS than Windows XP or OSX please contact pasy ( pasy(at)rebels.com ). |
