COMBINED DEMO?! YES!

Where Have All the Pixels Gone? – CMU Computer club (2012)

The WINNER of the “Old School” demo competition, now a part of COMBINED DEMO, from 2010 was “Waterline” by krüe!

2013 COMBINED DEMO?! YES!!!
RULES FOR COMBINED DEMO ENTRIES TO PIXELJAM:

• This is a combined new shool and oldskool demo category.
• Remote entries are permitted in this category.
• Deadline for entries is Saturday, April 20th, 5:00 PM Eastern
• Machine specifications will be announced prior to the competition.  If your entry requires a different platform or configuration, you must either provide it or make arrangements with the PixelJam organizers prior to the event.
• Oldskool entries are permitted and encouraged..  However, if vintage hardware is required, it must be provided by the entrant at the event.  Likewise, video and audio output should attempt to conform to some standard compatible with the competition video projector and audio.   If your entry will require other arrangements, please inform the PixelJam organizers.
• Non-oldskool entries should support a resolution of 640×480 (4:3), 800×600 (4:3), 1024×768(4:3), 1920×1080(16:9) at 60 Hz.
• If an entries requires DOSBox, the latest version at the time of PixelJam will be used.  Please inform the PixelJam organizers if your entry requires DOSBox
• Maximum run time is 10 minutes.
• Maximum size of all program components will be 32MB (33,554,432 bytes) uncompressed.  This does not include any fonts, libraries or DLLs that come standard on the competition platform.
• The user must be able to exit the demo at any time when the escape (or similar) key is pressed.
• No user input should be required beyond an optional initial configuration dialog which should provide sensible defaults for the competition platform.
• All demo entries must be self contained:
  • An executable file that starts the program
  • Associated support files submitted in the same ZIP.
• No entry shall require network or Internet access, system registry access or file system access (other than to its own directory).

FREESTYLE MUSIC?! YES!

pixeljamjam1 – coda (2012)

1rst PLACE WINNER FREESTYLE MUSIC COMPO @ PixelJam 2012!

2013 FREESTYLE MUSIC?! YES!!!
RULES FOR FREESTYLE MUSIC ENTRIES TO PIXELJAM:

• Remote entries are permitted in this category.
• Deadlines for entries is Saturday, April 20th, 5:00 PM EST
• Maximum playtime is 10 minutes.
• Only the first 4 minutes of a song will be played during the competition.
• Entries must be submitted in either WAV, MP3, OGG or FLAC or, for tracked entries, a format compatible with MODPlug
• Please include information in the README.TXT regarding the tools, programs or instruments used in the process of making the piece.
• Entries will be played in the most current version of Winamp, with no plugins or equalization settings, other than those required to play any of the four formats indicated above.

FREESTYLE GRAPHICS?! YES!

untitled590 – prince / the Obsessed Maniacs (2012)

1rst PLACE WINNER FREESTYLE GRAPHICS COMPO @ PixelJam 2012!

2013 FREESTYLE GRAPHICS?! YES!!!
RULES FOR FREESTYLE GRAPHICS ENTRIES TO PIXELJAM:

• Remote entries are permitted in this category.
• Deadlines for entries is Saturday, April 20th, 5:00 PM EST
• Maximum display resolution is 1920×1080 (1920 pixels wide by 1080 tall).
• Must be saved in either BMP, TIFF, PNG or JPEG, although we strongly urge you not to use JPEG.
• Entries may either be hand drawn, rendered or digitally manipulated camera images
• Scanned elements are not allowed.
• Include in the README.TXT information about the tools and programs used.
• Provide at least 3 intermediate working stages depicting the steps in creating the final work. The working images must be named “step1.???, “step2.???” and “step3.???”, where ??? is your file name extension.
• Entries will be viewed in the most recent version of Irfanview