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The biggest party of the year with the tiniest productions is back !!!

For three days, from the 11th to the 13th of February 2022, we will be bringing you all sorts of wonderful small demos, music, competitions, livecoding and discussions, all online at https://www.twitch.tv/lovebytedemoparty. And we invite you to join us.

With intro competitions ranging from as little as 8 bytes all the way up to 512 bytes, tiny executable graphics and games, pixelart and bytebeat music. That's wild, right? You'd better get hyped! And if you're a seasoned sizecoder, stop rolling your eyes at this hyperbole and start working on a prod right now!

Don't miss the Nano awards on Friday night, celebrating the past year of sizecoded productions, and livecoding into the evening with the Byte Jam on TIC-80. On the Saturday and Sunday competitions on all platforms, and Byte Battles on TIC-80 along with top class DJ sets, await you. Check out our website at https://www.lovebyte.party for the latest information, time schedule and how to join.

The experience culminates on Sunday night with the Byte Battle finale and the competition prize ceremony.

How much graphics, sound, animation and creativity can you fit into a tiny filesize?
How much love can you fit in a byte?

At Lovebyte 2022 we are going to find out!

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What productions wow-ed and amazed you most this year? Whom do you think should we celebrate, when we look back at a year of awesome productions? Who was your favourite in a compo, but went way too unnoticed for your taste?

You can now flag your favourite prods on Pouet and Demozoo for consideration by the jurors, and categories are now available:

New Talent
Which group or scener had the most memorable entrance this year?

Best Soundtrack
A demo is more than just its soundtrack - but it sure helps! Which soundtrack complemented its production perfectly, or even elevated it?

Best Visuals
Which production was the most pleasing to the eye and stunned you visually?

Best Direction
Which production really immersed you in its story thanks to its atmosphere, pacing, camerawork and cohesion?

Outstanding Concept
Which production really brought something new to the table to the scene, dared to be bold in its stylistic or directional choices?

Outstanding Technical Achievement
What was the moment you yelled during a compo “But this isn’t possible!” this year?

Best Oldschool Production
Which overall production on a machine with an 8-bit or smaller bus was your favourite this year?

Best Mid-School Production
And when we go a bit up the (time)scale? Which production impressed you most, that ran on a machine with 16-bits or wider bus or on a Fantasy Console?

Best Executable Graphics
Which 4k Graphics went beyond being simply picture-perfect?

Best High-End Intro
Which overall production with a size smaller than 64k amazed you most this year?

Best High-End Demo
Which overall production dropped your jaw and all the size-limits?

New category sorting TL;DR:

We introduce two oldschool compos to do justice by the different system capabilities and what you were able to squeeze out of them. We bring back Outstanding Concept thanks to the great productions this year that fit this category perfectly; and in favour of those two, heavy-heartedly drop the Scene Spirit Award to also avoid continuous double-nomination for the great sceners keeping the spirit alive!

You are already hitting the “suggest”-button on the third production, and they are not even (all) your own?

Then you’re in luck, juror applications are still open until January 30th! Sign-up now on https://2022.meteoriks.org/taking_part/juror/
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[ Demoparty.net News ] Fjälldata 2022: Fjälldata 2022 cancelled - go for 2023

redcrab: 2022-01-11 12:48

Fjälldata 2022 is cancelled due to the latest corona restrictions in Sweden.

There won’t be an online version either so all compos are postponed until next year for the 2023 edition.

-We’ll be back! Take care <3

• CSDB

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[ Demoparty.net News ] Excess & Abyss Connection Party 2022: Moved to Later in the year

Submitted by Faayd on 11 January 2022

Dear EXAC-Party folks,

Most of you have seen it coming, we certainly have, too.

The current Covid infection rates in Germany an especially at the partyplace simply do not allow a demoscene partythat would meet the expectations of experienced C64 sceners. BUT: We are not going to cancel EXAC 22 – We are postponing it to spring/summer 2022 instead. – The organizer team has put such an effort in this during the last months: the hall was found and rented, the compo timetable was ready, DJs and even the beer have been ordered already – You surely agree that all this must not have been in vain – So we are going to have a real C64 party with you – yes YOU! – later this year, and it will be exactly what you have been waiting for: C64, demos, sceners from all over Europe, tons of music and beer! Just the real thing.

Be patient and stay safe!

Cheers

The EXAC Orgas

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