Remote entries are allowed and more than welcome.

All demoscene competitions and events are organized in cooperation with the awesome Compocrew ry

You can now submit your entries (did I forget to say that remote entries are most welcome) in Partyman: https://partyman.byterapers.com/

General Rules

• All entries must be submitted through the partyman system before the deadline. The deadline for all competitions is Saturday, September 5th, 2026 at 12:00 EEST.
• Remote entries are allowed in all competitions except the Special Bonus Competition.
• The creator(s) does not need to be physically present at the party, but appointing a proxy to collect the fame, glory and questionable prizes is highly recommended.
• There is no limit on the number of entries per participant in any competition.
• All entries will be screened before the competition, mainly to filter out inappropriate or unsuitable content, as the competitions will be streamed.
• The organizers reserve the right to reject any entry and deny participation at their discretion.
• The use of generative AI for creating competition content is prohibited. However, the use of AI-assisted tools for developing your own production tools, workflows or toolchains is allowed.

Combined Demo / Intro Competition

• All platforms in the same category. C64, Amiga, PC, whatever, just tell your audience what is what.
• Entries must be previously unreleased.
• Partial reuse or remixing of your own earlier productions is allowed. Recycling is allowed to the certain amounts (~less than 50%)
• Entries must be provided in an executable format and must run on Windows 11 or on the oldschool hardware listed below on this page. If you have any doubts about whether our hardware is suitable, it’s better to be safe than sorry and bring your own. FPGA platforms and emulators are allowed only as a last resort and with prior permission from the organizers. More exotic platforms belong in the Wild competition.
• Entries will be presented at 1080p60. 1080p50 is also possible but must be clearly specified in advance.
• Maximum running time is 8 minutes. Maximum compressed filesize is 1 GB.

Wild Competition

The platform can be anything from an obscure computer to a documentary, experimental video, hardware hack, strange invention, or a “funny” home movie.

• Entries must be previously unreleased. Partial reuse or remixing of your own earlier productions is allowed. Recycling is allowed to the certain amounts (less than 50%)
• Entries must be submitted in mp4 video format (or live performance at the party)
• Entries will be presented at 1080p60 resolution (or live.. u know)
• Maximum running time is 8 minutes.
• The use of generative AI for creating competition content is prohibited.

Music Competition
Theme: Music of the 80s

Pay tribute to the music of the 1980s. Capture the atmosphere, aesthetics and spirit of the decade. Homages and stylistic inspiration are encouraged. Direct remixes or covers of existing tracks are not allowed, but borrowing the vibe creatively is perfectly fine.

• All platforms in the same category. C64, Amiga, PC, whatever, just let your audience know.
• Entries must be previously unreleased.
• Include a short story in the slide information which tells what your music is all about.
• Technique and used tools are encouraged to be added into the slide info. People will vote you if you let them know that your masterpiece was drawn with Salora Fellow
• Music must be submitted as a 320 kbps MP3 file.
• Maximum length is 4 minutes.
• The use of generative AI for creating competition content is prohibited.

Graphics Competition
Theme: Upper Savonia Federation — Past, Present and Future

Upper Savonia. Iisalmi. Genelec. Olvi. Sven Tuuva. Local legends, history, industry, mythology and speculative future timelines. Take inspiration from Upper Savonia and imagine where it came from, where it is now, and where it might be heading.

Note: You can derivate into other directions depending on where your interests lie. Because theme is an open-ended concept, you can branch out to whereever you want. This is however not encouraged.

• All platforms in the same category. C64, Amiga, PC, whatever, just remember tell the audience.
• Entries must be previously unreleased.
• Include a short story in the slide information which tells what your art is all about.
• Technique and used tools are encouraged to be added into the slide info.
• Images must be submitted in 1920×1080 resolution, or scaled to that resolution by the author.
• The submission package must include at least five work-in-progress images showing intermediate stages of the artwork. These may be shown during the competition.
• The use of generative AI for creating competition content is prohibited.

Photo Competition
Theme: Demoscene. Figure it out. What makes cubes flex.

A doughnut in a glass of kilju. Demosceners mud wrestling. A real-time sea of flames. A party bus upside down on a hayrack. Use your imagination.

• Entries must be previously unreleased. Stock photography is not allowed.
• Light photo editing is allowed, but combining multiple photographs into a single image is prohibited. No collages, composites or photobashing.
• Images must be submitted in 1920×1080 resolution, or scaled to that resolution by the author.
• The use of generative AI for creating competition content is prohibited.

Special Bonus Competition

Details will be revealed at the party. In this competition no remote entries. No excuses. Be there.

Compo hardware

• Newschool PC: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D, 64GB DDR5 6000Mhz, Nvidia RTX4090
• Oldschool PC: Pentium 200MMX, S3 Virge, 32MB RAM, GUS Extreme, MSDOS 6.22
• Oldschool Amiga: Amiga 1200 68060-50Mhz & A500 OCS 1MB
• Oldschool C64: C64 Ultimate & C64 Shortboard OG
• Special hardware options  (if needed, request them before the party!): Atari STe 4MB disk+HD & MSX2 & NEC PC-9821 486/66 & Atari 800XL + whatever you can imagine, ask for it!
• Scaler: OSSC Pro, Framemeister XRGB-Mini

PRIZES

Prizes? This is a compo, not a beaty contest! Oh wait yes, we have prizes:

• Winner of the combined demo compo gets 200€ gift voucher to Verkkokauppacom
• Winner of the Wild, Music, Graphics and Photo gets 100€ gift voucher to Verkkokauppacom
• TOP3 in all cateogies get awesome memorable trophy and endless glory + bragging rights.

TOURNAMENTS AND GAMES

There will be traditional LIVE Olympics-level tournament on friday & top of the line eSports gaming competitions during the whole weekend.

Questions?Throw electronic mail to compo at byterapers dot com or /msg mikron hello!