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Hello members of DCLUG,On the 9th-11th September 2005, I will be holding a demoscene party in Budleigh Salterton and I just thought I'd drop a mail on the list to see if anyone here would be interested.
A snippet from our webpage will explain the premise:"Sundown 2005 is a small U.K. based demoscene party, the first major party for a few years. The demoscene is a computer subculture dedicated to showcasing the talents of musicians, artists, designers and programmers in a competition based atmosphere with clearly defined limitations.
Competitions held are generally as follows:
* Old School - Productions that are targetted at older computers
with a static configuration (an increased technical challenge,
pushing limitations on older hardware via efficient programming).
* New School - Productions that are targetted at high end modern
systems - challenges being exploiting of new hardware facilities
and production skills.
* Intro - A production that cannot exceed 64kb in size (a quite
severe limitation, combining resourcefulness with innovation).
* Music - As a general composed using specific methods or software
or a general musicianship competition.
Productions in the Old and New School sense generally require a good
sense of direction and always have a synchronised soundtrack to add to
the atmosphere.
Participants to Demoscene parties generally stay in the party hall from
Friday until Sunday (showers of course!) to exchange ideas, participate
in judging the entries to competitions and often taking part in "Fast"
competitions - creative competitions held within the time constraints of
a single party."
The party itself will be held in the hall, and the general routine involves staying from Friday through Sunday and sleeping on site (if you so wish), soaking up the atmosphere and getting involved with creative activities, competitions and general socialising. Some attendees currently work for the likes of Sony and EA, others have an interest in older platforms like the Spectrum and the Amiga. It is pretty platform independant, and we're happy to accept productions created with GNU/Linux.
The focus isn't on GNU/Linux as such, it is more about pushing computing technology with a creative slant. The dominating platform unsurprisingly is Microsoft Windows, however it's not unheard of to see GNU/Linux productions. The Amiga and C64 are still very prominant also.
If it sounds like something you may be interested in, please let me know - or if you have any questions.
Cheers, Ruairi -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe. FAQ: www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html