Flashscene.org is proud to present a

Single Part Flash Demo competition!

The main goal in this competition is to create something amazing with flash
once again!

This time there are very few restictions that apply with the Single Part Flash Demo
 - Maximum filesize 16 megabytes
 - One part only, part should be able to run seemingly indefinetily
 - The part can consist of multiple effects, but all of the effects should be visible all the time.

Entries have been released for vote! Check them out http://www.flashscene.org/content/view/37/

Prizes 

1st place: Adobe  Creative Suite 3 Premium of your choice. Sponsored by the great Adobe itself!

2st place: Nintendo DS mobile game console. Sponsored by fantastic  Moido Games. 

Really big thanks to these sponsors. More prizes and sponsors are welcome, just contact us at compo(a)flashscene.org. 

Timeline of the competition

- Deadline is 15.05.2008!
- There will be two weeks voting period after deadline
- Declaration of winners and the prize ceremony are being held at Icons demoparty in Helsinki 6.-8.6.2008.
- Results are available on flashscene.org after winners have been declared.

Competition Rules:

- This competition is open to anybody worldwide.
- You can submit any amount of entries but you can only win single prize in 
  case you get multiple top positions. But more entries, more glory and
  respect to you!
- Simple html wrapper can be provided but not needed and not calculated 
  towards the limit
- No external libraries are allowed other than supported by Flash Player 9
- Intro must not require any interaction to run
- Any swf generation tools are allowed, 
  (Flex 2.0, Flash IDE, astd, mtasc, flashout, swfmill, etc.)
- All entries will be shown on Flashscene.org during and after the competition.
- Also the distribution packages will be downloadable after the competition 
  (This can include readme.txt, file_id.diz etc)
- Competitior gives non-exclusive and non-transferable license to publish 
  competition entries on flashscene.org
- A thumbnail image must be submitted with the entry to the competition 
  management system. Width: 133px, height: 100px. Format: PNG, GIF or JPG. 
  If entry uses different aspect ratio, please letterbox the thumbnail
- All material entered into a competition must be previously unreleased.
- The use of 3rd party GPL'd / open sourced code must be declared, so give 
  proper credit to your sources. Please note, that the use of someone else's 
  code and just simply changing colors in the effects can be ruled by the 
  organizers as being the same as using previously released material.
- Use of 3rd party copyrighted material will automatically disqualify 
  the entry.
- Flashscene.org reserves the right to change any and all prizes, rules 
  and prizing principles in competition.
- All productions must work with either IE 6.x or Firefox 1.0 (and later 
  versions of these browsers) and Flash plugin version 9,0,115,0.

- If something is not clear or you don't understand any of the aspects of the competition, don't hesitate to ask. Do not suppose or guess. 

Distribution Package:

Here is a example directory structure of qualifying entry:
entryname-group.zip
  demo.swf
  demo.html
  demo.mp3
  file_id.diz
  demo.nfo
  readme.txt
  thumbnail.png

Submit your entry by sending it to jakemppa(at)cc.jyu.fi together with your contact information.

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YEAH GREAT ... the competition tanzender.baer (IP:88.69.30.242) 2008-04-05 18:53:33 I would say, I love the results of the last competition. This time the filesize restriction is very huge, isnĀ“t it?! ... looking forward to competition 2008 :) Reply | Quote

Questions! micksam7 (IP:208.111.235.214) 2008-04-07 23:04:31 1. A "single part" demo? So basicly a single unified effect, no other scenes and whatnot? 2. How strict are you going to be to those rules? :) 3. Will report and give time for groups to change things if they aren't in line with the rules? 4. effects must be "visible all the time" - what about occational screen blur flashes in sync with music? As long as it happens throughout the demo, it's ok right? 5. The demo has to beable to run indefinately, correct? ;p Reply | Quote

Re: Questions Petri Sarasvirta (IP:195.148.79.16) 2008-04-08 01:04:37 1. yes, basically a single unified effect (which can consist of multiple effects, as long as those effects are there to support the effect), which loops indefinetly. 2. It depends ;) 3. It depends (most likely yes, if you return your entry in time) 4. Totally acceptable, you can also have some particles bouncing off the screen of course. For example if you've some item emitting particles moving on the screen according to some path, the path can cross out of the screen. 5. Yes Here's one example of what's ok and what's not: Not ok: Jumping from some cool particle effect to rotating 3d-model and from there back to the particle effect. Ok: Creating the rotating 3d-model and then adding the particle effects to it. Also ok: Creating a bumbmapped tunnel with light-sources, flying 3d-models and dancing robot. As long as it's seemingly only one part, feel free to experiment :) Reply | Quote

Examples Blind/Evoflash (IP:80.222.240.200) 2008-04-09 00:00:08 We kind of knew that the theme could raise some questions about the single part thing. Here are two examples of almost single part demos (both have kind of intro+outro/fade in/out with some texts, but the core of bot demos can be thought as single part with several effects running simultaneously. Ballet Dancer by MFX: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=VcpLKHDW38I Deepness in The sky by MFX: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=v9kCbulyYZI This demo actually evolves slightly during the time, so it actually could be disqualified from the competition. (Of course, it depends on the amount and quality of the entries. If it was the only or one of three demos, it might not be disqualified :)). The evolution in Deepness in the Sky is far from AND's Iconoclast and other productions, which have very nice continuous effect flow, but they clearly have several parts. Screen flicker and flashing is totally acceptable. Also are other pulsating effects like bloom, blur, mosaic etc. The sequence of effect should be going through all the demo, not like "after 3 minutes, the screen starts to do blurring and flickering for next 2 minutes". Effects can be synchronized to bass or other parts of music, but they should be synchronized through the whole demo. Hopefully this gives you some more idea about the single part thing. Reply | Quote

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