We will have 4 competitions at Inércia this year. All of them for realtime executable entries:

• Demo (no size limit, open to all modern and retro platforms)
• Intro (1kb ~ 64kb in a single executable file size, open to all modern and retro platforms)
• Tiny Intro (for tiny size intros of any size category up to 512b, open to all platforms)
• Fantasy Console 512b (continuing the legacy from last years competition, dedicated for entries on fantasy console platforms with cart size of maximum 512 bytes)

Please submit a zip with your entry: it should contain the entry itself and a short text file explaining the platform, tools, techniques and references used. This text file should also explain the best way to replay the entry, especially if it targets a non Windows PC platform and needs specific settings. if it's targetting a platform that we might potentially play incorrectly or using an emulator against your wishes please also include a video capture of it, 1080p60 prefered for modern platforms, or whatever is the best quality capture for your target platform (50hz also fine).

The competition results will be determined by public voting. Anyone who logs in to our party system can vote on the entries (at party location or remote)

We will have a screening block dedicated to graphics productions. We are looking for submissions of the following kind:

• Text art, be it ASCII, ANSI, PETSCII, ATASCII, TELETEXT, etc
• Pixel art, limited palette and canvas resolution, using standards from retro machines or fantasy consoles
• Photo art, typically a photo with minor retouches and color correction but photoshop collages also welcome
• 3D model graphics, static 3d model scene that can be viewed from different viewpoints using latest version of Blender or Foxotron
• Rendered graphics, images rendered out of 3d modelling tools such as Blender, 3DS Max, povray, etc
• Voxel art, images made with voxel editing programs such as Magica Voxel
• Freestyle graphics, painted by hand, scanned, drawn digitally, vector or brush, whatever combination you use
• Fractal art, generated with fractal generator tools
• AI art, be it either text prompt, neural style transfer or any combined method you use
• Executable graphics, 4kb code executable that renders a single static image
• JPEG XL art, made solely with JPEG XL encoding predictor operators
• Animated GIF, short looping GIF animation
• etc

One entry per participant allowed, choose wisely what you want to focus on! Some leeway on this rule to also allow collaborations but please don't abuse it. Please submit a zip with your entry: it should contain the entry itself, a PNG version if it's a strange format we might otherwise display incorrectly, 3-4 steps of your work in progress and a short text file explaining the techniques and references used. This text file shold also explain the best way to display the entry if it needs a special viewer and special settings.

We will have a screening block dedicated to music productions. Max 5 mins play time for each track. We are looking for submissions of the following kind:

• Tracked music, composed using tracker software, for whatever target platform you use
• Executable music, 32kb executable that generates the audio
• Oldschool / chiptune music, playing from any retro machine with 1bit / 8bit / 16bit sound chips
• Fantasy console music, music playing from fantasy consoles
• Streaming music, an mp3 rendered usually from a modern DAW
• Recording of your live music performance
• Live music, beatboxing, singing, improv rap, easy instrument to setup
• etc

One entry per participant allowed, choose wisely what you want to focus on! Some leeway on this rule to also allow collaborations but please don't abuse it. We accept music of all genres. Please submit a zip with your entry: it should contain the entry itself, an mp3 version of it if it's in a format we might potentially play incorrectly and a short text file explaining the techniques and references used. This text file should also explain the best way to play the entry if it needs a special player and special settings.

We will have a screening block dedicated to everything else that doesn't quite fit the other categories. Max 5 mins play time for each entry. We are looking for submissions of the following kind:

• Video Editing
• Animation
• Trailers / Reels
• Live performance
• Memes
• New demotool showcase
• New tech showcase
• New electronics project presentation
• New diskmag or musicdisk releases
• Lightning talks
• Standup comedy
• Interactive art installation presentation
• Games, previews and final versions also accepted
• GLSL / Shadertoy scenes
• Demos and Intros not up for voting
• Demos of esoteric / conceptual platforms
• Electronic badge demos
• etc

One entry per participant allowed, choose wisely what you want to show us! Please submit a zip with your entry: the binaries if it's an executable release, a video capture if it's not. Should also contain a short text file explaining what it is, the techniques and references used and how to play it.

Shader Royale Jam ▶️

Using latest version of Bonzomatic with network support we have gathered as many GLSL-coding brave souls as we could find, remote participation encouraged, and will let them jam for 1 hour on Friday night to the sounds of Parallel Pulse. No voting involved this year, just code for an hour and have fun. Last year we were the world's largest simultaneous remote live coding event in the world with 27 coders scattered throughout 12 countries. Will we break another record this year? Help us make it so and join the live coding fun!

Lazy Sunday Jam ▶️

Using latest version of TIC80 with network and FFT function we gather as many LUA coding brave souls as we can find, remote participation welcome, and let them jam for 1 hour with a background music set on Sunday morning. No talking or voting involved, just have fun.

Original content

All productions submitted must be original releases of your own copyright and not previously made public. Sampling / remixing to create derivative work of someone else is accepted but within reason, blatant plagiarism has no creative value. When submitting the production please list your sources and tools explicitly, they will be shown on the information slide and are critical to contextualize your entry to the viewers.

Compo machine specs:

OS : Windows 10 (with latest updates)
Chipset : Z790
CPU : Intel 13600K (14C/20T)
RAM : 32GB DDR5-6400MHz
GFX : RTX3080Ti 12GB GDDR6X
Storage : NVME Gen4.

If your production targets another platform, please also provide a video recording of it, if you can't do so please come talk with us as soon as possible so we can try to figure out how to capture its signal with acceptable quality.

Production licenses

All productions entered will be distributed free for download on the internet after the event. By submitting your production to our party website you are agreeing to this distribution. The copyright remains yours ofcourse, and you are free to select what license your work uses, if you prefer something else besides Creative Commons BY-NC-SA that we apply by default. But please be aware your submission will be archived and made public. We might also use your work to promote future editions of Inércia. Please only submit your entry if you're ok with this.

Disclaimer

The organization reserves the right to not screen your submission for any reason they see fit, will be enforced in case of productions which are deeemed innapropriately offensive, immoral or illegal according to the Portuguese law.

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