News, rumors, and information from the North American Demoscene
The NA demoscene has made some nice textmode demos in the past, and soon you can show them off again!
In TMDC, the Textmode Demo Compo, 12th edition, you can submit your stuff from 11/11/2009 to 12/12/2009.
An official invitation is on the way – but you don’t have to wait for it to start your demo! The rules are the same as last year, for now.
Blip Festival is back for its fourth year, brought to you by 8bitpeoples and The Tank, and returning to the Bell House in Brooklyn NY this December. The website is up as well as a partial list of performers (over a dozen musicians and video artists so far, and at least a dozen more expected). Get ready for one of the wildest chip music experiences in the world!
Also, there is a 2-CD live compilation from Blip Festival 2008 available at https://www.8bitpeoples.com/store/product/65, or listen to it online at http://2playerproductions.bandcamp.com/.
We’re excited to announce another new US demoparty, this one a summer retreat coming next year. @party will be held in mid-June at a meeting hall & hostel in Harvard, Massachusetts (the town, not the university), about 30 miles northwest of Boston and a few hours from New York City and Montreal.
The official website is here. More info will surface in the next few months.
Also, be sure to fill out their survey, so they know what compos and activities people are interested in.
@party discussion is welcome in our forum.
Another new demoparty in the US may be born soon! Nurupo (which is Japanese slang for “NullPointerException”) is in the early planning stages. It will be held in conjunction with MAGFest, a video game art/music/film festival in Alexandria, VA. Music, graphics, and wild competitions are planned so far to warm up the regular crowd. Keep your eyes peeled here:
The official website for pre-production info on MindCandy Volume 3: PC Demos 2003-09 is up at http://www.mindcandydvd.com/3 . There is a tentative playlist, specs, features, and a reservation list. Look out for the HD trailer coming soon.
(news has been slow, so I can get away with an announcement for this 
Abort Retry Fail, DC5’s return to activity and winner of the Blockparty 2009 wild compo, is finally officially released, now with loading bar, proper synching, info file, all kinds of tweaks, and a hidden part. A new DOSBox capture will be posted on capped.tv soon, followed by a real PC capture if we can manage it. Download it from scene.org today!
Rampage, aka Turkish Rambo, is now available on DVD! The folks at Dark Maze Studios have rescued the 1986 film from the vaults of Turkey and re-dubbed the voices, while Virt / Brainstorm has created a new musical score which sounds well over the original budget. He previewed it at the Blockparty 2009 wild compo. The DVD is on sale here:
http://www.darkmaze.com/rampage
And the soundtrack is available for free here!
http://www.biglionmusic.com/rampage-ost
So grab your plastic bazookas and go on a RAMPAGE! (Thoonk!) (Boom!)
Another great year of Blockparty@Notacon is in the history books.
Reports, blogs, pics, videos, etc.:
Got more? Leave a comment and we’ll add them. Also, feel free to share post-party thoughts on our BP09 forum.
Andr00 has released his first production, Diatom, a 64k intro which placed 4th at Breakpoint 2009 last weekend. Very well designed, check it out!
Well, three really, counting the free Notacon seminar preview on Thursday night. Registration is over but there are plenty of tickets left at the door for $100. A couple weeks ago, Devi Ever stepped in with some cool prizes for the oldskool demo and resurrected oldskool music compo. Now the regular demo competition boasts a unique prize – the compo machine itself! It sports a Core 2 Quad Q9400 and a GeForce GTX 280. So get cracking on those entries – or meet someone at the party and make something up on the spot! See you there…