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Submission Deadline: 14 December 2023, 00:00 Australia/Melbourne Time

What is the Demoscene?

The Demoscene is an international computer art subculture focused on producing demos: self-contained, sometimes extremely small, computer programs that produce audio-visual presentations. The purpose of a demo is to show off programming, visual art, and musical skills. Demos and other Demoscene productions are shared at festivals known as demoparties, voted on by those who attend, and released online.

Call for Demos

SIGGRAPH Asia 2023 will be hosting a demo competition. While we want to give visitors a taste of a real demo party, we also do not want to cannibalise submissions from the existing Australian Demoscene events. As such, we will allow original submissions as well submissions that have also been entered in any Demoscene party.

Submit your Demo entry here.

We are accepting entries in the following platforms:

Modern GPU Accelerated PC

    • Outstanding creative execution for modern PC demo
    • Technical state of the art for modern PC demo
    • Best soundtrack for modern PC demo
    • Technical state of the art for size-constrained PC intro (includes 64K, 4K, 1K)

32 Bit mid-school (Modern PC Dos)

    • Outstanding creative execution
    • Technical state of the art
    • Best soundtrack (in-demo or standalone)
    • Technical state of the art for size-constrained intro

16 Bit old-school (Amiga, Atari ST)

    • Outstanding creative execution
    • Technical state of the art
    • Best soundtrack (in-demo or standalone)
    • Technical state of the art for size-constrained intro

8 Bit old-school (Commodore, Sinclair, Atari)

    • Outstanding creative execution
    • Technical state of the art
    • Best soundtrack (in-demo or standalone)
    • Technical state of the art for size-constrained intro

Wild (Consoles, Fantasy Consoles, Hardware)

    • Outstanding creative execution
    • Technical state of the art
    • Best soundtrack (in-demo or standalone)

Special category for best entry submitted at the SIGGRAPH Asia Conference

Please click here to submit the entries

FAQ

  • Given SIGGRAPH has a focus on computer animation and realtime graphics, we don’t have a stand-alone music or graphics competition, instead, we have integrated this into best soundtrack or creative execution for a given platform.

  • We revised our categories and added WILD to allow for console demos, fantasy consoles, and any other hardware that can run a demo – to make it easier to know into which category you should submit entries.

Expect the usual Demoscene activities*:

  • Demoparty
  • Compos (Competitions)
  • Technical and Creative Talks
  • Workshops
  • Retro Museum
  • Demos on display
  • Hardware old and new (C64, Amiga, Atari etc)
*Subject to changes
Come to sunny Sydney for SIGGRAPH Asia 2023 and a celebration of the Demoscene!

Demoscene Chair

Joe Cincotta
Thinking.Studio
Australia

ACM SIGGRAPH strives to create a welcoming and nurturing community for everyone working in computer graphics and interactive techniques independent of gender, sexual orientation, ethnic background, religion, country of origin, or abilities. Work submitted to this program should be in alignment with these values.

For any submission to an ACM SIGGRAPH conference or Standing Committee activity, the person in charge (PIC) of the program should be aware of and sensitive to potential issues pertaining to the ACM SIGGRAPH values of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. If an issue is identified, then the authors of the submission shall be asked to modify their submission to resolve the issue before acceptance. If the PIC is unsure if there is an issue, then they should contact the Chair of the DEI Committee for advice.