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Raistlin
Registered: Mar 2007
Posts: 680 |
Event id #3450 : C64GFX.com Loading Screen Compo 2024
No serious rules for this compo.
You can remake/remaster an old loading screen or create a loading screen for a game that doesn't already have one... or even for an imaginary game. NO RERELEASES - this must be new material.
Acceptable formats:-
- Multicolour Bitmap
- Hires Bitmap
- PETSCII
We will split the compo into those 3 categories.
NO FLI, no interlace, no raster bars, no sprite overlays, no animation, no music. No graphical changes or enhancements at all - keep it plain.
Of course you can use an initial fade in so long as it's fairly quick (less than 5 seconds).
Voting will be done on the new C64GFX.com voting platform. You can register for that now (just hit the "register" bar at the top). Please enter your handle as your username. Votes will only county from CSDb registered users on this compo - we will confirm with all voters if needed before voting completes.
Voting will run throughout the compo and for an additional approx 2 weeks. Don't save your votes till the last minute as I will close voting sometime between 14th and 16th October (ie. you won't know exactly when).
Votes will be kept private until the voting window closes - and will BE MADE PUBLIC after that window (down/up voters beware).
We'll use the squared-average formula again to work out final results.
Have fun :-) |
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Raistlin
Registered: Mar 2007
Posts: 680 |
Note: latest rules will always be the ones on C64GFX.com - accessible through the compo page here: https://c64gfx.com/compo/3450 .. and that's also where you can vote.
Small additional rule: PRG/D64s must be supplied that display the image in the format for which you're entering. |
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Raistlin
Registered: Mar 2007
Posts: 680 |
We have compo-voting working on C64GFX.com :-) .. please, if you haven't tried it - and I know that 99% of you haven't - you should go check it out. Just hit the "register" button, visit the compo page and get voting :-)
https://c64gfx.com/compo/3450
Compo Voting is only enabled on compos that I specify on the website, such as this compo. It's a "points out of 10" system and, as you'll see, you can very rapidly vote on all the entries in the compo - because I really want it to be as simple and easy as possible for more people to get involved :-)
Check it out, let me know if you think it could be improved (for future compos), etc... and please do vote in this compo :-)
Oh, the compo results are restricted to sceners .. so please use your scene name when you register and PM me if you can through CSDb. Without verification, you can vote .. but only verified accounts will actually affect the result of the competition. |
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jab
Registered: Apr 2020
Posts: 20 |
Quoting Raistlinplease use your scene name when you register
I tried, but... "ⓘ Username must be between 4 and 64 characters long." :) |
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Raistlin
Registered: Mar 2007
Posts: 680 |
Quote: Quoting Raistlinplease use your scene name when you register
I tried, but... "ⓘ Username must be between 4 and 64 characters long." :)
Haha, sorry! That's a restriction with Clerk. _jab_ perhaps? :-) |
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Raistlin
Registered: Mar 2007
Posts: 680 |
Thanks everyone for entering! Entries are now closed.
Please, please register and vote on C64GFX. I think you’ll like the way that voting works. And, people have been saying for a long time that compo voting and CSDb voting needs separation - C64GFX does that IMO and makes things much fairer on both itself and CSDb :-) |
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REBEL 1
Registered: May 2023
Posts: 4 |
At least I don't want to look at AI generated images in the context of a compo of Sceners. It's the act of doing it yourself that we admire. It's also clear that great images can be generated on the c64 (and always important to see!). Reminds me of composed SID tracks compared to sampling. If there will be a separate category for this in the future - great! The rating standards (and I mean that in a non-judgmental way) are completely incommensurable. |
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Raistlin
Registered: Mar 2007
Posts: 680 |
Quote: At least I don't want to look at AI generated images in the context of a compo of Sceners. It's the act of doing it yourself that we admire. It's also clear that great images can be generated on the c64 (and always important to see!). Reminds me of composed SID tracks compared to sampling. If there will be a separate category for this in the future - great! The rating standards (and I mean that in a non-judgmental way) are completely incommensurable.
We're busy looking at ways to manage that right now. I have a plan. I can't move images between categories, change the rules or change how things are voted for .. but there are ways to make things a little bit fairer and more transparent to voters. |
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rexbeng
Registered: Aug 2012
Posts: 37 |
If I may offer an opinion on that matter. Pixeling over an AI generated image is really not different from pixeling over an image sourced from the web or other media. It would be handy to have some sort of 'reference' checkbox for pictures that are based (to whatever extend) on third party reference images, and perhaps even the possibility to upload the reference image alongside the C64 format. So then, people may look at all the material and make their judgement. |
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REBEL 1
Registered: May 2023
Posts: 4 |
Hi rexbeng,
Yeah I think that is completely fine. My concerns start when ordering Burgers at McDonald's is confused with cooking. :)
(Quoting "No fixing by hand.") |
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4gentE
Registered: Mar 2021
Posts: 285 |
FWIW if I’m not mistaken, Jetboy is coding/working on an image converter of his own, therefore “No fixing by hand”. I don’t think coding a converter that will feature a great looking output is any easier than pixelling over pictures. In fact, I feel it’s much harder, but that’s of course extremely subjective. |
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