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Didi
Registered: Nov 2011
Posts: 482 |
Event id #2526 : Intro Creation Competition 2016
Sorry for skipping this event last year, but life is life and I simply would not have had the time to host this event in a proper way.
So finally X 2016 is over and the big productions are out. So maybe you are in the mood for a smaller project.
Competition runs from November 1st, 2016, until January 3rd, 2017. So you have a full 2 months to deliver your creations. This should be enough for an intro.
Please use this thread for questions, discussion and everything else concerning this competition.
THE RULES (same as in 2014, worked very well):
- Has to work on a plain stock C64 (PAL standard) without any extensions.
- Has to be a one-part intro. Fade-ins and fade-outs are OK.
- Has to contain at least one Logo at whatever size you like.
- Has to contain a changing or moving text message (e.g. scrolling text, different lines fading in & out, etc.)
- Has to contain music (not just a humming sound, please).
- Maximum RAM usage is $4000 bytes at one block, at whatever location you like. Screen RAM counts as used memory. Exclusions are system addresses like VIC (inkl. Color RAM), SID, CIA, Stack, Zero-page, IRQ vectors.
- Has to be interruptable any time by pressing SPACE-key (exception are fade-in and fade-out).
- Graphics, charsets and music do not need to be exclusive, but the code should be! So no reuse of existing code with just exchanged graphics and music.
- Intros may not have been used before entering the competition.
- Entries must be handed in as executable format startable with RUN (.prg or embedded in .t64 or .d64).
- Max. 3 entries per participant. Entries might be taken back from the compo until deadline. That means if you want to remove one of your works from the compo to make space for another entry from you, this can be done until deadline.
Deadline for entry submission is January 3rd, 2017 at 23:59:59 (11:59:59 pm) CET.
Voting closes at Sunday January 8th, 2017 at 23:59:59 (11:59:59 pm) CET.
Voting platform is CSDb (with all disadvantages it may have), therefore entries have to be posted here.
Entries will be ranked by weighted average of CSDb votes. Entries with the same weighted average are ranked by their percentages of 10s, 9s, etc.
No prices to win, just the fame. May the best creation win! |
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Peacemaker
Registered: Sep 2004
Posts: 243 |
make an hires intro and generate speedcode d800-dc00
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Mace
Registered: May 2002
Posts: 1799 |
4-bit speedcode sounds like a challenge... |
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Mermaid
Registered: Jan 2002
Posts: 338 |
Quoting TheRykI make a wish for _next_ ICC to limit it to 4k or 8k.
Sorry, hope you don't get your wish. I need those 16k for distracting people with animations and fancy graphics so they don't notice the awful, awful code. |
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ChristopherJam
Registered: Aug 2004
Posts: 1403 |
How does
Quoting Didi@Compyx: Range is full $4000 Byte. Last compo lot of intros used $ 4000-8000.
fit with
Quote:- Entries must be handed in as executable format startable with RUN (.prg or embedded in .t64 or .d64).
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Do we just pre-pad the PRG with 10sys16384 and ~12k of zeros, or do we need to load to $0801-$4801 and have a small routine that exchanges that area with the content of $4000 to $8000? |
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ChristopherJam
Registered: Aug 2004
Posts: 1403 |
Quoting Didi- Has to be interruptable any time by pressing SPACE-key (exception are fade-in and fade-out).
How much cleanup is required? Do we need to disable all interrupt sources and acknowledge any outstanding ones, or is SEI:RTS sufficient? |
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Hein
Registered: Apr 2004
Posts: 939 |
Quote: How does
Quoting Didi@Compyx: Range is full $4000 Byte. Last compo lot of intros used $ 4000-8000.
fit with
Quote:- Entries must be handed in as executable format startable with RUN (.prg or embedded in .t64 or .d64).
?
Do we just pre-pad the PRG with 10sys16384 and ~12k of zeros, or do we need to load to $0801-$4801 and have a small routine that exchanges that area with the content of $4000 to $8000?
It's not $4000 packed, but unpacked. I usually fill up the rest of the memory with zeros after depack, but I'm sure that's not even needed. |
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Didi
Registered: Nov 2011
Posts: 482 |
- If the intro requires any places outside its $4000 bytes to be filled with zeros (see exceptions), it counts as used memory for data = disqualified.
- If tape buffer is used, it counts as used memory. Last time some used stack ($01xx) or $02xx area for data. They count as used memory as well if used outside their purpose.
- Just like Hein wrote: The allowed $4000 bytes are in unpacked format, packing it to be executable is OK and recommended.
- No special cleanup needed at exit. JMP $FCE2 is enough. In case of a later collection, cleanup of vectors and else is done in the surrounding code. |
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Cruzer
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 1048 |
"Outside their purpose" seems a bit vague. How about just allowing any use of $00-$1ff to make it simpler and avoid all kinds of bitter arguments? It's not like half a K makes a huge difference compared to 16K. |
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JackAsser
Registered: Jun 2002
Posts: 2014 |
Quote: "Outside their purpose" seems a bit vague. How about just allowing any use of $00-$1ff to make it simpler and avoid all kinds of bitter arguments? It's not like half a K makes a huge difference compared to 16K.
word! Also it does enable efficient Kefrens bars. :) |
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Hein
Registered: Apr 2004
Posts: 939 |
Zeropage is allready allowed. Else everyone who participated in the previous compo episodes is disqualified.
Someone using whole stack with clever SP usage should get bonus points instead of being disqualified, IMO. The addition of the "Outside their purpose" rule for the stack is a bit late, the compo has allready started. |
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