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About The Party

Function is currently the biggest Hungarian demoscene party, a 3-day computer-related event where creators and fans of underground digital art compare their skills, exchange experiences, thoughts, and socialize. We welcome both the "oldskool souljahs" of the demoscene and the beginners. Don't be afraid if you don't know anyone yet..

Hungarian demoscene has always been a friendly bunch that's happy to see newcomers as much as the elite guys. If you're interested in this subset of computer technology which is mostly ignored by the public, then we'll be happy to see you at Function this year!

Over the years, we were lucky to host guests from all of Europe, Asia and from overseas, including demoscene veterans who haven't been attending parties for more than a decade!

After party

Photos

Video

More information coming soon
If you have also made photos or videos at the party, please send us the links and we'll include them here!

Event Schedule

We can't let anyone in before Friday 16:00 and everyone must leave the place until Sunday 08:00.
All times are CEST ( UTC +1 ).

Doors opens

Opening ceremony

Demoshow

Codekiller's PT Set

(Paula & Paulina)

E-Diode

Deadline

Game development and Music competition

Deadline

Freestyle, Handdrawn and Oldschool Graphics, Photo competition

Deadline

For all other competitions

Antiq 25 seminar

Outside DJ

Det0x

Music competition

Outside DJ : Landegaard

Outside DJ

Blala

Compoevening

Game development, Photo, Freestyle, Handdrawn and Oldschool graphics

DSH & Retroid

Componight part 1

Wild demo/Animation, Oldschool demo, 256byte intro

30 min break

Componight part 2

4kb intro, 64kb intro, Demo

Vote counting

DJ : TEO - Acid set

Voting deadline

Prizegiving ceremony

Party closes

Competitions

Competitions are at the heart of every demoparty.
Whether you are competing or not, compo nights are always atmospheric, inspiring, and entertaining.

PC

i9 5GHz, 32GB, SSD, Win10,
RTX 3090 ( Lots of hugs to Citrus )

Amiga

A1200 +060

or A500 +512k

C64

Stock C64,
New SID, 1541/II

Android

nVidia
Shield

Other platforms may be available on demand. The maximum resolution of the projector is 1080p (1920x1080).
Please respect that and don't go over it, because it might result in your entry breaking.

Handdrawn graphics

Still images using any traditional handdrawn techniques, such as pixelling or freehand painting.

  • If the graphic doesn't look handdrawn, it will be moved to the freestyle competition.
  • The entry archive should include at least 3 phases or steps of the creation process.
  • No animations are allowed.
  • Only one picture per artist is allowed.
  • Pictures will be shown using XNView, any format that it can display is allowed. (Lossless PNG is preferred.)

Freestyle graphics

Still images created by any tool or creation method available, such as photo retouching or 3D rendering.

  • The entry archive should include at least 3 phases or steps of the creation process.
  • No animations are allowed.
  • Only one picture per artist is allowed.
  • Pictures will be shown using XNView, any format that it can display is allowed. (Lossless PNG is preferred.)

Oldschool graphics

Still images using any traditional handdrawn techniques, such as pixelling

  • Maximum size: 1 disk side.
  • The archive should include at least 3 phases or creation steps of the process.
  • No animations are allowed. This also excludes scrolling or multi-screen pictures.
  • Only one picture per artist is allowed.

Photo

The competition of camera-twiddlers!

  • HDR and slight retouching is allowed (e.g. color correction and cropping), but the archive must in include the original, unretouched picture too, with EXIF information intact (or the original RAW file).
  • Note: we will perform a quality preselection and only the best 15 photos will be shown at the compo! Please try to be original and creative - the Nth sunset and bug macro don't count as such.
  • Only one picture per artist is allowed.
  • Pictures will be shown using XNView, any format that it can display is allowed. (Lossless PNG is preferred.)

Music

Musical entries created with either modern studio techniques or oldschool trackers.

  • Playing time: 4 minutes. We'll fade out afterwards.
  • Maximum size: 10 megabytes zipped
  • Allowed streaming formats: MP3 and OGG. Also, please fill the ID3/OGGInfo fields if possible.
  • Allowed tracked formats: XM, IT, S3M, MOD
  • Only one song per artist is allowed.
  • Replaying application: Winamp for streaming, XMPlay for tracked

Game

You make it, you play it!

  • Maximum size: 64 megabytes zipped
  • The game must not write on the hard disk, only inside its own directory.
  • The game should not have an installer!
  • You'll get around 3-4 minutes to play and present your game during the compo, otherwise we will play instead of you (consider that a threat).

Wild / Animation

Entries which don't fit into any other category. Short films, rendered animations, machinima, alternative platform demos.

  • Playing time: 10 minutes. We'll stop it afterwards.
  • If your entry is a video file, please use common formats like MP4 / MKV / AVI containers with H.264 / DivX / XviD video and MP3 / AAC / uncompressed audio.
  • If your entry is NOT a video file, consult the organizers before the deadline.
  • Only one entry per artist is allowed.

256 byte

256 bytes of coder mayhem, get the most out of a quarter kilobyte.

  • Playing time: ~1 minutes. We'll stop it afterwards or when the audience begs us.
  • If possible, quit on a keypress, preferably ESC.
  • The entry must be one single file, not larger than 256 bytes.
  • The entry must not write on the hard drive.
  • Entries will be run on the main PC compo machine, booted with the latest version of Rufus. This means no midi, no pc speaker, just plain FreeDOS.
  • Or you can choose to run it from DosBOX-X or stable DosBOX 0.74 with your own .conf file.

4 kilobyte

4 kilobytes of visuals and sound packed together to create the ultimate coding challenge.

  • Playing time: 5 minutes. We'll stop it afterwards.
  • Entries must quit on ESC.
  • The entry must be one single file, not larger than 4096 bytes.
  • The entry must not write on the hard drive permanently.
  • Usage of the most recent, Win7-10 compatible Crinkler is recommended.
  • You can include a safe mode EXE in the archive, but if the compressed version of the intro doesn't run, we won't show the larger version.

64 kilobyte

Minuscule demos providing endless possibilities to show off in music, code and graphics.

  • Playing time: 10 minutes. We'll stop it afterwards.
  • Entries must quit on ESC.
  • The entry must be one single file, not larger than 65536 bytes.
  • The entry must not write on the hard drive permanently.
  • The usage of kkrunchy is highly recommended.

Oldschool

Blast from the past! The demo compo for all kinds of oldschool platforms.

  • Entries must run on platforms that are from 1995 or before, including C64, Amiga, vintage consoles, and DOS-based PCs, to name a few.
  • Must not be a simple animation player.
  • Playing time: 10 minutes. We'll stop it afterwards.
  • If your entry is NOT running on Amiga or C64, please contact us in advance to work out the details.
  • Hardware expansions are allowed but contact us with any special needs.

Demo

Have all the space you want for creating the masterpiece of the demoscene.

  • Playing time: 10 minutes. We'll stop it afterwards.
  • Entries must quit on ESC.
  • Maximum size: 128 megabytes archived.
  • The entry must not write on the hard drive permanently.

Event Location

Csokonai Cultural Center (Csoki)

Csokonai Cultural Center (Csoki)


Website http://www.csokonaiksk.hu/
Entrance 1153 Budapest, Eötvös Str. 64-66.

Visitable according to current health regulations.
As of 2021 July 05 : mask and certificate not required, for further information please check the website of the venue.

Parking in front of the facility is strictly FORBIDDEN. There is a bicycle storage outside.

Recommended parking spaces:
Eötvös Str., Rädda Barnen Corner, Beller Imre Str., Bocskai Str., Bethlen Gábor Str.

Place rules

  • Visitable according to current health regulations.
    As of 2021 July 05 : mask and certificate not required, for further information please check the website of the venue.

  • Parking in front of the facility is strictly FORBIDDEN
    There is a bicycle storage outside.

  • Spirits and cigarettes prohibited for persons under the age of 18 years. This is a public institution, taken very seriously.

  • Smoking and electronic cigars are forbidden inside the party area. There is a separate smoking area outside in the courtyard. But don't throw the butts apart, please!

  • Dogs are allowed to come (except Andrew and Shangi :), but only if well-bred.

  • Your own food and drink can be consumed only outside the buffet area. We recommend to buy and eat at the buffet if possible (there will be good prices).

Party rules

  • Alcohol consumption is allowed, but please be reasonable, overconsumption might ruin your own and others' fun as well. Any type of damage or offense caused due to that will not be tolerated and will result in the removal from the party.

  • Consumption and circulation of other drugs at the party place is strictly forbidden, and will result in immediate expulsion from the party.

  • Any type of damage will be forced to be paid by the culprit! If the person is unknown, we'll have to deduct the price from the party budget, which might endanger the future parties and the cooperation with the partyplace owners! Please take this very seriously.

  • Connecting kitchen equipment to the power network is forbidden. If this causes a power outage, you'll be held responsible by all the unhappy people...

  • Organizers are not responsible for any equipment at the party, anything you bring is your responsibility. Luckily we haven't had damage or theft at parties since a while now, and we'd like that to continue so.

  • By visiting our event you implicitly agree to be videotaped or photographed. For your information, we will also have an internet stream, which will be recorded and later published on well known video streaming sites. Furthermore, many of the visitors will create their own photos and record videos, and the location is also equipped with security cameras. That said, when taking videos or photos we kindly ask you to be considerate about the privacy of others.

Compo rules

  • Productions can be entered on-location by uploading them via the party network.

    By entering, you also agree on having your works uploaded to our website after the party and to various larger demoscene FTP servers (scene.org )

  • Remote contributions via e-mail are allowed (registration or online ticket NOT required). However we won't safe-keep your prizes, if no one picks it up during the prizegiving.

    The organizers reserve the right to remove entries from competitions. These entries won't be shown, won't be spread and won't be votable. In individual competitions this usually means preselection to avoid a huge amount of entries to be presented, in other competitions it solely means quality control and eventual compatibility problems. If your entry doesn't run on the compo machine, we'll do our best to help you to get it running though.

  • The organizers also reserve the right to merge competitions together if there are not enough entries.

  • Previously released material is not allowed. Covers, remixes and derivative works can only be entered with the consent of the original author.

  • The compo entry must be packed together with either ZIP or RAR (or the best packer on that given platform). We will not accept unpacked entries, and we will not pack your entry for you.

    For every entry we'd like to ask to include a FILE_ID.DIZ (a simple text file) in the archive, containing the prod's name and author, optionally the compo and party. (Note: Traditionally FILE_ID.DIZ's are 40 characters wide at most.)

  • For PC compos, the latest DirectX end-user runtime will be installed on the compo machine.

Stream

You can watch stream on Twitch without registration and buying online ticket.
Stream available from 2021-09-10 16:00

https://twitch.tv/functionparty

Tickets

Normal and supporter ticket prices include taxes and can be purchased on the party.

Entry is free under the age of 14.

Normal ticket
3000 HUF
  • 10 eur
  • voting key
  • chance to view the competitions
Supporter ticket
15000 HUF
  • 50 eur
  • voting key
  • chance to view the competitions
  • one hundred from us
e-Function tickets
9,99 / 49,99
Buy an e-ticket only if you are not able to come to the party place but you'd like to participate / support Function.
( purchase available until 12 Sep, Sunday 01:00 )

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