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BitJam 221 - Out Now!

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News and highlights of the active demoscene April 2024: here
[Submitted by ps]

[ Demoscene Research ] Hege Nordli’s PhD thesis available
Hege Nordli’s scene-related PhD thesis, The Net Is Not Enough: Searching for the Female Hacker, has been hard to obtain for years, but now that problem is remedied. Markku spent a few hours scanning the book and got permission from Nordli to make the pdf available online (thanks!), so here you go: http://www.kameli.net/~marq/scenepub/nordli_hege/The_Net_Is_Not_Enough-ocr.pdf
[Submitted by BitBot]

[ Conspiracy ] Emticles and Arpires
In case you missed it, we have released our first 64k intro with our new toolchain! There's also going to be some more content in the articles section about how it works, so keep your eyes peeled.
[Submitted by BitBot]

Latest news, releases and highlights just before Revision. Get all caught up with what happened in March 2024 on the active demoscene by watching this video.
[Submitted by ps]

GET READY FOR OUTLINE 2024!!
May 9-12 2024, Ommen, Netherlands

Tickets & registration for Holland’s longest running annual demoscene event are now online!

- Competitions for all platforms
- Party with DJ’s
- Free breakfast, tea & coffee
- Good food & beds at party location
- Flat scenic Dutch landscape all around
- Craptastic prize giving ceremony

Register here!
[Submitted by zeno4ever]

Last year we sadly had to cancel UC13 due to it colliding with an unfortunate existing-related event.

But now in 2024, we are going to do it. Yes, you read that right, Underground Conference 13 is a go!

The party is happening Sunday, June 16 to Sunday, June 23 2024. You may join for the whole week, or just for the final weekend when most compos are taking place.

Please note: This is the FINAL EDITION of UC taking place at this location. No "I'll be back next year" for you, it's now or never.

Find all the glory details here:

https://uc13.party/

It's a MYTH that UC is invitation-only. If you are a scener, digital artist or creative person, you will be welcome to join. We are just doing some basic sanity checks so we know who will enjoy the extreme freedom and hedonism. 99% of our party registrations are approved. Don't be scared about the registration form!

On a sad note:

As you probably also remember, now our long-term core organizer and very good friend mbb also has been challenged by an existence-related event. We still are in a state of pain and grieve. We have decided not to cancel the party a second time, as we are most sure mbb would have wanted UC to take place. And that's what we'll do.

An a related note: Please go register now. Once you have done that, we kindly ask you not to die prior to the party.

Also: We are looking for additional organizers who ideally are not dead. We have openings at the Aciddesk, in the compo team and in the decoration team, and also in all other teams.

Also, please join as at SceneCity for further discussion:

https://scenecity.chat/demoscene/channels/uc-party

Cheers,

UC13 Disorganizing
[Submitted by scamp]

News and highlights from the active demoscene later half of February 2024: link
[Submitted by ps]

Vote now for the last chartsmag being alive on the Amiga. We plan to release it on classical OCS/ECS as well as on OS4 Amigas and on our website and for Android smartphones. While voting you can also drop us some news or the memberlist of your group. You can vote online here.
[Submitted by Ghandy]

Sign up and purchase your ticket at the offical website here: https://xparty.net

The X parties are renowned in the demoscene since 1995. Each edition just gets louder, colorfuller, stupider, drunker and straight up awesomer. As usual, Silicon Ltd, SCS*TRC and Xenon invite you to join us in celebrating 8-bit culture.

X2024 starts Friday May 10th until Sunday May 12th in Someren, the Netherlands. For X the Commodore 64 home computer is more than just an ancient relic of pre-internet technology. It's our voice, our art, our dreams and desires all packed into a machine that some people would use as mere vintage living room decoration.

It's our weapon of choice to create amazing art within a very limited scope, and we're damn proud of that! So come on over and enjoy a great weekend with the machine you love! See this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZYjsS5t_hc for a nice impression of an earlier edition of X!

Today X is being held in the same venue! More information on X or to sign up and/or to purchase a ticket click here: https://xparty.net/

[Submitted by magicnah]

Summary of all the news and highlights from the active demoscene of the first half of Februaryy 2024 in a single youtube video: link
[Submitted by ps]

Summary of all the news and highlights from the active demoscene of January 2024 in a single youtube video: link
[Submitted by ps]

We are back with a new episode of our podcast and this time we welcome Germán Cruz, CTO of the game studio Rebel Rabbit from Peru. We are talking about their history, their several years experience in the industry, their approach and of course about their new game ‘Wild Wild Space’. Enjoy! The interview starts at minute 37:37 into the podcast

listen to / watch: https://scene.world/rblrbt
[Submitted by Nafcom]

Video with the demoscene highlights from 2023: link
[Submitted by ps]

How time flies! Sixpack's pre-issue came out in the summer of 1995 and it seems like the day before yesterday.

After 18.5 years we present the twentieth and possibly last issue of the Amiga diskmag Jurassic Pack. There should be something for everyone in terms of content. But especially oldskoolers should be satisfied.

In a few months you will be able to read the articles online if you no longer own any hardware and still have problems configuring the Amiga emulators. You can download JP#20 from here.
[Submitted by Ghandy]

[ Demoparty.net News ] Enhanced control and other new features

We’re thrilled to bring you some nice changes based on your feedback!

Taking Control: You now have the power to become an admin for your party series. Just log in, apply in the “Administration” section of your party series (like Evoke), and once approved, you’ll have complete control over your party (together with our demoparty.net admins), from adding more admins to posting new parties.

What’s New

Dark Mode: Give your eyes a break with our sleek dark mode, perfect for late-night browsing.
WebPush Notifications: Stay in the loop with event updates by enabling WebPush notifications in your settings.

So, dive in and explore these new features on demoparty.net. We’re here to make your party (organizing) experience even better, and we value your feedback.

[Submitted by BitBot]

News and highlights from the active demoscene in December 2023. On youtube.
[Submitted by ps]

Versus teamed up with AMP to carefully curate roasted chestnuts tunes by composers voted for by people in Versus two decades (issue #1 to #9) for the very best of December feelings (and yes, the link gets you an MP3 of the mix).

• 20 modules (.mod) from
  
• 20 Amiga musicians over
  
• 20 years (Versus 2003-2023)
  

Mixed to over 60 minutes of great music. Extra snowie kudos to curt cool, Esau and banner gfx by Unlock. And not to forget, merry christmas from the AMP and the Versus team (FB;X;web)

[Submitted by browallia]

A new issue of Vandalism News C64 diskmag has been released!

7 sides of amazing articles, news, intervies, report music, graphics and illustrations!

The Vandalism News Staff is wishing you all a merry christmas and a happy new year!

Get Vandalism News #74 here:

CSDB.dk:
https://csdb.dk/release/?id=237690

Pouet:
https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=95634

Demozoo:
https://demozoo.org/productions/334364/
[Submitted by magicnah]

News and highlights from the active Demoscene in the later half of November 2023. Video on youtube.
[Submitted by ps]

100% back on the bigscreens! And how you all filled them - time to get them recognised once more in our annual awards.

And so the Meteoriks team starts gathering again - and WE WANT YOU to join us as a juror!

• Help deciding on categories with your fellow jurors
  
• Review last year's productions for your category
  
• Identify up to five nominees
  
• Choose a laureate
  
• Represent your category live during the award show
  

All in all, this will take between four and eight evenings' worth of time, mostly spread across January and February.

Visit our website to learn more and sign up for jury "duty" until January 1st, we would love to have you!

https://2024.meteoriks.org/taking_part/juror/

We are looking forward to working and celebrating the best productions of the year with you!

- The Meteoriks Team
[Submitted by Shana]

Amiga • Versus issue 10 in the making - vote now! • Read issue 19 of Jurassic Pack online • A message from David Pleasance for all users who ordered his german book of "Commodore the inside story"	ASCII • TMDC 18 Announced! • New Blocktronics ANSI pack out! • asciiscene lifesigns	Atari • LynxJam 2021 -- annual Atari Lynx handheld game development competition • Final release from Sommarhack • Mystic Bytes launched a new version of Lockup demo!	BBS • Uphold the Law BBS currently offline! • The Hustlers Hell BBS back online! • PC font for calling a bbs	BitFellas • BitJam Radio is back! • 4Sceners.de: Top 30 Demos & Intros 2020 • New Year's greetings and BitJam update
C64 • X2024 - The Commodore 64 Party! May 10th-12th. Tickets on sale! • Vandalism News #74 Released! • The Scene World diskmag for C64 is back with issue #33!	Consoles • NESDev Compo '23 • GBCompo23: largest coding event for actual retro Game Boy hardware (over $4000 in prizes) • GBA Jam 2022 -- make demo and original games for Game Boy Advance, win prizes	CPC • NINJA CARNAGE available on the Amstrad CPC • Memory Full - A New Website about Amstrad CPC demoscene history • The Amstrad CPC story – Youtube video by Nostalgia Nerd	Graphics • The Masters of Pixel Art volume 3 • the Nicepixel 2018 Awards • Out Of Compo - an erotic pixel compo this November!	Macintosh • "Trip to Breakpoint - The Game" Mac Version released • Spöntz: Electroscopia • Megademo by The Digital Artists
Mags • Final version of the diskmag Jurassic Pack for Amiga AGA is out! • Vandalism News #72 Released! • Vandalism News #71 has been released!	Media • Demoscene Report April 2024 • Demoscene Report March 2024 • Demoscene Report January 2024	Misc • Emticles and Arpires • Demoscene Report February 2024 (part 2) • Demoscene Report February 2024 part 1	Music • December feelings, 2 decades (Versus #1 to #9) of Amiga musicians • Bit: A 90's Retrospective • OpenMPT 1.31 released	Outreach • Hege Nordli’s PhD thesis available • Holland joins the heritage crowd • The Meteoriks Awards 2022 - Categories and Suggestion Feature now available!
Party • Outline 2024 - 9-12 may Ommen, Netherlands • Underground Conference 13 (2nd try) - Sunday, June 16 to Sunday, June 23 2024 - Bingen am Rhein, Germany • Enhanced control and other new features	PC • PCjam - celebrate the 40th anniversary of the IBM PC (5150) by coding for this retro machine • Crinkler 2.3 released - and it's open source! • Crinkler 2.2 released!	Podcast • Scene World Podcast Episode #181 – Rebel Rabbit • Scene World podcast episode #177 - Richard Loewenstein aka spieleschreiber • Scene World Podcast Episode #175 - Club Koala	Website • Nanogems • Introducing SceneCity - Privacy-focussed live streaming and chat (BETA) • livecode.demozoo.org	ZX-Spectrum • [XII MICROCOMPO AY/SCR2 V.5] • a new book about ZX Spectrum (Jagiellonian University) • tiratok by demarche. final version