What is Field-FX?

Field-FX is a Demoparty that usually takes place at Electromagnetic Field. Unfortunately due to current circumstances Electromagnetic Field 2020 had to be canceled, but we won’t let that stop the party! Field-FX has gone online see you on July 24th to 25th.

Categories

Intro

For those who like it small, modern PC demos that are smaller than this webpage. 4k/64k demos, Windows and browser entries will be supported. Hardware TBC but there will be a reasonable GPU on the demo machine.

Demo

Full-size PC demos. Show your coding, art and music skills without any size limitations.

Old School

Commodores, Sinclairs, BBCs, Ataris and more. Old hardware has its own magic, and getting something beautiful out of these unique designs is a reward in itself. But consolekabels.be is also sponsoring prizes so get coding!

Music (Old School DnB/Jungle)

Every party needs a music compo, and we play both kinds of music here: drum, and bass.

Teletext

The most iconic graphic format ever? We still love it! https://edit.tf is recommended for making Teletext graphics

Photo

You know what photos are. Send us a nice one, everybody votes on it, simples.

Graphics

Oldschool and newschool are welcome. Draw a potato, or anything really. Pictures.

Wild

Lions, tigers, bears, and anything else that doesn’t fit into the above categories (please do not send us an actual bear, we’ve only just got rid of the last one.)

Okkie Compo

Okkie is a person who is well-loved by the demoscene and was one the main inspirations of our main organizer getting into the scene. We will celebrate Okkie with demos, art, and music made in Okkies handsome Dutch image. Basically a wild compo, but Okkie-themed and judged by Okkie. ALL GLORY TO THE OKKIE.

Rules

Obey the code of conduct.

For intro entries, make sure you include a description that states the size category you are targeting.

All entries must be under 5 minutes.

The organisers' decisions are final. We want to show off all your work to the standard it deserves, but we are doing this in our spare time and things can go wrong. Getting your demo in before the deadline is a good way to ensure that it gets shown!

Young Field-FX

Young Field-FX is a chance for young sceners to share your demos and art!

Demos are computer programs that play animation and music. We will collect your entries and play them on the Twitch stream for Field FX, and on a separate Youtube stream for anyone that isn’t old enough to watch Twitch.

It will be hosted at lunchtime on 25th July 2020.

All entries must be submitted by Thursday 23rd July, check back here later this month for the details.

Who is it for?

Anyone that is 16 years old or younger can enter.

There will be three groups: 8 and under, 9-12, and teens.

(We might split up or join the groups if the compo gets really busy!)

What can I enter?

You can enter any combination of music, graphics, coding and animation for any platform. Things that run in a webpage, like Scratch, will be played fullscreen using Chrome or Firefox. Music can be in mp3, wav, ogg or flac format. Pictures can be jpg or png. For all other things, we recommend that you make a screen capture of it. We like https://obsproject.com for capturing things.

You can submit games that you have made, but demos that don’t need any buttons pressing are encouraged.

Rules

Personally identifying information is not allowed in your demo. You can use your name, and your friends' names, but don't put in things like your surname, or your email address. If you have a public social media account, it is okay to mention that.

You may get help from whoever you like, but you need to tell us in the description what they did. This is just so that it is fair to other competitors.

All entries must be under 3 minutes long. Really good entries can be 4 minutes.

The organisers' decisions are final. We want to show off all your work to the standard it deserves, but we are doing this in our spare time and things can go wrong. Getting your demo in before the deadline is a good way to ensure that it gets shown!

We are committed to making Field FX and Young Field FX an inclusive and welcoming event.

Unfortunately, sometimes harassment happens in the demoscene community. We've set these ground rules to make it abundantly clear that this kind of behaviour is not acceptable, so that everyone can feel comfortable attending Field FX. Everybody in the Field FX community is required to abide by this code of conduct on any of its online channels.

The Rules

We do not tolerate abuse, harassment, or discriminatory behaviour of any form. Specifically:

• Do not engage in homophobic, biphobic, racist, transphobic, ableist, sexist, or otherwise prejudiced behaviour.
• Do not harass people. Stalking, threatening behaviour, and unwanted sexual attention is harassment.
• Everyone's personal space is their own. If you are asked to leave someone alone you must respect this.
• You may not use our channels to post personally-identifiable information.
• Sexualised language and imagery is not appropriate.
• Aggression and elitism are not welcome — do not belittle people for their knowledge or experience.

Reporting an Incident

If you are being harassed or witness a breach of this code of conduct, you can get in touch with us in the following ways:

Moderators will be present in online channels operated by Field FX and their identity will be established by a group message at regular intervals throughout the stream. Tagging them in your message will elicit a response.

Our Response

During our stream, we aim to reach a decision on all conduct issues within 10 minutes. Outside of channels operated by us, we cannot guarantee support.

All reports will be taken seriously and will be considered in confidence by our team.

If we believe you have violated this code of conduct we may issue you with a warning, with which you are expected to comply. If your behaviour is considered harmful, we may ban you from any online channels.

Serious breaches will result in your immediate banning from all channels and a ban from all future Field FX events. We may involve the police, with the consent of the victim.

If you have any comments or queries, you can get in touch at contact@field-fx.party. This Code of Conduct is derived from the EMF Camp code of conduct, which is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. This variant was last revised on 2020-07-02. No endorsement of Field FX by EMF Camp is implied by this usage.

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Contact us

Contact us at contact@field-fx.party or us on Twitter @fx_field.