We will have a screening for static "loading screen" ZX Spectrum graphics. Screens will be shown using a standard western 128K Spectrum model.

Maximum two entries per participant. If you use conversion tools you need to mention it in the description or your work may be disqualified. Realtime 53C graphics format submissions not allowed in this competition.

Please submit a zip with your entry including:

• * the entry itself (in .tap or .scr format)
• * a screenshot of the entry (in .gif, .png or .jpg)
• * a short text file listing the name of the author, the name of the work and some information explaining the techniques, software and references used for creating it.

If you are new to drawing graphics for the ZX Spectrum you can use some of these painting programs: Multipaint, SevenuP, ZX Paintbrush and for the ZX Spectrum itself: Burial GFX Editor, The Art Studio.

We will have a screening for ZX Spectrum music. Music will be played using a standard western 48K Spectrum model (for beeper tracks) or vortex tracker (for pt3 tracks). If there are any specific tracker configuration we should be aware of to play your track as intended please include it on the readme or comments for organizers section of the upload form.

Maximum one entry per participant. Beeper music and PT3 formats accepted.

Please submit a zip with your entry including:

• * the entry itself (in .tap or .pt3 format)
• * a short text file listing the name of the author, the name of the work and some information explaining the techniques, software and references used for creating it.

If you are new to making music for the ZX Spectrum you can use some of these trackers: Vortex Tracker 2.6.1, 1tracker and Beepola.

We will have a screening for intros with up to 256 bytes in filesize. Entries will be shown using a standard western 128K Spectrum model. If you target a different kind of ZX Spectrum platform please provide a video recording of your entry.

Please submit a zip with your entry including:

• * the entry itself (in .tap or .trd format)
• * a screenshot of the entry (in .gif, .png or .jpg)
• * a short text file listing the name of the author, the name of the work and some information explaining the techniques, software and references used for creating it.

If you are new to sizecoding for the ZX Spectrum, we recommend you watch these seminars: ZX Spectrum sizecoding for beginners by Gasman and Lovebyte 2024 Seminar - Extreme ZX Spectrum Sizecoding.

Entries will be shown using a standard western 128K Spectrum model. If you target a different kind of ZX Spectrum platform please provide a video recording of your entry.

Please submit a zip with your entry including:

• * the entry itself (in .tap or .trd format)
• * a screenshot of the entry (in .gif, .png or .jpg)
• * a short text file listing the name of the authors, the name of the work and some information explaining the techniques, software and references used for creating it.

We will have a screening block for the Wild category, for showcasing any Synergy 2024 productions that don't quite fit the competition categories. We will show your entry for a maximum of 5 minutes. We are looking for submissions of the following kind:

• Videos
• Live performance
• New demotool showcase
• New tech showcase
• New electronics project presentation
• New diskmag or musicdisk releases
• Lightning talks
• Standup comedy
• Interactive art installation presentation
• Games (previews and final versions also accepted)
• Demos and Intros not up for voting
• Demos of esoteric / conceptual platforms
• Any other demoscene related things
• etc

Please submit a zip with your entry: including the binaries if it's an executable release or a video capture if it's not. Should also contain a short text file explaining what it is, who made it, the techniques and references used and how to play it.

We will have a 1 hour session of livecoding visuals for the ZX Spectrum using Z80 assembler using the Bazematic tool.

Original content

All productions submitted must be original releases of your own copyright and not previously made public. Sampling / remixing to create derivative work of someone else is accepted but within reason, blatant plagiarism has no creative value and will be disqualified. When submitting the production please list your sources and tools explicitly, they will be shown on the information slide and are critical to contextualize your entry to the viewers.

Production licenses

All productions submitted will be distributed free for download on the internet after the event. By submitting your production to our party website you are agreeing to this distribution. The copyright remains yours ofcourse, and you are free to select what license your work uses, if you prefer something else besides Creative Commons BY-NC-SA that we apply by default. But please be aware your submission will be archived and made public. We might also possibly use your work to promote future events organized by Associação Inércia and possibly distribute it in physical media (offered or sold at production + shipping costs) to promote such events. Please only submit your entry if you're ok with this use cases.

Disclaimer

The event organization team reserves the right to not screen or distribute your submission for any reason. This rule will be enforced in case of productions which are deeemed innapropriately offensive or immoral according to the subjective moral code criteria of the organization or plain illegal according to the Portuguese law.