Event Schedule
The schedule below is tentative and may be shuffled a bit to best fit events together. Nothing is anticipated to be removed, though.
Friday, October 12
| Main Auditorium | Event Room | |
|---|---|---|
| 6:00pm | Opening ceremony, demoscene introduction, and introductory demos | |
| 6:30pm | Chronology of famous late 80s/early 90s home computer demos | |
| 7:00pm | ||
| 7:30pm | Chronology of famous 90s PC demos | |
| 8:00pm | Talk: DOS-era PC sound and music | |
| 8:30pm | Chronology of famous 90s PC demos, cont. | |
| 9:00pm | Less-famous demos | Open retro gaming |
| 9:30pm | Talk/showing: Embedded demos | |
| 10:00pm | Talk: Intro to basic demo effects | |
| 10:30pm | Chronology of famous modern PC demos | |
| 11:00pm | ||
| 11:30pm | Less-famous demos | Chiptune rave |
Saturday, October 13
| Main Auditorium | Event Room | Elsewhere | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11:00am | Breakfast (on-your-own) social Location: Bagel Factory | ||
| 11:30am | |||
| 12:00pm | Talk/showing: Sinclair computers | ||
| 12:30pm | |||
| 1:00pm | Talk/showing: Apple IIgs | ||
| 1:30pm | Talk/showing: Apple Lisa, custom soundcard, cmucc demo experience | ||
| 2:00pm | |||
| 2:30pm | Talk/showing: Commodore 8-bit | ||
| 3:00pm | Compo deadline | ||
| 3:30pm | Talk: Video standards and conversion | Lockpicking tutorial | |
| 4:00pm | Talk: Retrocomputing restoration and preservation | Lockpicking practice | |
| 4:30pm | Compo submission showing | ||
| 5:00pm | Happy hour Location: PHI | ||
| 5:30pm | Movie | ||
| 6:00pm | Retro clinic | ||
| 6:30pm | Demo capturing | ||
| 7:00pm | Sceners intro/panel discussion | ||
| 7:30pm | Talk/showing: Vectrex & cmucc demo experience | Open retro gaming & tournament rounds | |
| 8:00pm | Talk/showing: Amiga | ||
| 8:30pm | |||
| 9:00pm | Modern demo trends: textmode & size-constrained | Compo voting ends | |
| 9:30pm | Final retro gaming tournament, compo results, prize ceremony | ||
| 10:00pm | Cellphone and tablet demos | ||
| 10:30pm | Weird stuff and wild demos | ||
| 11:00pm | |||
| 11:30pm | Concluding retro & windows demos | ||
| 12:00am |
Ongoing Events
Registration
The information desk and registration table is located immediately outside the main auditorium and will be open throughout the event, starting at 5:30pm on Friday. Stop by when you arrive to pick up your badge and goodie bag.
PC/LAN-gaming Room
If you've brought your own machine (desktop PC, laptop, retro machine, hackinmumble, or whatever), you can set it up in this room that provides a place to sit, power, an in-room LAN, and limited wired internet access. Bring a bunch of friends to get LAN games going or work on your compo submission.
