About the competition

Web48 is a 48-hour HTML5 demo competition with surprise prizes.

What’s a demo you ask? A demo is a non-interactive multimedia presentation computed in real-time. The idea of a demo is to show off your awesome skills in programming, graphics and music. Since nobody usually masters all of these, teamwork is required for success.

Check out these links for references:

• www.youtube.com/user/demoscenedoc
• azathioprine.digisnap.bplaced.net/index.html
• almagest.modmancer.com/protozoa
• www.pouet.net/prodlist.php?platform[]=JavaScript

The competition teams will be formed freely on site.

Rules

• The work must be executed with a browser from a web page.
• Allowed technologies in the final work are HTML5, CSS, Javascript and any server-side technologies.
• No installed browser plug-ins or add-ons are allowed; only what works directly from a Vanilla browser installation.
• Maximum running length of the work is 4 minutes.
• A screenshot image must be submitted with the entry (width 440px, height 250px, format .png).
• No interaction.
• Copyright for the pieces of work will remain with the authors, but the organisers reserve right to present all submitted pieces of work on the event’s web pages.

Computer platform used to play the demos in the final public viewing

• Windows PC
• ThinkStation S20 W3550, 8GB RAM, nVidia Quadro 4000 2GB GPU
• web browser is the latest version (updated one week before compo day) of either Chrome, Firefox or Internet Explorer browsers

Scoring and winner

The winner of the competition is decided by points. Scoring is peer-based: each team that submits a piece of work before the deadline is allowed to vote in the final public viewing.

A team with voting right can give out 3, 2 and 1 points to the best pieces of work. A team cannot give points to their own team.

The winner is the team that gets the most points. In case of a tie, the organisers will decide the winner.