Revision (demo party)

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The revision is the largest pure demo party in the demo scene worldwide. So-called demos are presented at the revision and the best are selected in competitions. These are artistic computer programs that use graphic effects, usually with music, to show the programmers' abilities. The revision has been organized as a follow-up event to Breakpoint since 2011 , which in turn was the follow-up event to the Mekka & Symposium . It is officially organized by the non-profit association “Keyboard and Mouse” (TuM).

The four-day meeting has taken place every year since 2011 in the E-Werk in Saarbrücken over the Easter holidays - in 2019 from April 19 to 22.

program

The main part of the program are the competitions - the eponymous demos, graphics, music and videos - each in different categories. Some contributions are only completed or even completely produced at the party itself, but mostly contributions are made in advance of the demo party. Afterwards, all contributions are always posted on the Internet.

In addition, there are also live competitions - "Live coding", where 8 programmers compete against each other in a knockout system to program effects for 25 minutes each to music played by a DJ. For the graphic artist there is a 24-hour competition in which the task is to paint a picture on a given topic - or, as in recent years, to interpret a scene into a given sketch with tangled lines and then paint it.

In addition to the competitions, there will be a total of around 10 concerts on 2 stages, mostly DJ sets and electronic music (e.g. chip tunes ), but also jazz or artists who skillfully combine classical instruments and electronic aids.

Finally, there are also around 10 seminars, most of them on topics such as computer graphics and programming, but also legal topics and event technology are discussed.

history

The revision came into being after the organizers of the previous Easter demo party, Breakpoint, decided not to host another demo party after 2010. A team was formed from former breakpoint organizers, organizers of other demo parties and a few newcomers, which finally brought about an unofficial follow-up event, initially known as the “Easter party”, which was finally called “revision”.

The first edition of the annual four-day meeting of the demo scene took place in Saarbrücken in 2011 with around 800 participants . Prize money totaling 10,000 euros was awarded in the demo competition.

At Easter 2020, the revision due to the COVID-19 pandemic was broadcast as a purely online event called "Revision Online 2020" on Twitch .

Differences from other large demo parties

Most of the major demo parties have changed their focus over time and have also hosted game competitions. This applies to The Gathering and the Assembly , for example . That changed the character of these events a lot and they were more like LAN parties . This trend was viewed critically by many members of the demo scene. The revision and its predecessor events Mekka & Symposium and Breakpoint never hosted game competitions, so the revision is considered the largest “pure” demo party.

Conflict over GEMA musicians

In 2012, the organizers of the revision had to pay retrospective fees for the performance of GEMA music, as some musicians who were members of GEMA had submitted contributions to the revision's music competition. In the following years, contributions from members of GEMA and their partner organizations were therefore excluded from the auditing competitions. GEMA represents its members exclusively, which means that they cannot exclude individual pieces of music from GEMA's exploitation.

Since 2017, these restrictions no longer apply thanks to a GEMA full license.

literature

  • Stefan Göhler: Loud and colorful. Demo party revision 2011: practical test for the Breakpoint successor . In: c't . No. May 11 , 2011.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Contact and imprint for the revision. Retrieved April 30, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b c demo scene Easter party goes into "Revision". December 29, 2010, accessed March 29, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Revision 2019. Retrieved on April 30, 2019 (English).
  4. ↑ TRBL - Destination (Revision 2019 Invitation). February 2, 2019, accessed April 30, 2019 .
  5. ^ Competitions - General Information. Retrieved March 29, 2016 .
  6. ↑ All articles from the 2016 revision. Accessed on March 28, 2016 (English).
  7. ↑ Demos of the 2016 revision with references to contributions from previous years. Retrieved March 28, 2016 .
  8. ↑ Special events. Retrieved March 29, 2016 .
  9. ↑ Graphics - Paint Over. Retrieved March 29, 2016 .
  10. ^ Music events. Retrieved March 29, 2016 .
  11. ↑ seminars. Retrieved March 29, 2016 .
  12. ↑ Computer festival "Revision" with keyboard and mouse. Saarbrücker Zeitung, April 16, 2011, accessed on January 10, 2016 .
  13. ↑ Scene demo party revision 2011 - The three best PC demos. GameStar, April 27, 2011, accessed January 13, 2016 .
  14. ↑ 2020.revision-party.net
  15. ↑ 2015.revision-party.net
  16. ↑ 2017.revision-party.net