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THANKS!
We're slowly waking up from last weekend's brainblasting kick-in-the-face sunshine storm of DATA! Thanks to everyone who came out, and to everyone who hung around on the interwebz. Good times! If you have feedback, images, videos or whatever - get in touch at...
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GOOD TO KNOW
Alright people, tomorrow is the big day! So here's what you need to know: Are you coming with your red hot car? You can pay for parking only with credit card (14 SEK/h at 08-22, 2 SEK/h at other times). The whole parking area is available except the spots right in...
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RJ MICAL HOSPITALIZED
”Hey all. A funny thing happened to me last Saturday — I almost died. And after all the bad jokes we forced on the medical people, I wouldn’t have been surprised if they had let me go. But I survived, though Doc says I have to give up booze and I may not survive...
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UNITY PRESENTS ERIK JÄÄHALLI – LIVE
Unity is flying in Erik Jäähalli from Berlin. Erik will do an acidic performance in the DATAYARD on Saturday. Some of you know him better as Dino, but in the past few years he started to blast out hot tracks on labels such as Börft and ICIF. Have a listen on...
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SNES MINI COMPO PRIZE FROM UNITY
Time to put some extra umph into your wild entry. Unity will celebrate the wild compo winner with this SNES mini bad boy. Unity is looking for new talents in Stockholm.
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ROBOT MUSIC ON C64
Alright, here's your chance to see a robot arm play live C64-music! Goto80 and Jacob Remin have taught a robot how to perform with the notorious defMON tracker. They say the robot will probably play a rather chilled out set, based on Goto80's dub and ambient material....
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WIN THIS!
Mygrandmotherisgone along with the authors Lindell & Sunhede gladly donate 1 book to each compo winner at Datastorm 2018. Their book "Svensk videospelsutveckling - Från 50-tal till 90-tal" (Swedish video game development from the 50s to the 90s) contains...
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RJ MICAL TALKS ABOUT THE EARLY AMIGA DAYS
We've already told you that Unity brought us RJ Mical, but we didn't really say why. He's coming to talk about the early days of Amiga development since, you know, he was there to live through it. Join the ride at 18.00 on Saturday! Yes, we still have tickets...
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SENSIBLE SOCCER TOURNAMENT
Since Jon Hare will be around, Effectsoft will throw a Sensible Soccer tournament at the outside big screen on Saturday evening. And Jon Hare (who made the game) will be the live commentator! Expect total mayhem and lots of gore! So pump those under arm muscles and...
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THE SCHEDULE IS HERE
Don't miss that deadline!
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RESPECT
We respect women at DATASTORM. We expect you and your entries to do the same. We do not allow any sexist or racist material in our competitions.
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EFFECTSOFT <3 C64
Effectsoft loves the C64. Don't we all? They decided to toss in a "TheC64 Mini" as a prize for the winning C64 demo. How about that? Read more about TheC64 Mini here.
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SWEDISH TELEVISION STRIKES AGAIN
There is a documentary in the making, about the boards in Sweden. The people behind it are coming to DATASTORM once again to do some interviews and stuff! If you don’t want to be filmed, let us know and we’ll take care of it.
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THE DATAPOOL
Bring your hottest swimming trunks to DATASTORM because this year we have a pool! Great for all your executive pool needs, and to cool down in the dataheat.
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UNITY SENDS SOME AMIGA LOVE!
Unity will donate a Nintendo Switch to to the winning Amiga 1200 demo.
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UNITY PRESENTS ERIK JÄÄHALLI – LIVE
Unity is flying in Erik Jäähalli from Berlin. Erik will do an acidic performance in the DATAYARD on Saturday. Some of you know him better as Dino, but in the past few years he started to blast out hot tracks on labels such as Börft and ICIF. Have a listen on...
read more
THE SCHEDULE IS HERE
Don't miss that deadline!
read more
SWEDISH TELEVISION STRIKES AGAIN
There is a documentary in the making, about the boards in Sweden. The people behind it are coming to DATASTORM once again to do some interviews and stuff! If you don’t want to be filmed, let us know and we’ll take care of it.
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EFFECTSOFT PRESENTS JON HARE
EffectSoft brings you Jon Hare/Sensible Software! Jon Hare will come to DATASTORM and talk about a bunch of UNRELEASED old treasures from the Sensible Software vaults. Jon "Jops" Hare is one of the two founder members and directors, with Chris Yates, of Sensible...
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DJ BRUCE LEENUS
A full-time DJ who's been spinning wax for almost 30 years, Bruce Leenus knows how to bring the boys to the DATAYARD. Datalicious electro, bootylicious ghettotech, beepolicious skweee, and a lot more. You're in for a beat treat! Check out his vinyl-only skweee mix...
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GOOD TO KNOW
Alright people, tomorrow is the big day! So here's what you need to know: Are you coming with your red hot car? You can pay for parking only with credit card (14 SEK/h at 08-22, 2 SEK/h at other times). The whole parking area is available except the spots right in...
read more
SNES MINI COMPO PRIZE FROM UNITY
Time to put some extra umph into your wild entry. Unity will celebrate the wild compo winner with this SNES mini bad boy. Unity is looking for new talents in Stockholm.
read more
RJ MICAL TALKS ABOUT THE EARLY AMIGA DAYS
We've already told you that Unity brought us RJ Mical, but we didn't really say why. He's coming to talk about the early days of Amiga development since, you know, he was there to live through it. Join the ride at 18.00 on Saturday! Yes, we still have tickets...
read more
THE DATAPOOL
Bring your hottest swimming trunks to DATASTORM because this year we have a pool! Great for all your executive pool needs, and to cool down in the dataheat.
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FIX YOUR MACHINES WITH RIBIT
If you have some hardware that isn't working as well as it should, bring it down to DATASTORM for a magic fix! RiBIT will be there on Saturday with a small workshop to fix your machine friends with recaps, circuit board repairs, PSU-repairs, and so on. If you want a...
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PC ENGINE INVITRO
Up Rough just released a DATASTORM invitro on PC Engine, at the Nova demoparty! Coded by Mooz with music by Octapus and graphics by Exocet. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KSkMGvHs48
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RJ MICAL HOSPITALIZED
”Hey all. A funny thing happened to me last Saturday — I almost died. And after all the bad jokes we forced on the medical people, I wouldn’t have been surprised if they had let me go. But I survived, though Doc says I have to give up booze and I may not survive...
read more
ROBOT MUSIC ON C64
Alright, here's your chance to see a robot arm play live C64-music! Goto80 and Jacob Remin have taught a robot how to perform with the notorious defMON tracker. They say the robot will probably play a rather chilled out set, based on Goto80's dub and ambient material....
read more
SENSIBLE SOCCER TOURNAMENT
Since Jon Hare will be around, Effectsoft will throw a Sensible Soccer tournament at the outside big screen on Saturday evening. And Jon Hare (who made the game) will be the live commentator! Expect total mayhem and lots of gore! So pump those under arm muscles and...
read more
EFFECTSOFT <3 C64
Effectsoft loves the C64. Don't we all? They decided to toss in a "TheC64 Mini" as a prize for the winning C64 demo. How about that? Read more about TheC64 Mini here.
read more
UNITY SENDS SOME AMIGA LOVE!
Unity will donate a Nintendo Switch to to the winning Amiga 1200 demo.
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Unity <3 DATASTORM
We are very happy to announce Unity as sponsors of DATASTORM 2018! Unity is expanding their Stockholm office and need your help to enable millions of developers as they build the high-performance games of the future....
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EFFECTSOFT <3 DATASTORM
Effectsoft is a proud sponsor of Datastorm Summer 2018! "We believe it’s important to remember where we all came from in the IT industry – and – we’re hiring ? Spread the love!"
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SCHEDULE
The music deadline is on Friday at 20:00!
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THE DEAL
Up Rough Soundsystem, Genesis Project, PACiF!C and Divine Stylers once again invite you to DATASTORM, the ultimate demoparty for people operating on machines with blood and soul. The last few years of DATASTORM speak for themselves – we are now the world’s best oldskool party! But don’t take our word for it, come and see for yourself.
➜ Date: 3-5 August, 2018
➜ Place: Same fantastic venue in Gothenburg.
➜ Price: 475 SEK (~€48) with early bird tickets at 400 SEK/~€41
Get your ticket here (supporter tickets available, if you can’t attend in person)
FEATURES
The full-service concept which is the trademark of DATASTORM includes staff working shifts in the mighty mighty kitchen at almost all hours through the whole party. Our 1st grade cooks will deliver breakfast, dinner and supper on announced times. When the special meals are not served, bar food like pizza, hummus rolls, falafel and kebab can be ordered at all times! Everything for a price that even the scener on a budget can afford. Of course you can also buy snacks, candy, tobacco, rizla+, earplugs and other scene necessities.
➜ Two breakfasts and one dinner included in the entrance fee (vegetarian options too).
➜ Free coffee!
➜ Super chill environment with cozy furniture.
➜ Large outside DATAYARD for the party people (see below).
➜ 6 clean toilets. No queues! Never pee your pants! Freedom!➜ And tons of weird surprises, as usual…
DATAYARD
Last year’s DATAYARD was an instant success, and it will be at least as good this year. Big ass party tent, barbeque, DJs and live concerts, snacks, big screen and of course your favourite Mad Max looking DATAVOLVO.
TALKS
Following up last years talks and panels by those evil crackers and computer legends isn’t going to be easy. But don’t worry. You will not be disappointed. Nuff said.
In previous years we’ve had Chris Hülsbeck, Dave Haynie, Mahoney, Bacchus, Andreas Tadic, Conqueror, K12, Peter Sunde, and many more.
COMPOS
We’re hearing rumours about some pretty massive releases this year. So quit your job and polish those releases!
➜ Music compos are on Friday
➜ All other compos are on Saturday
➜ At least one of the authors must be present at the party
➜ Remote entries are not allowed, but…
If you are entering the music compo but are unable to attend on Friday you can e-mail us your entry. If you don’t show up on Saturday though, we will disqualify your entry and send the music to DATAHELL.
We might merge compos if there are not enough entries, and split the compos if there are more than enough. If you’re releasing on an exotic hardware, you are responsible that it will be played correctly. See COMPO MACHINERY below.
COMPOS
C64 DEMO
Unlimited size.
Maximum runtime: 10 minutes.
AMIGA 500 DEMO
Unlimited size.
Maximum runtime: 10 minutes.
No PPC.
If we don’t get enough entries it will be merged with the Amiga 1200 compo.
AMIGA 1200 DEMO
Unlimited size.
Maximum runtime: 10 minutes.
No PPC.
If we don’t get enough entries it will be merged with the Amiga 500 compo.
TRUE WILD DEMO
All oldschool platforms accepted.
Maximum runtime: 10 minutes.
Bring your own hardware.
Bring a backup video of your demo in case something goes wrong.
AMIGA 64K INTRO
Maximum executable size: 65536b.
Maximum runtime: 10 minutes.
Must quit to WB on LMB
No PPC.
If we don’t get enough entries it will be merged with the Amiga 1200 demo compo.
AMIGA 4K INTRO
Maximum executable size: 4096b.
Maximum runtime: 10 minutes.
Must quit to WB on LMB.
No PPC.
If we don’t get enough entries it will be merged with the Amiga 64K intro compo.
AMIGA BOOTBLOCK
Anything you can fit into the Amiga bootblock.
Maximum runtime: 10 minutes.
Submit a floppy or diskimage.
If we don’t get enough entries it will be merged with the Amiga 4K intro compo.
C64 4K INTRO
Maximum executable size: 4096b.
Maximum runtime: 10 minutes.
C64 GRAPHICS
All formats/modes allowed.
Provide some workstages.
Executable files only.
AMIGA GRAPHICS
Allowed formats: IFF and executables
Allowed resolutions: All OCS/ECS/AGA modes
Provide some workstages.
IFFs will be displayed in PPaint in the compo
C64 PETSCII
All formats/modes allowed.
Executable files only.
AMIGA ASCII
Allowed formats: TXT
Make sure you use Amiga line breaks. Entries will be shown in CED.
OTHER PLATFORM GRAPHICS
All formats/modes allowed.
It will be displayed in its native format on the target platform.
ANIMATION
Any format exe/anim/iff/petscii/whatever on Amiga/C64/Wild hardware. Audio is allowed.
The animation must be hand animated. No capped stuff.
COLORCYCLING
Allowed formats: IFF
Allowed resolutions: All OCS/ECS/AGA modes
Max 256 colours.
Specify if you want to use linear/blend-shift or normal mode.
Our AMIGA viewer displays IFF images with color cycling. Up to 16 ranges are supported. The ranges and individual speed of each color cycle is set in the palette menu in dpaint. Download our Amiga viewer here to test with while making your color cycle image: SuperCycler
AMIGA MUSIC
All Amiga-editor tracker formats are allowed.
We reserve the right to limit the length of music entries to four minutes, to keep the compo time reasonable.
C64 MUSIC
All C64-editor formats are allowed.
New or old SID-Chip.
Executable files only.
Max-length: 4 minutes
AMIGA CHIP MUSIC
All amiga tracker formats are allowed.
Max-size: 20kb (20480 bytes).
Max-length: 4 minutes.
WILD MUSIC
Any old console/computer goes.
Newskool formats (XM/S3M/IT/MP3) are not allowed.)
No interactions with the hardware while playing the music is allowed.
COMPO MACHINERY
AMIGA
- A500, 68000@7.14MHz, 1MB (512/512), KS 1.3
- A1200, 68060@50MHz, 64MB, KS 3.1
C64
- C64, 8580, 1541 Ultimate, AR6 rom active
- C64, 6581, 1541 Ultimate, AR6 rom active
Other oldskool platforms are always welcome, but please let us know in advance (info at DATASTORM dot party) to be sure that it will be shown correctly. We have many platforms but not all of them, so you might need to bring the necessary hardware and cables yourself.
THE PARTY PLACE
The party is held at the same nice venue as always, an underground club hidden in an industrial complex 15 minutes from the central station. Being a former industrial building converted into a nightclub we can offer special features such as industrial grade electrical systems with all the current you could ever need.
➜ GPS Locations: RT90
➜ X: 6404797,
➜ Y: 1269407 WGS84 Lat N 57° 42′ 31″ Lon E 11° 56′ 8″
➜ Decimal: 57.7087, 11.9358
➜ Street address: Karlavagnsgatan 13, Gothenburg Sweden
RULES
We’re not much for those, but Swedish law says:
➜ No smoking inside.
➜ No minors under 18.
Smoking is illegal in restaurants and clubs in Sweden. And since the venue is a night club, you can’t be less than 18 years old to enter. However, if you are younger than 18, get in touch with us and we might be able to grant some kind of access.
CHECKLIST
Don’t forget to bring:
➜ Cash (cards not accepted, but there are ATMs within walking distance)
➜ Electricity multi sockets
➜ Real hardware (laptops only allowed for cross-development)
➜ Printed maps
TRAVEL
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
Getting around in Gothenburg, it’s convenient to use vasttrafik se or their iOS and Android apps.
BY AIRPLANE
From Landvetter Airport get on the airport bus and hop off at the Nils Ericson terminal (end of the line). Go west to the bus/tram-stop Nordstan and take bus 16 towards Eketrägatan (heading north, towards the bridge). Exit at the fourth stop, Lindholmen.
BY BOAT
If you’re traveling from Denmark or Germany, you can usually get a good price on the ferries. Prices and schedules can be found on the Stena Line home pages in Germany or Denmark.
Arriving by boat from Denmark
Walk along the road right outside the terminal towards the city for about 10 minutes. Sooner or later you’ll end up where the ferry Älvsnabben stops. Take the right ferry (pick the wrong one for some 40 mins Gothenburg harbor sight-seeing) to Lindholmen. Follow the map to the party place (5 min walk). If you arrive late in the evening the ferries won’t be available. If that is the case, just walk over the bridge that is connected to the terminal to the other side of the big road where you will find a tram stop. Take line 3, 9 or 11 to “Brunnsparken”. Walk to the bus/tram-stop Nordstan and take bus 16 towards Eketrägatan. Exit at the fourth stop, Lindholmen.
Arriving by boat from Germany
When you come out from the terminal, take the road going to the right and walk down to the water. You’ll spot the Älvsnabben ferry stop quite easy. Take the ferry (there is just one ferry going from this stop) to Lindholmen. Follow the map to the party place (5 min walk). If you arrive late at night or don’t like ferries for whatever reason, just follow the signs to Chapmans Torg from the terminal and take tram 3, 9 or 11 to “Brunnsparken”. Walk to the bus/tram-stop Nordstan and take bus 16 towards Eketrägatan. Exit at the fourth stop, Lindholmen.
BY BUS
If you’re traveling by bus, you arrive at the Nils Ericsson bus terminal. Walk to the train station (it’s in the same building) and follow the directions below.
BY TRAIN
After arriving at the Centralstationen train station, exit to the west. Go to the bus/tram-stop Nordstan and take bus 16 towards Eketrägatan (heading north, towards the bridge). Exit at the fourth stop, Lindholmen.
BY CAR
You’ll be driving on E6. Take exit 76, towards Norra Älvstranden. Note that it goes parallel with the E6 for a few hundred meters, inside a concrete barrier. Once you’re off the E6, keep left and follow the signs to N Älvstranden. Take a left to Lindholmen and head down Karlavagnsgatan. DATASTORM is in the small yellow buildings with red roofs, towards the end of the street.
BY CAB
Just tell the driver to take you to “Karlavagnsgatan on Lindholmen”. If the driver don’t know where that is just say “tramstop Lindholmen” and walk the remaining 100 metres from there (check the map). Uber is also available.
HOTELS
If you cannot handle heavy data noise and smell during nights you may enjoy the DATASTORM discounted rooms at Radisson Blu Riverside Hotel which provides all the luxury you can imagine.
Datastorm visitors will get a special deal at The Radisson Blu Riverside Hotel which is located close to the party.
The Radisson Blu Riverside Hotel, Gothenburg sits on the harbor of the Göta River, just beside international Lindholmen Science Park and a 10-minute water ferry ride to the city center. Also close to public transport, including the Lindholmspiren ferry, train and bus stations, the hotel makes it easy for guests to travel Gothenburg and beyond.
This ultramodern hotel comprises 265 well-appointed rooms and suites with Free high-speed, wireless Internet and access to 24-hour room service, the wellness center and the hotel’s Super Breakfast Buffet. Its renowned onsite restaurant, Cuckoo’s Nest, presents eclectic, innovated local dining.
After a day of hard data, take a break at the top-floor wellness center where you can enjoy 2 indoor pools, sauna, gym and spa treatments.
Standard room for 1 person: 1150:- per night including breakfast
Standard room for 2 persons: 1250:- per night including breakfast
The reservation needs to be made before 5 July 2018 and to use this discount you need to make the reservation through e-mail and include the following information:
- Full name
- Dates (The deal is valid 3-5 August, but you’re welcome to stay for as long as you like.)
- Credit card number and expiration date (see below)
- The promotion code DATASTORM
If you’re not comfortable mailing your card information, you can of course call the hotel and give them the information.
Their number is +46-31-3834010.
DATASTORM 2018
DATASTORM 2018 – 3-5 AUGUST
