A.D.A. Amiga Demoscene Archive

The Meteoriks are back!

Just like in the previous years, the Meteoriks awards set out to honor the best productions of the year 2016, and again we're striving for a very open process from the beginning by letting everyone submit their ideas for award categories!

Only the award categories of New Talent and Public Choice will be fixed, all other categories will be picked by the jury from a pool of proposals. And that's two places where you come in!

PROPOSE CATEGORIES

Last year we had great proposals like "That's not possible on this platform!" that we would not have come up with by ourselves, so we rely on all of you to keep our categories fresh. You can submit further award categories via the Meteoriks website: https://www.meteoriks.org/categories

The deadline for proposing award categories is Thursday, January 19th.

JURY DUTY

"We" - right now that is just the Meteoriks organizing team. We cannot and should not decide on the categories, the award nominees and, ultimately, the winners of the Meteoriks Awards for 2017, and that's why we need you to sign up to be part of the jury! You know you want to!

Just so you know what you're getting yourselves into, these are your duties as jurors:

* Decide on a set of 10-ish categories out of the submissions amongst all jurors
* Review last year's productions in any way you see fit for your category
* Identify up to five nominees
* Choose a winner
* One member out of each jury should represent their category on stage during the awards show

Still interested? Great, go here: https://www.meteoriks.org/taking_part/juror - and do it before Monday, January 23rd as that's our deadline for juror applications!


And so it starts! Head on to https://www.meteoriks.org/ and start participating!

This is going to be fun!

- The Meteoriks Team

DEADLINE WARNING: Submit your Award Categories by Thursday!

Still have that ingenious award category in your head that you were surely getting around to submitting any time soon? Do you keep wondering why nobody submitted "Best use of duck.3ds" yet?

Well, you have <quake announcer voice>THREE DAYS LEFT</quake announcer voice>. Category submission ends this Thursday, 2017-01-19, 23:59, so hurry up and get your idea in!

https://2017.meteoriks.org/taking_part/category

CATEGORY SUBMISSIONS CLOSED

The deadline for submitting award categories is over, and we ended up with 29 candidate categories thanks to your creative and wild ideas! Check them out: https://www.meteoriks.org/categories

There are a lot of really good ideas in there, and we're happy to see that they go far beyond the usual party categories of size and platform. It's going to be an interesting awards process!

BECOME A JUROR

We can't have all these categories in the awards show, of course, so we'll have to whittle them down to about ten-ish.

Do you have strong opinions on which category should make the final cut? Do some of the categories resonate with your taste in productions? Apply as a juror! You don't need to be a certified demoscene expert(TM), an opinion is all you need -- and we can really use the help.

The deadline for juror applications is on Monday night, Jan 23, 23:59, so drop whatever you're doing and apply here: https://www.meteoriks.org/taking_part/juror

CATEGORIES FINALIZED

Our jury has deliberated long and hard, and we have finally settled on a set of twelve award categories. This year, we are going to nominate and award productions in the categories of:

* Best Direction
* That's Not Possible On This Platform!
* Best High-End 4K Intro
* Best Storytelling / Storyline / Plot
* Interactive
* Best Freestyle Graphics
* Best Low-End Intro
* Best Soundtrack
* Best Low-End Demo
* Best High-End Demo
* New Talent
* Public Choice

Over the course of the next weeks, our jurors will wade through last year's productions and choose up to five nominees for each category. And you can help them by making sure your personal favorites are not overlooked! As of right now, you can head over to https://2017.meteoriks.org/taking_part/recommend and suggest productions for consideration in a category.

Big thanks to all who submitted category proposals or volunteered to be jurors! We couldn't do this without you!


PUBLIC CHOICE VOTING OPEN

Also, just like every year we have one category where YOU are the jury! The winning production in the Public Choice category is purely determined by your votes, so head on over to https://2017.meteoriks.org/taking_part/public_choice and make your selection! The voting deadline is Monday, March 20, 23:59, so vote today!

VOTING DEADLINE APPROACHES

The End Is Nigh! The deadline for recommending prods to the jury and for voting in the Public Choice category is on Monday, 2017-03-20, 23:59, so be sure to get your voice counted before Monday night!

Do it now, not later -- it only takes a minute!
Vote in the Public Choice category: https://2017.meteoriks.org/taking_part/public_choice
Recommend a prod to the jury: https://2017.meteoriks.org/taking_part/recommend

VOTING DEADLINE EXTENDED

https://2017.meteoriks.org/taking_part/public_choice

We have enough votes in the Public Choice category to come up with a result, but -- full disclosure -- it's not what we'd call "representative" yet, so we're extending that voting deadline until the end of the month! Don't leave us hanging here -- vote NOW!

https://2017.meteoriks.org/taking_part/public_choice

Did I mention https://2017.meteoriks.org/taking_part/public_choice ?

NOMINEES! o/

Roll the drums, for we are proud to announce our nominees! These prods and people are nominated for a Meteoriks Award in honor of their outstanding work in 2016:

THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE ON THIS PLATFORM!

Wonderland XIII by Censor Design
Be No Sqr by Psidum, Sim, and Slimeball
Incoherent Nightmare by Arsenic
Lunatico by lft
Chiphead by KK of Altair and DMA

INTERACTIVE

Sipper by Nuance & Genesis Project
Analysis by Bitfellas & Acko
Laura by ArSoft
TIATracker by Kylearan of Cluster
viSQL by Subground4

BEST FREESTYLE GRAPHICS

Vesta by f0st of Blocktronics
Tortuga by H7 and Luciano Ayres of BLOCKTRONICS
Drowned Lullabies by Slayer
Grove of the Pilgrim Hollow by Darkki
Tribe by Oni

BEST SOUNDTRACK

Elysian by Logicoma
Calcatraz by Desire
Through The Cracks by Still
Instant God by Fairlight & cncd
Everyway by h0ffman

BEST DIRECTION

2nd stage BOSS by 0x4015 & YET11
Darkness Lay Your Eyes Upon Me by Conspiracy
Gestalt by Quite & T-Rex
Lucy by Ivory Labs
Through the Cracks by Still

BEST STORYTELLING / STORYLINE / PLOT

In The Future by HOOY-PROGRAM
Evolve by Schengen Allstars
Darkness Lay Your Eyes Upon Me by Conspiracy
Lunatico by lft
They came in peace by Gaspode

BEST LOW-END INTRO

Party Elkstravaganza by Spaceballs
Unglobal by Masters of Electric City
Higher State of Resolution by Dekadence
Harder, Better, Manic, Miner by HOOY-PROGRAM
Everyway by h0ffman and Blueberry

BEST LOW-END DEMO

Unmec by Agenda
Lunatico by lft
Across The Edge by deMarche
Wonderland XIII by Censor Design
30 Years Amstrad Megademo by Benediction & Vanity

BEST HIGH-END 4K INTRO

Outcast by Unknown Artists
Rhodium by Alcatraz
Xanax by Poo-brain & Inque
2nd stage BOSS by 0x4015 & YET11
Among the stars by LJ and Desire

BEST HIGH-END DEMO

Fermi Paradox by Mercury
Darkness Lay Your Eyes Upon Me by Conspiracy
True Colors by Still
Terminal 7 by Cocoon
Instant God by Fairlight

NEW TALENT

AA-Ray of BitFellas
FMS_Cat
branch of Ivory Labs
LJ
Andro of Poo-Brain

PUBLIC CHOICE*

Higher State of Resolution by Dekadence
2nd Stage Boss by 0x4015 and YET11
Darkness Lay Your Eyes Upon Me by Conspiracy
Variform 3 by Ekspert
fermi paradox by mercury
Lunatico by lft

Give them all a huge hand!

You can review the list on our website too: https://2017.meteoriks.org/nominees
Thanks to all who participated by suggesting categories and prods and by voting for Public Choice!

See you at Revision on Friday at eight for the final reveal of the winners! Bring your tux!

(* We had a tie for fifth place, so we opted to nominate six productions in total - in case you're wondering)

WE HAVE WINNERS!

The show is over, and I can say we had a blast! These are the winners of the Meteoriks Awards 2017, give them a round of applause!

The Meteoriks Award 2017 for NEW TALENT
goes to Andro of Poo-Brain
with an Honorable Mention for LJ

The Meteoriks Award 2017 for BEST INTERACTIVE PRODUCTION
goes to Analysis by Bitfellas & Acko
with an Honorable Mention for TIATracker by Kylearan of Cluster

The Meteoriks Award 2017 for BEST LOW-END INTRO
goes to Higher State of Resolution by Dekadence

The Meteoriks Award 2017 for BEST FREESTYLE GRAPHICS
goes to Drowned Lullabies by Slayer
with an Honorable Mention for Tortuga by H7 and Luciano Ayres of BLOCKTRONICS

The Meteoriks Award 2017 for THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE ON THIS PLATFORM!
goes to Wonderland XIII by Censor Design

The Meteoriks Award 2017 for BEST LOW-END DEMO
goes to Unmec by Agenda

The Meteoriks PUBLIC CHOICE Award 2017
goes to Darkness Lay Your Eyes Upon Me by Conspiracy

The Meteoriks Award 2017 for BEST HIGH-END 4K INTRO
goes to 2nd stage BOSS by 0x4015 & YET11

The Meteoriks Award 2017 for BEST STORYTELLING / STORYLINE / PLOT
goes to Darkness Lay Your Eyes Upon Me by Conspiracy
with an Honorable Mention for Lunatico by lft

The Meteoriks Award 2017 for BEST SOUNDTRACK
goes to Elysian by Logicoma

The Meteoriks Award 2017 for BEST DIRECTION
goes to 2nd stage BOSS by 0x4015 & YET11
with an Honorable Mention for Darkness Lay Your Eyes Upon Me by Conspiracy

The Meteoriks Award 2017 for BEST HIGH-END DEMO
goes to Darkness Lay Your Eyes Upon Me by Conspiracy
with an Honorable Mention for Fermi Paradox by Mercury

You can review the winners and all nominees on our website: https://2017.meteoriks.org/winners
We also updated our team page with the names of the jurors: https://2017.meteoriks.org/team

Thanks to Revision for hosting us, and thanks to YOU who took part by suggesting, juroring, voting -- and for making these wonderful productions in the first place!

It's been a terrific demoscene year, and that's thanks to you! <3

See you next year!