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Lovebyte Demoparty @lovebyteparty.bsky.social · Jun 13

This weekend is NOVA (novaparty.org), and they have a 128+256 byte compo going on.

Deadline is tomorrow at noon (BST), so plenty of time to finish a work-in-progress or do a nice little compofiller!

Livestream will be at www.twitch.tv/ukdemoscene

Go and support the sizecoding scene! 🥰

a woman wearing glasses stands in a hallway with the words " there 's still time " behind her

ALT: a woman wearing glasses stands in a hallway with the words " there 's still time " behind her

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Lovebyte Demoparty @lovebyteparty.bsky.social · Feb 15

Let’s get ready for the first day of Lovebyte!

Join the live-stream on Twitch (www.twitch.tv/lovebytedemo...) and get more info at lovebyte.party.

#demoparty #lovebyte #bytebeat #bytejam #textmode #petscii #sizecoding #ascii #ansi #teletext #c64 #pico8 #tic80 #micow8

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Lovebyte Demoparty @lovebyteparty.bsky.social · Feb 14

We have prepared a special DJ set constructed of DJ-Sets we had in the past. Can you guess who is playing?

All wrapped into a nice paper: DJ Set will get supported by over 300+ effects we have on board from the last bytejams. Be ready for an extravaganza!

#bytejam #sizecoding #tic80 #lovebyte

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Lovebyte Demoparty @lovebyteparty.bsky.social · Feb 13

Lovebyte 2025 will have an online Jam with three anonymous ZX Spectrum jammers.

The event will be one hour, offering a unique experience. The participants will be using Bazematic, a browser-based ZX Spectrum live-coding environment.

#zx #zxspectrum #lovebyte #bytejam #livecoding #bazematic

Splash for ZX Spectrum jam at Lovebyte 2025.

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Lovebyte Demoparty @lovebyteparty.bsky.social · Feb 12

You made it!!

We received 128 entries so far. Will we reach the 256 together?

#demoparty #lovebyte #bytebeat #bytejam #textmode #petscii #sizecoding #ascii #ansi #teletext #c64 #pico8 #tic80 #micow8

Lovebyte 2025: We reached the 128 entries mark.

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Lovebyte Demoparty @lovebyteparty.bsky.social · Feb 12

This is a friendly reminder that anyone can contribute to the lovebyte.party!

It is a party about tiny intros, that is held online on the weekend of 15. - 16. Feb 2025.

#bytebeat #bytejam #textmode #petscii #sizecoding #ascii #ansi #teletext

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Lovebyte Demoparty @lovebyteparty.bsky.social · Feb 10

Tiny 256 byte intro by GeirS was lovingly crafted for the legendary C64. Yes, really! The C64 may not be the first thought for tiny intros, but oh, how beautifully 256 bytes can shine. Come celebrate tiny intros with us.

youtu.be/ZUcyNCqIzDg?...

#c64 #tinyintro #256byte #demoscene #sizecoding

Lovebyte 2025 Promo

YouTube video by GeirS

youtu.be

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Lovebyte Demoparty @lovebyteparty.bsky.social · Feb 9

Meet our special: Tiny Wonders - A poem about Sizecoding.

Join us at Lovebyte 2025 on February 15-16th, 2025.

Narration and music by Jeenio.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgUH...

#sizecoding #demoscene #tic80 #pico8 #windows #linux #amiga #bytebeat #bytebattle

Tiny Wonders - A poem about Sizecoding

YouTube video by Lovebyte demoparty

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Lovebyte Demoparty @lovebyteparty.bsky.social · Feb 8

Believe it or not, but #lovebyte is almost around the corner.

Only one week left, until your favourite #sizecoding demoparty will start.

#tic80 #bytejam #pico8

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Lovebyte Demoparty @lovebyteparty.bsky.social · Feb 7

If you are curious about #sizecoding, what it is and how to do it: We have something for you.

Over the years we did a lot of seminars, covering different platforms like: #ZXSpectrum, #gameboy, #microw8 or #javascript

Enjoy the playlist and get all you need to know!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0cn...

Lovebyte-Splash with text: Seminars! We have them!

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Lovebyte Demoparty @lovebyteparty.bsky.social · Feb 3

Tonight we have a tiny Twitch! Setting up for Lovebyte 2025, but we have a beautiful intro showcase and a little surprise for you! ✨

For Lovebyte we already have 64+ submissions and counting!

Starts at 19h UTC+1: www.twitch.tv/lovebytedemo...

After that we jump into a #bytejam at @field-fx.party

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field-fx.party @field-fx.party · Feb 2

This Monday we will be jamming at the early hour of 19:00 GMT on www.twitch.tv/FieldFxDemo. From 18:00-19:00 there will be a @lovebyteparty.bsky.social test stream on www.twitch.tv/lovebytedemo... so we're going to sync our stream with them. #livecoding #sizecoding #tic80 #glsl #demoscene

EARLY!
Monday Night Bytes
WITH ADDED LOVEBYTE

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Lovebyte Demoparty @lovebyteparty.bsky.social · Feb 2

Lovebyte 2025 invitation by Neon / Darklite. ZX Spectrum.
youtu.be/y-EBs4gWDUo?...

Entry at Demozoo:
demozoo.org/productions/...

Lovebyte webpage:
lovebyte.party

#lovebyte #sizecoding #zxspectrum #demoscene

Lovebyte 2025 Invitation by Darklite [zx spectrum]

YouTube video by Geir Bjerke

youtu.be

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Lovebyte Demoparty @lovebyteparty.bsky.social · Feb 2

What is sizecoding?

It's about writing small programs, that do amazing things.

There are two good starting-points:

1. This introduction video: youtu.be/foaXTw45hjA?...

2. At www.sizecoding.org you find good resources to get started on many systems.

#sizecoding #demoscene #tic80 #pico8 #amiga

Sizecoding Explained in 1 Minute

YouTube video by Lovebyte demoparty

youtu.be

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Lovebyte Demoparty @lovebyteparty.bsky.social · Feb 2

We already received some entries!! This is amazing. Tomorrow we will send an update on this. =)

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Lovebyte Demoparty @lovebyteparty.bsky.social · Feb 1

Only two weeks left until Lovebyte!

#demoparty #lovebyte #lovebyte2025 #sizecoding #tic80 #pico8 #bytejam

Reminder: Two weeks left until Lovebyte demoparty.

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Lovebyte Demoparty @lovebyteparty.bsky.social · Jan 28

We invite you to the Lovebyte 2025!

15.-16. February, online! Discord and Twitch.

lovebyte.party

With love:
youtu.be/a8JnyY50rgY?...

#sizecoding #pico8 #tic80 #microw8 #demoscene

Love Letter, Love Byte 2025 invite

YouTube video by Freddy Offenga

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Lovebyte Demoparty @lovebyteparty.bsky.social · Jan 27

Lovebyte is all about #sizecoding. What is it exactly?

Make graphics / sounds with extremely short code. Dec2024 coders came together to celebrate Tiny Code Christmas: an initiative to promote sizecoding, mostly to newcomers.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajOX...

Web:
tcc.lovebyte.party

#tic80 #pico8

Tiny Code Christmas EXTRA - Day 9 - 2024

YouTube video by Lovebyte demoparty

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Lovebyte Demoparty @lovebyteparty.bsky.social · Jan 26

Lovebyte 2025 is coming!!

Celebrate tiny coding with size coding competitions (32-1024 bytes), graphics, music, & nanogames.

Theme: Blind Date - entries stay anonymous! Enjoy seminars, Bytejam, DJ sets & more. All platforms welcome!

Feb 15-16 on Discord & Twitch!

lovebyte.party

Lovebyte 2025 invitation. The theme this year is "Blind Date". All compo-entries will get shown anonymously.

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Lovebyte Demoparty @lovebyteparty.bsky.social · May 31

Rules here: field-fx.party/index.php?pa...

(Sizecoding goes into the general Demo category... but if 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑚𝑦𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑜𝑛 they would receive a whole bunch of sizecoded entries a dedicated category might just pop up 😁)

Field-FX

field-fx.party

Lovebyte Demoparty @lovebyteparty.bsky.social · May 31

The Weekend Is Here! ✨

The awesome folks of @field-fx.party are currently enjoying a delightful demoparty in a field. 💖

Tomorrow Noon (BST) is the deadline for their compos, go for it if you are in the mood for doing a last-minute prod! Party system at field-fx.party/index.php?page

Field-FX

field-fx.party

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Lovebyte Demoparty @lovebyteparty.bsky.social · Mar 30

Are you at or near Revision?

A bunch of sizecoding folks are trying to organize a meetup (a tiny party inside the party! 😄) .

Current plan is Sunday between 12:00 and 15:00, in the seminar room. Come say hi! 👋

(more details in the sizecoding discord
discord.gg/pZE5rAQrHx)

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Hervé Piton @hervepiton.bsky.social · Feb 26

My entry for the tiny pixel art graphics competition at Lovebyte 2024.
21×24 pixels in 16 colours (EGA palette)
@lovebyteparty.bsky.social

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Lovebyte Demoparty @lovebyteparty.bsky.social · Feb 23

Assembly Winter may be a huge event, but it still contains a heart of 24 carat demoscene gold 💖!

Streaming in 43 minutes (19:30 GMT) over at www.twitch.tv/assemblytv : the demo compos!

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Lovebyte Demoparty @lovebyteparty.bsky.social · Feb 23

In case you missed it, @psenough did a nice long item on Lovebyte 2024 in his monthly demoscene writeup 💖:

youtu.be/51lYIQ5nkYg?...

(make sure to check out the rest of the video as well, it's good stuff)

Demoscene Report February 2024 (part 1)

#demoscene #monthreport #digitalart News and highlights from the active demoscene community that came out in February 2024.Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/...

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