Benediction Coding Party #5
Benediction Coding Party is an Amstrad demoparty organized by Eliot / Benediction and takes place from October 30th to November 2nd 2025 in Gavray-sur-Sienne (50450), France. Meet CPC enthusiasts in a convivial atmosphere and share knowledge with them.
An invitro is coming soon... You can also have a look at last year's photos on Memory Full, or download the releases!
Location
This year, we're back in Gavray-sur-Sienne! The party will take place in the middle of the beautiful Normandy countryside, with just cows and us. The perfect surroundings for optimising your code and meet your friends! The party place will be close to the Hambye Abbey, which is definitely worth a visit!
The building will provide a main hall for up to 60 people. The doors will open on Thursday at 10:00 until Sunday at 18:00.
There will be a sleeping area on the stage in the hall, don't forget your sleeping bag and your mattress! Toilets and sinks will be available on site. If you're looking for the ultimate in comfort, there are several AirBnBs and gîtes ruraux in the area.
Travel by car
The party will be held at Salle Polyvalente, 44 rue de la Poterie, 50450 Gavray-sur-Sienne, France (Google Maps). You can easily reach the party place by taking the A84 motorway.
Travel by train
There are 2 possibilities: you can arrive in Villedieu-Les-Poêles or Folligny (on the line Paris / Granville). The organizing team can pick you up at the railway station. The two stations are at a 15 minute drive to the party place.
Entrance fee
The entrance fee is 16 euros per day (10 euros on Sunday), including drinks and food.
If you are interested by having a look and spend a few hours over a coffee (Soplica courtesy of Sim1, bergamot tea courtesy of Targhan) with passionate people, the fee is 3 euros.
Events
Sonic GX, a remake of Sonic the Hedgehog for Amstrad GX-4000, will offically be released at the party. No Recess will be there to talk about this amazing project.
More events to be announced soon! If you want to present your project, contact us!
Competitions
The competitions are an opportunity to create something and show it on the big screen! The productions can be submitted at the party place or as a remote entry by e-mail. The deadline is Friday 31st of October (23:00). Each category winner will be rewarded! Here is the list of the competitions with their rules:
Music
- No size limit.
- The entry must be submitted with its player.
- Some trackers: Starkos, Arkos Tracker 3
Graphics
- All formats / modes are allowed.
- Include exactly 3 working stages of your entry.
- If your entry is a reworked transfer or AI-assisted, please specify this and include the original picture.
- The entry must be submitted with its viewer program runnable on CPC or Plus.
- Some tools: IMPdraw, Ocp Art Studio, GrafX2
BND#5 Logo
- Draw a BND#5 logo that will be used in the party demopack. You will be rewarded with glory and consecration.
- Your logo must have a vertical format (272 lines height and any width) or a horizontal format (96 bytes width and any height).
- The entry has to be viewable on CPC. Optionally, you can also submit a Plus version of it with a palette adaptation (but no Plus only tricks like hard sprites, shorter split-rasters, etc.).
- Same rules as for the Graphics competition.
Combined Demo / Intro
- No size limit.
- The entry must be runnable on CPC 6128 or 6128 Plus.
Remote entries
- Allowed for every competitions.
- Mail us your entry before Friday 31st of October (23:00).
First time at an Amstrad Party?
You are more than welcome! Experienced sceners will be happy to share their knowledge with you. No matter your level or if you have ever released something.
Other oldskool platforms are also welcome! Come to show us what you can do with your cool computer! The organizing team will bring a Commodore 64.
With the demoscene now listed on France's National Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage, the Benediction Coding Party is part of its agenda. Join us for a weekend of culture!
Contact
You can reach Eliot by mail: eliot (dot) benediction (at) gmail (dot) com or on Discord.
Visitors
26 visitors registered so far. Add yourself to the list...
1.  Eliot / Benediction | 30-31-1-2 |
| 2. roudoudou / Pwaline | 30-31-1-2 |
| 3. Hicks / Vanity | 30-31-1-2 |
| 4. Sim / Scoopex, Wanted Team, Lamers | 30-31-1-2 |
| 5. KailoKyra | 30-31-1-2 |
| 6. Breiztiger / CPC-Power | 1 |
| 7. CrackY | 30-31-1-2 |
| 8. ok3anos/TEK | 1-2 |
| 9. RaHoW@$ | 30-31-1-2 |
| 10. Beb / Vanity | 30-31-1-2 |
11.  Prodatron / SymbiosiS | 30-31-1-2 |
12.  norecess464 / condense | 30-31-1-2 |
| 13. TotO | 30-31-1-2 |
| 14. Golem13 | 30-31-1-2 |
15.  Lastic/www.thecell.ar | 30-31-1-2 |
| 16. MvKTheBoss | 30-31-1-2 |
| 17. Bouba / DBT | 31-1 |
| 18. Nicky One / DBT | 31-1 |
| 19. Targhan / Arkos | 30-31-1-2 |
| 20. Giherem/DBT | 30-31-1-2 |
| 21. Fredouille / CPC-Power | 31-1-2 |
| 22. zisquier / Amstariga | 31-1-2 |
| 23. Genesis8bit | 30-31-1-2 |
| 24. Dom908 | 31 |
| 25. Barjack / Pwaline | 30-31-1-2 |
| 26. Plissken / Vital-Motion! | 1-2 |