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We had hand-drawn, textmode and fast graphics. Three different music competitions. Short movies, two physical construction competitions as well as a screenshot competition for a wide variety of challenges. ░ ░ ▒ The Gathering took place at Vikingskipet in Hamar Norway from 03.04.2026 ▒ ▓ to 08.04.2025 with about 3500 in total at the party. ▓ █▄▄ ▄▄█ ▄▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▄ █ ▀███████▄ ▀█████████████████▄ ▀██▄ ░░░░ ▄██▄ ░ █ █ ░ ▄▄▄ ▀██▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▀██▄ ▀██▄ ▄██▀ ██▄ █ █ ▒ ███ ░ ▀██ ███ ░░░░░ ███ ░ ███ ░ ███ ▄██▀ ░ ███ █ █ ▒ ███ ▒ █▄▀ ███▄▄▄▄▄ ███ ▒ ███ ▒ ███ ▄▄▄ ░▒ ███ █ █ ▓ ███ ▒ ███ ███▀▀▀▀ ███ ▓ ███ ▒ ███ ███ ▒░ ███ █ █ ▒ ███ ▓ ███ ███ ░░░░░ ███ ▓ ███ ▓ ███ ███ ░ ███ █ █ ▒ ███ ▒ ███ ███ ███ ▒ ███ ▒ ███ ███ ▄██▀ █ █ ░ ███ ░ ███ ████████▄ ███ ░ ███ ░ ███ ▀▄▄██▀ ░ █ ■▄▄▄ ███ ▄██▀ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄■ █ ███ ██▀ ░ Real-time Demo █ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▀ ▀▄ ▓ # Entry Group / Creator Points ▓ ▒ ■ ■■■■■ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ ■■■■■■ ▒ ░ ░ ▒ 1. Singularity En Til Byte 62 ▒ ▓ 2. EEhDemo Father and Son Crew 50 ▓ █ 3. BODY.MOD Crusaders 48 █ ▓ 4. Neontastic Magnur 47 ▓ ▒ 5. Traplife En Til Byte 37 ▒ ░ 6. Close Encounters of the third oklien, Skuggemannen & kfh 19 ░ ▒ Kine ▒ ▀▄ ▄▀ ▄▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▄ ▓ ▓ ▒ Combined Demo has its roots at the first The Gathering parties. Originally ▒ ░ many separate competitions, but now merged into one big competition. More ░ ▒ non-pc entries and we will split it into multiple competitions again. ▒ ▓ ▓ ▀▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█ The Gathering 2026 █▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▀ ▄▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▄ █ ▄█████████████████▄ ▀███████▄ ▀██▄ ▀██████████▀ █ █ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▐██ ▄▄▄ ▀██▄ ▀██▄ ▄▄▄ █ █ ███ ░░░░░░░ ███ ░ ██▌ ░ ███ ░ ███ ░ ███ ███ ░░░░░ █ █ ███ ░ ███ ▒ ▐██ ▒ ███ ▒ ███ ▒ ███ ███▄▄▄▄▄ █ █ ███ ▄▄▄ ▄ ███ ░ ██▌░ ███ ▓ ███ ▒ ███ ███▀▀▀▀ █ █ ███ ▀▀▄██ ███▄▄▄ ▐██ ███ ▓ ███ ▓ ███ ███ ░░░░░ █ █ ███ ░ ███ ███▀▀▀▀ ██▌ ███ ▒ ███ ▒ ███ ███ █ █ ███ ░ ███ ███ ░ ▐██ ███ ░ ███ ░ ███ ████████▄ █ ■▄ ███▄ ███ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄■ █ ▀█████▄▀█ Game Jam █ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▀ ▀▄ ▓ # Entry Group / Creator ▓ ▒ ■ ■■■■■ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ ▒ ░ ░ ▒ 1. Squick Fix Ragdolls 1 ▒ ▓ 2. Dare Diver Knut Steffenrem 2 ▓ █ 3. Lille Ubåt Håkon Kleppe Normann 3 █ ▓ 4. Fishpunk: The Undercoals Ulrik Tomas Eitveit Schaeffer 4 ▓ ▒ 5. Steamnautica Magnur 5 ▒ ░ 6. Rust Salt Pertrosfoliea 6 ░ ▒ 7. BubblesNotIncluded Tonje Davidsen 7 ▒ ▀▄ ▄▀ ▄▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▄ ▓ ▓ ▒ Gamed Jam gave the participants 48 hours to finish a game which had to ▒ ▒ adhere to two specific themes: Steam punk and under the sea. ▒ ▓ ▓ ▀▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█ The Gathering 2026 █▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▀ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ █ ┌──┌┐┌┐┌─┐| | | |─┬─┌┐┌┐| █ █ └─┐│└┘│├─┤│ │ ├─┤ │ │└┘││ █ █ │| │| │└─└─ | │ | │ |└─ █ ■▄▄ │▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄■ █ ──┘ Small HTML █ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▀ ▀▄ ▓ # Entry Group / Creator Bytes ▓ ▒ ■ ■■■■■ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ ■■■■■ ▒ ░ ░ ▒ 1. Ulovlig Stygg Kode Wommy 162 ▒ ▓ 2. OneSixEight DrCiRCUiT^1TB 167 ▓ █ 3. red_teams_smaa_graa unrealist 207 █ ▓ - Smoool Faux Clef^1TB 207 ▓ ▒ 5. Styggogstyggere Flayer^FaSC 274 ▒ ░ 6. Grey Plasma-ish Luciwoof 355 ░ ▒ 7. Teal and Orange Sesse^Exc 378 ▒ ▓ 8. Brokkoli 130n 393 ▓ █ 9. Sm0ll Magnur 995 █ ▓ 10. "small" Pertrosfoliea 3020 ▓ ▀▄ ▄▀ ▄▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▄ ▓ ▓ ▒ This year's task was to optimize a plasma effect. It was specified that the ▒ ░ judge was completely color-blind and had poor eye-sight. This made for some ░ ▒ rather crude plasmas in very few bytes... ▒ ▓ ▓ ▀▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█ The Gathering 2026 █▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▀ ▄▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▄ █ ▄█████████▀ ███████▄▀███████▄ ░ ▄█████▄▄ █████████ █ █ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▀███ ▄▄▄ ▐██ ▒ ▀▀▀▀ ▀▀███ ▄▄▄ █ █ ▀██▄ ░░▒▒▓ ███ ███ ███ ░ ██▌ ▒ ███ ░ ███ ░░░░░ █ █ ▀███▄▄▄ ▒ ███ ▄███▀ ███ ▒ ▐██ ░ ███ ▒ ░ ░ ███▄▄▄▄▄ █ █ ░ ▀▀███▄ ███ ▀▀▀ ███ ░ ██▌ ███ ▒ ░ ░ ███▀▀▀▀ █ █ ▒ ▀██▄ ███ ░ ███▄▄▄ ▐██ ███ ░ ███ ░░░░░ █ █ ▒ ███ ███ ▒ ▒ ███▀▀▀▀ ██▌ █▀▄▄ ▄▄███ ███ █ █ ▓▓▓▒▒░░ ███ ███ ░ ░ ███ ░ ▐██ ▀█████▀▀ ████████▄ █ ■▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄■ █ █████████▀ Break the Universe: A Mini Space Simulation █ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▀ ▀▄ ▓ # Entry Creator(s) Points ▓ ▒ ■ ■■■■■ ■■■■■■■■■■ ■■■■■■ ▒ ░ ░ ▒ 1. Death Star in reverse The only Arne 35 ▒ ▓ 2. Planet by Earth 130n 24 ▓ █ - Planetary Multiplier Holy Father 24 █ ▓ 4. Kjernereaktor Sith Code 13 ▓ ▀▄ ▄▀ ▄▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▄ ▓ ▓ ▒ This was a popup competition where participants had to extend a python ▒ ▒ space simulation game presented and written by Art of the Kreativia crew. ▒ ▓ ▓ ▀▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█ The Gathering 2026 █▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▄ ▀███████████▀ ▄██▄ ▄██▄ ░░ ███ ░ ░ ▀█████▀ ▀██████▄ ▄████████▄ █ █ ███ ▄██▀███▄ ▄███▀██▄ ▄▄▄ ▒ ▒ ███ ▄▄▄ ▀██▄ ▄▄▄ █ █ ░ ███ ░ ▄██▀ ░ ▀▀▀ ▀▀▀ ░ ▀██▄ ███ ▓ ▓ ███ ░ ███ ░ ███ ███ ░ ░ █ █ ▒ ███ ▒ ███ ░▒ ███ ███ ▒░ ███ ███ ▒ ▒ ███ ▒ ███ ▒ ███ ███ █ █ ▓ ███ ▓ ███ ▒░ ███ ███ ░▒ ███ ███ ▒ ▒ ███ ▓ ███ ▓ ███ ███ ██▀▄█ █ █ ▒ ███ ▒ ███ ░ ███ ███ ░ ███ ███ ░ ░ ███ ▒ ███ ▓ ███ ███ ███ █ █ ▒ ███ ▒ ███ ▄███▀ ▀███▄ ███ ███ ███ ░ ███ ▒ ███ ███▄ ███ █ █ ░ ███ ░ ▀▄▄███▀ ▀███▄▄▀ █▀▄█████▄ ▄▄███▄▄ ███ ░ ███ ▀█████▄▀█ █ ■▄▄▄▄ ███ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄■ █ ███ Best Creative Tooling █ ▀▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▀ ▄▀ ▀▄ ▓ # Entry Group / Creator ▓ ▒ ■ ■■■■■ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ ▒ ░ ░ ▒ 1. Shader Lab DrCiRCUiT^1TB 1 ▒ ▓ 2. Web Demo Framework Faux Clef^1TB 2 ▓ █ 3. Steamnautica Level Editor Magnur 3 █ ▓ 4. Colour 130n 4 ▓ ▀▄ ▄▀ ▄▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▄ ▓ ▓ ▒ A new competition. In many ways the opposite of useless util. The aim is to ▒ ░ give the world tools that allow people to be more creative. Handing in the ░ ▒ source code of a game jam or demo is acceptable. ▒ ▓ ▓ ▀▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█ The Gathering 2026 █▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▀ ▄▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▄ █ ███ ░ ███ ▄█████████ █████████▀ ███ ░ ░ █████████ ▄██████████▀▄█████████▀ █ █ ███ ▒ ███ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ███ ▒ ░ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ █ █ ███ ▒ ███ ▀██▄ ░░▒▒▓ ███ ░░▒░ ███ ▓ ▒ ███ ░░▒▒░ ▀██▄ ░░▒▒▓ ▀██▄ ░░▒▒▓ █ █ ███ ▓ ███ ▀███▄▄▄ ▒ ███▄▄▄▄▄ ███ ▒ ▓ ███▄▄▄▄▄ ▀███▄▄▄ ▒ ▀███▄▄▄ ▒ █ █ ███ ▓ ███ ░ ▀▀███▄ ███▀▀▀▀ ███ ░ ▒ ███▀▀▀▀ ▒ ▀▀███▄ ▒ ▀▀███▄ █ █ ███ ▒ ███ ▒▓▒░░ ▀██▄ ███ ░▒░░ ███ ░ ░ ███ ░░▒▒▓▓▓▒▒░░ ▀██▄ ▓▒░░░ ▀██▄ █ █ ███ ▒ ███ ▀▀▀ ███ ███ ███ ▀▀▀ ▀▀▀ █ █ ███ ░ ███ ▄█████████▀ ████████▄ ████████▄▀███████▄ ▄█████████▀ ▄█████████▀ █ ■▄ ███ ███ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄■ █ ▀███▌███ Useless Utility █ ▀▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▀ ▄▀ ▀▄ ▓ # Entry Group / Creator ▓ ▒ ■ ■■■■■ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ ▒ ░ ░ ▓ 1. Doom Scroller Jon Ivar Larsen 1 ▓ █ 2. TG-lang 1tb (tg-lang.vercel.app) - █ ▓ - Ubrukelig Passorgenerator William Emil Sande Larsen^1TB - ▓ ▒ - MouseFinder Jørgen Ellefsen - ▒ ░ - Unhelpful Helper Magnur - ░ ▒ - U53_1355_M0U53 Ole Kristian Settem - ▒ ▓ - Gandalf Sort 130n - ▓ █ - Arnekorrekt Wommy - █ ▓ - progress Per-Øivind Berg - ▓ ▒ - uhjelpsombutler.exe Flayer^FaSC - ▒ ▀▄ ▄▀ ▄▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▄ ▓ ▓ ▒ Useless utility tasks the participants with creating something that is 100% ▒ ▒ pointless, but not destructive. ▒ ▓ ▓ ▀▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█ The Gathering 2026 █▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▀ ▄▄▄■▄ ▄▄▄███▒▒▒▒▒█▄▄ ▄▄▄████▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒██▄ ■███▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒███■ ▄■▄▄▄ ▐▒▒▒██▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒██████░░░█ ▄■▀▀ ▀▀■▄▄▄ █▒▒▒▒███▒▒▒▒▒▒██████░░░░░░░░░░▌ ▄■▀▀ ▀▀▀■▄▄▄ █▒▒▒▒▒▒▒██■███░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░█ ■■▄▄ ▀▀█■ ▐▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒█░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░█ ▌ ▀▀■▄▄▄ ▄▄▀▀ ▌ █▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒█░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░▌ ▐ ▀▀■▄▄▄ ▄▀▀ ▐ █▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒█░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░█ ▌ ▀▀▀■▀▀ ▐ ▐▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒█░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░█ ▌ ▌ ▌ █▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒█░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░▌ ▐ ▐ ▐ █▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒█░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░██■ ▌ ▐ ▐ ■██▒▒▒▒▒▒▒█░░░░░░░░░░░░███▀▀ ▌ ▌ ▌ ▀▀█▒▒▒▒█░░░░░░░███▀▀ ▐ ▌ ▐ ▀▀█▒▒█░███▀▀ ■▄▄ ▐ ▐ ▀▀■▀ ▀▀■▄▄ ▌ ▄▄■ ▄▄▄ ▀▀■▄▄ ▌ ▄▀▀ ▄▄▀$▌|▀▀▀▄▄ ▀▀▄▄ ▐ ▄▄▀▀ ▄▄█▀$$$▐|||||||▀▀▀▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▀▀■▀ ▄█▀$$$$$$$▐||||||||||||▀▀▀▄▄▄ ▄▄███▒█▓█▄▄ ▐$$$$$$$$$$▌||||||||||||||||||█ ▄▄███▒▒▒▒▒▒█▓▓▓▓██▄▄ █$$$$$$$$$$▌||||||||||||||||||▐ ▄▄███▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒█▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓██▄ █$$$$$$$$$▐|||||||||||||||||||▌ ███▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒█▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▌ ▐$$$$$$$$$$▐|||||||||||||||||||▌ ▐▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒█▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓█ ▐$$$$$$$$$$▌||||||||||||||||||▐ ▐▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒█▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓█ █$$$$$$$$$$▌||||||||||||||||||▐ █▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒█▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▌ █$$$$$$$▄█▀▀■▄▄|||||||||||||||▌ ▐▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒█▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▌ ▐$$$$▄█▀▀...:.. ▀▀■▄▄||||||||||▌ ▐▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒█▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓█ ▐$▄▀▀..::........:...▀▀■▄▄ |||▐ █▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒███▀██▓▓▓▓▓▓▓█ ▀■▄▄▄................:.. ▀▀■▄█ ▐▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒███▀▀▀ ▀▀██▓▓▓▓▌ ▀▀▀■▄▄▄.............▄■▀▀ ▐▒▒▒▒███▀▀▀ ▀▀█▓▌ ▀▀▀■▄▄▄..▄■▀▀ ██▀▀ ▄▄■▀ ▄■▄▄▄ ▀▀ ▀▀■▄ ▄▄■▀▀▀▀ ▄▄██░░░░░███▄▄▄ ▀■▄▄ ▄▄■■▀▀▀▀ ▄▄██░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░████▄▄▄ ▀▀ ■███░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░███■ █:::▀▀████░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░██▓▓▓▌ ▐::::::::::▀▀████░░░░░░███▓▓▓▓█ █::::::::::::::::▀██■██▓▓▓▓▓▓▓█ █:::::::::::::::::::█▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▌ ▐::::::::::::::::::::█▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓█ █:::::::::::::::::::█▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓█ █:::::::::::::::::::█▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▌ ▐::::::::::::::::::::█▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓█ ■█▄:::::::::::::::::█▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓█ ▀▀██▄::::::::::::█▓▓▓▓▓▓▓██■ ▀▀██▄:::::::█▓▓▓▓█▀▀ ▀▀██▄:█▓▓█▀▀ ▀■▀▀ ▄▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▄ █ ▀███████▄ ▀████████▄ ▀██████▄ ░ ███ ░ ███ ░ █▄ ▀██████▄ █ █ ░ ▄▄▄ ▀██▄ ▄▄▄ ▀███ ▄▄▄ ▐██ ▒ ███ ▒ ███ ▒ ███ ▄▄▄ ▀██▄ █ █ ▒ ███ ░ ▄▀█ ███ ▄███▀ ███ ░ ██▌ ▓ ███ ▓ ███ ▓ ███ ███ ░ ███ █ █ ▒ ███ ▒ ██▄ ███ ▀▀▀ ███ ▒ ▐██ ▒ ███ ▒ ███ ▒ ███ ███ ▒ ███ █ █ ▓ ███ ▒ ███ ██████▄ ███ ░ ██▌░ ███ ▒ ███ ▒ ███ ███ ▓ ███ █ █ ▒ ███ ▓ ███ ███ ▀███▄ ███▄▄▄ ▐██ ███ ░ ███ ░ ███ ███ ▓ ███ █ █ ▒ ███ ▒ ███ ███ ███ ███▀▀▀▀ ██▌ ███ ███ ███ ███ ▒ ███ █ █ ░ ███ ░ ███ ███ ░ ███ ███ ░ ▐██ ▀████▄▀████▄▀█ ███ ░ ███ █ ■▄▄▄ ███ ▄██▀ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄■ █ ███ ██▀ Hand-drawn Graphics █ ▄▄▄▄▄█▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▀ ▀▄ ▓ # Entry Creator(s) Points ▓ ▒ ■ ■■■■■ ■■■■■■■■■■ ■■■■■■ ▒ ░ ░ ▒ 1. TG26 Magical Girl Frida Lauritzen 196 ▒ ▓ 2. Moonlit encounter Rosann 194 ▓ █ 3. Evening Dance Sonja 166 █ ▓ 4. Databrus Åse Idunn Morvik Ringset 153 ▓ ▒ 5. Sci-Fi Robot Hanna jingfors 150 ▒ ░ 6. My Last War Tia^TLA 149 ░ ▒ - Gathering at the Arcade Suilion 149 ▒ ▓ 8. A Cherry Pokemon Paradise Erjon Kloeze 142 ▓ █ 9. Warlock power Camilla bogen Lauritzen 124 █ ▓ 10. ._. 130n 121 ▓ ▒ 11. Drowning in fire Iselin Sørheim 113 ▒ ░ 12. ryoiki tenkai: muryokusho Talha Qadir 110 ░ ▒ 13. Gaming for Glory! Pertrosfoliea 104 ▒ ▓ 14. RE:TRO Ingrid Hellan 101 ▓ █ 15. i want to beat leon therese berger 90 █ ▀▄ ▄▀ ▄▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▄ ▓ ▓ ▒ Use your drawing skills to create the best looking piece of graphics. This ▒ ░ year we didn't specify the requirement of digital tools as part of the ░ ▒ process and received one completely hand-drawn entry. ▒ ▓ ▓ ▀▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█ The Gathering 2026 █▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▀ ▄▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▄ █ ▀████████▄ ▀█████▀ ███ ░ ███ ████████▀ ███ ░ ░ █ █ ░ ▄▄▄ ▀███ ░ ███ ░ ▐██▌ ▐██▌ ▄▄▄ ███ ▒ ▒ █ █ ▒ ███ ███ ░ ███ ▒ ███ ███ ███ ░░░░ ███ ▓ ▓ █ █ ▒ ███ ▄███▀ ▒ ███ ▓ ▐███▄▀▌ ███▄▄▄▄▄ ███ ▒ ▒ █ █ ▓ ███ ▀▀▀ ▓ ███ ▒ ▄▀███ ███▀▀▀▀ ███ ▒ ▒ █ █ ▒ ███ ░ ▒ ███ ▒ ███ ███ ███ ░░░░ ███ ░ ░ █ █ ▒ ███ ▒ ▒ ░ ███ ░ ▐██▌ ▐██▌ ███ ███ █ █ ░ ███ ░ ░ ▄▄███▄▄ ███ ░ ███ ████████▄ ████████▄ █ ■▄▄▄ ███ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄■ █ ███ Pixel Art █ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▀ ▀▄ ▓ # Entry Creator(s) Points ▓ ▒ ■ ■■■■■ ■■■■■■■■■■ ■■■■■■ ▒ ░ ░ ▒ 1. Whoops Just 8 Colors Pertrosfoliea 115 ▒ ▓ 2. Snooze Rosann 88 ▓ █ 3. Cherry Tree of Peace Erjon Kloeze 84 █ ▓ 4. Blue Dragon Malin Sjølie 83 ▓ ▒ 5. Paywall Suilion 77 ▒ ░ 6. TikiCraft Stian Røbergeng 74 ░ ▒ 7. Mythic Lands Thomas Pedersen 63 ▒ ▓ 8. Vikingskipet Eskild Jansen 59 ▓ █ 9. Glitched Out Malix 55 █ ▓ 10. Retrocube Flayer^FaSC 46 ▓ ▒ 11. Roseegg Ingrid Hellan 38 ▒ ░ 12. Chick Even Berg 30 ░ ▀▄ ▄▀ ▄▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▄ ▓ ▓ ▒ Limited resolution and limited colors. This year we had a Tiki 100 theme. ▒ ░ 256x256 in 16 colors from a palette of 256 and a 4/3 pixel size ratio made ░ ▒ this an interesting competition. ▒ ▓ ▓ █ The Tiki 100 was a Norwegian-made school computer and it was primarily █ ▓ owned and used by schools and teachers. It has no text modes and cannot ▓ ▒ produce grey colors due to the 3:3:2 RGB bits per color. ▒ ▓ ▓ ▀▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█ The Gathering 2026 █▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▄ ▀██████████▌ ▀▀██████▄ ▄█████████████████▀ █ █ ▄▄▄ ▐██ ▄▄▄ ▀██▄ ▄▄▄ ███ ░ █ █ ░ ███ ██▌ ░ ███ ░ ███ ▀██▄ ░░▒▒▓ ░ ███ ░ █ █ ▒ ███ ░ ▐██ ▒ ███ ▒ ███ ▀███▄▄▄ ▒ ▒ ███ ▒ █ █ ▒ ███ ░ ██▌░ ███ ▓ ███ ▒ ▀▀███▄ ▓ ███ ▓ █ █ ▓ ███▄▄▄ ▐██ ███ ▓ ███ ▓▒░░░ ▀██▄ ▒ ███ ▒ █ █ ▒ ███▀▀▀▀ ██▌ ███ ▒ ███ ▀▀▀ ░ ███ ░ █ █ ░ ███ ░ ▐██ ███ ░ ███ ▄█████████▀ ▄▄███▄▄ █ ■▄▄ ███ ▄▄▄▄ ██▌ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄■ █ ███ ▐██ Textmode Graphics █ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▀ ▀▄ ▓ # Entry Creator(s) Points ▓ ▒ ■ ■■■■■ ■■■■■■■■■■ ■■■■■■ ▒ ░ ░ ▒ 1. TG History Zokum 107 ▒ ▓ 2. Mother<3 Pertrosfoliea 105 ▓ █ 3. Brokkoli 130n 51 █ ▓ 4. CyberHippe DrCiRCUiT^1TB 22 ▓ ▀▄ ▄▀ ▄▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▄ ▓ ▓ ▒ We allow most forms of textmode art in this competition. We first tried ▒ ░ this as a popup competition a few years ago, and this time we got more ░ ▒ entries than the one we got last time. ▒ ▓ ▓ ▀▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█ The Gathering 2026 █▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▀ ▄▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▄ █ ▀████████████████▄ ░ ▄█████████████████▀ ░ ▄█████████████████▀ ███ ░ ███ █ █ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▐██ ░ ▄▄▄ ███ ▒ ▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▐██▌ ▐██▌ █ █ ░ ███ ░░░░ ███ ░ ██▌ ░▀██▄ ░░▒▒▓ ███ ░ ▒ ███ ░░░ ░ ███ ░░░░░▒ ███ ███ █ █ ▒ ███▄▄▄▄▄ ███ ▒ ▐██ ▒ ▀███▄▄▄ ▒ ███ ▒ ▓ ███ ░ ███▄▄▄▄ ░ ▐███▄▀▌ █ █ ▒ ███▀▀▀▀ ███ ░ ██▌ ▒ ▀▀███▄ ███ ▓ ▓ ███ ▄▄▄▄ ███▀▀▀ ░ ▄▀███ █ █ ▓ ███ ░ ░ ███▄▄▄ ▐██ ▓▒▒░░░ ▀██▄ ███ ▒ ▒ ███ ▀▀███ ███ ░ ░ ███ ███ █ █ ▒ ███ ▒ ▒ ███▀▀▀▀ ██▌ ▀▀▀ ███ ▒ ▒ ███▄ ███ ███ ▒ ▒ ▐██▌ ▐██▌ █ █ ░ ███ ░ ░ ███ ░ ▐██ ▄█████████▀ ███ ░ ░ ▀█████▄▀█ ███ ░ ░ ███ ░ ███ █ ■▄▄ ███ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄■ █ ███ Fast Graphics █ ▀▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▀ ▄▀ ▀▄ ▓ # Entry Creator(s) Points ▓ ▒ ■ ■■■■■ ■■■■■■■■■■ ■■■■■■ ▒ ░ ░ ▒ 1. Nerds Since 1990 Frida Lauritzen 311 ▒ ▓ 2. Back to the 90s Christian Andrè Tømte Grønvold 272 ▓ █ 3. Klar for LAN Svein Werner Lyngmyr 247 █ ▓ 4. Old School Gaming Tia^TLA 174 ▓ ▒ 5. So Fast Malix 152 ▒ ▀▄ ▄▀ ▄▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▄ ▓ ▓ ▒ Hand-drawn graphics to the theme of: Back to the 90s The Gathering. ▒ ▓ ▓ ▀▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█ The Gathering 2026 █▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▀ ▄▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀█ █ ▀████████▄ ███ ███ ░░░ ▄██▄ ▀████████▀ ▄██▄ ░░▒ █ █ ░ ▄▄▄ ▀███ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄██▀ ██▄ ███ ▄██ ▀██▄ ░ █ █ ▒ ███ ███ ███ ░ ███ ▄██▀ ░ ███▒ ███ ░ ▀▀▀ ░ ▀██▄ █ █ ▒ ███ ▄███▀ ███▄▄▄███ ▄▄▄ ░▒ ███░ ███ ▒ ███ ▒░ ███ █ █ ▓ ███ ▀▀▀ ███▀▀▀███ ███ ▒░ ███ ███ ▓ ███ ░▒ ███ █ █ ▒ ███ ░ ███ ░ ███ ███ ░ ███ ███ ▒ ███ ░ ███ █ █ ▒ ███ ▒ ▒ ███ ▒ ███ ███ ▄██▀ ░ ███ ▒ ▀██▄ ███ █ █ ░ ███ ░ ░ ███ ░ ███ ▀▄▄██▀ ░░ ███ ░ ░ ▀██▄▄▀ █ ■▄▄▄ ███ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄■ █ ███ Themed Photo █ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▀ ▀▄ ▓ # Entry Creator(s) Points ▓ ▒ ■ ■■■■■ ■■■■■■■■■■ ■■■■■■ ▒ ░ ░ ▒ 1. Norsk Hjemmebrygg Helene Harepus 126 ▒ ▓ 2. Nintendo 3DS fotografen Rosann 92 ▓ █ 3. Treskur og LEDlys Susanne Nystjerne 80 █ ▀▄ ▄▀ ▄▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▄ ▓ ▓ ▒ Photos to the theme of: Norwegian, retro and technology. ▒ ▓ ▓ ▀▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█ The Gathering 2026 █▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▀ ▄▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▄ █ ▀████████████████▄ ░ ▄███████▄▀█████████▀ ░ █ █ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▐██ ░ ▄▄▄ ███ ▒ ▄██▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ █ █ ░ ███ ░░░░ ███ ░ ██▌ ▀██▄ ░░▒▒▓ ███ ░ ▒ █▒▒▒█▒▒▒▄▄▄▄▒▒▒▒▒▒█ █ █ ▒ ███▄▄▄▄▄ ███ ▒ ▐██ ░ ▀███▄▄▄ ▒ ███ ▒ ▓ █████ ▄▀ ▄▄ ▀▄ █ █ █ ▒ ███▀▀▀▀ ███ ░ ██▌ ▒ ▀▀███▄ ███ ▓ ▓ █▒ █ █░░█ █ █ █ █ ▓ ███ ░ ░ ███▄▄▄ ▐██ ▓▒▒░░░ ▀██▄ ███ ▒ ▒ █▒ ▀▄ ▀▀ ▄▀ █ █ █ ▒ ███ ▒ ▒ ███▀▀▀▀ ██▌ ▀▀▀ ███ ▒░░▒ █▒ ▀▀▀▀ █ █ █ ░ ███ ░ ░ ███ ░ ▐██ ▄█████████▀ ███ ░ ░ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ █ ■▄▄▄ ███ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄■ █ ███ Fast Themed Photo █ ▄█▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█▄▄ ▄▀ ▀▄ ▓ # Entry Creator(s) Points ▓ ▒ ■ ■■■■■ ■■■■■■■■■■ ■■■■■■ ▒ ░ ░ ▒ 1. Gamle spel, ny verd Ingrid Hellan 206 ▒ ▓ 2. I remember... Pertrosfoliea 166 ▓ █ 3. Forward Echo Mats O. Bristol 164 █ ▓ 4. Reminisce Trond Odin Johansen 120 ▓ ▒ - Trollolollollo Malix 120 ▒ ░ 6. Diskett Helene Harepus 112 ░ ▒ 7. Den Perfekte Pausen Bjørn Håvar Lundsbakken 111 ▒ ▓ 8. Late night nostalgia Susanne Nystjerne 79 ▓ █ 9. Rad19 Art 75 █ ▓ 10. Ikke sove her 130n 62 ▓ ▀▄ ▄▀ ▄▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▄ ▓ ▓ ▒ This year we split into a regular and a fast themed photo compo to better ▒ ░ differentiate from what we had in the past where it wasn't so clear. This ░ ▒ year the theme was: Back to the 90s The Gathering. ▒ ▓ ▓ ▀▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█ The Gathering 2026 █▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▀ ▄▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▄ █ ▄████████▄ ▄█████▄ ░ ░ ▄█████████▄▀████████ ▄█████▄▄ █ █ ██▀ ▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▒ ▒ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▀▀▀▀ ▀▀███ █ █ ██▌ ███ ▄ ███ ▒ ▒ ▀██▄ ░░▒▒▓ ███ ░░░░ ███ ░ █ █ ░ ██▌ ░ ███ █ ███ ▓ ▓ ▀███▄▄▄ ▒ ███▄▄▄▄▄ ███ ▒ ░ ░ █ █ ▒ ██▌ ▒ ███ █ ███ ▓ ▓ ▀▀███▄ ███▀▀▀▀ ███ ▒ ░ ░ █ █ ░ ██▌ ▒ ███ ▀ ███ ▒ ▒ ░▒▒░ ▀██▄ ███ ░░░░ ███ ░ █ █ ██▌ ░ ░ ███▄ ▄███ ▒ ▒ ▀▀▀ ███ █▀▄▄ ▄▄███ █ █ ██▌ ░ ▀█████▀ ░ ░ ▄█████████▀ ████████ ▀█████▀▀ █ ■▄ ███ ▄█ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄■ █ ██████████ 20 Second Video █ ▄▄▄▄▄▄█▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▀ ▀▄ ▓ # Entry Creator(s) Points ▓ ▒ ■ ■■■■■ ■■■■■■■■■■ ■■■■■■ ▒ ░ ░ ▒ 1. Mønsterballett Stian Røbergeng 61 ▒ ▓ 2. Royally Free Susanne Nystjerne 35 ▓ ▀▄ ▄▀ ▄▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▄ ▓ ▓ ▒ Twice as good as last year's 10 second video competition. 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All artwork by Zokum^PiX - Robot and logos based on artwork from The Gathering. ▄▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▄ █ ▀███████▄ ▀██▄ ███ ░ ███ ▄█████████▄▀█████▀ ▄█████▄▄ █ █ ░ ▄▄▄ ▀██▄ ▀██▄ ███ ▒ ███ ▄▄▄ ███ ░ ▀▀▀▀ ▀▀███ █ █ ▒ ███ ░ ███ ░ ███ ███ ▒ ███ ▀██▄ ░▒▒░ ███ ░ ███ ░ █ █ ▒ ███ ▒ ███ ▒ ███ ███ ▓ ███ ▀███▄▄▄ ███ ▒ ███ ▒ ░ ░ █ █ ▓ ███ ▓ ███ ▒ ███ ███ ▒ ███ ▒ ▀▀███▄ ███ ▓ ███ ▒ ░ ░ █ █ ▒ ███ ▓ ███ ▓ ███ ███ ░ ███ ▓▒▒░░ ▀██▄ ███ ▒ ███ ░ █ █ ▒ ███ ▒ ███ ▒ ███ ███ ███ ▀▀▀ ███ ░ █▀▄▄ ▄▄███ █ █ ░ ███ ░ ███ ░ ███ ▀███▌███ ▄█████████▀ ▄███▄ ▀█████▀▀ █ ■▄▄▄ ███ ███ ███ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄■ █ ███ ███ ███ Freestyle Music █ ▄▄▄▄▄▄█▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▀ ▀▄ ▓ # Entry Creator(s) Points ▓ ▒ ■ ■■■■■ ■■■■■■■■■■ ■■■■■■ ▒ ░ ░ ▒ 1. Kanal 6 (ft. Bristol) CafSneak 103 ▒ ▓ 2. Bliss Anstein Kvarstad 49 ▓ █ 3. Into The Light Rezonex 45 █ ▓ - Push It Jonas Karlsson 45 ▓ ▒ 5. Reborn Ole-Thomas Moe 38 ▒ ░ 6. Crazy Glexes 37 ░ ▒ - Sacred Sindre Skoglund-Hansen 37 ▒ ▓ 8. Crazy Reality Edgar Baldishol 34 ▓ █ 9. Bodies Martin Bergesen 30 █ ▓ 10. Wombat Step? Wommy 27 ▓ ▀▄ ▄▀ ▄▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▄ ▓ ▓ ▒ All styles except K-Pop since that had its own category this year, which ▒ ▒ sadly only received one entry. Maybe a different genre next year? ▒ ▓ ▓ ▀▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█ The Gathering 2026 █▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▀ ▄▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▄ █ ▀████████▄ ▀ ████████████████▄ ▀██▄ ▀█████▀ ███ ░ ███ █ █ ▄▄▄ ▀███ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▀██▄ ▀██▄ ███ ▐██▌ ▐██▌ █ █ ░ ███ ▄███▀ ███ ░░░░░ ███ ░ ███ ░ ███ ░ ███ ░ ███ ███ █ █ ▒ ███ ▀▀▀ ███▄▄▄▄▄ ███ ▒ ███ ▒ ███ ▒ ███ ▒ ▐███▄▀▌ █ █ ▒ ██████▄ ███▀▀▀▀ ███ ▓ ███ ▒ ███ ▓ ███ ▓ ▄▀███ █ █ ▓ ██▀ ▀███▄ ███ ░░░░░ ███ ▓ ███ ▓ ███ ▒ ███ ▒ ███ ███ █ █ ▒ ▀▄█ ███ ███ ███ ▒ ███ ▒ ███ ░ ███ ░ ▐██▌ ▐██▌ █ █ ░ ███ ░ ███ ████████▄ ███ ░ ███ ░ ███ ▄▄███▄▄ ███ ░ ███ █ ■▄▄▄ ███ ▄ ███ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄■ █ ███ ███ Fast Music █ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▀ ▀▄ ▓ # Entry Creator(s) Points ▓ ▒ ■ ■■■■■ ■■■■■■■■■■ ■■■■■■ ▒ ░ ░ ▒ 1. Addicted To Computer Martin Bergesen 17 ▒ ▓ - Peachy Jonas Karlsson 17 ▓ █ 3. Weird sounds Glexes 11 █ ▓ 4. Mixing Under Grønt Lys Wommy 10 ▓ ▀▄ ▄▀ ▄▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▄ ▓ ▓ ▒ Quick composing with only the provided sample pack. ▒ ▓ ▓ ▀▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█ The Gathering 2026 █▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▀ ▄▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▄ █ ▀███████▄ ▀██▄ ░░ ▀█████▀▄███████▄ ▀███████████▀ ▄▄ █ █ ▄▄▄ ▀██▄ ▀██▄ ███ ▄▄▄ ▀██▄ ▄▄▄ ▄█▓▓█ █ █ ░ ███ ░ ███ ░ ███ ░ ███ ░ ███ ░ ████ ███ ░░░░ █▓▓▒▒▓█ █ █ ▒ ███ ▒ ███ ▒ ███ ▒ ███ ▒ ███ ▒ ████ ███▄▄▄▄▄ ▀█▓▓▓▓█ █ █ ▒ ███ ▓ ███ ▒ ███ ▓ ███ ▓ ███ ▓ ████ ███▀▀▀▀ ▄██▀ ▀▀ █ █ ▓ ███ ▓ ███ ▓ ███ ▒ ███ ▒ ███ ▓ ████ ███ ░░░░ ▄██▀ █ █ ▒ ███ ▒ ███ ▒ ███ ░ ███ ░ ███ ▒ ████ ███ ▄██▀ █ █ ▒ ███ ░ ███ ░ ███ ▄▄███▄▄ ███ ░ ████ █████████▄ ▀ █ █ ░ ███ ███ ███ █ █ ███ ███ ███ ▄█████▄▄ ▀███████▄ ▀███████▄ ▀████████████████████▀ █ █ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄ ▀███ ▄▄▄ ▀███ ▄▄▄ ▐██ ▄▄▄ ███ █ █ ███ ░ ███ ▄███▀ ███ ░ ██▌ ░ ███ ░░░░ ░ ███ ░ █ █ ▄▄▄▄▄ ███ ▒ ░ ░ ███ ▀▀▀ ███ ▒ ▐██ ▒ ███▄▄▄▄▄ ▒ ███ ▒ █ █ ▀█▓▓▓▒▓▓█ ███ ░ ██████▄ ███ ░ ██▌░ ███▀▀▀▀ ▓ ███ ▒ █ █ ▄▓▓▒▒█ ███ ▒ ░ ░ ███ ▀███▄ ███▄▄▄ ▐██ ███ ░ ░ ▒ ███ ▓ █ █ ▄█▓▀ ▓▒█ ███ ▒ ░ ░ ███ ███ ███▀▀▀▀ ██▌ ███ ▒ ▒ ▒ ███ ▒ █ █ ▄█▓▀ ▓▓█ ███ ░ ███ ░ ███ ███ ░ ▐██ ███ ░ ░ ░ ███ ░ █ ■▄▄▄ ▄█▓▀ ▄▄▄▄ ▀ ▄▄ █▀▄▄ ▄▄███ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄■ ▀▄ █▓▀ ▀█████▀▀ Minecraft Creative Challenge ▄▀ ▄█▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█▄ ▄▀ ▀▄ ▓ # Entry Creator(s) Points ▓ ▒ ■ ■■■■■ ■■■■■■■■■■ ■■■■■■ ▒ ░ ░ ▒ 1. Babylon Observatory Christian & Stellan 364 ▒ ▓ 2. Firefly Valley Blokkmafian 294 ▓ █ 3. TimeFlux LES 235 █ ▓ 4. begravelse kyllinghæren 190 ▓ ▒ 5. Return home Viking Jentene 188 ▒ ░ 6. Bedwars gjør mæ dritforbanna TRND 179 ░ ▒ 7. Moon Basin Free Hugs 173 ▒ ▓ 8. ole_as_bygg zm (settem) 167 ▓ █ 9. The Fall from Eden Sindre 166 █ ▓ 10. Builder HEA 153 ▓ ▒ 11. Pokemon Pixelarts by Richard Sebastian Wictor Hansen 151 ▒ ░ 12. Peak (bokstavelig talt) Østfoldingæne 149 ░ ▒ 13. Crystal Ancient Biome NoT_Leon 147 ▒ ▓ 14. Maison Karo 124 ▓ █ - Jorvik Simplezity 124 █ ▓ 16. Retro computer Christian Schumacher 115 ▓ ▒ 17. Back to basic (ikke ferdig) The Queen cave 104 ▒ ░ 18. creeper og steve grymyr 103 ░ ▀▄ ▄▀ ▄▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▄ ▓ ▓ ▒ Build something cool looking in this classic 3D-block video game. ▒ ▓ ▓ ▀▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█ The Gathering 2026 █▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▀ ▄▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▄ █ ▀████████▄ ▀███████▄ ▀█████████▀ ▄█████████▀ ▄█████▄▄ ▐███████▄ █ █ ▄▄▄ ▀███ ▄▄▄ ▀███ ███ ░ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▀███ ▄▄▄ ▀███ █ █ ░ ███ ███ ███ ▄███▀ ░ ███ ░ ▒ ▀██▄ ░░▒▒▓ ███ ░ ███ ▄███▀ █ █ ▒ ███ ▄███▀ ███ ▀▀▀ ▒ ███ ▒ ▒ ▀███▄▄▄ ▒ ███ ▒ ░ ░ ███ ▀▀▀ █ █ ▒ ███ ▀▀▀ ██████▄ ▓ ███ ▒ ▒ ▒ ▀▀███▄ ███ ▒ ░ ░ ██████▄ █ █ ▓ ███ ░ ███ ▀███▄ ▒ ███ ░ ░ ▓▒▒░░ ▀██▄ ███ ░ ███ ▀███▄ █ █ ▒ ███ ▒ ▒ ███ ███ ▒ ███ ▄▄▄ ▀▀▀ █▀▄▄ ▄▄███ ███ ███ █ █ ░ ███ ░ ░ ███ ░ ███ ░ ███ ███ ▄█████████▀ ▀█████▀▀ ███ ░ ███ █ ■▄▄▄ ███ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄■ █ ███ Themed In-game Screenshot █ █▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█ ▄▀ ▀▄ ▓ # Entry Creator(s) Points ▓ ▒ ■ ■■■■■ ■■■■■■■■■■ ■■■■■■ ▒ ░ ░ ▒ 1. Seating69 Tobias A. Zachariassen 138 ▒ ▓ 2. Arne 130n 54 ▓ █ 3. Lara and Panther Mollen 46 █ ▓ 4. Viking in The Mountains Tia^TLA 43 ▓ ▒ 5. This War of Mine- The little ones Susanne Nystjerne 40 ▒ ░ 6. Ace of Spades! Pertrosfoliea 38 ░ ▒ - Singing A Viking Song In The Rain Erjon Kloeze 38 ▒ ▓ 8. I have the high ground Audun Elvanes 37 ▓ █ 9. Galactic Viking Atle Hagen 35 █ ▓ 10. minecraft Ole Kristoffer 32 ▓ ▀▄ ▄▀ ▄▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▄ ▓ ▓ ▒ Bridging the gap between gaming and being creative. ▒ ▓ ▓ ▀▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█ The Gathering 2026 █▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▀ ▄▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▄ █ ▄█████████▀ ▀▄█ █████████████▀▄██ ░ ▀█████████████▀ █ █ ▄▄▄ ███ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ███ ▒ ▄▄▄ █ █ ▀██▄ ░░▒▒▓ ███ ░ ███ ███ ░░░░░ ███ ▓ ░ ███ ░░░░░ █ █ ░ ▀███▄▄▄ ▒ ███ ░ ███ ███▄▄▄▄▄ ███ ▒ ▒ ███▄▄▄▄▄ ▒ █ █ ▒ ▀▀███▄ ███▄▄▄███ ███▀▀▀▀ ███ ▒ ▓ ███▀▀▀▀ ▓ █ █ ▒ ▀██▄ ███▀▀▀███ ███ ░░░░░ ███ ░ ▒ ███ ░ ▒ █ █ ▓ ███ ███ ░ ███ ███ ███ ░ ███ ▒ ▒ █ █ ▓▓▓▒▒░░░ ███ ███ ░ ███ ████████▄ █▀▄█████▄ ███ ░ ░ █ ■▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ███ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄■ █ ▄█████████▀ Best Shelf █ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▀ ▀▄ ▓ # Entry Group / Creator ▓ ▒ ■ ■■■■■ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ ▒ ░ ░ ▒ 1. Mortal Kombat Tony André Lundsrud 1 ▒ ▓ 2. Alien Camilla Wedul 2 ▓ █ 3. Grafittidilla Marcus Napstad 3 █ ▀▄ ▄▀ ▄▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▄ ▓ ▓ ▒ The Gathering gives people limited desk space for your gear and with a five ▒ ░ day stay, people bring a lot of stuff. As the years have gone people have ░ ▒ built more and more elaborate shelves, often for several participants who ▒ ▓ sitting next to eachother to maximize utilization of the given space. ▓ ▓ ▓ ▀▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█ The Gathering 2026 █▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▀ ▄▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▄ █ ▄█████▄▄ ▀███████▄ ░ ▄█████████████████████ █ █ ▀▀▀▀ ▀▀███ ▄▄▄ ▐██ ░ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ █ █ ███ ░ ███ ░ ██▌ ▀██▄ ░░▒▒▓ ███ ░░░░░ █ █ ███ ▒ ░ ███ ▒ ▐██ ░ ▀███▄▄▄ ▒ ███▄▄▄▄▄ █ █ ███ ▒ ▒ ███ ░ ██▌ ▒ ▀▀███▄ ███▀▀▀▀ █ █ ███ ▓ ▒ ███▄▄▄▄▐██ ▓▒▒░░░ ▀██▄ ███ ░░░░░ █ █ ███ ▒ ░ ███▀▀▀▀ ██▌ ▀▀▀ ███ █ █ ███ ░ ███ ░ ▐██ ▄█████████▀ ████████▄ █ ■▄ █▀▄▄ ▄▄███ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄■ █ ▀█████▀▀ Computer Case █ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▀ ▀▄ ▓ # Entry Group / Creator ▓ ▒ ■ ■■■■■ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ ▒ ░ ░ ▒ 1. Shelby GT 500 67 Henrik Gjerden 1 ▒ ▓ 2. Wall-E Helene Bergland Johansen 2 ▓ █ 3. X-Frame Compact 3D Printed Pascal van der Veen 3 █ ▓ Computer ▓ ▀▄ ▄▀ ▄▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▄ ▓ ▓ ▒ Best cabinet build or modification. Top three winning entries from any of ▒ ░ the previous years only qualify for top three only if they have received ░ ▒ significant upgrades or changes. The winner added a lot of new features to ▒ ▓ his, like exhaust smoke and remote key fob on/off functionality. ▓ ▓ ▓ ▀▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█ The Gathering 2026 █▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▀ ▄▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▄ █ ▀█████▀▄██ ██▄▀███████▄ ▀████ ░ ███ █ █ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ░ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▀███ ███ ▒ ▄▄▄ █ █ ░░▒▒▒ ███ ███ ▒ ███ ███ ▄███▀ ███ ▒ ███ █ █ ▓ ███ ███ ▓ ███ ███ ▀▀▀ ███ ░ ███ █ █ ░ ▓ ███ ███ ▒ ███ ██████▄ ███ ███ █ █ █▄ ▓ ███ ███ ░ ███ ███ ▀███▄ ▀███▌███ █ █ ███ ▒ ███ ███ ███ ███ ███ ▀██ █ █ ███ ░ ███ ▀███▌███ ███ ░ ███ ▀██████▄▀ █ ■▄ ███▄▄▄▀██ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█ █ ▀█████▄▀ Jury Awards █ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▀ ▀▄ ▓ Up to five jury awards are given to entries that for some reason, either ▓ ▒ through low vote scores or sheer excellence does not get the recognition ▒ ░ the placement and prize money suggests. The prize is an additional 500 NOK. ░ ▒ as well as signed diplomas. ▒ ▓ ▓ █ Entry Creator(s) █ ▓ ■■■■■ ■■■■■■■■■■ ▓ ▒ Close Encounters of the Third Kine Oklien, Skuggemannen & kfh ▒ ░ ░ ▒ It wasn't possible to vote for this entry in the regular voting period. ▒ ▓ This most likely led to this demo receiving too few votes even though the ▓ █ voting period was extended once this was discovered. █ ▓ ▓ ▀▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█ The Gathering 2026 █▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▀ ▄▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▄ █ ▄███████▄▀███████▄ ▄██▄ ░░ ███ ███ ▀████████▄ ▄██████████▀ █ █ ▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▀███ ▄███▀██▄ ███ ░ ███ ░ ▄▄▄ ▀███ ▄▄▄ █ █ ███ ░░░░░ ███ ▄███▀ ▀▀▀ ░ ▀██▄ ███ ▒ ███ ▒ ███ ███ ▀██▄ ░░▒▒▓ █ █ ███ ███ ▀▀▀ ███ ▒░ ███ ███ ▓ ███ ▒ ███ ▄███▀ ▀███▄▄▄ ▒ █ █ ███ ▄▄▄▄▄ ██████▄ ███ ░▒ ███ ███ ▒ ███ ▓ ███ ▀▀▀ ▒ ▀▀███▄ █ █ ███ ▀▀███ ███ ▀███▄ ███ ░ ███ ███ ░ ███ ▒ ███ ░ ░ ▓▒░░░ ▀██▄ █ █ ███ ░ ███ ███ ███ ▀███▄ ███ ███ ███ ▒ ███ ▒ ▒ ▀▀▀ █ █ ███ ░ ███ ███ ░ ███ ▀███▄▄▀ ▀███▌███ ░ ███ ░ ░ ▄█████████▀ █ ■▄ ███▄ ███ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄■ █ ▀█████▄▀█ Best Group █ ▄▄▄█▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█▄ ▄▀ ▀▄ ▓ # Group Tag Points ▓ ▒ ■ ■■■■■ ■■■ ■■■■■■ ▒ ▓ ▓ ▒ 1. En Til Byte 1TB 335 ▒ ▒ 2. Father and Son Crew FaSC 107 ▒ ▒ 3. Ragdolls RD 80 ▒ ▒ 4. PiX PiX 76 ▒ ▒ 5. Crusaders CRS 60 ▒ ▒ 6. The Lone Adventurer TLA 40 ▒ ▒ 7. Excess Exc 10 ▒ ▒ - Kyllinghæren KH 10 ▒ ▒ 9. HEA HEA 1 ▒ ▀▄ ▄▀ ▄▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▄ ▓ ▓ ▒ Groups score points for each member's top 10 positions. These are then ▒ ░ multiplied with a per competition multiplier that reflects the complexity ░ ▒ and prestige of the competition. ▒ ▓ ▓ ▀▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█ The Gathering 2026 █▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▀ ▄▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▄ █ ▀███ ███ ▀███▀ ▄██████████████████▀ ▄██▄ ▀████████▄ ▀████ ░ ███ █ █ ███ ▄▄▄ ░ ███ ▄▄▄ ███ ▄██▀ ██▄ ▄▄▄ ▀███ ███ ▒ ███ █ █ ███ ░ ███ ░ ███ ▀██▄ ░░▒▒▓ ███ ▄██▀ ░ ███ ███ ▄███▀ ███ ▒ ███ █ █ ███ ░ ███ ▒ ███ ▀███▄▄▄ ▒ ███ ▄▄▄ ░▒ ███ ███ ▀▀▀ ███ ░ ███ █ █ ███▄▄▄███ ▓ ███ ▀▀▀███▄ ███ ███ ▒░ ███ ██████▄ ███ ███ █ █ ███▀▀▀███ ▒ ███ ▀██▄ ███ ███ ░ ███ ███ ▀███▄ ▀███▌███ █ █ ███ ░ ███ ░ ███ ▀▀▀ ███ ███ ▄██▀ ███ ███ ▀██ █ █ ███ ▒ ███ ▄███▄ ▄█████████▀ ███ ▀▄▄██▀ ░ ███ ░ ███ ▀██████▄▀ █ ■▄ ███ ▒ ███ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄■ █ ███ ░ ███ History of The Gathering 1992-2026. Releases at the party.█ ▄▄█▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█▄ ▄▀ ▀▄ ▓ Year Location Tagline / theme Productions ▓ ▒ ■■■■ ■■■■■■■■ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ ■■■■■■■■■■■ ▒ ░ 1992 Skedsmohallen 84 ░ ▒ 1992 lite Skedsmo VGS ? ▒ ▓ 1993 Skedsmohallen 66 ▓ █ 1994 Rykkinhallen 162 █ ▓ 1995 Stavanger Forum 131 ▓ ▒ 1996 Vikingskipet 194 ▒ ░ 1997 Vikingskipet 175 ░ ▒ 1998 Vikingskipet 211 ▒ ▓ 1999 Vikingskipet 153 ▓ █ █ ▓ Total for the 90s 1176 ▓ ▒ ▒ ░ 1900 Vikingskipet Follow the flow 168 ░ ▒ 2001 Vikingskipet A Cyberspace Odyssey 216 ▒ ▓ 2002 Vikingskipet The Gathering: Reload 154 ▓ █ 2003 Vikingskipet 162 █ ▓ 2004 Vikingskipet Rescue of Fractalus 123 ▓ ▒ 2005 Vikingskipet We are the robots 94 ▒ ░ 2006 Vikingskipet The dark side of Pluto 104 ░ ▒ 2007 Vikingskipet Still puzzled? 96 ▒ ▓ 2008 Vikingskipet Optimus prime 86 ▓ █ 2009 Vikingskipet Fire and ice 122 █ ▓ ▓ ▒ Total for 2000-2009 1325 ▒ ░ ░ ▒ 2010 Vikingskipet Submerged 140 ▒ ▓ 2011 Vikingskipet Partly cloudy 112 ▓ █ 2012 Vikingskipet At the end of the universe 141 █ ▓ 2013 Vikingskipet Singularity 177 ▓ ▒ 2014 Vikingskipet Transylvania 197 ▒ ░ 2015 Vikingskipet The future is back 146 ░ ▒ 2016 Vikingskipet Switched on 282 ▒ ▓ 2017 Vikingskipet #secrets 241 ▓ █ 2018 Vikingskipet Social reality 156 █ ▓ 2019 Vikingskipet Eve 169 ▓ ▒ ▒ ░ Total for 2010-2019 1761 ░ ▒ ▒ ▓ 2020 online Gaia. Later online. ? ▓ █ 2021 online Online 93 █ ▓ 2022 online Online 46 ▓ ▒ 2023 Vikingskipet Gaia 118 ▒ ░ 2024 canceled Generations ░ ▒ 2025 Vikingskipet Re:start 90 ▒ ▓ 2026 Vikingskipet Re:union 133 ▓ █ █ ▓ Total so far this decade 469 ▓ ▒ ▒ ▓ Total 5 physical locations 4731 ▓ ▀▄ ▄▀ ▄▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▄ ▓ ▓ ▒ Demozoo.org and wikipedia were used as sources for this compilation. There ▒ ░ is some stuff that has been lost over the years. Contact us and update ░ ▒ Demozoo if you have additional releases and information. The pandemic made ▒ ▓ things fairly messy, but things are getting back on track now. ▓ █ █ ▀▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█ The Gathering 2026 █▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▀ ▄▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▄ ▄████████████▀▄█ ██████████▄ ▀███████▄ ▐██▌░ ███ ▄██████████▀ █ ▄ ███ ███ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▐██ ░ ▄▄▄ ▀██▄ ▐██▌ ███ ▄▄▄ █ █ ░ ███ ░ ███ ░ ███ ███ ░ ██▌ ███ ░ ▐██▌▐██▌▄███▀ ▀██▄ ░░▒▒▓ █ █ ▒ ███ ▒ ███ ░ ███ ███ ▒ ▐██ ███ ▒ ▐██▌▐██▌▀▀▀ ░ ▀███▄▄▄ ▒ █ █ ▓ ███ ▓ ███▄▄▄███ ███ ░ ██▌ ███ ▓ ▐██▌▐██▌██▄ ▒ ▀▀███▄ █ █ ▒ ███ ▒ ███▀▀▀███ ███▄▄▄ ▐██ ███ ▓ ▐██▌▐██▌▀███▄▓▒▒░░░ ▀██▄ █ █ ▒ ███ ▒ ███ ░ ███ ███▀▀▀▀ ██▌ ███ ▒ ▐██▌▐██▌ ███ ▀▀▀ █ █ ░ ███ ░ ███ ░ ███ ███ ░ ▐██ ███ ░ ▐██▌▐██▌░ ███ ▄█████████▀ █ ■▄▄▄▄ ███ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄■ █ ███ Thanks and Greetings █ ▄▄▄█▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█▄▄ ▄▀ ▀▄ ▓ ▓ ▒ The Crew ▒ ░ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ░ █ We couldn't have done this without the many volunteers who spend █ ▓ thousands of hours to give us the best possible computer party. ▓ ▒ ▒ ░ ░ ▒ Participants ▒ ▓ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▓ █ Thank you for coming and especially those that took part in any of █ ▓ our creative competitions. All of you are the reason we have the ▓ ▒ party. ▒ ░ ░ ▒ ▒ ▓ Partners and Sponsors ▓ █ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ █ ▓ Tiktok ■ Nexthop ■ Monster Energy ■ Telenor ■ Outland ■ Globalfiber ▓ ▒ Nlogic ■ Arista ■ Paloalto ■ Ren Røros ■ Hamar Kommune ■ PST ▒ ░ Lundheim Folkehøgskole ■ Sparebank 1 Østlandet ■ Multipick ■ Kandu ░ ▒ Sparebankstiftelsen Hedmark ▒ ▓ ▓ █ █ ▓ Kandu ▓ ▒ ▀▀▀▀▀ ▒ ░ Kreativ Aktiv Norsk Dataungdom is the mother organization that is ░ ▒ behind The Gathering and other events. All of the crew and all the ▒ ▓ participants are members. ▓ █ █ ▓ ▓ ▒ Special Thanks to ▒ ░ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ░ ▒ Norsk Demopartyforening ■ Black Valley ■ Polar Party ■ Sesse ▒ ▓ scene.org ■ pouet.net ■ demozoo.org ■ All Other Computer Parties ▓ █ Crusaders ■ Deadline ■ Exile ■ Safe Hex Int. ■ Scoop ■ Spaceballs █ ▓ ▓ ▀▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█ TG 2026 █▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▀