The BND coding party, short for Benediction's Coding Party, is an annual event held in France, Normandy, Gavray-sur-Sienne.
Its aim is to be a Coding party, this means mostly sceners trying to release productionsad, but streamers, content creators or retrogamers may also attend the party.
It is the follow-up to the ReSet, the main organizer being Eliot from Benediction. It became the biggest Amstrad CPC oriented event in the world, with over 40 attendants by its 4th edition.
Time Line
2021 : BND coding party #1
It was held the 29 Oct - 01 Nov 2021, at Saint-Sauveur-Lendelin (50), France and had 13 attendants.
Releases
3DManiaks (Impact)
First One (Impact)
A Gift for Barjack (Impact)
2022 : BND coding party #2
It was held the 28 Oct - 31 Oct 2022, at Gavray sur Sienne (50), France and had 21 attendants.
Releases
Foursome (Pulpo Corrosivo)
Sphere (Resistance + GPA)
Veteran Megademo (Impact)
FMR CPC (SMFX)
2023 : BND coding party #3
It was held the 27 Oct - 30 Oct 2023, at Gavray sur Sienne (50), France and had 32 attendants.
Releases
- Commemorative(s) demo(s)
Benediction Coding Party #3 Pack
- Out of competition
Mighty Castle Adventure Preview (Yogtze)
Competitions
- Combined Demo / Intro
1. Stand Up! (Benediction)
- Graphics
1. IMPdoc (Kris)
2. Enter Dragon (rexbeng)
3. Cosmic Sophia (Sim1)
4. Waïfu (MacDeath)
5. Moai (Logone)
2024 : BND coding party #4
It was held the 31 Oct - 03 Nov 2024, at Gavray sur Sienne (50), France and had 40 attendants.
Releases
- Invitro(s)
Benediction Coding Party 4 Invitro (Praline + Impact)
Competitions
- Combined Demo / Intro
1. Borderline (Pulpo Corrosivo)
2. Recycled Bug (Da Boxon Team)
2. Happy Halloween (Impact)
4. We Are (Impact)
- Graphics
1. IMPbus (Kris)
2025 : BND coding party #5
It was held the 30 Oct - 02 Nov 2025, at Gavray sur Sienne (50), France and had over 40 attendants. Alongside the Amstrad CPCs and PLUS, some other retro computers such as ThomsonTO8 or Amiga600 were at display.
Releases
- Invitro(s)
Invitro Benediction Coding Party #5 (CrackY)
SNDh2AYc (Impact + Aggression)
- Out of competition
Sonic GX (Condense)
Competitions
- Combined Demo / Intro
- Graphics
- Music
Links
- DemoZoo : https://demozoo.org/parties/series/1668/
- Memory Full : https://memoryfull.net/events.php