Challenge Summary
Welcome to “CSFV – Gaming Community Site Logo Contest”. The purpose of this contest is to create fresh and creative LOGO that will presenting our New Gaming Community Site called VERIGAMES. This gaming community site is part of CSFV programs and will be the social foundation of persons who will test software through browser games. In this community site, they can select and launch the games, see leaderboards, high scores, awards, badges, prizes, forums, wiki, blogs, user walls, and discussion like most popular social networks (like Facebook, Twitter), etc.
At the end of this contest, we want to see creative and enticing logo that will represent this new Gaming Community Site. Register NOW for more details about the contest requirements!!
Round 1
o Initial Logo design over a white and black backgrounds
o Color Palette
o Any note for the client about your submission
Round 2
o Final Logo design over a white and black backgrounds
o Color Palette
o Any note for the client about your submission
The primary goal of this contest is to design a unique and enticing logo for CSFV Gaming Community Site. This logo will be used to build the branding of CSFV Gaming Community Site presentations. The new logo must be appeal to teens and the general population. It should be web2.0 and really striking.
What is CSFV?
The Crowd Sourced Formal Verification (CSFV) program seeks to make formal program verification more cost-effective by reducing the skill set required for verification. The approach is to transform software verification (testing) into a more accessible task by creating a game that reflects the code model. Basically, the users will be playing games and at the same time they will be making software verification. We are looking to use the tool to verify open source software.
Overall Gaming Community site concept
We envision this site as a global community with sub-sites focused on games, a nice mix of social features and heavy information delivery (social network + gaming website). The website concept is about breaking it down into global website and sub-sites, we will have 5 unique games, and each game will have a dedicated sub-site with content specific to that game, the main/global website will work as an aggregator of the sub-sites and as a Social network community, that means the sub-sites will have the same layout and navigation of the global website with different theme/colors/styles but delivering content specific to the game.
Global website will have the global items like activity stream, member profiles, registration, etc, more details below. The sub-site will be specific to that sub-site, for example, news, leader board, game content, contests, tournaments, forums/discussions, blogging, tutorials, how-to play guides, shared solutions, etc. Global website will have the same specific items as in sub-site but will be more like an aggregator for the 5 sub-sites, which means there could be some differences in how content in page are displayed, for example, a sub-site may have a leader board page with a single leader board that is filtered according to tournament/contest, member, date, while in global site it will have more filtering options, i.e. filter based game type.
NOTE : In this contest, we're only need LOGO design, you don't need to create any of the websites requirements mentioned above.
Logo Requirements
- We are looking for something fresh and new logo design that able presenting the gaming community site. The logo must be creative and enticing. Our client like “Puzzle-looking” logo. Anyone who sees this logo for the first time should retain that image in their memory. Visually, it has to look appealing, fresh, like a gaming site.
- The community site will be called “VERIGAMES”, you are free to use the gaming community site name in your logos. Maybe a cool representation of V or VG or something. but it's not required. Either the logo have out community site name or not is Okay. whatever you think fits best for the logo.
- We want the logo to be fun and engaging, but neutral. no strong feelings of any authority like DARPA or the government, but we want it to be a "serious about gaming" site.
- Please stay away from gradients, as they will not be able to be easily reproduced across all media.
- Designs must be created as VECTOR artwork so they can be resized without a loss of quality. Make sure your logo quality is not diminished when scaled up or down.
- Provide screens to show how your logo looks on white and black backgrounds.
- Color is up to designer. However, we DON’T want to see dark color or military colors. Keep your color choices professional!!
Logo Reference
Our client really like "puzzle looking" logos. This site http://www.logolounge.com/article/2012logotrends provides you some references about the logo that our client looking for. This gaming site will mostly related to mathematical field and computer science, so they would like to see abstract looking fractal-feeling logos. the Tessellation (mainly), the Woven, Sphere Carving, and Arc twists are very close with their vision for the game site logo. DON'T COPY ANYTHING YOU SEE FROM THE REFERENCE SITE, IT'S JUST REFERENCE.
Target Audience
Casual gamers, everyone who likes games from children to adult persons.
Judging Criteria
Cleanliness, Creativity, and Graphics Appeals.
Submission & Source Files
Preview Image
Please create your preview image as one (1) 1024x1024px JPG or PNG file in RGB color mode at 72dpi and place a screenshot of your submission within it.
Submission File
Submit JPG/PNG image files based on contest submission requirements stated above.
Source Files
All original VECTOR source files of the submitted design. Files should be created in Adobe Illustrator or Inkscape and saved as layered AI or EPS files. Your source files must meet these requirements:
1) The IA/EPS logo file with text intact (not outlined).
2) The IA/EPS logo file with text in outlined format.
Final Fixes
As part of the final fixes phase you may be asked to modify your graphics (sizes or colors) or modify overall colors.
Please read the challenge specification carefully and watch the forums for any questions or feedback concerning this challenge. It is important that you monitor any updates provided by the client or Studio Admins in the forums. Please post any questions you might have for the client in the forums.