Challenge Summary
Welcome to the ASME Portal Storyboard Contest. The American Society for Mechanical Engineers (ASME) would like to encourage and enlighten the youth of today (13-18 year old demographic) about engineering and the flexibility, excitement and rewards of all kinds of engineering careers by reaching them through gaming at the middle school level.
For this contest, the goal is to design the web pages of about 3 to 5 pages that will be the face of the portal of ASME site that will host content about engineering roles, interesting stories, as well as content related to engineerng.
Round 1
1) Initial submission design of Home page and About page mentioned in the Requirement section.
2) Any note for the client about your submission
3) Number your submission (01, 02, 03, etc...) for easy client's review
Round 2
1) Final submission design with all the pages and their features mentioned in the Requirement section plus checkpoint update.
2) Any note for the client about your submission
3) Number your submission (01, 02, 03, etc...) for easy client's review
Primary Goal & Design Considerations
The primary goal of this contest is to design the pages of ASME portal with the objective of making the youth of today aware and enlightened about Mechanical Engineers and eventually encourage them into an Engineering career.
Did you know that exposure to Engineering doubles teen's career interest? About 63% of teens have never considered a career in engineering (Engineering ranks only 11th out of 19 in a list of careers students are familiar with), 44% say they would consider engineering as a career if they knew more about it!
Requirements
1. Overall Requirements:
- include a navigation for this portal, the navigation items are: Home | About ASME | Games | Resources
- use the provided ASME Foundation logo for the meantime, we will be asking for the source file of this logo from the client and we will provide it as soon as we can.
- use the Powered by NoNameSite.com in a secondary area
2. Home page
Must have features:
- use or feature the ASME Foundation logo
- add spot for disclaimer on the bottom. Use Greek text for now.
- include social features such as Facebook, Twitter, etc
Features that you may also consider for this page:
- carousel to feature the games
- a teaser of games
- a short intro/teaser for about ASME
- featured article
- news section
- any feature that you may think it will be great to add on, specially the features that may encourage the youth to take Engineering career
3. About ASME page
This will serve as the inner page of the portal, this page should be kid and parent-friendly brief description about ASME, the ASME Foundation, and its support of this project. The content for this page is:
About ASME
Since 1880, ASME - founded as the American Society of Mechanical Engineers - has helped the global engineering community develop solutions to real world challenges. Founded in 1880 as the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, ASME is a not-for-profit professional organization that enables collaboration, knowledge sharing and skill development across all engineering disciplines, while promoting the vital role of the engineer in society. ASME codes and standards, publications, conferences, continuing education and professional development programs provide a foundation for advancing technical knowledge and a safer world.
Mission
ASME's mission is to serve diverse global communities by advancing, disseminating and applying engineering knowledge for improving the quality of life; and communicating the excitement of engineering.
Vision
ASME aims to be the essential resource for mechanical engineers and other technical professionals throughout the world for solutions that benefit humankind.
[hyperlinks]
About Asme.org — https://www.asme.org/about-asme
ASME Foundation — https://www.asme.org/about-asme/get-involved/asme-foundation
ASME.org K-12 Resources — https://www.asme.org/career-education/k-12-students
4. Game main page
- this will be the main landing page where three games will be linked from (the games will not live on here)
- display 3 games in a way that users (kids 13-18) can easily see what the game is about and make it attractive for them to want to play them
- 1 game will be designed as part of this project (use a place holder for this), the other 2 games may be Basketball star and Billiards from NoNameSite.com you can view here: https://www.nonamesite.com/web/cs-stem/activities
5. Resources page
- this page will be used as a listing of resources content and links, use dummy text for now.
Branding Guidelines
- colors and fonts – should not too different from the ASME Org website. We want it to flow nicely to and from.
- clean and modern design
- should be cool and fun and stay away from cartoony images
- page width should fit in comfortably inside the 1024x768px screen resolution
Target Audience
- middle school and high school students (13-18 year old demographic)
Judging Criteria
- You will be judged on how you convey the game to easily and quickly learn how to play
- Cleanliness, Creativity, and Graphics Appeals
Submission & Source Files
Preview Image
Create your preview image as one (1) 1024x1024 JPG or PNG file in RGB color mode at 72dpi and place a screenshot of your submission within it.
Submission File
Please upload PNG/JPEG images in a zip file with all requested contest requirements stated above.
Source Files
All original source files of the submitted design. Files should be created in Adobe Photoshop or Illustrator and saved as layered PSD/AI files.
Final Fixes
As part of the final fixes phase you may be asked to modify your graphics, images (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.