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Challenge Summary

Welcome to CSFV Game Sites Banner Ads Design Challenge.

We are looking your ideas to design 5(five) different banners that will promote each CSFV Game Sites and attract banner viewer to play the games.
Expected banner design should be exciting, appealing and have consistency look & feel because they need to displayed on different platforms with some required sizes.

Round 1

You need submit 5 Game Sites Banner Ads with these following sizes

Static Banner Sizes
1. Micro Bar type : 88px (width) x 31px (height)
2. Square Button type : 125px (width) x 125px (height)
3. Leaderboard type : 768px (width) x 90px (height)
4. Half Page Ad type : 300px (width) x 600px (height)

Round 2

Updated Game Sites Banner Ads based on client checkpoint feedback for ALL requested sizes!


Challenge Summary
CSFV looking your help to design banner to promote their Game Sites. Refer client site to get feel how current Game Sites look and feel.

Our expected result your banner design should reflect Game Sites experience that will help attract viewers to play our Game Sites application.

File Attachments
These files contain original source files like icons, theme, page design, and any graphics that might can re-use as materials for this banner design challenge:
1. Old Game Sites Artworks
- FlowJam.7z
- Ghostmap.7z
- Circuitbot.7z
- Stormbound-Part-1.7z
- Stormbound-Part-2.7z
- Xylem-Part-1.7z
- Xylem-Part-2.7z
2. Current Game Sites Landing Page Banner
- new-artworks.zip
3. Game Sites Icons & Logo
- Games-Sites-Icons-Logo.zip
4. Verigames Beta Logo
- VeriGamesLogo.zip

Design Guidelines
- Banner design must reuse existing artwork/graphic elements from provided 5 Game Sites design source files.
- We need your ideas create cool, exciting and fun banner for these 5 Game Sites:
-- Flow Jam
-- CircuitBot
-- StormBound
-- Ghost Map
-- Xylem
- Each banner need include each related Game Sites Icons & Logo
- Each Banner design must represent Game Sites artwork
- Each Banner design must visually draw attention to viewer when viewed across different devices.
- Should we include Verigames Beta logo on each banner? Enough space?

Banner Design Directions
Unique Selling Proposition for Campaign
Playing Verigames project games enables players to use their gameplay time in a way that contributes to a positive and important technological outcome. Please see this link for details: http://www.verigames.com/aboutUs

Call to Action
Play [each game] by visiting the linked website.

Mandatories
Each banner needs to communicate the overall USP(Unique Selling Proposition) as well as at least one feature from each game. Feature info can be found at these links:
-- Flow Jam
-- CircuitBot
-- StormBound
-- Ghost Map
-- Xylem

Banner Sizes Requirements
Notes:
- We will create "responsive" width version of your banner in next challenge. How your design anticipate that?
- For Small Size banner, you might need just put the Games Sites logo
- You need design each Games Sites for required sizes below. Do not merge all Game Sites into single banner

Static Banner Sizes
1. Micro Bar type : 88px (width) x 31px (height)
2. Banner type : 234px (width) x 60px (height)
3. Full Banner type : 468px (width) x 60px (height)
4. Leaderboard type : 768px (width) x 90px (height)
5. Square Button type : 125px (width) x 125px (height)
6. Vertical Banner type : 120px (width) x 250px (height)
7. Large Rectangle type : 240px (width) x 400px (height)
8. Skyscrapper type : 120px (width) x 600px (height)
9. Half Page Ad type : 300px (width) x 600px (height)

Note: Please suggest and let us know if there any recommended missing banner sizes based up to date design trend.

Target Audience
- These banners are intended to be run on mid-core and complex game portals for players interested in mid-core games like Clash of Clans and complex game players like those who play Sudoku, Go and so forth.

Judging Criteria
- Creativity: The banner should be visually exciting and engaging
- Execution: The quality of the graphics as well as following the provided Design guidelines
- Requirements: Does your banner meet the requirements as stated within the Design Direction?
- Quality: Does your banner look fresh, professional, and clean?

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 challenge submission requirements stated above.

Source Files
All source files of all graphics created in either Adobe Photoshop and saved as editable file. Or any source file from original vector graphics on Adobe Illustrator file (ai/eps)

Final Fixes
As part of the final fixes phase you may be asked to modify your overall or some graphic elements with any feedback and direction from client.

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.

Stock Photography

Stock photography is not allowed in this challenge. All submitted elements must be designed solely by you. See this page for more details.

How To Submit

  • New to Studio? ‌Learn how to compete here
  • Upload your submission in three parts (Learn more here). Your design should be finalized and should contain only a single design concept (do not include multiple designs in a single submission).
  • If your submission wins, your source files must be correct and “Final Fixes” (if applicable) must be completed before payment can be released.
  • You may submit as many times as you'd like during the submission phase, but only the number of files listed above in the Submission Limit that you rank the highest will be considered. You can change the order of your submissions at any time during the submission phase. If you make revisions to your design, please delete submissions you are replacing.

Winner Selection

Submissions are viewable to the client as they are entered into the challenge. Winners are selected by the client and are chosen solely at the client's discretion.

ELIGIBLE EVENTS:

2014 TopCoder(R) Open

Challenge links

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Submission format

Your Design Files:

  1. Look for instructions in this challenge regarding what files to provide.
  2. Place your submission files into a "Submission.zip" file.
  3. Place all of your source files into a "Source.zip" file.
  4. Declare your fonts, stock photos, and icons in a "Declaration.txt" file.
  5. Create a JPG preview file.
  6. Place the 4 files you just created into a single zip file. This will be what you upload.

Trouble formatting your submission or want to learn more? ‌Read the FAQ.

Fonts, Stock Photos, and Icons:

All fonts, stock photos, and icons within your design must be declared when you submit. DO NOT include any 3rd party files in your submission or source files. Read about the policy.

Screening:

All submissions are screened for eligibility before the challenge holder picks winners. Don't let your hard work go to waste. Learn more about how to  pass screening.

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Source files

  • Layered PSD files created in Adobe Photoshop or similar
  • AI files created in Adobe Illustrator or similar

You must include all source files with your submission.

Submission limit

5 submissions

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