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Challenge Summary

Welcome to [serenity] - Display Page Design Concepts Challenge. We are designing and developing an improved process for creating and launching challenges on Topcoder. For now, that process will only include one specific type of challenge (Software ‘Architecture’ challenges.) The codename for this project is “Serenity.”

This challenge is to design the “display” page for those serenity challenges. There are a specific set of requirements for adequately displaying a Serenity challenge.

In this challenge we are looking for DESIGN CONCEPTS on how this could work. What should the user see and experience?

Round 1

For your R1 deliverables please submit the following screens:
1. Display page. (Desktop + Mobile)
- Readme.jpg : Provide notes about your submission.
- Make sure all pages have correct flow! Use correct file numbering. (00, 01, 02, 03)

Round 2

Final Design plus any Checkpoint feedback
1. Display page. (Desktop + Mobile)
- Readme.jpg : Provide notes about your submission.
- Make sure all pages have correct flow! Use correct file numbering. (00, 01, 02, 03)


Challenge Details:
The primary goal of this challenge is to design the “display” page for those serenity challenges. There are a specific set of requirements for adequately displaying a Serenity challenge

We are looking for the [topcoder] design Community to help us and show us a variety of approaches to making it simple and engaging.

Supporting Document:
- The form for creating a Serenity Challenge (New-Challenge-Create.png.zip), just for reference.
- Data model for a serenity challenge (Data-Model-for-a-Serenity-Challenge.png.zip)
- TC GUI Toolkit (TC_Web_GUI_Kit.zip)

Required Screen Size:
- Desktop page of size 1024px width and height as required.
- Mobile page of size 320px width and 480px height.

Challenge Requirements:
- User can review a challenge before deciding whether or not to accept it. All relevant information about the challenge should be presented in a way that enables this decision. In your designs, please make some assumptions about the hierarchy of importance in presenting the information listed above (Data model for a serenity challenge). What do users care about most when considering a challenge? Is it prize money? Complexity of the requirements? Timeline? Some combination of all these?
- The interface should feature some kind of Challenge Lifecycle Indicator that provides a visualization of a challenge: What is its duration (from start to finish); what stage are we currently at; what is the next step that user might take in relation to this challenge. (eg. ‘Register for challenge’ or ‘Upload submission’, etc.)
- This page should exist in a number of Behavioral States that we would like to see represented in the designs:

  1. Non-registered, signed-out: User is browsing topcoder.com in a non-signed in state, and views a challenge. What would the page look like for that user?
  2. Non-registered, signed-in: user is browsing topcoder.com in a signed-in state and views a challenge. What would be this users primary calls-to-action?
  3. Registered, signed-in, DURING challenge: user has already registered for this challenge. Certain elements of the presentation may now change for this user:
    1. They now have access to File Downloads, Challenge Discussions (Forums) that were previously blocked to them.
    2. Primary Call-to-action is no longer “Register” but changes to ‘Submit’ for challenge submission phase.
  4. Registered, Signed-in, POST challenge: Challenge has ended. User may now use this page to access the results (winning submissions) of the challenge.

- We also need  inline Discussions (rather than linking out to Forums, should instead have a simple Discussion Forum right on the challenge page, for Registrants to communicate w/Copilots, biz, stakeholders.)
- Visually, the page design should look like a topcoder.com page.  It should share the common site header that sits atop the topcoder website.
- Page design should make use of the TC GUI Toolkit and adhere to existing site guidelines.

Target Audience:
- You the community member who participates in [topcoder] challenges.

Judging Criteria:
- How well you plan the user experience and capture your ideas visually
- Cleanliness of your graphics and design
- Your work should possible to build and make sense as a responsive design.

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 for your submission files.

Source Files
All original source files of the submitted design. Files should be created in Adobe Photoshop and saved as layered PSD file, or Adobe Illustrator as a layered AI file.

Final Fixes
As part of the final fixes phase you may be asked to modify your graphics (sizes or colors) or modify overall colors. We may ask you to update your design or graphics based on checkpoint feedback.

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:

2015 topcoder Open

Challenge links

Screening Scorecard

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.

Challenge links

Questions? ‌Ask in the Challenge Discussion Forums.

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

ID: 30046025