Challenge Summary
Welcome to the TCO21 Regional - UI Design Tournament Round 2! This is a bracket-style design tournament where you must battle another designer to move forward in the tournament. This is a single-elimination tournament! We have 24 designers who will battle it out over two days to be the TCO21 Regional UI Design Champion!
Showcasing your concepts and skills in this challenge will determine your placement in the next round.
Analyze the design problem and provide a design concept and visual solution on how the application might look and work.
At Topcoder, we are always pushing you to think about the user, the human experience, and being bold in your design decisions. Take some risks and have fun designing!
This is it! 60 minutes to rapidly design a user interface (UI) that conveys your thoughts and solves the design problem!
ALL TOPCODER DESIGN RULES APPLY. Entries must be your original work and must not infringe on the copyright or licenses of others. All standard Topcoder Terms, Topcoder Policies apply to this challenge. Your design must be created by you and be original to you. You can be inspired by design research, but copying and submitting someone else's designs is against Topcoder policies and will not be tolerated.
RESPECT OTHER DESIGNERS. If you have any doubts, ask!
CHALLENGE DETAILS
The goal of this challenge is to design the look and feel of a Desktop experience.
At Topcoder we have the new Topcoder Forums and we also have Community Slack. We are looking to integrate Slack, Discord, or a similar “real-time” collaboration/chat tool for the Topcoder community to hang out, collaborate, share or just talk about your day via your computer or phone.
Problem: Welcome to Topcoder “Chat”
When a new or existing Topcoder member wants to join Community Slack there is no clear member experience for knowing about Community Slack, knowing how to register, or even knowing “why” they should sign-up and be part of the conversation!
For the next 60 minutes, we would like you to focus on the Desktop user experience of a Topcoder member learning, registering, and joining the Topcoder Community “conversation” (Slack, Discord, or similar application). This should be a page (or steps) that a member would see during onboarding or be able to find to understand what it is, why they should register (with their existing Topcoder handle), and join in on the fun!
They can use the web version of the Topcoder “conversation” app (so Slack, Discord, etc.) or download the app and the mobile version and connect their Topcoder account.
Keep it simple and inviting! This is where the community is talking, learning, and following in real-time!
Design & Branding Guidelines
Submission Format Requirements
Target Audience
Identifying information
Judging Criteria
The judges will evaluate your design on the following criteria:
Submission & Source Files
Marvel
Showcasing your concepts and skills in this challenge will determine your placement in the next round.
Analyze the design problem and provide a design concept and visual solution on how the application might look and work.
At Topcoder, we are always pushing you to think about the user, the human experience, and being bold in your design decisions. Take some risks and have fun designing!
This is it! 60 minutes to rapidly design a user interface (UI) that conveys your thoughts and solves the design problem!
ALL TOPCODER DESIGN RULES APPLY. Entries must be your original work and must not infringe on the copyright or licenses of others. All standard Topcoder Terms, Topcoder Policies apply to this challenge. Your design must be created by you and be original to you. You can be inspired by design research, but copying and submitting someone else's designs is against Topcoder policies and will not be tolerated.
RESPECT OTHER DESIGNERS. If you have any doubts, ask!
CHALLENGE DETAILS
The goal of this challenge is to design the look and feel of a Desktop experience.
At Topcoder we have the new Topcoder Forums and we also have Community Slack. We are looking to integrate Slack, Discord, or a similar “real-time” collaboration/chat tool for the Topcoder community to hang out, collaborate, share or just talk about your day via your computer or phone.
Problem: Welcome to Topcoder “Chat”
When a new or existing Topcoder member wants to join Community Slack there is no clear member experience for knowing about Community Slack, knowing how to register, or even knowing “why” they should sign-up and be part of the conversation!
For the next 60 minutes, we would like you to focus on the Desktop user experience of a Topcoder member learning, registering, and joining the Topcoder Community “conversation” (Slack, Discord, or similar application). This should be a page (or steps) that a member would see during onboarding or be able to find to understand what it is, why they should register (with their existing Topcoder handle), and join in on the fun!
They can use the web version of the Topcoder “conversation” app (so Slack, Discord, etc.) or download the app and the mobile version and connect their Topcoder account.
Keep it simple and inviting! This is where the community is talking, learning, and following in real-time!
Design & Branding Guidelines
- Design for your idea and what you think the best experience could be.
- Font usage is up to the designer.
- Color Palette is up to the designer.
- Don't overthink it!
Submission Format Requirements
- Responsive Desktop
- Add your files into MarvelApp: “Reg Round 2” project is called
Target Audience
- Topcoder Members
Identifying information
- DO NOT use your NAME or TOPCODER HANDLE/USERNAME in your submission
- We only share the submission number during the judging process (XXXXX vs. XXXXX) with the judge.
Judging Criteria
The judges will evaluate your design on the following criteria:
- Originality in your concept.
- Does the UX make sense?
- Good clean UI design
Submission & Source Files
- Submission File: submit JPG/PNG for your submission files.
- Submit your Source file (does not need to be organized)
- Submit your declaration file to include the Marvel prototype link
- Upload your design to MarvelApp for review.
Marvel
- Topcoder will assign each competitor a MarvelApp before the competition. Make sure to upload your design for judging.
- MarvelApp: the project is called "Reg Round 2"
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.