Central Idea/Plan
For my capstone project, I would like to design a website focused on the growth of Esports in games like League of Legends, CS:GO, and Overwatch. The site would explore the rich histories of the games and the turning points that allowed them to draw so many eyes with their professional competitive play. I also would like to go through what it is like being a professional who works for companies who compete in the leagues that these games offer.
Front Page
As far as design goes, I want to use stack parallax effects to elongate my front page to allow maximize the image to information ratio. This page will include the introduction of the three games I am discussing. As far as color choices go, I’m thinking of using colors from the games that I am discussing. The color orange from CS:GO, brighter colors from Overwatch, and darker colors from League of Legends. Images I would pull from the live tournaments from all three games would be used as my backgrounds and I would trace their logos and implement those into the general design of the tabs where the links to the other pages are as well as down the page.
Second Page
My second page will include a nice infographic with main statistics about the games and their viewers. Design would morph along the page to, again, match the themes of the games.
Last Page
My third page can include a video about the lifestyle of esports players and how life is playing for an esports team as well as topics about where esports came from, where it is now, and where it is expected to go in the coming years.
Esports revenue expected to reach $1.65 Billion by the year 2021
— SaxyNerd™ (@JonMesiner) October 29, 2018
Nearly 600 million people will view esports events 2020; 45% being returning enthusiasts and 55% being new viewers
— SaxyNerd™ (@JonMesiner) October 29, 2018
Since the start of LoL esports in 2012, over 18.7 million dollars have been awarded to players/corporations
— SaxyNerd™ (@JonMesiner) October 29, 2018
Nearly 400,000 people were watching the 2018 CS:GO Faceit Major
— SaxyNerd™ (@JonMesiner) October 29, 2018
"The season-culminating showdown between the London Spitfire and Philadelphia Fusion drew an estimated global average minute audience of 861,205 over July 27-28 across linear television and streaming platforms."
— SaxyNerd™ (@JonMesiner) October 29, 2018