This week I launched the Dan Patrick Weekly Challenge pick’em game on FanNation.com. It is a similar game to others I have developed recently. One new thing is groups that are specific to the game (instead of FanNation groups) and the ability for users to join multiple groups.
The interface is laid out using absolute positioning, and uses javascript to set hidden form fields when a user clicks on the option they pick to win, an then updates the css class to set the background image on the element to indicate which option is selected. With this application I built some admin pages where the producer of the Dan Patrick show can enter the matchups and set the winners. The designer at SI cuts logos or images to go with each matchup, so there are input fields for the image URLs as well.
This is a pretty simple game that could be reskinned to let users pick any type of matchups. Our Sports Technologies web site has been updated recently.
