#cabin challenges

Opposites Attract Challenge

It’s been a while since we had a challenge, so we released a series of polls in the codingcabin discord server to determine what we should do next. After several tiebreaker rounds, we decided to combine the two for an (optional) two part challenge!

Option 1:

Create a theme with a complementary color palette. Complementary colors are pairs of colors found on the opposite sides of the color wheel. You can use this tool to help determine your color palette, just make sure you select  complementary in the sidebar.

Option 2:

Create a theme that is the opposite of your usual style. Not everyone has a specific style, so it’s okay if you can’t think of an exact opposite! The goal of this challenge is to step out of your comfort zone and try something you normally wouldn’t, like making a fansite theme if you’ve never made one before, or using a dark background if most of your themes are light.

You can also use this as an opportunity to explore styles that you don’t see often in themes or have been hesitant to try, like maximalism or brutalism.

You do not have to do both parts of this challenge, but you can if you want! You also do not have to be a member of the server to try the challenge.

How to participate:

Reblog this post.

Submit your entry, tag codingcabin in your post, or tag the post with #oppositesattractchallenge

Duration: December 14th, 2021 to February 14th, 2022

New Year, New Theme!

Much like in 2019, we are kicking off the year with another color challenge! This time, the focus is on hex colors that resemble English words (for example, #facade resembles facade and #C01025 resembles COLORS).

Guidelines: The use of a hex color that resembles an English word (including leetspeak) is mandatory! Please include the color(s) you chose in your post. 

Resources: Here are two sites that list hex colors that are also English words:

http://bada55.io/

http://c0ffee.surge.sh/

How to participate:

Reblog this post.

Submit your entry or tag the post with #newyearnewtheme

Duration: January 1st to February 28th

Thriller Themes & Creepy Codes Challenge

Coding Awards’ fifth challenge is all about Halloween!

Guidelines: Your entry must be inspired by Halloween.

There are no mandatory elements. Your entry can either be full Halloween with all the spooky stuff (e.g. colours + symbols like pumpkins, skulls, ghosts, etc) or it can simply feature Halloween-related colours (e.g. black, orange, purple, red, etc). It’s up to you!

How to participate:

Reblog this post.

Submit your entry or tag the post with #thrillerthemes and/or #codingawards

Add a link to the competition’s page in your entry’s post.

Duration: September 1st - October 31st

For questions, contact @suiomi or @annasthms, or leave a message.

For more information, check out the Coding Awards page.

The holidays season is here and Coding Cabin is back with another exciting challenge! After the success of our No-JS Challenge, we couldn’t end 2018 without another one. This time, the focus is on the upcoming holidays.

Here’s the drill… We challenge you to create the best holiday-related theme your creativity allows. 

Don’t celebrate Christmas? That’s alright! This challenge embraces diversity and we’re excited to see themes inspired by the different December holidays across the globe (for example, Hanukkah)!

Our Happy Holidays Challenge will be short and ends on December 31st. There’s good reason for it though! We’re planning a year-long event for 2019, starting right on January 1st, so stay tuned!