Telegram Contests

2021-03-25 22:16:22 Participants of the Animated Sticker Contest can now submit their stickers to @ContestBot.

The bot will ask you for two links to animated sticker packs created by the account you're submitting them from. Each pack must contain 3 or more stickers. Open / Comment

2021-03-25 16:51:33 We received 9 submissions for the Second Round of the iOS contest.

Some of them used TDLib and because of this can currently only run on emulators, not on real Apple Watches. We decided to upgrade TDLib to make them work on actual devices before we evaluate the submissions.

Naturally, we will take into account the effort that was required to make the apps work without TDLib and these tweaks on our side when assigning awards. Stay tuned! Open / Comment

2021-03-21 00:52:06 Participants in Round 2 of the iOS Contest can now submit their WatchOS apps to @ContestBot as a ZIP archive with their source code (choose 2021 WatchOS Contest).

Before submitting, please make sure that you’ve tested your apps on macOS 11 (clean install).

The archive must contain a readme file with build instructions. Open / Comment

2021-03-19 21:50:06 The second round of the Android Contest 2021 has started!

Prize fund: $50,000

Deadline: 23:59 on April, 4 (Dubai Time)

Task: Implement animations in Telegram for Android based on the mockups provided, optimize them to run on older devices, and create an editor that allows tweaking their parameters.

Who can participate: Everyone. Participants of the first round may have a slight advantage because they are already familiar with Telegram's source code.

Details:
https://contest.com/docs/android2021-r2 Open / Comment

2021-03-18 22:53:01 The results of the Android Fixes Contest have arrived!

Meet the winners:

1st PLACE – $15,000
Cool Hare – 32 out of 45 correctly implemented fixes and improvements, including both personal findings and issues reported on the Bug Platform.

2nd PLACE – $10,000
Gentle Otter – 23 out of 26 correctly implemented fixes. The best accepted-declined ratio overall.

3rd PLACE – $5,000
Clever Wasp – 22 out of 36 correctly implemented fixes for issues reported on the Bug Platform.
Sunny Ant – 15 out of 20 acceptable fixes, some of them for the media editor.
Dreamy Crab – 11 out of 14 acceptable fixes in various sections of the app.
Modest Dolphin – 10 of 10 acceptable improvements for the media editor.
Sacred Gorilla – 6 out of 9 acceptable fixes.

Honorable mentions
Fit Falcon – $1,500 for a useful pack of optimizations (3 of 3).
Desert Falcon – $1,500 (integrated Animations from the iOS Contest).
Large Flamingo – $600 (3 out of 4).
Quirky Raven – $600 (2 out of 6).
Sharp Mule – $400 (2 out of 6).
Mad Seal – $200 (1 out of 6).
Hairy Monkey – $200 (1 out of 2).
Gentle Crow – $200 (1 of 1).
Earnest Kiwi – $200 (1 of 1).
Fluffy Sheep – $200 (1 out of 1).
Night Gnat – $200 (3 out of 3).
Earnest Butterfly – $200 (1 out of 3).
Fit Rhino – $200 (2 out of 7).

Some of the contestants focused on the Camera 2 API/ CameraX integration, but were sadly unable to overcome performance/stability issues:

Perfect Crab – $1,000.
Dreamy Eagle – $1,400 (+2 accepted fixes).
Fairy Zebra – $1,000.

Detailed comments from our judges about each of the submissions are available on contest.com

Stay tuned: The next stage of the Android contest starts tomorrow. Open / Comment

2021-03-17 23:12:18 In case you don't know what a GIF-Style reaction video is, it's this thing Open / Comment

2021-03-17 22:59:12 The First Round of the GIF Animation Contest starts now.

Dates: 17 Mar - 31 Mar (23:59 Dubai time)
Prize fund in the first round: $50,000

The goal in this round is to create GIF-style reaction videos that express emotions similar to these emoji:





Format: MP4, no sound
Aspect ratio: 1:1 – 4:3 and anything in between
Max. length: 5 seconds
Max. size: 1 MB

We will give preference to original content created by the participants themselves, but you can also use other content if this is appropriate.

We will explain how to submit your animations next week.

Animations created in this contest will be watermarked with links to the public channels of their creators – and potentially suggested to Telegram users as animated reactions.

Winners will be able to take part in the following rounds.

Good luck! Open / Comment

2021-03-16 19:26:05 2021 Contests Update

Results Coming Soon
Android Contest. Round 1 results coming this week.
Data Clustering Contest. Round 1 results – March 2021.
Aptitude Test Contest. Results – March 2021.

Round In Progress
iOS Contest: Round 2 (WatchOS) in progress.
Animated Sticker Contest: Round 1 in progress.

Upcoming Contests
GIF Animation Contest. Round 1 starts on March 17th.
Audio and Video Stream Processing for Calls – to be announced later. Open / Comment

2021-03-12 20:51:54 Update on the Second Round of the iOS Contest:

Given the strict deadlines, we decided to evaluate all apps supporting at least WatchOS 7. Support for WatchOS 6 will still bring you bonus points, but is no longer obligatory. Open / Comment