Community Update: March/April 2020 Programming Contest Winners (Utopia) 🏝️🌃

For the months of March and April, the Challenge Council prompted Khan Academy’s Computer Science community to create a program which represented what a Utopia -- or a perfect (and sometimes futuristic) society, place, or world -- would look like to them. Users created games, graphics, animations, and interactive slideshows showing their visions of ideal places to live, and some even created programs to show the upsides and downsides to them.

Below are the winning entries for this contest, along with the judge’s comments. Congratulations and thank you to all of the participants for their hard work and effort!

-- Challenge Council Member Allison (tAG54)

Advanced Bracket

A New Journey | UTOPIA (Episode 1?)

Created By: Jam0708

Why we chose this program: This animation/short film is very well put together! It tells a nice story, has great transitions, and includes excellent visuals and animations!

Exoplanet Utopia

Created By: Admiral Betasin

Why we chose this program: The high-quality graphics and blended colors are excellent in this program!

Future (Animated)

Created By: Gray Wolf 🐺

Why we chose this program: This is a very well-made graphic with cool animated elements. The colors and designs are very well thought out and look amazing!

Intermediate Bracket

Utopia: A Place . . . Or a Mindset?

Created By: SavannahRW01

Why we chose this program: This program gave users two "paths" to choose from, and both had beautiful graphics, great information, and advanced shapes!

Scientific/Technological Utopia

Created By: ＶＵＬＴＵＲＮＵＳ

Why we chose this program: This is a very creative and well put-together graphic, with clean and commented code!

Utopia in the Distance

Created By: William Wang [King]

Why we chose this program: Beautifully made graphic with lots of great information! The detail is very impressive!

Beginner Bracket

Booktopia! (Some animation)

Created By: Bookworm Boy

Why we chose this program: This is a nice animated graphic with well-commented code! A very nice layout with some added creativity and futuristic animation.

Photo From The UTOPIAN JUNGLE

Created By: Colored Feather 😜

Why we chose this program: This is a very fun and colorful graphic! The use of the camera to lead into the image of the utopia was very creative. Well-commented and organized code!

"What is your Utopia?"

Created By: Σℓḛḿḛהּ†ɑℓ ῬႬσḛהּḭẋ

Why we chose this program: This program was very well done, with well-commented code, complexity, and user interaction!