Website Development for Duelo.futbol

Duelo.futbol was a Fantasy Sports Game for fans from South America. 

  • Duration 2015 – 2017
  • Team 5 members
  • Type Fantasy football
  • Industry Entertainment
  • Platforms Web

Project idea

The client wanted to create an engaging Fantasy Sports solution dedicated to Copa America 2015. It planned to launch a website where users could start custom competitions, invite friends, or join open contests.

Target Audience

Duelo.futbol was designed for soccer fans living in Latin America. The client served an enthusiastic community, aiming to raise excitement during major soccer tournaments.

Results

  • 5 members

    Team size

  • 3 years

    Cooperation years

IT Craft Fantasy Sports developers managed to launch an MVP by the start of Copa America 2015, supporting the client's business plans. The website sparked initial user interest, enabling the client to take the next steps of adding more tournaments. 

IT Craft Fantasy Sports developers managed to launch an MVP by the start of Copa America 2015, supporting the client's business plans. The website sparked initial user interest, enabling the client to take the next steps of adding more tournaments. 

Core Tech

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    JavaScript

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     jQuery

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    PayPal

Project challenges

  • The website used several third-party services. The team successfully integrated the services of Data Factory, Vimeo, PayPal, Facebook authorization, and more into the system without decreased performance.
    The possible rapid growth of user load required impeccable website performance to increase user retention. The team implemented load balancing and tested thoroughly to cope with skyrocketing interest.
  • The upcoming event determined the project’s tight timeline. The team elaborated on the scope and requirements. It reused modules and source code to ensure they met the deadline.

Planning

Input

The client initially had:

  • An idea of a new service
  • Support from Latin America’s largest mobile operator Claro
  • A clearly defined deadline

Analysis

Our team:

  • Analyzed client requirements
  • Offered an implementation path based on the client’s limitations
  • Boosted software development by using internally built technologies

Result

Our work resulted in:

  • Timely website delivery
  • A product adjusted to the expectations of a specific audience
  • Updates and tournament expansion

Business benefits

Technical advice

The IT Craft team took over all tech aspects, ensuring the client received an optimum solution for the allocated timeline and budget.

Custom engine

IT Craft engineers implemented an internally built Fantasy Sports engine containing basic modules to decrease the project timeline.

Responsive design

Developers focused on mobile-first design and experiences, targeting the client’s core audience—smartphone users.

Focus on MVP

The development team used the acquired expertise to map out the key MVP elements needed to launch a Fantasy Sports website successfully. 

Main project features

Contests

Users were able to create and participate in competitions of various types. They could limit access upon invitation. Certain contests were open to every registered user.

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Tournaments

Users could pick up their dream squad and compete based on the results of real games. Chilean, Mexican, Spanish championships, the Champions League, and Copa Sudamericana were available.

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Sign-up

Several sign-up options were available. Users could register using a valid email address. They could save effort by signing in via a Facebook or Twitter account.

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Multi-language support

Website supported Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese to serve all users across Latin America. Also, the English version was available for users outside the region.

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Project timeline

  • Project Timeline

    2015 – 2017

Technologies

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    HTML5

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    CSS3

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    JavaScript

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    Bootstrap

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    JQuery

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    Yii2

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    MySQL

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    Data Factory

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    Vimeo

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    PayPal

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    Twitter for authentication

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    Facebook for authentication