Pick the Cast

Built so anyone can start a party in a few minutes, and so a new show can be switched on without rebuilding the app.

Industry
Fantasy Leagues for Reality TV
Website
pickthecast.com
Capabilities Shown
Product design Web app development Scoring engine Email Admin tools
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Pick the Cast website — desktop view
Pick the Cast website — mobile view
Mobile view
15
shows set up, with Survivor live
158
automated tests, all passing
$0
to play. No money, no betting
About the Business

Pick the Cast is a York Digital Media product. Friends start a party, pick their castaways before the merge, and watch the standings move after every episode. Survivor is live, and fourteen more competition shows are set up and waiting for their seasons.

The Objective

Built so anyone can start a party in a few minutes, and so a new show can be switched on without rebuilding the app.

Screens from the live site. Hover one to scroll the full page.

Pick the Cast — Home page
HomeThe lineup: Survivor live, fourteen more shows on the way.
Pick the Cast — How it works page
How it worksStart a party, pick castaways, watch the standings move.
Pick the Cast — Show page page
Show pageTwo castaways, one season: the rules of the game on one page.
Pick the Cast — Cast page
CastWho’s still in the game, tribe by tribe.
Pick the Cast — Scoring page
ScoringEvery scoring event spelled out, and adjustable by each party’s host.
Pick the Cast — Shows page
ShowsFifteen shows, filterable by the kind of competition.
Pick the Cast — Sign up page
Sign upOne short form to start playing.

Just as good on a phone.

Pick the Cast — Home on a phone
Home
Pick the Cast — Show page on a phone
Show page
Pick the Cast — Cast on a phone
Cast
Pick the Cast — Sign up on a phone
Sign up

What we built.

Designed, built and run in-house, from the scoring engine to the launch emails.

For players

Private and public parties

Start a party and invite friends with a link or code, or join a public one.

Picks and scoring

Players lock in their castaways, and a scoring engine awards points episode by episode.

Show pages

Cast, rules and scoring for each show, with coming-soon pages for shows not yet live.

Polls and predictions

Questions between episodes that add to the game.

Waitlist

“Notify me” sign-ups for upcoming shows, with launch emails.

Accounts

Sign-up with email confirmation, password reset and private profiles.

Behind the scenes

Admin tools

Season setup, results entry, scoring rules and show management.

Feature switches

Shows and features turn on per show without a code change.

Email

Account and launch emails sent from the product’s own domain.

Tested

158 automated tests plus an end-to-end journey test.

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