Dust Racers Club
In December 2021, I participated to the second "Phantasy Arcade" show held by the Gallery Nucleus in Los Angeles.
The idea is to make a make believe game and design the according arcade cabinet (build for the show at a 1/6 scale).
For this edition, I chose to develop a cooperative racing game, a good opportunity to design vehicles and the characters that goes with them, build a little visual storytelling.
I tried to make something cohesive and solid, with 3 very different designs. I also made a game screen in pixel art (yes, all by hand, pixel after pixel), and the game logo.
Our 3 characters with their respective vehicles.
Frenchy
Fast on asphalt and roads, driving a supercharged Renault 8 Gordini
Lady
All terrain compatible, driving a baja style 4x4 Datsun Fairlady.
Trax
Not fast but very powerful on rough terrain, driving a green fuel modified Tucker Sno-Cat.
The very first sketches to lay down the concept. It seemed to work properly so I went for it. :)
Step by step o the pixel art screen made especially for the cabinet. The challenge was to imagine and come up with the gameplay in order to put together a proper and believable User interface.
Flat colors and more dynamic versions of the cars, to dress a side of the cabinet. Also meant to be used as merchandise material. Got to anticipate those things! ^^
The arcade cabinet built by Gallery Nucleus.
Square version, with simple colors. Easily readable even on a very small size.
Horizontal version of the logo.
It's always good to have 2 versions of the same logo, to ease the using
according to the material it'll be slapped on.
Color and motif options.
Merchandise mock ups, the cabinet control board (modelled by Natalie Stevens) and Tamiya model kits box covers, photoshopped by me.