6 weeks, 2023
Role
Environment Art, VFX, UI/UX Designer
Project Medium
Maya, Unity, Substance Painter, Photoshop, Illustrator
Two by 4 Racing was a finalist of Game Developers Conference (Alt.Ctrl.GDC) 2023, along with 18 other teams
- Featured in Game Developer Magazine 2023
Two by 4 Racing is a cooperative racing game where two players will sit back to back, each with their own bike tire steering wheels to maneuver) through a track, avoiding local flora, fauna, cows, and fences to break the track record.
Team: Yuxuan Wu, 3D Artist / UI Designer; Derek Williams, Level Designer / Engineer; Ezra Hills, Programmer; Quoey Wu, Programmer; Yuxi Lee, Technical Artist
How does Two X 4 works?
The player in front will steer the contraption, while the person in the back controls the gas pedal, and the players can switch roles at will to match gates to get more fuel.
Environment Art
• Built the environment in Unity
Top View of the Track
• Used modular assets to build a track that creates a dynamic difficulty curve
• Use a fun and playful color scheme, simple shape, and clear environment to make the game as easy as possible to learn
VFX of Bull Spawning
- Triggered when the antagonist bull is spawned.
- Villain but maintain the delightful and fun art direction.
I stacked a layer of a circular model (indicating wind), smoke, rays, and glows, using the Unity Particle System to achieve this stylized Visual Effect, triggered when the antagonist bull is spawned.
All 2D sprites were painted in Photoshop and bright into the Unity Particle System.
Animated Logo
Instruction Poster
Two by 4 Racing is a cooperative racing game where two players will sit back to back, each with their own bike tire steering wheels to maneuver) through a track, avoiding local flora, fauna, cows, and fences to break the track record. The player in front will steer the contraption, while the person in the back controls the gas pedal, and the players can switch roles at will to match gates to get more fuel.
It attended the alt.ctrl.GDC 2023 showcase and PlayNYC 2023.
Team: YUXUAN WU, 3D/2D Artist, UI/UX Designer; DEREK WILLIAMS, Level Designer / Controller Engineer / Physics Programmer; EZRA HILL, Programmer /Technical Artist; KEYIN WU, Gameplay Programmer /Technical Artist; YUXI LEE, 3D Artist / Animator /Programmer