Takis2025

Takis DJ Hero: A Turntable Game at Coachella

A Guitar Hero-style game played on a custom-built turntable, branded top to bottom for Takis at Coachella.

Client
Takis
Agency
Super
Studio
WeMake
Year
2025
Role
Game art director and Unreal Engine developer (full technical role)
Status
Exhibited · Coachella 2025, Indio, California
Disciplines
Games & interactive

The challenge

Inside a multi-activity brand space at the world's most visible festival, design and build a rhythm game driven by a physical turntable made from scratch.

The idea

A rhythm game with luminous, futuristic VFX, 2D and 3D motion graphics, and a stage-like world fully branded with Takis' identity, played by scratching a real turntable.

My part

Game art direction; full programming; procedural animation and VFX; particle animation; 2D and 3D motion graphics; lighting, worldbuilding and set design; prop modeling; and Takis branding applied across the game.

Outcome

Played by festival-goers throughout Coachella 2025 inside the Takis space, "Intensity on Every Level", alongside other activities such as interactive paint walls.

The Takis DJ Hero console at Coachella: three colored turntables over a neon track, surrounded by Takis signs.

The challenge

Inside a multi-activity brand space at the world's most visible festival, design and build a rhythm game driven by a physical turntable made from scratch.

The idea

A rhythm game with luminous, futuristic VFX, 2D and 3D motion graphics, and a stage-like world fully branded with Takis' identity, played by scratching a real turntable.

My part

Game art direction; full programming; procedural animation and VFX; particle animation; 2D and 3D motion graphics; lighting, worldbuilding and set design; prop modeling; and Takis branding applied across the game.

Outcome

Played by festival-goers throughout Coachella 2025 inside the Takis space, "Intensity on Every Level", alongside other activities such as interactive paint walls.

Behind the scenes

Stack

Unreal Engine

Credits

Client
Takis
Agency
Super
Production
WeMake

Tags

  • Interactive
  • Game
  • Brand Activation
  • Unreal Engine
  • Festival
  • Hardware