Army Drone Racer - Groove Jones

Smoke Stack VFX

Air Stream and Ghost FX that move based on drone direction

Impact Sparks when hitting an object

For this project I had the pleasure of working with Groove Jones to create Army Drone Racer. A fast-paced head-to-head match flying drones through two distinct military base environments. In this project I fully built and set dressed both maps using a mix of bought assets and custom-made assets. As well I lit the worlds using a dynamic lighting system and created some FX and shaders using shader graph and particle systems. With it being a fast-paced racing game, we were able to get away with using lower LOD's and lower textures to allow for a much denser environment.

Soldier models and intro and outer videos were created using a mix of genAI and non generative methods, separate from my environment work which is 100% non-generative work.

Check out the case study here: https://www.groovejones.com/us-army-drone-racer-multiplayer-experience

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Date
October 12, 2026