A chaos-fuelled arcade racer built and shipped in-house — 15 cars, wild power-ups and gravity-defying stunt tracks.
Release
2025
Platforms
Scope
Full development
Genre
Racing • Action
Release
2025
Publisher
Casual Brothers Ltd.
Available platforms
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Hot Rod Mayhem is an arcade racer built around readable, high-energy fun: drift through gravity-defying turns, battle rivals with power-ups, or take on stunt challenges solo. Each of the 15 cars — from the Blazing Bullet to the Crimson Cruiser — has its own speed, handling and personality, so the roster rewards experimentation rather than a single optimal pick. The game was designed to be picked up in seconds and still hold depth for players chasing clean laps.
Original IP developed end to end by Casual Brothers: concept, gameplay, art, engineering, platform certification and launch.
Arcade racing lives or dies on feel. The challenge was making 15 distinct cars that all feel good to drive while keeping the handling readable enough for a family audience, and holding a stable frame rate on Switch with heavy stunt geometry and power-up VFX on screen.
Full-cycle production in-house: design, art pipeline, vehicle physics, track authoring, UI, optimization and Nintendo certification — with the whole team under one roof and one milestone plan.
Hot Rod Mayhem is proof that Casual Brothers can own a commercial title from blank page to a certified console release, not just contribute to someone else's pipeline.
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