It’s finally launch day for STAR WARS: Galactic Racer™. Three and a half years ago, Fuse Games was a handful of people with a big idea. Since then, our small team has poured their hard work and talent into our first game, and that big idea comes to life today. Fusing our love of racing and our love of STAR WARS. A run-based racing adventure where high-speed action collides with risk, reward and consequence. Here's a personal message from the team.

Fuse Lead Character Artist, Kat Unsworth, on the creative process for bringing the brilliant, intrepid Katja Mox to our screens: “Katja Mox is the ex-heiress to the influential and Imperial-aligned MoxCorp. Having grown up surrounded by luxury and glamour, this is reflected in the rich deep wine colours, golden trims and plush fabric of her clothes. It was really important to us that we captured this aspect of her character when translating the design into 3D for the in-game model.”

We’ve been nominated for Ultimate Game of the Year by Golden Joysticks, and are being totally calm and nonchalant about it. 👀 It’s an honour just to be nominated, but it’s an even bigger one that you all got us here. Thank you to everyone who played, shared, and shouted scrib doon. Vote for STAR WARS: Galactic Racer™ below!

STAR WARS: Galactic Racer™ has been nominated for Best Audio Design at the Golden Joysticks Awards! Take a look behind-the-curtain at how our Audio Team created the soundscape for the game here ➡️ youtu.be/E4bHCgy3sgU Last chance to vote for STAR WARS: Galactic Racer™ at the Golden Joysticks here ➡️gamesradar.com/goldenjoystic…

Fuse’s Lead Concept Artist, James Lewis-Vines, on the unique process of ageing Sebulba: “We’re catching up with Sebulba many years after his race at the Boonta Eve Classic in 32 BBY, and his successful racing career is clear from is affluent garments and jewellery. After years of renown, it makes sense that he would have an aged rockstar look. We eventually decided on a beard in concept, taking references from the ‘Martial Arts Master’ trope as he mentors Shade. His golden robe was inspired by senators elsewhere in the STAR WARS™ galaxy, adding a touch of grandeur to his appearances in the paddock.”

Come take a look inside our studio! For BAFTA's 'In the Studio' series, they sat down with the team to talk about how Fuse Games started and how we make our games. Watch it here ➡️ youtube.com/watch?v=zCb5ILQj…

Fuse’s Level Design Director, Adam Stone, discusses how the setting of STAR WARS: Galactic Racer™ influenced level design: “Our track design considers how Imperial facilities have been abandoned and reclaimed following the fall of the Empire. In Lantaana, what used to be an Imperial bridge offers a powerful (but risky) shortcut. Elsewhere, the heatsink and pipe networks can send racers careening dangerously through huge industrial structures. We tried to envision how Imperial structures could realistically create gameplay opportunities for players to discover, rather than it just being a narrative set piece.”

Fuse’s Lead Concept Artist, James Lewis-Vines on the process of realising our hero and protagonist, Shade: “For Shade, we added a prominent visor which is commonly seen in motorcross helmets. Not only did this fit Shade’s racer aesthetic, but also appealed to the characters core archetype: the mysterious stranger. All of Shade’s outfit variants take inspiration from branches of real world vehicular racing culture, as well as historical references from Roman charioteers who would sport coloured capes and headbands to identify and rally support from spectators. This felt particularly fitting for Shade, who is trying to get recognition as an unknown underdog of the Galactic League.”

We do actually pet our cats btw. Here’s an appreciation post for our developers cats…

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