Project description: A hotwheels like car racing game where players assemble their own cars.

Since its birth in the late 1960s, the game of Carrinho de Rolima has grown immensely popular in urban Brazil, especially in cities like Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, and Belo Horizonte where the game originated. To play this game, children build their own cars, usually made with wooden planks and ball bearings, and race to the the finish line at the bottom of a hill. My partner and I were tasked with re-imagining and re-designing traditional Brazilian games, and what what could be more interesting than a game based off a high speed, downhill race to the broader audience of the world? 

Our new game is a miniaturized version of Carrinho de Rolima that still retains many traits of the original. Our project, in essence, is a game where players build their own miniature cars using parts and race them down different tracks. The parts that players can use to build their cars all have their own functionality and are unique to the other parts. The objective of the game is to win as many races as possible, and to do so, the players need to strategize, know the tracks, know their cars, and have a little luck in order to win. In our game, the cars and tracks use many different materials from 3d printed plastic, wood, or cardboard which give another level of customizability and variety to the gameplay. The tracks are modular and include many different jumps, turns, and hills that can be mixed and matched to make each race different from the last. The track can even have various terrains from felt to sandpaper to add an extra level of difficulty. Even though our game retains many parts of the original, like the car building aspect of Carrinho de Rolima, some of it has changed. In addition to being miniaturized, players cannot steer their car mid race, and the cars also do not use ball bearings for wheels. These changes, however, were made for a reason, mainly to improve the practicality and ease of use of the game. Using these innovative methods and our modernized take on the classic Corrinho de Rolima racing gameplay, we hope that our project can create a greater understanding of Brazilian culture to a worldwide audience.