MIXMASH
Drop the Beat. Throw the Punch.

The DJ-powered platform fighter where bass drops hit harder than fists. Six iconic producers throw down across festival stages, underground clubs, and digital arenas. This is the brand guide for the scene's loudest brawler.

Platform Fighter 6 DJ Fighters 4 Festival Stages Local 2P + CPU Festival Culture

The Vibe Check

MIXMASH sits at the intersection of competitive gaming and festival culture. The brand should feel like you're front row at a headliner set — immersive, communal, and electric. Here's what we stand for.

🎧
Sound is Everything
Every visual decision references audio. Colors pulse like EQs. Motion syncs to an implied BPM. If it doesn't feel like it has a beat, it doesn't belong.
🌊
Front Row Energy
Inspired by the raw energy of being packed into a festival crowd at the drop. The brand is warm, sweaty, alive — not cold and corporate. Think Tomorrowland, not a tech startup.
🔮
Genre Fluid
Just like the 2026 scene — from Afro house to hard techno to drum & bass — MIXMASH embraces range. Each fighter and stage has its own sonic identity and visual mood. No single aesthetic dominates.
The Experience
Festivals in 2026 are about immersion — 360° stages, LED-synced outfits, phone-free zones. MIXMASH borrows that philosophy: every screen should feel like stepping into a venue.

The Lightshow

Six neon accents drawn from real stage lighting rigs — lasers, UV floods, LED panels, and strobe banks. Every color should feel like it could cut through fog in a dark venue. The new Sunset Orange captures the golden-hour daytime sets trending hard in 2026.

Laser Pink
#FF2D6B
Primary accent — CTAs, energy, headliner moments
UV Violet
#B429F9
Secondary — special moves, UV blacklight energy
LED Cyan
#00F0FF
Player 2, highlights, tech / digital
Sunset Orange
#FF6B2D
Golden hour, warmth, daytime sets
Strobe Yellow
#FFE23D
Warnings, KO flash, peak energy
Festival Green
#39FF8E
Success, health, confirms, good vibes
The Void
#06060E
Primary background — the darkness before the drop
Deep Black
#0A0A14
Cards, elevated surfaces, backstage
Surface Mid
#1A1A2E
Panels, glass cards, inputs
Text Tones
#F0F0F8 / #9A9ABB / #5A5A78
Primary / Secondary / Muted body text

Gradients — Named Like Sets

Headliner — Main brand identity
Sunset Set — Golden hour vibes
After Hours — Late night tech
Acid — Rare / special unlocks
Golden Hour — Warm / nostalgic

Type System

Anybody brings the chunky, variable-width energy of festival poster lettering — wide stances, aggressive kerning, built to shout. Outfit handles body copy with warmth. Space Mono locks in for stats, timers, and frame data — the technical backbone of any fighting game HUD.

DROP THE BASS
Anybody Black 900 — Display, Headlines, Stage Names
Light 300
Body alt
Regular 400
Body text
Semi 600
Emphasis
Black 900
Display
SET 2 / 3 — FIGHT!
Space Mono 700 — HUD, Stats, Frame Data, Timers
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
0123456789 !@#$%^&*() -—+=
DMG: 142.3%   STOCKS: ■■□   BPM: 174   KO!

The Venues

Each stage is a different venue from the DJ universe, inspired by real festival production. Like Tomorrowland's 2026 "Consciencia" theme, every stage has its own emotional register and color temperature. Fighters battle inside the music.

EDM / Big Room / Progressive
Festival Main Stage
Massive outdoor festival energy. Laser grids slice through fog, LED walls pulse with every hit, and a crowd of silhouettes fills the horizon. Full neon palette at max saturation. Inspired by EDC, Tomorrowland, and Ultra mainstages — built to make you feel 50,000 people behind you.
Techno / Minimal / Hard Techno
Underground Club
A stripped-back warehouse with a single golden strobe cutting through smoke. Berlin-inspired darkness — the hard techno scene that's been spreading from underground to mainstages. Restrained palette: Strobe Yellow on near-black. The sound system is the only decoration you need.
D&B / Future Bass / Experimental
Digital Arena
Holographic tournament space for ranked play. Cool tones — LED Cyan and Festival Green with geometric shapes floating in space. The esports presentation layer for competitive MIXMASH. Think Bonnaroo's 360° Infinity stage meets a cyberpunk arena.
Afro House / Melodic / Deep House
Sunset Set
Golden hour energy — the most beautiful moment at any festival when the sun is melting into the horizon and the deep house is flowing. Warm oranges and pinks. Daytime shows are the hottest trend in 2026, and this stage captures that magic. Chill vibes, heavy grooves.

The Lineup

Six DJs, six fighting styles, six sonic identities. Each fighter's visual design pulls from their genre's aesthetic — from Daft Punk's chrome futurism to Subtronics' riddim chaos. Like the 2026 scene itself, the roster spans the full spectrum.

🐭
deadmau5
Progressive House
👾
Skrillex
Bass / Dubstep
🤖
Marshmello
Future Bass
🪩
Daft Punk
French House
🌅
Tiësto
Trance / Dance
🔊
Subtronics
Riddim / Dubstep

Icon System

2px stroke, 40px grid, rounded caps and joins. Gradient fill for active/hover states, muted single color at rest. Every icon should feel like it belongs on a festival wristband or an artist merch hoodie.

Decks
EQ
Fight
Drop
Wave
Stock
Gamepad
Mixer

The "MM"

The "MM" monogram in the Headliner gradient on a deep-black rounded square. Scales from 16px browser tabs to 512px app icons. The dual-M echoes the twin turntable platters and works as a standalone mark when the full logo won't fit.

MM
16px
MM
32px
MM
64px
MM
128px
MM
512px

Rhythm & Motion

All motion in MIXMASH is rhythmic — fast attack, smooth release, like a compressor on a kick drum. Looping animations reference turntable rotation, EQ bounce, waveform visualization, and the hypnotic sweep of laser rigs. Nothing moves without a reason.

Laser Pulse
Crossfader
Vinyl Spin
EQ Bounce
Waveform

House Rules

Keep it dark, keep it loud, keep it real. The MIXMASH brand should feel like it belongs at a festival — not in a boardroom. These guidelines protect the vibe.

The Vibe
  • Use glassmorphism for cards and panels — frosted glass over dark backgrounds, like looking through festival fog
  • Keep backgrounds dark (The Void or Deep Black) — the brand lives at night
  • Use neon accents to punctuate, not flood — they should glow like lasers, not blind like floodlights
  • Reference real festival culture: sets, drops, stages, lineups, vibes — not generic "music" language
  • Apply the noise texture overlay for warmth and analog feel — digital but human
  • Name things like a festival: gradients are "sets," stages are "venues," menus are "lineups"
  • Embrace genre fluidity — pair unexpected colors and styles like the 2026 scene itself
  • Add the Sunset Orange gradient for warm, daytime, golden-hour moments
The Buzzkill
  • Never put the gradient wordmark on a white or light background
  • Don't use more than two accent colors in a single composition
  • Avoid sterile, corporate aesthetics — if it looks like a SaaS landing page, start over
  • Never use stock photography — everything is illustrated, generative, or pure CSS/SVG
  • Don't substitute the display font with generic sans-serifs like Inter or Arial
  • Avoid light-mode interpretations — the brand doesn't work outside the dark
  • Don't use the logo mark without at least 1x height of clear space around it
  • Never stretch, rotate, or outline the logo — it's already loud enough