Senka Wolf
Asphalt Events
Website / Event Platform / Graphic Design
About
Asphalt Events was a platform for advertising convoys and truckfests in the Euro Truck Simulator 2 and American Truck Simulator community.
It was built in August 2020 for Sam, known in the community as Sammy. Conner, a.k.a. DubStepMad, was the lead developer. I worked alongside him on the Laravel back end, and handled the graphic design and the front-end and UI design.
Challenge
To create a modern convoy and truckfest advertising platform for the Euro Truck Simulator 2 and American Truck Simulator community, replacing the ageing ets2c.com.
Solution
We took what already existed, fixed its problems and brought it up to modern standards. The platform was built in Laravel, and members signed in with their Discord or Steam account.
Organisers could create and edit convoys with route maps and images, and members could rate convoys they'd attended. For bigger occasions such as charity events, organisers could create an event with multiple routes and time slots, grouping many convoys together under one event.
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Results
We delivered a modern take on ets2c.com, with fixes and new features for both regular convoys and special charity events. During the months it ran, it was used to advertise convoys, and one charity event was organised with the multi-route event system.
While we built it, we reached out to TruckersMP, the team behind the ETS2 and ATS multiplayer mod, to show them the project. They didn't give it the support we'd hoped for, and the reason later became clear. They had been developing an event system of their own, built into the mod itself, which they announced on 30 December 2020.
An independent website couldn't compete with a service built into the mod everyone was already using, so the project came to an end. It was still a valuable experience in building a full Laravel platform as part of a team.
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Charity Event Hosted
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Sign-in Options
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Months Live