A five-night krump festival that sells, scans and runs itself
Deadend Fam's Desert Storm 6 is a week of krump battles in Mesa, Arizona. We designed and built the festival's site: six nights, tickets and packages, the $10,000 open 1v1, and the tools the crew uses on the door.
The problem
A festival this size had been running on flyers, DMs and a spreadsheet. Tickets, battler registration for a 200-spot tournament, payments by Cash App, Venmo and Zelle, and the check-in line on the night were all separate jobs done by hand, by the same few people who also run the event.
The decisions
Every night gets its own page from one template
Six nights, each with its own lineup, judges, format and venue. One template fed from one data file means a lineup change is an edit, not a redesign, and every night looks like the same event.
Payments the crowd already uses
The audience pays by Cash App, Venmo and Zelle, not cards. Checkout holds the order, gives the buyer a code for the payment note, and staff mark it paid from one queue. Cards can switch on later without touching the rest.
The door is part of the site
Every pass carries a QR code. A full-screen scanner tells the door crew Accepted or Denied, which tier it is and which perks to hand over, so the line moves and nobody gets in twice.
The outcome
The site is live ahead of the February 2027 festival. The goal is a week where tickets, battler sign-ups and the door all run through one place the crew can manage from a phone.