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RefuelX

RefuelX sells one product, STORM, on Amazon UK, so the website has one job: make you want it before you read a label. We turned the homepage into a dark, cinematic story that you scroll through, with every chapter rendered in 3D in the browser.

Client
RefuelX, STORM pre-workout & recovery
Industry
Sports nutrition · UK
What we did
Website design · 3D & motion · Development · Editable admin
Live site
refuelx.dcrayon.com ↗
RefuelX: Unleash the storm

The brief

One product, sold on Amazon UK. The site had to do what a marketplace listing can’t: make STORM feel premium and answer a buyer’s doubts, then hand them to the buy button.

The idea

Treat the homepage like a product film. One thing happens at a time, paced by your scroll, so nothing runs ahead of the reader. Each chapter answers one question a buyer has.

The storyboard · 10 chapters

Scroll it like a film.

RefuelX: The first look
01The first look

The tub in the dark, under a lamp that is a real light in the scene: it glints on the lid and lands on a polished floor.

RefuelX: The question
02The question

“Would you trust eight years of research over any white-label tub?” It resolves out of a blur, then turns into the reply.

RefuelX: The strike
03The strike

Lightning strikes at random, so every visit gets a different storm, until one bolt hits the tub.

RefuelX: Meet the result
04Meet the result

The tub lights up and grows with your scroll, alone on the stage.

RefuelX: Unleash the storm
05Unleash the storm

Gold light streaks, the headline rises, and raspberries drop on to the table one after another.

RefuelX: Six actives
06Six actives

The six actives pop up on a ring and circle the tub. They are solid, so they bounce off the tub and each other.

RefuelX: The scoop
07The scoop

One full turn, the lid comes off and the scoop comes up, with the problem and the answer on either side.

RefuelX: The pour
08The pour

The powder pours off the scoop in one silky ribbon and clouds the water raspberry.

RefuelX: The product
09The product

The tub settles into its place beside the details and the buy button.

RefuelX: One tub, not a stack
10One tub, not a stack

Three single-purpose tubs fold into one while the comparison table is held on screen.

What we built

The parts that matter.

  1. A 3D tub from studio renders

    True proportions, a knurled lid and the full label wrap, lit by a real lamp with reflections on the floor.

  2. A story paced by the scroll

    Each chapter has its own share of the scroll, and the film follows on a spring, so it never jumps or races ahead.

  3. Physics, not keyframes

    The actives and the berries are solid bodies. They bounce off the tub, the glass, the scoop and each other.

  4. Editable by the client

    Words, images and sections come from the admin, so the team changes copy without a developer.

On the phone

RefuelX on a phone, screen 1
RefuelX on a phone, screen 2
RefuelX on a phone, screen 3
RefuelX on a phone, screen 4
RefuelX on a phone, screen 5
RefuelX on a phone, screen 6

Under the hood

Built to last.

  • Laravel
  • Three.js
  • WebGL
  • Motion
  • Physics
  • Shaders compiled while the page loads, so the storm never stutters
  • Quality steps down by itself on slower graphics chips
  • A full fallback for reduced motion and for browsers without WebGL
  • A custom cursor set and spring-animated text

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