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Update #3: Funding unsuccessful, who cares, so what?
Hi everyone,
So, as you all know the Guitar Games did not get successfully funded on KickStarter. It was a good experience creating the campaign, attending Maker Faire, and meeting people who were interested in the project. Thanks especially to those of you pledged your support.
I've answered a few supporters' questions directly already, but I wanted to spam everyone, and post to KickStarter, that this project is not dead, far from it. I'm still going to create Guitar Games and put it on the App Store, but it won't necessarily be as beautiful or as feature complete as I would like on launch day. It also may take a little longer to get there. If you're a supporter who has an iPad, midi connection kit, and a Rock Band 3 Guitar / game controller or MIDI guitar, I can make Guitar Games, in its current state available to you to beta test for me on https://testflightapp.com/ so sign up for that and let me know that you'd like to be involved. When I fully support generic guitars, I will post updates here again.
Thanks again to everyone,
Aure
Update #2: Guitar Games At Maker Faire
We had a great time showing Guitar Games to thousands of people at Maker Faire and over two hundred of them gave the games the whirl. We demoed the chord game with some new songs and the new fretboard mechanics that allows you to see what you're playing on a scrolling guitar neck.
The response was overwhelmingly positive with the most common reaction being "It's like Guitar Hero For Real Guitar!"
Thanks to everyone who came by! Here's some of our favorite clips from the show.
Update #1: Demo at Hillsdale Mall 5/14/2011
As part of the Maker Faire's Kid Club activities, I was invited to demo Guitar Games at Hillsdale Mall this weekend. It was a lot of fun and really great to see people play the game, enjoy it and we even got some cool quotes like "this is like Rock Band on Steroids!".
One girl played "We're Going To Be Friends" by the White Stripes on Guitar Games, and afterwards she was able to play the song without using the computer to cue her. That was great to see- it's exactly what I designed Guitar Games to be able to do.
I also had a great conversation with Adrian Freed, a world renowned music technology professor from UC Berkeley's Center for New Music and Audio Technology (CNMAT) who happened to be there as well. He seemed to enjoy play Guitar Games and agreed that it could be both fun and highly educational.
I'll be demoing a lot more this weekend at Maker Faire in San Mateo and I'll post another status update afterwards.
Thanks everyone!
Aure
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Christine Dickson, PhD (deleted) on May 16, 2011
I attended the event at the mall and as expected people fell in love with Guitar Games!
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Mister Jellyfish on May 30, 2011
I tried it twice at the Maker Faire in San Mateo and it was the funnest thing I did there! For those of us who seldom pick up our axe anymore, it makes the guitar fun again as a worthwhile leisure time activity. Made me want to own a Mac!
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MAC+iOS PREORDER: When you pledge $40 or more you are pre-ordering Guitar Games for Mac OSX and the iPad/iPhone app.
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SUPERFAN: In addition to the games, you will get a mention on the Guitar Games web site and credits section on the apps. As a thank you you will also receive a free iPad case or T-shirt (your choice) with the Guitar Games graphics (see description section for pictures).
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SONGMEISTER: Got a popular song you want to learn? We'll transcribe any chord-centric song (within reason) in the iTunes store for you. Want your band's song to be offered on Guitar Games? Can do. Just send us the song in advance and rights to distribute.
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I WANT IT ALL (Mac version): Get everything you need to play the games (except the Mac): a Fender Squier guitar tuned up and intonated to sound great, a USB to MIDI converter, and a T-shirt as well as a credits mention.
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I WANT IT ALL (iPad Version): Get everything you need to play the games (except the iPad): a Fender Squire guitar tuned up and intonated to sound great, a MIDI Connector, an iRig, and an iPad case as well as a credits mention.
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CORPORATE SPONSOR Yes that's right, your company can sponsor this project. I will brand the guitars and/or amplifiers represented in the game with your logo, and your company's name/logo will appear in the opening screen. Your company will have the opportunity to review and approve all graphics. You can help get your brand out there and support this grass roots project, all with one pledge!
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I have a Ph.D. from Caltech and I'm a musician, scientist, and software engineer. I've written music education software for over ten years, played guitar in the band Sci-Fi Lullaby, helped design the Roland VG-99 V-Guitar System, built my own guitars, and created the official Lollapalooza '96 web site.
