String Wars

String Wars is a rhythm game, developed with the aim of assisting the learning of musical instruments by using sound recognition techniques, based on the Pyglet game engine. The game itself was built on top of Frets on Fire, an open source alternative to Guitar Hero.

Role Programmer
Companies Glow and Centro Universitario de Mérida
Dates April 2010 – December 2010
Genre Rhythm
Platforms Windows, Linux
Technologies Pygame, Pyglet, Python
Status Cancelled

Realtime monophonic pitch recognition

The game was cancelled at a somewhat early stage of its implementation, due to lack of funding. At the time of cancellation, String Wars was playable with only a microphone, effectively making it compatible with any instrument or singing voice.

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