Jug Hero

Details

Techniques: circuit design, Arduino programming, Processing programming, physical prototyping, report writing
Tools: Arduino board, various circuitry, various physical items (bottles, wires, foam), subversion, Arduino and Processing programming environments
Team: 2 School of Information Masters Students with backgrounds in Computer Science (including myself)

Design Objective

Design and develop a fun, collaborative musical game with a tangible user interface.

Design Solution

Jug Hero, a game inspired by the Guitar Hero series of video games, but with Jugs not Guitars, and collaborative instead of competitive.  Jug Hero was created with Arduino and Processing.  You may also read more about how Jug Hero works, see vidoes, and press.

Result

A presentation of Jug Hero at Maker Faire, press throughout the web (eg Kotaku and Instructables) and use of Jug Hero in the Jug Band Association's Fair.