Poptank / Player
A game controlled with a real guitar. Three related U.S. patent grants name me as inventor.
Learning an instrument through play.
My guitar-game work began with a guitar-controlled thesis game and developed into Poptank. The design problem was direct: how could playing a real guitar become the way you move through a game?
The archived work includes the musical interface, menus, progress tracking, achievements, and social features.
Three related U.S. patents
The published grants name Joseph Charles Epstein as inventor and list Ubisoft Entertainment as assignee. These are three related grants, not three unrelated inventions.
- US 8,986,090 B2 — March 24, 2015.
- US 9,120,016 B2 — September 1, 2015.
- US 9,839,852 B2 — December 12, 2017.