Canadian Artists Battle Aliens In New Video Game

LOUD on Planet X is a new arcade-style music game currently seeking funding by Toronto-based multimedia studio Pop Sandbox. The game features some of Canada’s biggest artists like Tegan & Sara, Lights, Metz, July Talk & Purity Ring as playable characters in the quirky Planet X universe. In the game, players battle through a mid-show alien attack by tapping to the music and using speakers, strobe lights, fog machines, amplifiers, bouncers and custom special attacks to ward off the hordes of invaders.

Pop Sandbox is aiming for a Fall 2015 release with an initial launch on the Playstation Networks, Steam (PC) and iOS/Android devices. While support from the Ontario Media Development Corporation and FACTOR did help with early development costs, the project does have a $100,000 budget shortfall which the development team hopes will be raised through Kickstarter.  Backers of the Kickstarter campaign will help secure more music for the game and include more platforms like Nintendo Wii U and Xbox One. Rewards for pledges include signed characters prints of the bands, a personal avatar in the first level of the game and a 7″ vinyl of the game’s instrumental music by members of Broken Social Scene and F*cked Up.

The Kickstarter campaign for Loud On Planet X is currently live and approaching it’s first goal of $50,000. Learn more about the project in the video below and help save Planet X!