Metallica

FORTNITE BR, FESTIVAL | CHAPTER 5 SEASON 3

DESIGN

Metallica IP collaboration marked a milestone event of Chapter 5 Season 3 Wrecked, bringing Metallica-themed gameplay to BR, jam tracks for Fortnite Festival, and a new stage landmark modeled after the band's M72 touring stage
Metallica Island stage allowed players to see giant holograms of Metallica playing a setlist of their music; players can capture the stage as a capture point for loot and rewards
Ride the Lightning became a usable traversal weapon in the form of an electric guitar that allows players to shred through the sky with their teammates, gaining dashes and a dive attack timed to the chorus of the song

CONTRIBUTIONS

Owned the vision of the collaboration from the design side, helping ideate a set of gameplay and level features to drive the collaboration inside Battle Royale
Did the implementation of the Ride the Lightning guitar in UE5, creating both the movement logic timed to the music and the team usability/replication
Leveraged Unreal Sequencer to set up a rotating setlist of Metallica's music that responded to the players' capture point progress, creating another link between gameplay and music
Incorporated feedback directly from partners to ensure fidelity to their brand identity and worked with art and audio teams to find a bridge between Fortnite and Metallica that served both cohorts of fans

METALLICA

FORTNITE BR, FESTIVAL | CHAPTER 5 SEASON 3

DESIGN

Metallica IP collaboration marked a milestone event of Chapter 5 Season 3 Wrecked, bringing new gameplay to BR, jam tracks for Fortnite Festival, and a new stage landmark modeled after the band's M72 touring stage
Metallica Island stage allowed players to see giant holograms of Metallica playing a setlist of their music; players can capture the stage as a capture point for loot and rewards
Ride the Lightning became a usable traversal weapon in the form of an electric guitar that allows players to shred through the sky with their teammates, gaining dashes and a dive attack timed to the chorus of the song

CONTRIBUTIONS

Owned the vision of the collaboration from the design side, helping ideate a set of gameplay and level features to drive the collaboration inside Battle Royale
Did the implementation of the Ride the Lightning guitar in UE5, creating both the movement logic timed to the music and the team usability/replication
Leveraged Unreal Sequencer to set up a rotating setlist of Metallica's music that responded to the players' capture point progress, creating another link between gameplay and music
Incorporated feedback directly from partners to ensure fidelity to their brand identity and worked with art and audio teams to find a bridge between Fortnite and Metallica that served both cohorts of fans

WILL STROHMEYER

GAMEPLAY & SYSTEMS DESIGN

METALLICA

FORTNITE BR, FESTIVAL | CHAPTER 5 SEASON 3

DESIGN

Metallica IP collaboration marked a milestone event of Chapter 5 Season 3 Wrecked, bringing Metallica-themed gameplay to BR, jam tracks for Fortnite Festival, and a new stage landmark modeled after the band's M72 touring stage

Metallica Island stage allowed players to see giant holograms of Metallica playing a setlist of their music; players can capture the stage as a capture point for loot and rewards

Ride the Lightning became a usable traversal weapon in the form of an electric guitar that allows players to shred through the sky with their teammates, gaining dashes and a dive attack timed to the chorus of the song

CONTRIBUTIONS

Owned the vision of the collaboration from the design side, helping ideate a set of gameplay and level features to drive the collaboration inside Battle Royale

Did the implementation of the Ride the Lightning guitar in UE5, creating both the movement logic timed to the music and the team usability/replication

Leveraged Unreal Sequencer to set up a rotating setlist of Metallica's music that responded to the players' capture point progress, creating another link between gameplay and music

Incorporated feedback directly from partners to ensure fidelity to their brand identity and worked with art and audio teams to find a bridge between Fortnite and Metallica that served both cohorts of fans

METALLICA

FORTNITE BR, FESTIVAL | CHAPTER 5 SEASON 3

DESIGN

Metallica IP collaboration marked a milestone event of Chapter 5 Season 3 Wrecked, bringing new gameplay to BR, jam tracks for Fortnite Festival, and a new stage landmark modeled after the band's M72 touring stage

Metallica Island stage allowed players to see giant holograms of Metallica playing a setlist of their music; players can capture the stage as a capture point for loot and rewards

Ride the Lightning became a usable traversal weapon in the form of an electric guitar that allows players to shred through the sky with their teammates, gaining dashes and a dive attack timed to the chorus of the song

CONTRIBUTIONS

Owned the vision of the collaboration from the design side, helping ideate a set of gameplay and level features to drive the collaboration inside Battle Royale

Did the implementation of the Ride the Lightning guitar in UE5, creating both the movement logic timed to the music and the team usability/replication

Leveraged Unreal Sequencer to set up a rotating setlist of Metallica's music that responded to the players' capture point progress, creating another link between gameplay and music

Incorporated feedback directly from partners to ensure fidelity to their brand identity and worked with art and audio teams to find a bridge between Fortnite and Metallica that served both cohorts of fans

METALLICA

FORTNITE BR, FESTIVAL | CHAPTER 5 SEASON 3

DESIGN

Metallica IP collaboration marked a milestone event of Chapter 5 Season 3 Wrecked, bringing Metallica-themed gameplay to BR, jam tracks for Fortnite Festival, and a new stage landmark modeled after the band's M72 touring stage

Metallica Island stage allowed players to see giant holograms of Metallica playing a setlist of their music; players can capture the stage as a capture point for loot and rewards

Ride the Lightning became a usable traversal weapon in the form of an electric guitar that allows players to shred through the sky with their teammates, gaining dashes and a dive attack timed to the chorus of the song

CONTRIBUTIONS

Owned the vision of the collaboration from the design side, helping ideate a set of gameplay and level features to drive the collaboration inside Battle Royale

Did the implementation of the Ride the Lightning guitar in UE5, creating both the movement logic timed to the music and the team usability/replication

Leveraged Unreal Sequencer to set up a rotating setlist of Metallica's music that responded to the players' capture point progress, creating another link between gameplay and music

​Incorporated feedback directly from partners to ensure fidelity to their brand identity and worked with art and audio teams to find a bridge between Fortnite and Metallica that served both cohorts of fans

METALLICA

FORTNITE BR, FESTIVAL | CHAPTER 5 SEASON 3

DESIGN

Metallica IP collaboration marked a milestone event of Chapter 5 Season 3 Wrecked, bringing new gameplay to BR, jam tracks for Fortnite Festival, and a new stage landmark modeled after the band's M72 touring stage

Metallica Island stage allowed players to see giant holograms of Metallica playing a setlist of their music; players can capture the stage as a capture point for loot and rewards

Ride the Lightning became a usable traversal weapon in the form of an electric guitar that allows players to shred through the sky with their teammates, gaining dashes and a dive attack timed to the chorus of the song

CONTRIBUTIONS

Owned the vision of the collaboration from the design side, helping ideate a set of gameplay and level features to drive the collaboration inside Battle Royale

Did the implementation of the Ride the Lightning guitar in UE5, creating both the movement logic timed to the music and the team usability/replication

Leveraged Unreal Sequencer to set up a rotating setlist of Metallica's music that responded to the players' capture point progress, creating another link between gameplay and music

​Incorporated feedback directly from partners to ensure fidelity to their brand identity and worked with art and audio teams to find a bridge between Fortnite and Metallica that served both cohorts of fans

Incorporated feedback directly from partners to ensure fidelity to their brand identity and worked with art and audio teams to find a bridge between Fortnite and Metallica that served both cohorts of fans

Incorporated feedback directly from partners to ensure fidelity to their brand identity and worked with art and audio teams to find a bridge between Fortnite and Metallica that served both cohorts of fans