GAME
DESIGN
Exploring music games, technology and learning
Kid’s music games suitable for infants
I have a confession to make, I am a bad parent when it comes to device time with my child. I remember shaking my head before I was a parent, looking at kids on their devices at the table...
Free music games you can play in a browser pt. 2
This is part two of a list of over 35 free music games you can play online within your browser. Remember, chrome, firefox or edge are your best options. To go to part 1 please click here. Otherwise,...
Free music games you can play in a browser
If you don’t have a tablet nor a conventional laptop and have been lamenting the lack of free music games you can play in a browser then you are in luck. If you don’t know what a browser is, it is...
Interactive Music Apps: a new way to play with music
As interactive media continues to advance new ways of interacting with music combined with visuals abound. Synesthesia is the term given to the way hearing and seeing can overlap, some...
Music Making Games
Jelly Band, Toca Band and Incredibox are all games that let you make your own music by combining animated characters to trigger looping sections of music. You can feel like you are...
Pitch painter: a game to understand pitch in music
Platform: iOS Price: $3.99USD Morton Subotnick’s Pitch Painter is a simple yet elegant idea. You can paint with your finger across a screen. As you draw you create lines which...
Explore melody with Tune Train
Platform: iOSPrice: FreeTune Train features one of the most elegant designs for helping anyone create a musical melody. The player draws a line with their finger connecting what looks...
Games like Rhythm Heaven
Rhythm Heaven is such a popular game with such a dedicated following there is a change.org petition to have the game ported to Nintendo Switch. It has a dedicated sub-reddit forum and...
Games for music teachers
These days almost everything is a learning game. I often find myself thinking “there’s got to be a fun game for me to learn how to do something boring like using Microsoft Excel sheets right?” Music...
Apps for Singing
Singing is pretty confronting. Karaoke is usually in places where alcohol is sold. People need their self-consciousness dulled before they brave singing in front of others. Shows like American Idol...