Pillars of Design

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- Learn to read and play piano by playing a level-based rhythm game

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- A virtual controller on the bottom half of the screen

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- Randomly-generated notes within a controlled level structure

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- Boss battles and streak ability to keep players engaged

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- Score/progression based in-game currency for aesthetic rewards

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Summary

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Tessitura is a tablet game for Android and iOS which focuses on teaching players to read basic notation, in a similar technique to that used in schools by requiring them to apply it to a keyboard.

 

The screen is split horizontally into two screens. The bottom screen displays a virtual controller with the layout of a keyboard; the top screen is the active gameplay screen.

 

A music staff is stretched across the top of the active gameplay screen, whilst the player’s avatar automatically runs through a level. Enemies approach from the right, with accompanying notes appearing on the staff. The player will need to play the correct notes to defeat the enemy; if a player does not defeat enough enemies in a level, they do not progress.