Dylan Emerson

Chris Malec
GDD 3600 Sec. 001
18 March 2021
Project 2 Pitch
Description
My game will be an educational game that teaches people about music theory. The
primary mechanic in the game will be a playable piano where the player presses buttons on their
keyboard to play a note. The piano will feature one full scale and the player will be able to press
as many keys as they like to play different chords. This game will be gamified by utilizing
achievements based on specific skills learned, such as an achievement for playing a chromatic
scale.

Demographic
The game is primarily targeted towards people who want to learn piano and/or music
theory. The game will be targeted towards those seeking a college degree because of the
advanced music theory skills they could learn, but could also be played by other people of all
ages. Primarily, people would be playing this game at home. It could be assigned as homework
by professors/lecturers, or be played for fun. This game is meant to help students learn music
theory, whether they are learning it to teach or to create.

Gameplay Mechanics
The primary mechanic in the game would be combining keys to create a specific chord.
For example, a player may hold down the C, E and G keys, and the game will award them an
achievement for playing their first major scale. This will let players experiment and learn chords
by themselves. This relates to Bloom’s Taxonomy because a player will learn to recognize
music theory, understand how two or more notes can be played in unison to make a chord,
apply what they’ve learned to play their own chords, analyze a chord to predict what it might
sound like, evaluate how chords affect music, and create their own music using music theory. I
plan to incorporate the constructivism approach into my game, because I plan on the game
being entirely centered on the player/student. They get to experiment and ask themselves “what
happens if I play this set of notes?” This way, the trainee can learn at their own pace and learn
the fundamentals of music theory.