1. Overview
1.1. About
1.2. Essence Statement
1.3. Key Features
1.4. Engine & Platform
2. Download & Installation
2.1. Steps
2.2. Download Links
3. Developers
This project is a video game developed over the course of nine months — in collaboration with Simon Fraser University ("SFU") — by a small team of students at the Art Institute of Vancouver.
The purpose of the project is to contribute to a study conducted by SFU regarding the effects of video games on the cognitive faculties of older adults aged 55 and older — who are, in effect, the game's target audience.
Virtual Virtuoso is a 2D puzzle/rhythm game that helps you learn to read and play music. You are challenged to memorize the notes of real songs while playing along to them, progressing through the game unlocking songs of varying difficulty, from Hot Cross Buns to Für Elise. Learn to play in every sense of the word as you become a more refined musician and purveyor of the musical arts.
Learning Made Fun! The main point of Virtual Virtuoso is to make learning to play music and read sheet music a fun, enjoyable experience, achieved through settings that allow you to fully customize your playstyle.
Play at Your Own Pace! Manipulate the playback speed of songs and choose a tempo that best suits your ability and comfort level.
Customize Your Experience! Spend Bank Notes earned during gameplay to buy new looks and sound sets for the piano using the in-game Marketplace.
Virtual Virtuoso is built in Unity 5 for Android tablets.
The target platform is the Nexus 7 series of tablets, but the game should run fine on other Android tablets as well.
- Download the APK to your target device by clicking HERE or one of the links in the Links section
- On your target device, ensure that the setting that allows you to install packages from unknown sources is enabled
- Run the APK on your target device to install the game
- Mirror #1
- Mirror #2 (COMING SOON)
- Kevin Hill (Design, Scripting, Production)
- Aaron Gilbert (Design, Scripting)
- Roberto Martinez (Programming)
- Wyatt Downie (Art)
- Jeremy Nasato (Audio)