Grimoire Rhythmorum

is a novel rhythm adventure that has dozens of uniquely gamified puzzles that musicians have been using as practice techniques for hundreds of years, to help you develop real world skills.

Who this game is for:

If you are at all interested in music theory, ear training, would like a deeper understanding of rhythms, and enjoy a learning curve. This is not an easy or casual game. It will require dedicated time and effort. 

What's inside:

A stylized water world of the regions: Ios, Doria, Phrygia, Lydia, Mixo-Lydia, Aeolia, Locria, and Chromatica.

Upgrade your ship and unlock new skills as you challenge pirates, decipher treasure maps, collect treasures, and hunt down bounties.

• Rhythm mini-games that focus on aural-rhythm as well as sight-reading capacities:
  • Rhythm Cell tutorial: Much like there are only 12 notes in the western music scale, there are only 12 rhythmic shapes in sheet music. This simple tutorial can get have you reading and performing rhythms from sheet music in mere minutes!
  • Beat Fishing: A fishing mini-game where the player performs a simple rhythm to a drum beat, with an emphasis on 'finding the one'.
  • Batterie: A play on batterie as in percussion or a drum line, and the battery of a ships cannons, with an emphasis on sight-reading and performing procedurally generated rhythms from sheet music emulating epic naval sea warfare!
  • 12 different time signature challenges!

• A slew of music theory & aural training puzzles via piano keyboard:

• Note Identification
• Steps
• Scales & Modes
• Intervals & Inversions
• Triads & Inversions
• 7th Chords & Inversions
• Diatonic chord progressions

• Dozens of micro-lesson videos for each mini-game and puzzle.

• Procedurally generated music

If you need some resources to help you understand the puzzles in this game: