A music education game with fish to teach note names, ChimeCandy was made by Richard Hurley of Hurley Piano for kids with special needs at the Williams Community School, a dedicated special needs school in Austin, Texas. A music puzzle game set in the ocean where fish swim to unlock the sound of notes in the current, players drag the fish diagonally down the screen to the right and drop the fish into its note slot. They’ll hear the note sound when they do so.  

Interns from Austin Community College wrote the code; the development team includes: Angel Barbosa Olivares, Lenny Muldoon, Clinton Nyagaka, Wayne Stovey, and Richard Hurley.

“The game does for note learning what ABC does for alphabet learning,” says Richard. “It is an early introduction to pre music lessons learning in music.”

The game, for now, can only be played on destop and laptop. iOS and Android are in the works. ChimeCandy earned a Cool Tool Award (finalist) for “Best Arts, Music or Creativity Solution” as part of The EdTech Awards 2024 from EdTech Digest. Learn more. 

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