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Bebop Puzzle

Learn the language of jazz with your hands.

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Year2025—2026

RoleGame design, sound & engineering

Bebop Puzzle teaches jazz vocabulary as a tactile connection game. Drag four-note melodic pieces onto a chord grid, line up their entry and exit points, and hear the complete bebop phrase come alive through a Rhodes-inspired instrument.

Six chapters, 80 levels, daily missions, a printable boardgame kit, and a freeform Composer Mode.

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Audio, drag-and-drop pieces, lessons, and the full campaign are available in the embedded game.

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Inside the work
01

Theory becomes touch

Arpeggios, neighbors, approaches, and enclosures behave like pieces you can connect.

02

Hear every decision

Playback, tempo, swing, tone, drive, reverb, and tremolo make the grid musical.

03

From lessons to play

A guided campaign gradually opens into composition, daily missions, and print-at-home play.