Piano City

Piano City is a Social Music Game for iOS developed and published by UK-based game development company Room 8 Studio. The game was released on September 24, 2014. Piano City is a music game that takes player to a journey, where he competes in different concert recitals while building up piano skills. The game also has a PvP mode, where anyone can play with other Piano City players.

Piano City
Developer(s)Room 8 Studio
Publisher(s)Room 8 Studio
EngineCocos 2dx
Platform(s)iOS
Genre(s)Music/Simulation
Mode(s)Single-player, Player versus player

Gameplay

Player starts at the School Hall with basic songs and progresses through the story, while improving skills, playing both classical music and modern hits. During the journey, players will collect different items and pass musical quests. The game has 4 main characters:

  • Magnus - Piano master who will help the player to master his skills.
  • Arthur - Young, arrogant but very promising pianist.
  • Kim - A friend, that will support the player.
  • Tom - Beginner pianist who is often offended by Arthur.

Reception

Piano City was honored by the iOS App Store and listed as #5 in Best Games of September collection and also reached #1 music game rank in 126 countries.[1]

Updates

The game receives regular thematic updates dedicated to holidays.

  • Update 1.3 (October 22) - Halloween theme, more than 20 new melodies added (including SIA, PSY, Europe, Yiruma, Katy B), new halls added with more than 40 quests, new collections.[2]
  • Update 1.4 (Upcoming) - Christmas theme, new melodies, halls, renewed game balance, bug fixes.

List of compositions

Free compositions Premium composition
TitleAuthorTitleAuthor
Twinkle TwinkleNationalBad RomanceLady Gaga
Little HansNationalSmoke On The WaterDeep Purple
Green SleevesNationalChariots of FireVangelis
Auf Flugeln des GesangesMendelssohnNever Let Me Down AgainDepeche Mode
WiegenliedMozartDrops of JupiterTrain
Ode To JoyBeethovenIt’s TimeImagine Dragons
When The Saints Go Marching InNationalShe Will Be LovedMaroon 5
EdelweissNationalYour SongElton John
London BridgeNationalI Was Made For Lovin’ YouKiss
The Blue Danube WaltzStraussOn Top Of The WorldImagine Dragons
Air on the G StringBachThis LoveMaroon 5
LullabyBrahmsAll By MyselfCeline Dion
Der LindenbaumSchubertI Will SurviveGloria Gaynor
Requiem LacrimosaMozartZombieCranberries
Salut d'AmourElgarApologizeOneRepublic
Morning MoodGriegSame MistakeJames Blunt
The Lord is Risen TodayNationalHow to Save a LifeThe Fray
Santa LuciaNationalCounting StarsOneRepublic
AdagioAlbinoniValerieMark Ronson and Amy Winehouse
Aria FigaroMozartChandelierSIA
The Four Seasons Spring AllegroVivaldiGentlemanPSY
Bourree from Suite for LuteBachThe Final CountdownEurope
RigolettoVerdiRiver FlowsYiruma
William Tell OvertureRossiniCrying for No ReasonKaty B
Unfinished SymphonySchubertStill Loving YouScorpions
Die ForelleSchubertChasing the SunThe Wanted
HallelujaHandelI Wanna Dance with SomebodyWhitney Houston
In the Hall of the Mountain KingGriegCandle in the WindElton John
Swan LakeTchaikovskyThe Bad TouchBloodhound Gang
Les Toreadors from Carmen SuiteBizet
Fur EliseBeethoven
La BambaNational
Wedding MarchMendelssohn
TraumereiSchumann
Triumph March from AidaVerdi
La CucarachaNational
Menuet in G DurBach
Piano Quintet in E♭ majorSchumann
Radetzky MarschJohann Strauss I
Wien Bleibt Wien MarschJohann Schrammel
The Hokey CokeyNational
MinuetBoccherini
Rhapsody on a Theme PaganiniRachmaninoff
ReverieDebussy
Joy to the WorldNational
Moonlight SonataBeethoven
L'Amour est un Oiseau RebelleBizet
The Bell TollsLiszt
Nachtmusik AllegroMozart
Military MarcheSchubert
Can CanOffenbach
Dance of the Little SwansTchaikovsky
Jesu Joy Of Man DesiringBach
Carmen PreludeBizet
If You're Happy and You Know ItNational
Yankee DoodleNational
Cannon In D majorJohann Pachelbel
HumoresqueDvorak
Swanee RiverFoster
Ride of the ValkyriesRichard Wagner
Ten Little IndiansNational
CuckooLouis-Claude Daquin
CinderellaNational
Trumpeter SerenadeSpindler
ImpromptusSchubert
Arabesgue Op 18Schumann
The EntertainerScott Joplin
Song Of The LarkTchaikovsky
Fantasy in D MinorMozart
Italian SongTchaikovsky
Symphony no. 40Mozart
Requiem - Kyrie EleisonMozart
Toccata and Fugue in DBach
The NutcrackerTchaikovsky

References

  1. "Piano City - one of the Best Games of September". Archived from the original on 2014-12-09. Retrieved 2014-06-10.
  2. "Halloween update". Retrieved 2014-10-12.
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