Founded in 1985, ThinkFun is a educational game development company that focuses their work on translating "the brilliant ideas of the craziest mathematicians, engineers and inventors into simple toys that can be appreciated by boys and girls around the world."
In one of their most recent games, "Compose Yourself," anyone can compose a piece of music and hear it performed by a full orchestra at Abbey Road Studios.
The game was created by cellist and composer Philip Sheppard. In a promotional video for "Compose Yourself," he explains how the game works:
"You've got a deck of cards, each one of those cards has four potential tunes in it... you just have to lay them out in a sequence. They've each got a code in the corner you enter that on the computer... you hear an orchestra play it back to you, you can print your sheet music out, and you've got your own song as an mp3."
Take an inside look at "Composer Yourself" via the YouTube video below, or you can even try it for free on the company's website.
(h/t Elena See)
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