Musaic Box is a game for computers running Windows by KranX Productions released in 2008. Its gameplay consists of finding pieces of music sheets in the game rooms. Once one of them is complete, you're able to play a puzzle where you have to place blocks so that the whole field is filled, no two colors are in the same column, and the music sounds like how it's supposed to.
This game provides examples of:
- Author Avatar: The musicians who appear while a song is being played are modeled after the developers. Alexander Porechnov's the violinist and general director, Alexander Yuzhovich's the drummer and music box + interface artist, Vadim Chaliy's the pianist and sound director, Alexander Oleynik's the room artist and mandolinist, and an unidentified trumpeteer.
- Color-Coded for Your Convenience: Each color represents a different music instrument. Two pieces of the same color can't be put in the same column.
- Dismantled MacGuffin: Each music sheet is in parts which have to be found. Sometimes they're on items which themselves have to be reassembled, like a broken vinyl record and a musical orchestra.
- Hint System: A hint button when you're solving each musaic box shows which pieces need to be placed in a different column by darkening them.
- Loading Screen: A screen with a gramophone or a box is shown while the level loads.
- Public Domain Soundtrack: The songs you have to solve are pieces that date back to the 19th century or earlier.
- Pun-Based Title: On "Music Box" and "Mosaic", referencing the fact you solve music boxes like a mosaic.
- Sandbox Mode: The game lets you use Creations Mode after beating the campaign, in which you can use any of the in-game songs and shuffle pieces around a large board freely to make your own music for fun.
- Themed Cursor: The cursor is given a metallic aesthetic with a small red jewel at the bottom.
- A Winner Is You: After beating the game, you only get one screen of text saying you found the Atlantis amulet and can now use the Creations Mode.
