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MixUp FixUp game screens displayed on an iPad and iPhone, showcasing the home menu and theme selection across mobile and tablet devices.

MixUp FixUp:

A Skill Building Game for Every Learner

Welcome to the Chiggies’ World !

Here silly scenes meet customizable gameplay to help players build real-world skills.  This isn’t just a game.  It is an intentional skill-building tool designed to support growth in an encouraging, affirming environment.  Players watch closely then rebuild each scenes from memory, helping characters find their place in the world.

A bright scene with chiggies hanging out and making paper airplanes, showing the wide range of activities in the levels.
A detailed hangout scene featuring a LAN party setup, designed to challenge with complex visual scanning and organization.
A silly winter gameplay scene featuring Chiggies and penguins at a frozen lake, used for visual memory and detail recall.
A vibrant scene showing a cupcake-style house and a dessert picnic to engage players.

How to Play

A vibrant 3D room in MixUp FixUp showing three Chiggy characters in specific locations with a prompt at the top saying 'Remember each chiggy's spot' to build visual scanning and attention skills.

See it

Before the timer starts, you are prompted to "Remember each chiggy's spot." This stage encourages focused attention and visual scanning to take in the scene and the specific location of each chiggy friend.

The MixUp FixUp gameplay screen where the room is now empty and the three Chiggy characters have moved to the foreground, initiating the working memory recall phase.

Remember it

The chiggies move to the front of the screen, clearing the room. Players must use working memory to remember where each chiggy goes in order to help fix up the scene.

The room with two of the three chiggies returned to their original place through working memory recall. the blue and yellow Chiggy character to its original remembered location.

Create it

Players recreate the original scene by dragging chiggies back to where they belong in the scene. If nothing is mixed up, the chiggies celebrate with the player.

Play Your Way:

Access & Agency for Players

Every player is different, so MixUp FixUp includes flexible settings to support access and tailor play to match each player’s strengths and preferences.

  • See it your way: full color controls and contrast settings

  • Set your pace:  control the time a player has to remember the scene and to recreate it

  • Find your challenge level: start small with one or two characters, or add more for a bigger memory workout

  • Choose sensory settings: add or reduce sounds, animations, and visual clutter to match your preferences

Available Themes

  • MixUp FixUp free demo theme pack of Chiggy's World, showing characters standing around a cartoon planet Earth.

    Chiggy's World: Free Demo

  • MixUp FixUp gameplay screenshot of the 'At Home' theme, featuring Chiggy the character in a cozy, colorful indoor setting.

    Chiggies at Home

  • A snowy North Pole game scene from MixUp FixUp, featuring icy landscapes and winter-themed items for visual memory practice.

    North Pole: Polar Peek

  • MixUp FixUp Adventure Island theme image showing the chiggies exploring outside.

    Adventure Island - Coming Soon!

MixUp FixUp is fun on the surface, but it is rooted in evidence-informed design to help players strengthen skills and build confidence for everyday life. Learn more about some of the skill areas this game can target below.

Skills for Life, Learned Through Play

  • Holding the visual details of the scene in mind during the delay.  Crucial for retaining information, following multi-step instructions, and performing mental math.

  • Sustaining focus across the different phases of game play.  Supports focus during classroom lessons, complex tasks, or conversations.

  • Retrieving visual information and acting on it to place the object before timing out.  Supports learning, decision-making, and task completion.

  • Checking if placements are accurate and adjusting strategies mid-task.  A fundamental executive function skill for self-awareness and changing course without adult guidance.

  • Figuring out what is happening within a scene based on the characters and objects.  Supports social understanding, reading comprehension, and problem-solving.

Cognitive Skills

  • Controlling finger and hand movements for accurately tapping and dragging of objects.  Supports skills like buttoning clothes, writing, and using small tools.

  • Combining precise motor movements with visual input to place items exactly where they belong.  Essential for catching, hitting a ball, cutting with scissors, and typing.

Motor Skills

  • Following the verbal instructions, descriptions, and cues provided by the game or support person.  Helpful for understanding what is asked in the classroom, following directions, and comprehending stories.

  • Describing the scene's objects, characters, and their relative placements to aid memorization or communication with a partner.  Supports clear articulation of thoughts, ideas, and observations.

  • Retelling what was in a scene, or creating a brief narrative about what might have happened just before or after the scene was set.  Helps organize thoughts sequentially, a key skill for writing and explaining events.

Language & Academic Skills

Visual Perceptual Skills

  • Recording, storing, and retrieving information about the scene's details.  Necessary for copying from a whiteboard, recognizing places, and remembering faces.

  • Identifying a character even if its size, position, or orientation changes.  Needed to recognize letters/numbers regardless of font, or an object from different angles.

  • Locating key characters within a scene.  Supports finding toys and other belongings in a messy room or schoolbag. 

  • Identifying details, seeing similarities, and differences between the original and created scene.  Essential for differentiating between similar letters (b/d) or patterns.

  • Determining the correct position of characters relative to one another within the boundary of the scene.  Supports navigation, organizing belongings, and understanding directional words.

  • Identifying a character or object based on a partial view (e.g., if part of an item is blocked).  Helps speed up reading and comprehension when details are incomplete.

  • Accepting feedback/errors without quitting, returning to the task.  Supports emotional regulation and persistence when facing new or challenging academic or social tasks.

  • Experiencing positive feedback and celebrating effort and growth when completing a level.  Builds self-efficacy and encourages a growth mindset towards learning.

  • Interpreting a scene and the characters within it.  Supports empathy and understanding social cues in the real world.

  • Collaborating with a peer or adult to complete the task by alternating turns in placing pieces or completing levels.  Foundational social skill helpful for cooperative play and conversation.

Social and Emotional Skills

A Game Designed with Parents & Professionals in Mind

Two cartoon robots with monitor screens as heads, smiling and giving a thumbs-up, one with blue accents and one with orange accents, against a split background of blue and orange.

Create the “just right" challenge with precision controls to support learnings styles and preferences:

  • Adjustable Cognitive Load: Easily scale the complexity by choosing the number of details to remember (from 1 to 6), ensuring the player is challenged but never overwhelmed.

  • Precision Pacing Control: you set the “Memory Window" (how long a scene need to be remembered) and the “Creation Window" (how much time the player has to recreate it).

  • Manage Sensory Stimuli: Fine-tune the environment by adjusting visual clutter, animations, and auditory distractions to match the player’s current sensory needs.

MixUp FixUp is more than just a digital game; it’s a customizable tool designed to bridge the gap between the therapy clinic and the living room. Built on an intuitive “See it, Remember it, Create it" framework, this easy to learn game can evolve alongside the player.

Whether you’re a professional targeting specific clinical goals or a parent supporting learning on the go, our deeply adjustable settings allow you to dial in the “just right" challenge. It’s a motivating, easy-to-use companion that turns therapy sessions and practice at home into a win for everyone.

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A chiggy at a drawing table with art supplies, representing the use of our apps as a creative 'brain warm-up' to prepare for focused tabletop, classroom, and structured therapy tasks.

Use This App As…

A Brain Warm Up

Two 1UP Studio characters sharing an iPad together, illustrating how the game acts as a bridge for social connection and collaborative play.

Use the game as a high-engagement "primer" to wake up the brain and body before diving into more demanding activities.

Connection Builder

Foster social-emotional connections by working as a team, taking turns, or “helping" to fix the scene. Use the game as a low-stress catalyst for meaningful interaction and joint attention.

Two chiggy characters engaged in the MixUp FixUp game, showcasing its application as a direct teaching tool for visual processing and cognitive skills.

A Direct Teaching Tool

A 1UP Studio character relaxing in a bean bag with an iPad, illustrating the use of the app as a 'Just Right Break' for sensory regulation and mental resets between activities.

Explicitly model executive functioning, visual scanning, working memory, and motor skills in a low-stakes environment.

A “Just Right” Break

A chiggy character using a computer to illustrate progressive home programming, helping families continue therapeutic progress outside of the clinic.

Reset focus between difficult tasks with a quick, successful round of play that supports engagement without overstimulating.

Progressive Home Program

A character with a soccer ball and tabletop work, representing the app’s role in supporting smooth transitions between activities, such as physical activity and seated learning.

Empower parents with a “prescribed" play routine that targets specific goals (like increasing cognitive load) between weekly therapy sessions.

Transition Support

Use the game as a predictable “bridge" activity to help players move from high-energy play to a seated task, or to ease the shift into and out of a session.

Gameplay settings and set up options

Commitment to Inclusion

Inclusion is fundamental to everything we build. At 1UP Studio, we want to ensure that every player, regardless of how they see, hear, or process information, feels invited to play.

  • Visual Flexibility: Tailor contrast, colors, and clutter to meet low-vision or sensory needs.

  • Cognitive Support: Scale complexity and pacing to find the "just-right" challenge.

  • Auditory Control: Manage soundscapes to support focus and reduce overstimulation.

Inclusive Design Details

MixUp FixUp FAQs

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  • We offer two options, a monthly subscription and a one-time lifetime access purchase option.

  • Once downloaded, you can play MixUp FixUp entirely offline—perfect for play when traveling, seeing clients in the community, and when wi-fi connection is limited.

  • You can adjust audio and visual settings in the settings menu located on the home page - just tap the cogwheel to access.

    Timers, distraction levels, and other cognitive load features are located in the gameplay setup menu. Once you tap the start button you can adjust gameplay options.

    Learn more about the game’s accessibility features here.

  • Yes! You can download the free demo, Chiggy’s World, from the Apple App Store. This allows you to experience the core mechanics before deciding to unlock the full suite of themes and additional levels.

    The free demo includes sample levels from each theme and difficulty level.

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