Rhythm
DirectDrive
🏆 2023 Playdate Community Awards: Best Soundtrack Winner!
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🏆 2023 Playdate Community Awards: Best Soundtrack Winner! Words from the developers - "Wow! Well, first of all, Dmitry and I are honored to have been nominated and thrilled to have won. I think we both like to say that this has been an incredible journey for us personally, and professionally, and have not met a kinder more supportive more genuine group of people than the playdate Community." Direct Drive is a silent-movie-musical game about being an intern in the music industry in 1927. The game has: Four chapters Four singers Mini-games Twelve 1.5 minute long songs Flow modes Music player Mysterious extra stuff Downloadable soundtrack Future updates And more! ~~~~~~~~AWARDS~~~~~~~~ Winner! tencent / Games Without Borders 2023 Gameplay Innovation Award Winner! tencent / Games Without Borders 2023 Gameplay Innovation Award Nominee! Debug Indie Game Awards INNOVATION & CREATIVITY AWARD Nominee! Debug Indie Game Awards INNOVATION & CREATIVITY AWARD Winner! Playdate Community Awards Best Soundtrack for 2023 Winner! Playdate Community Awards Best Soundtrack for 2023
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- Tilt: Used
- Microphone: Not used
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Direct Drive by DACvector Chris Mandra - concept / music Dmitry Zhukov - code / aesthetics ~~ featuring ~~ Athena Desai as Hilda Voxpop Lizzy Dean Holyfield as Sweets Mackson Marcus Tucker as Tungsten Fifi Mandra as D. N. Shirley
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This game uses the A and B buttons, D pad, crank, and accelerometers. It requires cranking at somewhat continuously variable speeds. A main feature of the game is music and sound. We want EVERYONE to be able to experience the game's story, regardless of their gaming skill or ability. Therefore, each music or task section can be 'completed' by pressing RIGHT on the D-pad button 3 times
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Gameplay and impressions 2 videos
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Gameplay and impressions / Destination Playdate
Direct Drive - Playdate gameplay + impressions
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Gameplay and impressions / StarryVirtual
Direct Drive | Year of the Playdate #26
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Roundups / y.playdate.channel
【Playdate】リズムゲーム特集【"Direct Drive" "Dance Break Dance" "Otto’s Galactic Groove!!"】
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Playdate: The Unofficial Website
Direct Drive
Nick Simberg
2024-07-13
Crank it, intern!
Age note: This game contains a mild amount of mature themes.
AI: This game's developer created it without the use of generative AI.