Hexagroove: Tactical DJ
Hexagroove is probably the most interesting and exciting music game I’ve ever played. It’s a rhythm game made by people with a deep and obvious love of electronic music and the culture around it. It plays in a unique and intuitive way that makes it simple to make some kick ass music. Honestly, I never knew how much I needed something like this in my life.
Unlike other rhythm games which rely on quick reflexes and tapping along to the beat, most of Hexagroove’s gameplay centers around layering different instrumental loops. If you’re the kind of person who likes to play a game for the challenge, then it might not be for you. Most of the fun comes from putting together the different pieces and finding a solid groove, then adjusting it and playing with it on the fly. There’s room for a lot more experimentation and playfulness than in games that emphasize skill mastery, like Beatmania or Audiosurf. It offers some mini-games and an obligatory campaign, but you won’t find anything too taxing except on the highest difficulty. I’ve made my way through the whole game on each difficulty level, but most of my time is spent in free mode just jamming out. I’d hesitate to even call Hexagroove a game. It controls like a game, and it’s got levels, achievements and tricks to perform for style points, but it plays more like an instrument, something you can play to make cool music, without any of the hassle of having to learn to beatmatch or how to use an MPC.
– Real player with 19.8 hrs in game
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Even with my short time in the game thus far I think it’s incredibly cool. I’ve not seen or played anything else like it. From the viewpoint of someone who doesn’t (yet) make music, it’s about the closest you can get to actually mixing and producing your own tracks while still also technically being a game.
It’s a lot of fun just to play around in, and I love that the game encourages that. More than once I’d be vibing with all the loops and samples in the practice mode, finding out my favorites and which ones work well together before remembering, oh yeah, I have a set to go play, maybe I should do that. It’s double cool that incorporating real life mixing and songwriting techniques and theory affect your performance and score. Also you can have a Psytrance rave deep in the forest.
– Real player with 4.3 hrs in game
Untitled Rhythm Puzzle Game
Dungeoneer Games are proud to launch our first ever title: ‘Untitled Rhythm Puzzle Game’. No that’s not a mistake, someone in the marketing department thought this was actually a good idea!
Untitled Rhythm Puzzle Game releases as the first ever game in the new URPG genre. A genre based on annoying the player and removing any sort of sanity through solving puzzles based on locality awareness mixed with keeping a ‘simple’ rhythm. It might sound easy, but believe us, it is much harder than it looks.
In this little story you play as the lead character “Blob”. Blob is a high profile DJ, playing to the biggest crowds, in the biggest of cities. But then one day he made a vital mistake and didn’t look both ways when crossing the road, and has now found himself in Rhythm Purgatory.
You must help him get up the stairway to heaven, as you slowly descend into madness… In the first every Untitled Rhythm Puzzle Game (URPG), will you be a winner or a loser in the way of the beat?
Key Features
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Play in the 50 level strong “Story Mode”. An unforgiving journey through some of the toughest levels ever created, of course after starting it off easy!
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Play in our open “Arcade Mode”. A special area made up of fun challenges and unique game mechanics that are just TOO good for the Story Mode!
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Play in our “Endless Mode”. A weekly procedurally generated journey from the easiest of levels to getting progressively challenging as you work your way through. We don’t even have control anymore, the computer has taken over!
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