A story-driven rhythm game in English, Italian, French, Spanish and Japanese.

Join the undercover dancers of secret agency G.R.O.O.V.E. and help them master the power of the Rhythm as they stumble upon a sinister plot and attempt to stop it!

Play matching the rhythm of 11 unique music tracks that adapt to your performance, across 15 game levels that will ask you to use the Playdate buttons and crank, often at the same time, with surprises along the way. Customize your experience with a rich suite of granular difficulty and accessibility settings.

Gameplay progresses along 4 variations, all riffing on the theme of moving along with the rhythm. Sway, sneak, and slide; when all else fails the only way to solve a dispute may be a good, old-fashioned dance-off. Need a break? Listen to the game music in the Jukebox.

The agents of G.R.O.O.V.E. will meet many characters as a fun and fully localized story unfolds via both gameplay and conversations.

“Dripping in style in a way that most Playdate games (hey, maybe most games) cannot manage […] Agents of Groove is a charming story-based rhythm game with a strong sense of identity”
— Playdate Unofficial

“The story and characters are effortlessly charming and the main game mode is some of the most fun I’ve had in a rhythm game recently […] Easily worth the cost of entry, especially if you are a fan of lighthearted yet challenging rhythm games like PaRappa the Rapper and Rhythm Heaven […] Agents of Groove delivers one of the most polished efforts in the genre on the Playdate platform”
— Cranko!

“A charming and surprisingly diverse rhythm game for the Playdate. It’s an awesome game”
— Player feedback

Made by humans without the use of GenAI

Development:

• Nicola Cocchiaro - programming, design, music and audio, writing, Italian localization
• Kimberly Cocchiaro - art, animation, graphic design

Localization by Warlocs:

• Christophe Pallarès - project management, French localization
• Irene Igualada Baeza - Spanish localization
• Shu Miyasaka - Japanese localization
• Toki Okada - Japanese localization QA
• Stefano Rossitto - review of Italian localization

QA by Lollipop Robot:

• Iván de Rosa - QA management
• Daniel Benzal - QA testing
• Daniel Garin - QA testing

Playtesting:

• Ludovico Gardenghi
• Bruce Stringer
• Ryan Walker

Special thanks:

• BK Box
• Nicholas Cocchiaro
• Aurora Cocchiaro
• Stefano Paolucci
• Miki & Ryan Schneider
• Andrew Walker

Notices:

Main font based on Asheville Ayu by Jackson_57, in turn based on Asheville by Panic Inc., under the CC BY 4.0 license. Some glyphs removed, added, or modified.

Synaptic Sugar™ and Agents of Groove™ are trademarks of Synaptic Sugar LLC.