DirectDrive

DirectDrive

Made by DAC vector

🏆 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.

We are proud to be part of this incredible group, and very happy to accept this award :-)

Thank you, from the bottom of our hearts, and from both sides of the Atlantic"

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

  • Nominee! Debug Indie Game Awards INNOVATION & CREATIVITY AWARD

  • Winner! Playdate Community Awards Best Soundtrack for 2023

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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  • 62.8 MB.
  • First published 01/15/2023, last updated 06/27/2023.
  • This game contains a mild amount of mature themes.
  • 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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