Ichigoichie / 151A GamesBackbeat is the second game from award-winning studio Ichigoichie. This time-based puzzle strategy combines elements of tactical strategy and puzzle games, together with a 1990s funk aesthetic. Unique to this game are a multilinear time-based environment puzzle with resource management rules, and music which is produced by player movement choices.
In this gameplay video we show gameplay footage illustrating core mechanics from the game.
Backbeat Gameplay Trailer #1Ichigoichie / 151A Games2022-03-29 | Backbeat is the second game from award-winning studio Ichigoichie. This time-based puzzle strategy combines elements of tactical strategy and puzzle games, together with a 1990s funk aesthetic. Unique to this game are a multilinear time-based environment puzzle with resource management rules, and music which is produced by player movement choices.
In this gameplay video we show gameplay footage illustrating core mechanics from the game.
* Six new chin-scratching time-based environment puzzles and hijinx * Classic 4:3 CRT display mode * A new master band title and the ultimate guitar effect pedal, OCTAVER
and more await! Try out the free demo for consoles and PC from backbeatgame.com
Six new remix levels take our heroine Watts and friends through adventures including fishing for change in arcades, hanging out at the mall, and breaking Josh out from unpaid overtime. And there's no better way to think outside the box then use a 90s 4:3 aspect ratio when solving your puzzles! Imagine what Backbeat would look like on an original 32-bit GameStation with CRT mode. For the hardiest Backbeat players, we've added an entirely new guitar pedal, OCTAVER, as the final unlock in the game. Can you reach 13000 style points to try out the phattest bass in town? We believe!
If you can't get enough of Backbeat's amazing music in Steam, we can't blame you! You can now take Backbeat's snazzy solos wherever you go as we've launched [b]Ichigoichie Records[/b] on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon, Tidal, and Deezer. Follow us and support your favorite indie developer on the go, leaving that soundtrack on LOOP.
Try it on your favorite music service here: https://ditto.fm/backbeat-original-soundtrack
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twitter.com/ichigoichie_inc instagram.com/ichigoichieGamesBackbeat Multiplatform Launch TrailerIchigoichie / 151A Games2023-03-17 | It's finally here! Today we've brought the full version of our puzzle/strategy mashup to Nintendo Switch, PlayStation, Xbox, and Steam. Forty sokoban-style puzzle levels with multiple solutions, unlockable instruments, audio pedals, and two dozen badges await. Let's get funktified!
Check out our retro 1990s game homepage: backbeatgame.com Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/ichigoichie_incMeet Powerslyde !! 🎼🎷🎸🎹🥁🎶 #backbeat #indie #music #puzzle #strategy #gamesIchigoichie / 151A Games2023-02-17 | ...Demo Launch Announcement!Ichigoichie / 151A Games2023-01-27 | The Demo is finally out on Nintendo Switch, PS4, and PS5!! #fyp #shorts #short #music #retro #games #indieNew music puzzle-strategy game announcement! #shortsIchigoichie / 151A Games2023-01-11 | We are so excited to share the game we have been working on for 2 years! #fyp #games #new #indie #gamedevBACKBEAT | GAME OVERVIEW LIVESTREAM #2Ichigoichie / 151A Games2022-10-09 | We're showing off our upcoming game, Backbeat! Join this talk to learn about the gameplay, art, music, and origins of our award-nominated title.
Backbeat is a multilinear time-based puzzle/strategy hybrid, set in 1995 suburban America. This creative title from the makers of award-winning Hexagroove: Tactical DJ plans to release in early 2023.
The story of Backbeat follows Watts, an aspiring bassist captivated by the magic of funk music as she recruits a group of hometown amateurs to form the band “Powerslyde” and take on the art school darlings “La Tormenta” in the Battle of the Bands. Guide Watts and her friends on a musical journey rooted in funk and fusion. Manipulate threads of time in a turn-based, rewindable system to make your way past surly shift managers, suspicious security guards, and sticky-fingered children through 40 levels of strategic puzzling madness. Follow real life jam band rules and perform tricks to maximize your score. Customize your performance with audio effect pedals, playing styles, and instrument swaps, then share your creative puzzle solution captures directly from the game.BACKBEAT | DYNAMIC MUSICIchigoichie / 151A Games2022-10-08 | We're showing off our upcoming game, Backbeat! In this talk we explain how music is created by you the player and the strategic challenges involved with creating a funk band.
Backbeat is a multilinear time-based puzzle/strategy hybrid, set in 1995 suburban America. This creative title from the makers of award-winning Hexagroove: Tactical DJ plans to release in early 2023.
The story of Backbeat follows Watts, an aspiring bassist captivated by the magic of funk music as she recruits a group of hometown amateurs to form the band “Powerslyde” and take on the art school darlings “La Tormenta” in the Battle of the Bands. Guide Watts and her friends on a musical journey rooted in funk and fusion. Manipulate threads of time in a turn-based, rewindable system to make your way past surly shift managers, suspicious security guards, and sticky-fingered children through 40 levels of strategic puzzling madness. Follow real life jam band rules and perform tricks to maximize your score. Customize your performance with audio effect pedals, playing styles, and instrument swaps, then share your creative puzzle solution captures directly from the game.BACKBEAT | ART & STORYIchigoichie / 151A Games2022-10-07 | We're showing off our upcoming game, Backbeat! In this talk we visit the artistic inspirations for our low-poly retro homage title.
Backbeat is a multilinear time-based puzzle/strategy hybrid, set in 1995 suburban America. This creative title from the makers of award-winning Hexagroove: Tactical DJ plans to release in early 2023.
The story of Backbeat follows Watts, an aspiring bassist captivated by the magic of funk music as she recruits a group of hometown amateurs to form the band “Powerslyde” and take on the art school darlings “La Tormenta” in the Battle of the Bands. Guide Watts and her friends on a musical journey rooted in funk and fusion. Manipulate threads of time in a turn-based, rewindable system to make your way past surly shift managers, suspicious security guards, and sticky-fingered children through 40 levels of strategic puzzling madness. Follow real life jam band rules and perform tricks to maximize your score. Customize your performance with audio effect pedals, playing styles, and instrument swaps, then share your creative puzzle solution captures directly from the game.BACKBEAT | OVERVIEW LIVE STREAMIchigoichie / 151A Games2022-10-05 | We're showing off our upcoming game, Backbeat! Join this talk to learn about the gameplay, art, music, and origins of our award-nominated title.
Backbeat is a multilinear time-based puzzle/strategy hybrid, set in 1995 suburban America. This creative title from the makers of award-winning Hexagroove: Tactical DJ plans to release in early 2023.
The story of Backbeat follows Watts, an aspiring bassist captivated by the magic of funk music as she recruits a group of hometown amateurs to form the band “Powerslyde” and take on the art school darlings “La Tormenta” in the Battle of the Bands. Guide Watts and her friends on a musical journey rooted in funk and fusion. Manipulate threads of time in a turn-based, rewindable system to make your way past surly shift managers, suspicious security guards, and sticky-fingered children through 40 levels of strategic puzzling madness. Follow real life jam band rules and perform tricks to maximize your score. Customize your performance with audio effect pedals, playing styles, and instrument swaps, then share your creative puzzle solution captures directly from the game.BACKBEAT | GAMEPLAY MECHANICSIchigoichie / 151A Games2022-10-05 | We're showing off our upcoming game, Backbeat!
Backbeat is a multilinear time-based puzzle/strategy hybrid, set in 1995 suburban America. This creative title from the makers of award-winning Hexagroove: Tactical DJ plans to release in early 2023.
The story of Backbeat follows Watts, an aspiring bassist captivated by the magic of funk music as she recruits a group of hometown amateurs to form the band “Powerslyde” and take on the art school darlings “La Tormenta” in the Battle of the Bands. Guide Watts and her friends on a musical journey rooted in funk and fusion. Manipulate threads of time in a turn-based, rewindable system to make your way past surly shift managers, suspicious security guards, and sticky-fingered children through 40 levels of strategic puzzling madness. Follow real life jam band rules and perform tricks to maximize your score. Customize your performance with audio effect pedals, playing styles, and instrument swaps, then share your creative puzzle solution captures directly from the game.バックビート・ゲームプレイ・トレーラー第一Ichigoichie / 151A Games2022-04-03 | ...バックビートの体験版説明生放送(日本語)Ichigoichie / 151A Games2021-10-04 | バックビートは新型クリエティブ音楽パズルゲーム。四つの時間軸を制御して自分のバンドを環境パズルから導く。ファンキーなトリックを行って得点数を最大化する。オーディオエフェクトとプレースタイルを編集して自分らしく音楽を変える。
Backbeat is a multilinear time-based puzzle/strategy hybrid, set in 1995 suburban America. This creative title from the makers of award-winning Hexagroove: Tactical DJ plans to release in early 2022.
The story of Backbeat follows Watts, an aspiring bassist captivated by the magic of funk music as she recruits a group of hometown amateurs to form the band “Powerslyde” and take on the art school darlings “La Tormenta” in the Battle of the Bands. Guide Watts and her friends on a musical journey rooted in funk and fusion. Manipulate threads of time in a turn-based, rewindable system to make your way past surly shift managers, suspicious security guards, and sticky-fingered children through 40 levels of strategic puzzling madness. Follow real life jam band rules and perform tricks to maximize your score. Customize your performance with audio effect pedals, playing styles, and instrument swaps, then share your creative puzzle solution captures directly from the game.Backbeat Steam Next Fest Sing-Along TrailerIchigoichie / 151A Games2021-09-14 | Wishlist on Steam to get updates on livestreams and contests: store.steampowered.com/app/1585730/Backbeat/?utm_source=YT&utm_medium=TR&utm_campaign=WL
Award-winning indie developer Ichigoichie is bringing a brand new demo of Backbeat to the Steam Next Fest!
Backbeat is a multilinear time-based puzzle/strategy hybrid, set in 1995 suburban America. This creative title from the makers of award-winning Hexagroove: Tactical DJ plans to release in early 2022.
The story of Backbeat follows Watts, an aspiring bassist captivated by the magic of funk music as she recruits a group of hometown amateurs to form the band “Powerslyde” and take on the art school darlings “La Tormenta” in the Battle of the Bands. Guide Watts and her friends on a musical journey rooted in funk and fusion. Manipulate threads of time in a turn-based, rewindable system to make your way past surly shift managers, suspicious security guards, and sticky-fingered children through 40 levels of strategic puzzling madness. Follow real life jam band rules and perform tricks to maximize your score. Customize your performance with audio effect pedals, playing styles, and instrument swaps, then share your creative puzzle solution captures directly from the game.Backbeat: Official Announcement TrailerIchigoichie / 151A Games2021-04-30 | Wishlist on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/1585730/Backbeat/?utm_source=YT&utm_medium=TR&utm_campaign=WL
Backbeat is a multilinear time-based puzzle/strategy hybrid, set in 1995 suburban America. This creative title from the makers of award-winning Hexagroove: Tactical DJ plans to release in early 2022.
The story of Backbeat follows Watts, an aspiring bassist captivated by the magic of funk music as she recruits a group of hometown amateurs to form the band “Powerslyde” and take on the art school darlings “La Tormenta” in the Battle of the Bands. Guide Watts and her friends on a musical journey rooted in funk and fusion. Manipulate threads of time in a turn-based, rewindable system to make your way past surly shift managers, suspicious security guards, and sticky-fingered children through 40 levels of strategic puzzling madness. Follow real life jam band rules and perform tricks to maximize your score. Customize your performance with audio effect pedals, playing styles, and instrument swaps, then share your creative puzzle solution captures directly from the game.Hexagroove European Festival Expansion LivestreamIchigoichie / 151A Games2020-11-30 | We have our third free expansion dropping December 3rd! Today Creative Director David Ventura takes you through all the new genres, bells, and whistles.
Award-winning music strategy Hexagroove is getting another free content update! This time we make the trip to 🇪🇺 Europe for some of the continent's finest musicians.
🎉All new🎊: 96 loops
30 achievements 2 levels 1 amazing club built on the moon
Immerse yourself in TWIDDL's soulful deep house and high energy liquid drum crafted by Big Skapinsky. You don't have to go out to the festival, we're bringing it home to you!Hexagroove European Festival Expansion TrailerIchigoichie / 151A Games2020-08-25 | 🎮Get it here: microsoft.com/en-us/p/hexagroove-tactical-dj/9pp7l0jwfmnw 🎧
Hexagroove is getting another free content update! This time we make the trip to 🇪🇺 Europe for some of the continent's finest musicians.
🎉All new🎊: 96 loops
30 achievements 2 levels 1 amazing club built on the moon
Immerse yourself in TWIDDL's soulful deep house and high energy liquid drum crafted by Big Skapinsky. You don't have to go out to the festival, we're bringing it home to you!Hexagroove artist feature: liquid drum and bassIchigoichie / 151A Games2020-08-23 | 🎧Artist feature💿 Today we're listening to Big Skapinsky, the Swiss phenom who sliced, chopped, and rendered some kick ass beats for the final level of our European Festival expansion.
About Big Skapinsky Swiss producer who doesn’t like to stick to just one style. House, Dance, Psytrance, Drum n Bass… in other words, “If I dance to it, I like to compose something like it.”
Follow Big Skapinsky here: big-skapinsky.fanlink.to/homeHexagroove artist feature: deep houseIchigoichie / 151A Games2020-08-23 | 🎧Artist feature💿Today we're listening to TWIDDL, the veteran Swedish producer who put together some of the finest deep house for Hexagroove.
TWIDDL (Afro Acid) Deep House producer Tage Widsell has been active on the Stockholm music scene for the last couple of decades as part of the live performance oriented project The Puff. Relaunching as TWIDDL in 2015 with a focus on soulful deep house, he got signed to Acid House legend DJ Pierre’s Afro Acid label that has released a string of tracks from TWIDDL, with the lates getting remixed by DJ Pierre himself.
Still an avid live performer, TWIDDL likes to take an improvisational approach to playing in front of a crowd, using a mix of modern sampling hardware and vintage synths to craft his sound. This technique was well suited to create the deep house level for Hexagroove: Tactical DJ.
About DÉ DÉ MOUSE: 遠藤大介によるソロプロジェクト。 作曲家、編曲家、プロデューサー、キーボーディスト、DJ。また、自身の曲のプログラミングやミックス/マスタリング、映像と多方面に活動し、他作品のプロデュース / 楽曲提供 / remixも行う。 メロディカットアップの手法とキャッチーで不思議なメロディ/和音構成は、国内外問わず多くのフォロアーを生み、以降のシーンに一つの発明とも呼べる功績をもたらす。トラックメイカー/プロデューサーとしてのライブの追求にも早い段階から積極的であり、生楽器を入れたライブパフォーマンスも魅力の一つであり、フジロックやタイコクラブなど、毎年多くのフェスやイベントに出演。
2019年には8枚目のフルアルバム「Nulife」、2020年4月にはデジタルEP「Hello My Friend」をリリース。さらには自身のEdit音源配信などの精力的なリリースに加え、さらに近年は"Nulife Groove”というインターネット上にてDJ配信プロジェクトも始動するなど バンドシーンとクラブシーンから、あらゆる枠組みを超えた縦横無尽なライブパフォーマンスは人々を魅了し続ける。
About SEXY-SYNTHESIZER: SEXY-SYNTHESIZER is founded in 2006 by Takeshi Nagai. Their sound is characterized by 1980's arcade sound effects and familiar electronic sounds, with vocoder vocals singing over all that. Simply categorizing the group with terms like "chiptune" and "8bit sound" are not enough to explain their distinctive rock/punk-based electro groove.
About Kristoffer Wallman: Kristoffer Wallman is a musician, composer, producer specialising in synthesis and electronic music. Being the curious and versatile person he is though, Kristoffer has worked with everything from writing for a 20-piece orchestra for film to producing EDM for the dance floor to touring with a Reggae act.
Kristoffer's interest lies in creating inspirational musical worlds utilizing a variety of means. One recent project includes three parallel thematic ambient pieces for a boutique hotel in Stockholm where the listener may walk through the hotel and meet different experiences built up with sound and visuals.
The interest for musical worlds has also led Kristoffer to dive in the VR/AR. The potential for audio in the mediums is vast. Besides making music and sound FX for VR games, one recent project involves sound design for a VR health app.
Find more of Kristoffer’s work on Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/stolphARTIST FEATURE LEGOWELTIchigoichie / 151A Games2019-10-14 | 🎧Artist feature💿Today we're listening to Legowelt from the Netherlands. For #Hexagroove he brought all his bass and beeps to our #electro level.
About CYLON: CYLON (Grasshopper Records / BlackFlys) Psychedelic Trance project CYLON, a.k.a.Takeo "Naminji" Namiki has been active under the name of K-WAVE and NAMINJI, released tracks from Victor Entertainment, one of the major label from Japan. CYLON's remarkable track went into the top 20 charts at Beatport. CYLON has now signed with GRASSHOPPER RECORDS, releasing his awaited Digital ep from the label. His experience as a main guitar player from Heavy Metal/Hard Core/Funk/Loud Rock give him insights on his productions. He produces cutting-edge Progressive Dance tunes which combines the sound from Analog to Digital and Real Band music to the computer sound which will take you to the next level of the journey.
LINK: Grasshopper Records official site: http://grasshopper-records.comHexagroove artist feature: chill-outIchigoichie / 151A Games2019-10-09 | 🎧Artist feature💿Today we're listening to no.9 who is an extremely versatile classically trained musician from Japan. For #hexagroove he provided his own special blend of pop, house beats, and chill-out for a zen break on level seven before the player ascends to the intense scrutiny of the Powerplant.
2014年7月6日にはno.9率いるライブバンドセット [ no.9 orchestra ]が初となるフルアルバム [ Breath in Silence ]をリリース。
現在もno.9、no.9 orchestra、伊藤智也とのギターデュオなどで活動中。
nano-graph.com/no9/index.htmlHexagroove Six Rules of Dance Music: One-shotIchigoichie / 151A Games2019-10-06 | #Hexagroove is first and foremost, a musical #RTS. The keys to success, and getting a S Rank lie in the six #RulesOfEDM. Today we look at ONE-SHOT. #NintendoSwitch #nindies
Music strategy game Hexagroove, available 2019-10-03 on Nintendo Switch eShop (NA/EU)
Yuji Takenouchi has been producing game and club music for more than thirty years for Konami, SCEI, From Software, and numerous labels under the names Mr. YT, missingsoul, and DISPOSABLE.
Swedish Vaporwave duo consisting of Maria Vucicevic and Carl Carlsson born and raised in small town Eskilstuna currently living in Stockholm. Both being professional nostalgics they started Runners Club in 2016 to channel cultural memories of their childhood and made their album debut in 2017 when ”Panama Papers” was released on digital platforms and cassette via Pool House Ltd. Panama Papers was re-released on Vinyl via My Pet Flamingo in May 2019 and in August they released the first single ”No Sugar Added” from their upcoming album scheduled to be released late 2019.