Welcome to the club
Today we are proud to announce that the demo version of Backbeat has been released! The last year we've spent working on the mechanics, music, and visual style of Backbeat have all built up to this point. In terms of content the game is less than 15% done, but the first six levels that set up the story and the mechanics are complete, and now you can experience the beginning of our creative puzzle/strategy title, for free and at your leisure.
The demo introduces you to Watts and two of her friends as they start on the road to stardom and form a funk band. The concepts of our multilinear time-based puzzles and the first of four musical resources are also presented. We hope this first taste of Backbeat's gameplay and characters will make you hungry for more, and that you'll share your thoughts with the development team.
Join us for two livestreams this weekend during the Steam Next Fest, at Sunday 19:00 CET / 13:00 EST / 10:00 PST, and Monday night at 23:30 EST / 20:30 PST. We'll talk about the game's design, art, music, and much more showing off advanced mechanics and levels in development from the retail version. We may also raffle off a copy or two of our award-winning musical RTS, Hexagroove: Tactical DJ. So wishlist and stop on by. Until then, hit that DOWNLOAD DEMO button on the store page and take the game for a spin!
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1585730/view/2978556685280871698
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1585730/view/2978556685280987999
Join the conversation!
Do you have an idea for a dev blog topic? Curious about the team and story of Backbeat? Comment on this post or tweet at us, we'd love to hear your thoughts.
Stay cool and funky!
-- The Backbeat team at Ichigoichie