Cosmic DJ

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All-time low is the lowest price we've recorded for this game since we started tracking it.

Languages: English**languages with full audio support

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Hours played at review time, across 42 reviews with recorded playtime.

positive critical· bar length = how often the theme comes up

Music game. The Cosmic DJ has run out of music; generate more for his club scene. Prevent the annoying Steve4 from spreading bad vibes everywhere. Make noise. This isn't a skill game. It isn't even a luck game. It's an "art" game, where you're generating beat tracks using sound sample sets and a four-button beat box. You're presented with situations you need to fix with "the power of music" by generating beat tracks using the sound samples provided. There are no right or wrong answers, there's no beat you absolutely have to stick to, there's no pattern you have to follow. Hit any button on the beat box eight times (even the same one over and over) and you advance the progress toward resolving the situation. It's not skill. It's a participation grade. Once you've resolved the situation, the tracks you generated are mixed into an audio track that you can download as an mp3. You can even generate cover art for it using a limited number of Paint functions. Which I suppose you can print out and stick on your fridge. Finished the game in, according to Steam, 82 minutes of playtime. This includes watching the end credits and ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ around with the screen to make it fit in my stream frame. Got it in a Humble Bundle, I think, for hopefully not too much. At this writing it's only listed in Steam for US$3.00, but I still think this is too much, considering it has no replay value or even freeform mixing with the sound samples. It was amusing, if weird, but I wouldn't pay more than a dollar for it. Or I'd be rather annoyed if I had.