
2013 · Double Fine · Arcade · Rhythm
Dropchord
Dropchord is an arcade-style music game from Double Fine playable with the Leap Motion Controller for PC and Mac. The iOS version is soon to follow.
- Released
- 2013
- Platforms
- AndroidOuyaWindowsiOSmacOS
- Genres
- ArcadeRhythm
- Developers
- Double Fine
- Publishers
- —
- Themes
- Action
- Country
- United States
About
Dropchord is a motion controlled music-based puzzle video game for Windows and OS X using the Leap Motion controller. It was developed and published by Double Fine Productions. The game was one of the first games released on Leap Motion's Airspace app store, when it went live on July 22, 2013. It was also released for Ouya on July 31, and on Android and iOS on August 1 of the same year.
Keywords
- music and rhythm
- pax prime 2013
The articlegameplay, story, development, reception
Gameplay
Dropchord is a motion controlled music-based puzzle video game using the Leap Motion controller. Players use two fingers to create two glowing spheres. Once the spheres are locked into place on the level's circular track, players must navigate a beam of light around a series of obstacles that appear within the circle, which threaten to interrupt the beam. Certain sections require the player to paint large portions of the circle with the beam, by flicking their finger around the perimeter.
There are also nodes to collect which will increase the score. At the end of each song, the player is given more health. If the health bar goes above maximum level, the player is awarded a star and a new layer of health will start filling up. You lose a star once all of the health in a layer has been depleted, and you lose the game when all health has been depleted.
Development
Dropchord was principally designed and developed by Double Fine's Patrick Hackett and Drew Skillman, who previously worked together on Kinect Party. It was originally titled Radius, but was retitled Dropchord before its premiere at PAX East 2013.
Reception
The iOS version received "mixed or average reviews" according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.
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Collections2 collections
Platform libraries
- Ouya softwareGames
Years
- Games released in 2013List › July–September
- Games released in 2013List › July–September
- Games released in 2013List › July–September
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