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The Agents of Groove key art from the Catalog page, with five character silhouettes in front of a large disco ball and the stylized words "Agents of Groove" in the front. A tag in the upper left corner shows the normal price of $12 is discounted to $8, or 33% off. At the bottom are the words "Agents of Groove by Synaptic Sugar".

Pick up Agents of Groove for $8 during the #playdate Catalog Anniversary Sale! Dance, sneak, face off against your enemies and save the world alongside the undercover dancers of G.R.O.O.V.E. in this "charming and surprisingly diverse" rhythm game! 🪩🕺

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There are over 200 games ON SALE in the ongoing Catalog Anniversary Sale. We'll be featuring different titles on the front page every day; you can also see them ALL here:

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Synaptic Sugar Spring Sale by Synaptic Sugar A bundle by Synaptic Sugar, $8.57 for Agents of Groove, LCD White Heavy font

You can also find Agents of Groove at the same price on itch as part of the Synaptic Sugar Spring Sale, alongside our LCD White Heavy font that is currently available for (66) mere pennies!

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The Agents of Groove key art from the Catalog page, with five character silhouettes in front of a large disco ball and the stylized words "Agents of Groove" in the front. A tag in the upper left corner shows the normal price of $12 is discounted to $8, or 33% off. At the bottom are the words "Agents of Groove by Synaptic Sugar".

Pick up Agents of Groove for $8 during the #playdate Catalog Anniversary Sale! Dance, sneak, face off against your enemies and save the world alongside the undercover dancers of G.R.O.O.V.E. in this "charming and surprisingly diverse" rhythm game! 🪩🕺

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Story-driven rhythm game Agents of Groove will be 33% off during the #playdate Catalog Anniversary Sale as well! Great time to grab it if you've been on the fence (or if you haven't)! 🪩 🕺

Story-driven rhythm game Agents of Groove will be 33% off during the #playdate Catalog Anniversary Sale as well! Great time to grab it if you've been on the fence (or if you haven't)! 🪩 🕺

The 2025 Playdate Community Awards will be on March 14th at 11AM Pacific Time/2PM Eastern Time

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Congratulations to all the nominees for the 2025 Playdate Community Awards in the thread! 🎉

Our 3rd Catalog Anniversary Sale is right around the corner 👀🎂

200+ games will be on sale starting at 10 AM PST on March 5th ⚡

Play the first level in Agents of Groove and unlock new custom emojis for #playdate voice messaging app helloyellow! Get both on Catalog or itch 🪩 🕺

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Agents of Groove for Playdate A story-driven rhythm action game. Join the undercover dancers of secret agency G.R.O.O.V.E. and help them master the power of the Rhythm, as they stumble upon a sinister plot of world domination and ...

Plus in version 1.2.1! Additional changes to reduce the hype contribution of "great" and "good" outcomes for button matching, to be more in line with the timing window adjustments introduced in version 1.1.2.

Let us know what you think!

Play the first level in Agents of Groove and unlock new custom emojis for #playdate voice messaging app helloyellow! Get both on Catalog or itch 🪩 🕺

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📻NEW on the Panic Podcast: Creators @theuniverse.bsky.social and @mrsambarlow.bsky.social talk about the alchemy that combines movie magic with the interactivity of video games, and what (if anything) makes a “good” FMV.

🎧Listen now: podcast.panic.com/episodes/s02e02/ or wherever you catch pods!

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"If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart"

Play Agents of Groove at launch in English, Italian, French, Spanish, or Japanese with localization by @thewarlocs.bsky.social! 🪩 🕺 💃

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By the way, give the new 1.1.2 a try if you can, among other things it also fixes some in-game scoreboard rendering bugs that I know may have been annoying (sorry about that)!

Agents of Groove for Playdate A story-driven rhythm action game. Join the undercover dancers of secret agency G.R.O.O.V.E. and help them master the power of the Rhythm, as they stumble upon a sinister plot and attempt to stop it!

#AgentsOfGroove 1.1.2 is available on itch and Catalog with important bug fixes and changes 🧵

- a crash fix 😨
- scoreboard fixes (Catalog only) 📋
- several difficulty tweaks 🕺
- optimizations for traversal levels 📦

Details in the replies!

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As always, let us know if you have any issues! ✉️✉️✉️

- tweaked the timing windows for button matching to reduce the base difficulty a bit and make Perfect Mode less punishing 💀

- updated the button sequence for the final boss to be slightly less difficult 🕺

- adjusted several collision volumes in traversal levels for a smoother traversal 📦

Details:

- fixed a crash introduced in a previous update (sorry about that!) that could happen at the end of levels 8 and 14 in certain cases 😨

- fixed bugs with in-game scoreboards that prevented highlighting the local player's score and rendering usernames with special characters as intended 📋️

Agents of Groove for Playdate A story-driven rhythm action game. Join the undercover dancers of secret agency G.R.O.O.V.E. and help them master the power of the Rhythm, as they stumble upon a sinister plot and attempt to stop it!

#AgentsOfGroove 1.1.2 is available on itch and Catalog with important bug fixes and changes 🧵

- a crash fix 😨
- scoreboard fixes (Catalog only) 📋
- several difficulty tweaks 🕺
- optimizations for traversal levels 📦

Details in the replies!

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Level songs in Agents of Groove are made of multiple stems that reveal and hide themselves based on whether the player plays successfully or makes mistakes. It may be tricky to hear a full tune clearly when there's a lot going on! The Jukebox can help.

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Welcome to secret agency G.R.O.O.V.E., recruit!

Agents of Groove, our story-driven rhythm game for Playdate, releases TODAY on Catalog with a discount during launch week! Check it out now!

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An encounter with a robot. A character stands on the left side, and a big robot on the right side, facing each other. The setting is that of a factory, with a conveyor belt moving rubber ducks directly behind the two characters, a strange machine in the middle, and some large oil spills on the floor

Agents of Groove, story-driven rhythm game for Playdate!

We don't use generative AI and have gone to some lengths to find collaborators who don't. Focusing on the human element is an important part of our work and "made by humans" has become part of our motto!

Issue 10 is now available in 3 #Playdate flavors:

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Jerry Lawson, the inventor of the video game cartridge.

This is Jerry Lawson. He invented the video game cartridge for the Fairchild Channel F system. Because of his invention, many consoles had cartridges and CD formats and would become the norm.

The Atari 2600, NES, Genesis, and many consoles wouldn't exist without him.

Happy Black History Month.

It was a pleasure to work with @lollipoprobot.com for QA on Agents of Groove, the first Playdate game to join their impressive collection!

The front cover of the calendar, with an illustration of the Playdate console on its stereo dock, the names of the months and the words "Playdate Calendar 2026"

The calendar open at the month of October 2026, showing key art for Agents of Groove as a full page at the top. The art shows silhouettes for the main game characters in front of a large disco ball and behind the words "Agents of Groove", in various tones of yellow, light blue, orange and brown.

The calendar open at the month of December 2026, showing hanging Christmas ornaments, stockings, and art from several games, including characters from Agents of Groove

Last days to order the 2026 Playdate Community calendar (30% off in cart), it looks great and includes art from Agents of Groove!

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Agents of Groove 1.1.0 is here, with a new Jukebox feature, some tweaks to difficulty, and some bug fixes! The update is already up on Catalog and itch, but here's a quick thread 🧵

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