iDance

Positive Gaming iDANCE
Developer(s) Positive Gaming
Publisher(s) Positive Gaming
Distributor(s) Positive Gaming
Platform(s) Multiplayer Fitness
Release date(s) Multiplayer
  • EU October 2008
    Genre(s) Music & exercise
    Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer
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    iDance (stylized as Positive Gaming iDANCE) is a music video game developed by Positive Gaming. It is a four-panel dance game, similar to Dance Dance Revolution and In The Groove. The game is currently available in a multi player setup with wireless dance pads and support for up to 32 players.

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    Development

    Before iDance, Positive Gaming had been the European distributor for In the Groove, a 4-panel dance game developed by the American company Roxor Games.[1] Positive Gaming also helped develop a multiplayer version of In The Groove 2, specifically designed for fitness centers and schools, helping try to make "machine dance" more popular in Europe, with their multiplayer system also being featured during the 2007 Eurovision Dance Contest.

    In December 2007, Positive Gaming sent out a press release announcing a search for stepchart artists and musicians for "new four panel interactive machine dance game software", announced to be released by "autumn 2008".[2] No new information about the game would be released until a press conference in March 2008 at a European In The Groove 2 championship (which was published by Positive Gaming in Europe), where the game was announced to be known as Positive Gaming iDANCE, confirming a fitness release in October 2008, and arcade and home releases in 2009. 7 songs were also confirmed, along with a statement that the game was not based on StepMania.[3] In August 2008, a countdown was added to the game's website, counting down to the Leisure Industry Week 2008 convention in Birmingham, where the multiplayer version of iDance would get its first public showing.

    Additional information and screenshots were released on September 7, 2008. The final songlist was confirmed to have 100 songs, with 5 difficulty levels for each, support for up to 32 players on the multiplayer version, and a 3D game engine.[4]

    Track list

    As of June 2009, the music selection in the game consists of:

    414 - N2O vs. Cell X
    A Sad Way - Flat 12
    Above the Sky - iRave
    Aerial - DJ Azure
    Air - Shiki
    Angelus I - m00z
    Astrofalcon - Dr. Tanner
    Bass Force - Trance Tribe
    Behind the Horizon - Daniela Elger
    Bollywood vs. Hollywood - Xaviaro
    Brother - Sunburn In Cyprus
    Call of Wilderness - Electron
    Chariot - Shiki
    Chaser - Shiki
    Collision - AJ DJ
    Crocodiles - Cat Jahnke
    Dance Electric - Sora
    Davno Hotel - Vospi
    Dependance - Toby Emerson
    Dream Recorder - Palace of Pleasure
    Earth - Solid Inc.
    Echoes of Summer - Tranquility Groove
    Elder God Shrine - E-Racer
    Emilie de Ravin - Digital Explosion
    Epic City - The Flying Walrus
    Exciter - Tranquility Groove
    Fatal Surface - AJ DJ
    Fly by the Universe - 2Pro
    Form of an Angel - AJ DJ
    Full House - AJDJ
    Fuzzy Bell - Alzarus
    Happy Song - Cat Jahnke
    Hardkore of the North - Dr. Tanner
    Here We Go - Inglow
    Hey Hey Hey - Psycho Sonic Cindy
    Honeytrap - Palace of Pleasure
    I Forget You - Sara Rumar
    In the Hall of the Mountain King - Digital Explosion
    In the Night - Toby Emerson Feat. Lauren Wilson
    Incurable II - KJK
    Infinity - KJK
    Input Output - Neo Cartoon Lover
    Katana Fighter - Electron
    Keep Silent - Flat 12
    Kleine - Shiki
    Kotiin - G-Powered
    Kristina - Mary Jane
    Kuuletko - G-Powered
    Lapis - Shiki
    Life - Sunburn In Cyprus
    Liquify - Toby Emerson
    Liquify (Remix) - Dr. Tanner
    LMK’s Music Box - Dr. Tanner
    Logical Spy - Dr. Tanner
    Love - DJS
    Mercury Lamp - Shiki
    Million Feelings - Floren Cristea
    Monstrum - Inglow
    My Girls - Shalaine Mezzo
    New Day - Amphibians
    Ninja Lad - KgZ
    Not 4 You - Neo Cartoon Lover
    Not For Sale - Inglow
    Off On You - Sara Rumar
    Orpheus & Eurydice - One Drop Does It
    Partie Deux - Digital Explosion
    Party Hard - Neo Cartoon Lover
    Party People - Oscillator X
    Phantoms - Toby Emerson
    Platitude - Onova
    Quickdraw - KgZ
    Revelations (Original Mix) - Andy Tau
    Rock Robotic - When Machines Dream
    Safety Net - Oscillator X
    Saturn - KJK
    Sauna J - Palace of Pleasure
    See Through Deceptions - One Drop Does It
    Server X - The Callahan
    Shapes - Gabri
    Sharing - Xaviaro
    Sonic Stryker Vision - Dr. Tanner
    Stardance - Space Angels
    String Interference - Alzarus
    Summer in Belize -2007- - Digital Explosion
    Sun Kanssas - G-Powered
    Super Collider (Xenophix Remix) - When Machines Dream
    Svart Hjerte - Barske Karer
    Sweet Tornado - Vospi
    Teen Machine - Jeremiha
    Tek Drum - Ryan Blair
    Time Traveling - Xaviaro
    Turhaa - G-Powered
    Vae Victis - When Machines Dream
    Ville Hester - Palace of Pleasure
    Waking up - Milow
    Wave Rip (-Final-) - KgZ
    We Met Dat Night - Vospi
    Welcome to Funland - Dr. Tanner
    When You’re Gone - Neo Cartoon Lover
    Wishing Well - AJ DJ
    Your Smile (Housemouse Mix) - Sunburn In Cyprus

    References

    1. ^ "Press_release_18_08_06_ITG_PC_MAC.pdf". Positive Gaming. 2006-08-18. http://www.positivegaming.com/news_attach/Press_release_18_08_06_ITG_PC_MAC.pdf. Retrieved 2008-09-07. 
    2. ^ "Press Release". Positive Gaming. 2007-12-17. http://www.positivegaming.com/news_attach/2007_12_07_Press_Release_Music_Stepcharts.pdf. Retrieved 2008-09-07. 
    3. ^ "2008 EuroCup Winners and PGs New Game Details!". Bemanistyle. 2008-03-16. http://www.bemanistyle.com/index.php/news/2008-eurocup-winners-712. Retrieved 2008-09-07. 
    4. ^ "Positive Gaming iDANCE Multiplayer Press Release". Bemanistyle. http://www.bemanistyle.com/index.php/news/positive-gaming-idance-multiplayer-press-release-991. Retrieved 2008-09-07. 

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