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OFFBEAT

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Developer Whetstone Games

OFFBEAT is a music-tycoon game where you build the recording studio of your dreams. Collect and upgrade increasingly strange musical objects, complete jobs for cash, and record real, actual music. From the Steam store page

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  • pantaloon | ROLLA OUT OCT 13 🚨 @pantaloon.ioBluesky · May 6, 2026

    NEWS! You hear that!? That's the sound of OFFBEAT; a music-tycoon game from the fantastic @whetstone.games OFFBEAT allows you to hook up kids toys, garden ornaments and kitchen utensils to a sequencer to create glorious electronic music (and export to .wav!) store.steampowered.com/app/4468030/...

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  • Whetstone Games / OFFBEAT out now! @whetstone.gamesBluesky · Jul 22, 2026

    Our debut game OFFBEAT is OUT NOW in early access! OFFBEAT is a music-tycoon game where you build the recording studio of your dreams. Collect and upgrade increasingly strange musical objects, complete jobs for cash, and record real, actual music! store.steampowered.com/app/4468030/... #indiegame

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  • Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.comBluesky · Jul 9, 2025

    Sonokuni is a surreal biopunk Hotline Miami developed (and soundtracked by) by Japanese hip-hop group turned game-dev team Don Yasa Crew. Offbeat game design, very weird setting, and no guns. Instead, you kick people to death, and punt bullets back at enemies. Some Ikaruga-ish boss fights too.

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  • Whetstone Games / OFFBEAT out now! @whetstone.gamesBluesky · May 6, 2026

    Announcing OFFBEAT! This is our debut title, a music-tycoon game where you build a recording studio and record real, actual music using a variety of unlikely objects. WISHLIST IT HERE: store.steampowered.com/app/4468030/... #indiegame #indiedev #microstudio #musicproduction #diy

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  • Alpha Chrome Yayo @alphachromeyayo.comBluesky · Oct 7, 2026

    Let me tell ya, OFFBEAT ruuuuules... and it just got even cooler! There's now a sampler in the game, and it comes bundled with HOT SOUNDS from myself and many other cool composers and audio wizards Have fun choppin' and slicin' - I know I will - and big thanks to all at lovely @whetstone.games 💖

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  • Alpha Chrome Yayo @alphachromeyayo.comBluesky · Jul 22, 2026

    Happy OFFBEAT release day to those who celebrate 😍 this game is a bona fide b a n g e r I was granted an early play with some of the instruments in it (thank you!) - here's a cute lil' groove 💖

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  • pantaloon | ROLLA OUT OCT 13 🚨 @pantaloon.ioBluesky · Aug 5, 2026

    It's been two weeks since the launch of OFFBEAT, and today we're sharing a look at the Early Access Roadmap, and the various features, effects and instruments coming to the game in the month's ahead... ...starting with THE WORLD'S TINIEST VIOLIN store.steampowered.com/news/app/446...

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  • Alpha Chrome Yayo @alphachromeyayo.comBluesky · Jul 30, 2026

    Current obsessions include King of the Hill and awesome music making game OFFBEAT (shoutout @whetstone.games ) So, uh, this was inevitable, I guess? 🛻

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  • Whetstone Games / OFFBEAT out now! @whetstone.gamesBluesky · Sep 2, 2026

    the first OFFBEAT major early access drop is here!! WOOO!! get your bows (and plectrums) ready for the world's smallest violin! and also two brand new effects pedals, eleven new jobs, desk inventory and more! the game is also 15% off for a bit! check it out: store.steampowered.com/app/4468030/...

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  • Bits & Bops 🎵 OUT NOW ON STEAM @tempolab.gamesBluesky · Jul 22, 2026

    Make cool beats for cash in OFFBEAT, a newly launched tycoon game filled with wonderful music-making tools! 🪄 It's also available in a bundle with Bits & Bops! Check it out! 🥰 store.steampowered.com/bundle/80216...

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  • Whetstone Games / OFFBEAT out now! @whetstone.gamesBluesky · Jul 29, 2026

    it's been one week since OFFBEAT hit early access! and just in time, our discord server hit 1000 members! it's been incredible sending this game out into the world and hearing all sorts of wonderful sounds in return! we'll have a roadmap for you to look at very, very soon THANK YOU FOR JAMMING!

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  • Whetstone Games / OFFBEAT out now! @whetstone.gamesBluesky · Oct 6, 2026

    waow! we made a game so positive it's overwhelming! OFFBEAT also hit 100k wishlists a while back :) to celebrate, we want to hear from YOU! what should be outside the studio window? we'll pick some favourites from the discord and pop them in the game! (link below!) thank you for jamming with us!

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  • pantaloon | ROLLA OUT OCT 13 🚨 @pantaloon.ioBluesky · Jun 19, 2026

    OFFBEAT hit 10,000 wishlists overnight, with nearly as many Demo downloads. Shout out to those of you realising your creative dreams and making music with your human hands and brains 🎹 store.steampowered.com/app/4468030/...

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  • pantaloon | ROLLA OUT OCT 13 🚨 @pantaloon.ioBluesky · May 6, 2026

    In supporting music created in game, we've formed Pantaloon Records. Our first artist, OFFBEAT Radio, will collate & publish the best work from the game, acting as the community's record label Listen to the debut single from Whetstone frontman @edsibley.bsky.social here: slinky.to/NotYourUncle...

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  • No Small Games @nosmallgames.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 18, 2026

    We have not one but two new video episodes up on YouTube this week!! Starting off with our July Indie Game Roundup! We get into a whole bunch of new releases including Denshattack!, Desktop Explorer, OFFBEAT, and Wabisabi Sushi Derby 👀 youtu.be/3LiWIafzQFQ

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  • Whetstone Games / OFFBEAT out now! @whetstone.gamesBluesky · Jun 22, 2026

    Just as #SteamNextFest comes to a close... OFFBEAT has hit 20k wishlists! Wow!! Thank you so much! Maybe even more exciting is that our discord community is now teeming with cool people sharing their cool tunes they made in the game! Woo! Come have a listen: discord.gg/9he97xJEaw #indiegame

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  • Daydream Gallery @daydreamgallerydev.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 3, 2026

    🚨INDIE SPOTLIGHT🐒 OFFBEAT by @whetstone.games Mix cat chords & gnome notes to satisfy your customer's music tastes or create weird & wonderful songs of your own in this delightfully odd music making game. ✅Wishlist the game: s.team/a/4468030 #indiedev #gamedev #indiegames #wishlistwednesday 🙉1/3

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  • Anime News Network @animenewsnetwork.comBluesky · Mar 31, 2025

    Korean company Com2uS and developer Offbeat will be releasing an upcoming game based on the Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint web novel and webtoon.

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  • Friends at the Table @friends-table.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 31, 2026

    Jack is procrastinating making music for work by streaming Offbeat, a game about making music. Come hang out! twitch.tv/friendsatthetable

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  • Whetstone Games / OFFBEAT out now! @whetstone.gamesBluesky · Jul 20, 2026

    are you ready for OFFBEAT in just 2 days?? aaaah!! our silly little game about music and monkeys and other things also is out in early access on WEDNESDAY!!! eep!!! wishlist wishlist wishlist!! there are not 30k+ of you thank you so much!!! store.steampowered.com/app/4468030/... #indiegame #music

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  • giselle @ellipsea.onlineBluesky · Jul 19, 2026

    my phone broke so all I had at @developconference.com was my CD player, a £15 Nokia phone, and my Kodak Charmera, for these photos I did things like: tell everyone about OFFBEAT watch @edsibley.bsky.social play a live set on the game meet cool people like @alphachromeyayo.com get mild sunburn

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  • Whetstone Games / OFFBEAT out now! @whetstone.gamesBluesky · Jun 1, 2026

    If you're some kinda music dork and want to know how we're handling the audio backend in OFFBEAT, here's a blog post! www.whetstone.games/blog-1/pure-... It barely scratches the surface :)

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  • FunHouse Radio @funhouseradio.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 15, 2025

    "1,423 people gathered at a park in Anaheim, California, USA to participate in the largest game of red light/green light, a schoolyard classic." #weird #weirdnews #offbeat #fun #play guinnessworldrecords.com/news/commerc...

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  • Friends at the Table @friends-table.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 31, 2026

    At the top of the hour, 2pm ET, @notquitereal.bsky.social is going to stream OFFBEAT, a game about making music, over at twitch.tv/friendsatthetable

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  • Aura @aurahack.caBluesky · Jun 21, 2026

    Adding some more! OFFBEAT is a fun sequencer-based music-making game where you're taking composer oddjobs and making music from circuit-bent toys. Super fun, captures how much I love goofing with seqs and synths store.steampowered.com/app/4468030/...

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  • Whetstone Games / OFFBEAT out now! @whetstone.gamesBluesky · May 29, 2026

    aaa!! PLAY OUR DEMO on itch!!! pantaloon-io.itch.io/offbeat all music you make in the game is exportable to wav!! send us your tunes on discord: discord.gg/9he97xJEaw #OFFBEAT #indiegame #indiedev #musicproduction #synth #chiptune

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  • Daxie The Fox 🔞 @daxie626.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 21, 2026

    Offbeat releases tomorrow on Steam. The demo is up right now tho. It's a game that teaches you the basics through it's silly gameplay and is in fact an actual music making engine. The structure of it allows for exploration and genuine lessons while not railroading you.

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  • shevadelic @howoldisjames.comBluesky · Nov 10, 2024

    does teaching the algo actually work here? 🖥️ Game dev 📜 Wordplay 👨‍🍳 Cooking 👾 Indie games 🎼 Unconventional music 🎪 Offbeat content 🧠 Mind-bending novels 🧘‍♂️ Mental wellness 🍑 Kinks #promosky

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  • pantaloon | ROLLA OUT OCT 13 🚨 @pantaloon.ioBluesky · Oct 7, 2026

    HELLO HUMANS. The OFFBEAT LoFi Update is HERE! This update introduces a bunch of rad stuff to the game, but most notably: the Sampler This allows you to chop up old tapes, import your own sounds and turn previous creations into something completely new. store.steampowered.com/app/4468030/...

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  • Will Freeman @spadgy.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 30, 2026

    I played the early access build of @whetstone.games & @pantaloon.io's Offbeat - a game where you play a jobbing composer. You make music for real, it's a working music production suite, and you can publish your creations beyond the game! My preview, for Wand Report: report.wand.com/previews/off...

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  • Damiano Gerli @damiano.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 11, 2026

    Well since the FMV demo was very short I got busy making some stuff in OFFBEAT by @pantaloon.io and that was incredibly fun. Wishlisting that game immediately.

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  • Whetstone Games / OFFBEAT out now! @whetstone.gamesBluesky · Sep 30, 2026

    game with music made in OFFBEAT!!! wow!! @lazersaurus.itch.io remains cool always reminder that everything you make in OFFBEAT is yours to keep :)

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  • Away Fae Keyboard @awayfaekeyboard.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 29, 2026

    Think I've found my new time sink. Offbeat is a cool little indie game that you use an in game sequencer along with synths and objects to create music for clients. This game is definitely giving me the dopamine hit I'm needing.

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  • Joe Baxter-Webb @indiegameclinic.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 4, 2026

    OffBeat is exactly what I want a music-making game/toy to be!!! (Apologies for my bass playing) OffBeat 🔊🎵 [Beatmaking Tycoon] youtube.com/live/jB2vh2b...

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  • TCGS @tcgs.coBluesky · Aug 19, 2026

    The Computer Game Show 515: Over Stuffed Big Walk, Offbeat, ReStory: Chill Electronics Repairs, FF6, FF7R, Halo, Splatoon Raiders, Mario Galaxy 2, PowerWash Sim 2, The Granny Detective Society and more! 📺 Watch: youtu.be/xoFOUY8MIQ4 🎧 Listen: plinkhq.com/i/1100170036... 🤝 Patreon: patreon.com/tcgs

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  • Red Wolfe🦮🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @redwolfe.isBluesky · Aug 18, 2026

    Been playing the Offbeat demo. Truly feeling this image

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  • Whetstone Games / OFFBEAT out now! @whetstone.gamesBluesky · Jun 10, 2026

    OFFBEAT salutes our cousins in the BOXROOM! Soon, every game will have a seven-letter all-caps title. Hype to see that it's coming out!

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  • Lazersaurus @lazersaurus.itch.ioBluesky · Sep 25, 2026

    Fun note: I made almost all of the sounds for The Dude is Still Hungry in @whetstone.games' Offbeat, an extremely rad video game about making music. Go buy it!

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  • Whetstone Games / OFFBEAT out now! @whetstone.gamesBluesky · Oct 2, 2026

    introducing... OFFtober, as requested by our lovely discord community! make a tune a day with these spooky prompts using OFFBEAT, and send them to us on our discord server: discord.gg/9he97xJEaw get the game/daw/thing here: store.steampowered.com/app/4468030/... #offtober

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  • pantaloon | ROLLA OUT OCT 13 🚨 @pantaloon.ioBluesky · Aug 6, 2026

    ICYMI, the OFFBEAT EA Roadmap has now dropped, and with it details of the first new instrument we're adding to the game.

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  • SpicySoulsa | Comms open @spicysoulsa.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 7, 2026

    the demo we did btw was Offbeat!!! super cute music making game, pls go play if you are a music freak like me ;3 store.steampowered.com/app/4468030/...

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  • Is There a Fishing Minigame? @fishingminigames.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 21, 2026

    You can get the demo for OFFBEAT on PC! You can also follow the developers on Bluesky, @whetstone.games! store.steampowered.com/app/4468030/...

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  • Jerry Flowers @unclejyro.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 22, 2026

    Offbeat is fantastic man I've never played with music making software and this really guides you into it and just a lot of fun to play in with no frustration And developing a beat is so dang satisfying store.steampowered.com/app/4468030/...

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  • Fluffbyte Entertainment System @fluffbyte.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 1, 2026

    this weeks netflesh sceadule on wednesday 1:30 pm est we're playing the thing and pill in the pudding from the toxic yuri vn game jam 2026 on friday starting 12:45pm est we're playing Blue Dragon,Offbeat , And Fragile Reflection see u there! #vtuber #babyfur #profic #anarchist

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  • ZombiWorkshop (Lucan Monks) @zombiworkshop.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 8, 2026

    As someone who's used Beepbox many a time, OFFBEAT (@pantaloon_io) felt instantly familiar. Its a music making game where you compose tracks based on customers wishes. Essentially living out the dream of being paid PROPERLY to make music. Really creative! store.steampowered.com/app/4468030/...

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  • Sean MacLean @macslain.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 14, 2026

    Do I have free time right now? Not really Do I want to keep spending time getting better at the new Marvel fighting game? Yes How about lightly exploring music through playing Offbeat? Absolutely! Painting my mountain (over 150!) for minis! Of Course! instead i installed ff14 tonight

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  • JuniperTheory @bimbo.cityBluesky · Aug 9, 2026

    store.steampowered.com/app/4468030/... OFFBEAT is for anyone who loves games where you run a little store/buy and sell stuff for customers, but wishes you actually DID the work to make the things you sell. no shortcuts. instead, make a song using a paper shredder as your percussion.

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  • François T. Déjeuner @francoisdejeuner.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 23, 2026

    Right now, between other bouts of irresponsibility, I've been messing with OFFBEAT. It's turned a music sequencer into a game, insofar as "make some music that meets these objectives, if you feel like it," is a game. I guess it's more educational.

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  • Vortex 🔜 MFF @v0rtex-sux.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 23, 2026

    I will no longer play or support Aniimo and I hope you all do the same. A shame. We will play Offbeat Wednesday and Friday instead, an indie game about running your own music production studio!

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  • CodyAlx @codyalx.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 19, 2026

    It's time to be fangin' and/or bangin' 🧛‍♀️🎹 Going LIVE on Twitch with an indie-demo-double-feature: We're checking out So This Vampire Walks Into a Bar and Offbeat! We're making beats and drinks, so come on by for some chill indie game demos! www.twitch.tv/codyalx #vtuber #pngtuber #IndieGaming

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  • TechCat aka Burnin_In_Bread @techcat.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 14, 2026

    Anyhow, I'm gonna go play OffBeat and maybe you should get the demo and fuck around in it too! Go learn some silly music making! store.steampowered.com/app/4468030/...

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  • Alpha Chrome Yayo @alphachromeyayo.comBluesky · Sep 14, 2026

    Oh I looooove the story! Honestly love every single thing about OFFBEAT. It's the nearest thing to an ACY simulator there will ever be haha. I legitimately have made in-game ringtones and elevator music for stuff, loved doing it IRL, loved doing it in OFFBEAT too!

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  • Robert @robaato.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 3, 2026

    Downplay a book or movie: Innocent Bystander for the Prosecution Klieglighting Vaguely Flirting with the Stone Shiny Rock of the Nile Tora Tora Backup Gun Partly Cloudy Man Offbeat Science TROFF Game of (musical) Chairs Walk, Lola, Walk Mr. Holland's Third Abandoned Draft

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  • 🔞Imaginal Panda @protoneonix.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 31, 2026

    I also found a demo for a game called Offbeat which I'm fond of. It's effectively an audio production app in the facade of a game with access to piano rolls, loops and volume mixing. All the instruments are these weird keyboards and conceptual instruments that encourage these 'off-beat' songs.

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  • Pseudandry @pseudandry.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 7, 2026

    Found out about this one from a streamer who doesn't generally play solicited game offers (because he gets too many) but decided to do a stream going thru five of them and Offbeat definitely got everyone excited, including myself. His verdict was it wasn't his sort of game but it wss an amazing game

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  • Fluffbyte Entertainment System @fluffbyte.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 15, 2026

    this weeks netflesh schedule on tuesday 10 am est we're playing rascal shortstack tf game, no mirame, cuando lloro, at the burning gates & from the toxic yuri vn game jam 2026 on wednesday starting 12:45pm est we're playing Blue Dragon,Offbeat , & more Fragile Reflection #vtuber #babyfur #profic

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  • Blonde Pizza (Mashina OUT NOW!!) @blondepizza.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 14, 2026

    That makes me think of OFFBEAT and the story missions they have you do where you make a ringtone, elevator music, and so on. Did you play the story of that game? I know you at least made a couple tunes from it in the free mode. Sounds like even the story is perfectly up your alley.

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  • Dooper @dooper.liveBluesky · Sep 14, 2026

    You check out Offbeat on steam? It's a weird little game, but it's kinda got my mojo goin' with music haha

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  • serra @serrentix.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 7, 2026

    Offbeat is a really cool game, but i think i'll wait until it has midi controller support until i give it a proper go

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  • Robert Makes Games @rjs.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 18, 2026

    Finally get to be a pro musician. Thanks Offbeat!! store.steampowered.com/app/4468030/...

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