Mixtape: A Love Letter to Teenage Memories

Developed by Beethoven and Dinosaur and published by Annapurna Interactive, Mixtape will involve a variety of gameplay mechanics and cell-shaded graphics. The trailer shows the friends skateboarding, getting high, flinging toilet paper at a house, getting in trouble with the law, playing baseball, and just enjoying their time together. A narrator declares that, “At the end of an era, when everything’s about to change, it’s time to look back on your greatest hits.”

A Musical Retrospect

As the game’s Steam page advertises, “a perfectly curated playlist draws three friends into dreamlike reenactments of their formative memories.” The game’s soundtrack will feature songs by various artists such as DEVO, The Smashing Pumpkins, Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Cure, Iggy Pop, Lush, and more. It celebrates the power of music to stimulate memories and help you relive your most cherished times.

The Steam page also advertises that you can play “through a mixtape of joyful gameplay, from skateboarding and flying to taking photos after hours at an abandoned theme park, hitting baseballs, and putting on a fireworks show from the backseat of a car.” Since the trailer shows the teenagers engaged in a variety of activities, this indicates that there will be many different game mechanics to explore throughout.

Conclusion

If you’re tired of slaying monsters and saving the world, you can give Mixtape a try. There is currently no set release date, but it is planned to be released sometime this year. If you want to relive your teenage years or just listen to a rocking soundtrack, give this game a look.