Playthings: VR Music Vacation

Playthings: VR Music Vacation

88% Positive / 9 Ratings

RELEASE DATE

Aug 24, 2016

DEVELOPER / PUBLISHER

Always & Forever Computer Entertainment / Always & Forever Computer Entertainment

TAGS

    ActionAdventureCasual
Playthings was made to welcome anyone to the world of virtual reality. Built for the HTC Vive, Playthings puts virtual drumsticks in your hands and sets you loose on a musical playground from another world. There's no complicated buttons or tutorials--everyone knows how to use drumsticks. But drums are for real life. In Playthings, the instruments are made out of food: like hot dog xylophones and jelly bean harps. With the HTC Vive's room scale motion tracking, you don't need a joystick to explore the world of Playthings--you move around with your own two feet. Playthings transforms even the tiniest room into a tropical dreamscape that stretches forever in every direction. You can make all sorts of music with your snacks. Or, you can rearrange them with the Golden Tongs to make your own singing food sculptures. You can swing the Giant Hammers to relieve stress (or just make a big mess). There's lots more tools and worlds to discover--all you have to do is take a look around.

Features:

5 explorable worlds full of interactive musical food that anyone can play.

3 different pairs of drumsticks with unique powers.

Intuitive, languageless, tutorial-free controls.

Secret Rhythm Game mode! (shhh)

Features an original soundtrack written by Jon Baken (of George & Jonathan)

Guest performance by Jesper Mortensen (aka "Junior" of Junior Senior) on the Playthings theme song, "C'mon Everybody! (Playthings Rap)"

Playthings: VR Music Vacation pc price

Playthings: VR Music Vacation

Playthings: VR Music Vacation pc price

88% Positive / 9 Ratings

Aug 24, 2016 / Always & Forever Computer Entertainment / Always & Forever Computer Entertainment

    ActionAdventureCasual
Price Comparison
  • United States
    $0.99 $0.99
  • Argentina
    ARS$13.99 ≈$0.07
  • Turkey
    ₺2.1 ≈$0.11
$0.99 / Get it

Game Description

Playthings was made to welcome anyone to the world of virtual reality. Built for the HTC Vive, Playthings puts virtual drumsticks in your hands and sets you loose on a musical playground from another world. There's no complicated buttons or tutorials--everyone knows how to use drumsticks. But drums are for real life. In Playthings, the instruments are made out of food: like hot dog xylophones and jelly bean harps. With the HTC Vive's room scale motion tracking, you don't need a joystick to explore the world of Playthings--you move around with your own two feet. Playthings transforms even the tiniest room into a tropical dreamscape that stretches forever in every direction. You can make all sorts of music with your snacks. Or, you can rearrange them with the Golden Tongs to make your own singing food sculptures. You can swing the Giant Hammers to relieve stress (or just make a big mess). There's lots more tools and worlds to discover--all you have to do is take a look around.

Features:

5 explorable worlds full of interactive musical food that anyone can play.

3 different pairs of drumsticks with unique powers.

Intuitive, languageless, tutorial-free controls.

Secret Rhythm Game mode! (shhh)

Features an original soundtrack written by Jon Baken (of George & Jonathan)

Guest performance by Jesper Mortensen (aka "Junior" of Junior Senior) on the Playthings theme song, "C'mon Everybody! (Playthings Rap)"

Reviews

  • Axil

    Aug 25, 2016

    Amazing food-based rhythms buuuuuut: THE GOOD: -Food instruements. Really neat. THE BAD: -Requires a large playspace. Don't get this if you have a standing-only config THE UGLY: -Not really enough content for 12 bucks. There are only 4 levels and you breeze through them in less than 5 minutes. SUMMARY: If you have any small children or anyone who hasn't used VR at all, I guess this would be a neat demo. If you're well into VR games then I would skip this. You're not looking at a whole lot of content here.
  • bats

    Sep 2, 2016

    The most beautiful / fun environment I've experienced on the Vive so far. There is clearly an enormous attention to detail and it's been a great joy to look (and listen) extra closely.
  • max :)

    Sep 3, 2016

    Was not able to actually progress through the first portal as it was out of reach. Play space is 2.8x1.7m, should be more than enough if the specs are to be believed.
  • Studabakerhawk

    Sep 28, 2016

    Such a great time. It's more of a musical toy than a game. It's only a few minuets long if you don't stop and play some songs. But once I get a grove on I don't want to leave. You got to get that hamburger bass going. Line up some hotdogs and gummey bears with you other hand... Oh man, good vibrations...
  • Susan

    Dec 29, 2016

    Wonderful game. Yes, it's short, but lots of musical possibilities, First played this at Tribeca Film Festival and was so glad to see it on steam. Great for all ages and no violence.
  • Brumi

    Aug 19, 2019

    Although the game is extremely short, it can just be used as a casual musical playground. especially playing the hamburger drums can be entertaining for a long time.
  • CrimsonPoison

    Apr 12, 2020

    This game was cute. Definently made for children. The only time it actualy felt like a rhytham game with an objective was at the end after you opened the large gate. However still very cute. Play space needed is larger than expected. That would be the only draw back.
  • FastLawyer

    Sep 28, 2020

    [h1]Experienced on the Oculus Rift and Windows Mixed Reality[/h1] You can view my review & gameplay here: https://youtu.be/q_XbpqyT86A There really isn't much to this game. However, the visuals are absolutely joyous and colorful. You get to mess around with musical instruments, which can be anything from Donuts, Hamburgers, Hog Dogs, Gummy Bears, or Jelly Beans. You can use drum sticks, tongs (to move items around), or a huge hammer (to play more stuff or far away stuff). There isn't much content. You have 5 different environments, which includes 3 food themed environments, a teleport room, and a locked music video type room where you can finally drum along to this happy song. I really enjoyed the included song. I just wish they had done more of these. The game is running on the Unity Engine. I had variable frame rates on my 1060 GTX with frame rates starting usually at 90 frames per second, but dropping to as low as 20 fps, especially when lots of instruments were being played. This game could be better optimized. There is no locomotion. You do have to play within your play space. Unfortunately, that can be quite the challenge as some of the objects and teleport portals are pretty far away. I recommend a huge play space before you buy this game. However, I was able to do it with a small play space and reset room space with Steam VR. For only .99 cents, this game is an easy recommend. My understanding is that was a huge price drop from the original price upon release. I think some of the negative reviews are from the old price. I would say you'll probably enjoy this for 10-30 minutes. IF you have kids or friends / family you normally invite for VR, then could be much longer. [b]Rate 6.5/10. Puts a smile on your face, especially with the end play-a-long music video, for just .99 cents. I would say it's worth it. [/b] [quote]If you enjoyed my review, please consider joining my Steam Curator Group. You can join my Steam Curator Group here: https://steamcommunity.com/groups/Oculus_WMR [/quote]
  • jesuisunepoubelle

    Dec 1, 2020

    What a wonderful, wonderful thing you created! Thank you so much, guys! This game is just a little experience to play around with, for good-hearted people open to fresh peaceful wonderlands. But what a polished and cute one! I love the fact that it's just a simple thing, with no score, no nothing, just a *game to have fun*. It needs a bit of space (or to tweak your playspace with SteamVR Advanced Settings), but it really goes well with the controllers and head tracking to give you a real VR feeling (once again, a short one). Thanks again to the creators! Love you guys!
  • Nood

    Apr 14, 2021

    There's not a whole lot of substance to this game, and it's honestly nothing special in terms of actually being able to make much music with it, but I did have a decent amount of fun with this regardless and would definitely recommend it for anyone looking for a unique and colourful experience. It's an older VR title now, but the environment that they made is stylized in a way that allows it to stand out from other VR titles from the original burst of similar-length VR games in 2016. Really enjoyed the feeling that staring into the portal gives you, especially the final end portal. Neat!
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Can I Buy Playthings: VR Music Vacation for Free?

Game retailers come up with Steam deals that allow players to buy games at very cheap prices and sometimes even for free as giveaways. We keep an eye out on special giveaways like these to let you buy your favorite video games for completely free. Looking to buy Playthings: VR Music Vacation for free? Many stores including Steam Games offer giveaways like this all the time. 

Look for these offers, participate and you might just get luckily enough to win your favorite title for free. However, if you don’t, you can always grab it for the lowest price on Gamedeal!

Playthings: VR Music Vacation

Playthings: VR Music Vacation

88% Positive / 9 Ratings

RELEASE DATE

Aug 24, 2016

DEVELOPER / PUBLISHER

Always & Forever Computer Entertainment / Always & Forever Computer Entertainment

TAGS

    ActionAdventureCasual
Playthings was made to welcome anyone to the world of virtual reality. Built for the HTC Vive, Playthings puts virtual drumsticks in your hands and sets you loose on a musical playground from another world. There's no complicated buttons or tutorials--everyone knows how to use drumsticks. But drums are for real life. In Playthings, the instruments are made out of food: like hot dog xylophones and jelly bean harps. With the HTC Vive's room scale motion tracking, you don't need a joystick to explore the world of Playthings--you move around with your own two feet. Playthings transforms even the tiniest room into a tropical dreamscape that stretches forever in every direction. You can make all sorts of music with your snacks. Or, you can rearrange them with the Golden Tongs to make your own singing food sculptures. You can swing the Giant Hammers to relieve stress (or just make a big mess). There's lots more tools and worlds to discover--all you have to do is take a look around.

Features:

5 explorable worlds full of interactive musical food that anyone can play.

3 different pairs of drumsticks with unique powers.

Intuitive, languageless, tutorial-free controls.

Secret Rhythm Game mode! (shhh)

Features an original soundtrack written by Jon Baken (of George & Jonathan)

Guest performance by Jesper Mortensen (aka "Junior" of Junior Senior) on the Playthings theme song, "C'mon Everybody! (Playthings Rap)"

Playthings: VR Music Vacation pc price

Playthings: VR Music Vacation

Playthings: VR Music Vacation pc price

88% Positive / 9 Ratings

Aug 24, 2016 / Always & Forever Computer Entertainment / Always & Forever Computer Entertainment

    ActionAdventureCasual
Price Comparison
  • United States
    $0.99 $0.99
  • Argentina
    ARS$13.99 ≈$0.07
  • Turkey
    ₺2.1 ≈$0.11
$0.99 / Get it

Reviews

  • Axil

    Aug 25, 2016

    Amazing food-based rhythms buuuuuut: THE GOOD: -Food instruements. Really neat. THE BAD: -Requires a large playspace. Don't get this if you have a standing-only config THE UGLY: -Not really enough content for 12 bucks. There are only 4 levels and you breeze through them in less than 5 minutes. SUMMARY: If you have any small children or anyone who hasn't used VR at all, I guess this would be a neat demo. If you're well into VR games then I would skip this. You're not looking at a whole lot of content here.
  • bats

    Sep 2, 2016

    The most beautiful / fun environment I've experienced on the Vive so far. There is clearly an enormous attention to detail and it's been a great joy to look (and listen) extra closely.
  • max :)

    Sep 3, 2016

    Was not able to actually progress through the first portal as it was out of reach. Play space is 2.8x1.7m, should be more than enough if the specs are to be believed.
  • Studabakerhawk

    Sep 28, 2016

    Such a great time. It's more of a musical toy than a game. It's only a few minuets long if you don't stop and play some songs. But once I get a grove on I don't want to leave. You got to get that hamburger bass going. Line up some hotdogs and gummey bears with you other hand... Oh man, good vibrations...
  • Susan

    Dec 29, 2016

    Wonderful game. Yes, it's short, but lots of musical possibilities, First played this at Tribeca Film Festival and was so glad to see it on steam. Great for all ages and no violence.
  • Brumi

    Aug 19, 2019

    Although the game is extremely short, it can just be used as a casual musical playground. especially playing the hamburger drums can be entertaining for a long time.
  • CrimsonPoison

    Apr 12, 2020

    This game was cute. Definently made for children. The only time it actualy felt like a rhytham game with an objective was at the end after you opened the large gate. However still very cute. Play space needed is larger than expected. That would be the only draw back.
  • FastLawyer

    Sep 28, 2020

    [h1]Experienced on the Oculus Rift and Windows Mixed Reality[/h1] You can view my review & gameplay here: https://youtu.be/q_XbpqyT86A There really isn't much to this game. However, the visuals are absolutely joyous and colorful. You get to mess around with musical instruments, which can be anything from Donuts, Hamburgers, Hog Dogs, Gummy Bears, or Jelly Beans. You can use drum sticks, tongs (to move items around), or a huge hammer (to play more stuff or far away stuff). There isn't much content. You have 5 different environments, which includes 3 food themed environments, a teleport room, and a locked music video type room where you can finally drum along to this happy song. I really enjoyed the included song. I just wish they had done more of these. The game is running on the Unity Engine. I had variable frame rates on my 1060 GTX with frame rates starting usually at 90 frames per second, but dropping to as low as 20 fps, especially when lots of instruments were being played. This game could be better optimized. There is no locomotion. You do have to play within your play space. Unfortunately, that can be quite the challenge as some of the objects and teleport portals are pretty far away. I recommend a huge play space before you buy this game. However, I was able to do it with a small play space and reset room space with Steam VR. For only .99 cents, this game is an easy recommend. My understanding is that was a huge price drop from the original price upon release. I think some of the negative reviews are from the old price. I would say you'll probably enjoy this for 10-30 minutes. IF you have kids or friends / family you normally invite for VR, then could be much longer. [b]Rate 6.5/10. Puts a smile on your face, especially with the end play-a-long music video, for just .99 cents. I would say it's worth it. [/b] [quote]If you enjoyed my review, please consider joining my Steam Curator Group. You can join my Steam Curator Group here: https://steamcommunity.com/groups/Oculus_WMR [/quote]
  • jesuisunepoubelle

    Dec 1, 2020

    What a wonderful, wonderful thing you created! Thank you so much, guys! This game is just a little experience to play around with, for good-hearted people open to fresh peaceful wonderlands. But what a polished and cute one! I love the fact that it's just a simple thing, with no score, no nothing, just a *game to have fun*. It needs a bit of space (or to tweak your playspace with SteamVR Advanced Settings), but it really goes well with the controllers and head tracking to give you a real VR feeling (once again, a short one). Thanks again to the creators! Love you guys!
  • Nood

    Apr 14, 2021

    There's not a whole lot of substance to this game, and it's honestly nothing special in terms of actually being able to make much music with it, but I did have a decent amount of fun with this regardless and would definitely recommend it for anyone looking for a unique and colourful experience. It's an older VR title now, but the environment that they made is stylized in a way that allows it to stand out from other VR titles from the original burst of similar-length VR games in 2016. Really enjoyed the feeling that staring into the portal gives you, especially the final end portal. Neat!
Load More

FAQ

Buy Playthings: VR Music Vacation For the Best Price

Gamedeal compares prices across all the major retailers on the internet to find the best game deals for you. We include occasional game discounts, seasons sale, and more to help you spend less and buy more. Check out all the best deals available for Playthings: VR Music Vacation on different platforms right now and find the one that suits you the best! 

Is Playthings: VR Music Vacation Available to Download Instantly After Purchase?

We include game deals from reputable and trustworthy game retailers from around the world to ensure smooth and instant purchasing. You will be able to download or activate the game right away depending on the store of choice. However, some stores have manual checks in place to avoid any kind of fraud, which could some time.

Can I Buy Playthings: VR Music Vacation for Free?

Game retailers come up with Steam deals that allow players to buy games at very cheap prices and sometimes even for free as giveaways. We keep an eye out on special giveaways like these to let you buy your favorite video games for completely free. Looking to buy Playthings: VR Music Vacation for free? Many stores including Steam Games offer giveaways like this all the time. 

Look for these offers, participate and you might just get luckily enough to win your favorite title for free. However, if you don’t, you can always grab it for the lowest price on Gamedeal!