D Life
Release date: Jun 22, 2023
Developers: Mindware
Publishers: Mindware
Genres: Action, Casual, Indie, Simulation
Categories: Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Leaderboards, Family Sharing
Supported languages: English, Japanese

D Life is a new genre of game in which you use ‘mutation’ and ‘wind’ to influence densi to give birth to electronic life forms and photograph electronic life forms. It is a completely new game that can be understood and enjoyed in a few minutes. It is also a highly addictive and profound game. Yuriko Keino has always been a creator of highly original sounds, and with D Life, the immersion of the game is greatly enhanced by a new system in which the sound changes depending on the game situation. 　The game is played using a mouse and keyboard or mouse and gamepad, but it is also compatible with nanoKONTROL2, a USB MIDI device from KORG. nanoKONTROL2 has LEDs on each button, which can be turned on and off by external commands. The nanoKONTROL2 has LEDs on each button, which can be controlled by external commands to turn on and off LEDs. 　Feel the DNA of Denshi and take the best picture! 

Press reviews: “D-Life's story is presented when players leave the game idle on the menu for a couple of minutes, or on the game's store page for an inquisitive reader. With the expansion of technology, scientists have discovered a new form of electron-based life. The player's task is to take photos of these life forms while fulfilling certain criteria defined by the game.” 9/10 – CUBED3 “Conway’s simulation is at the core of D Life, the latest effort from Mindware’s Mikito Ichikawa (aka Micky G. Albert). Here, a fluid light show flows across the vertically-oriented playfield. The borders optionally display instructions imitating the appearance of a table-top machine, with a hundred-yen sticker helping to suggest the feeling you’re stumbled on an obscure arcade relic. This illusion of D Life being a forgotten game from the ’80s is assisted by 8-bit fonts and a blissful soundtrack from Yuriko Keino, who wrote the music for Super Pac-Man and Dig Dug. Expectedly, earning a spot on the local leaderboard earns a chiptune serenade that is unbearably soothing. Like Namco’s games of old, there are even different tunes for first and second place.” 83/100 – Tech-Gaming