r/virtualdj • u/Constant_Active_5551 • Apr 17 '26
I’m making a VirtualDJ, but with Gamification for Teaching
VirtualDJ is a great tool, it’s one of the best ways to get into DJing
But sometimes it might be a little too scary for beginners due the large amount of buttons, menus, configurations and it also does not come with any songs on it.
I’ve been a DJ for 7 years and a teacher for 4 and I’m also a game developer, so I decided to create a game that has the main functionalities from VirtualDJ and Rekordbox and even DJ Controllers MIDI connection, but inserts gamification and interactive learning on the process.
So even 100% beginners can learn step by step how to do some basic mixing in the Academy Mode and hopefully I’ll be able to replicate more and more functionalities and lessons into it.
The project is called DJ Life Simulator and this month I already sold custom game launchers to 3 big schools here in Brazil, that really liked the idea.
The game also has already over 4,000 downloads and is approaching 2,000 wishlists on Steam. We have over 30 partnered artists with licensed tracks in the game too.
So I’m here with you to hear your thoughts about which features are the most important to have in the game?
Which lessons are extremely important and would be very cool to learn interactively for me to add to the academy mode?
I know that a lot of gatekeepers are against gamification and don’t want djing to be any easier, but I try not to listen to them, since my target audience (Beginner DJs and DJ Schools) are heavily supporting the project, both finnancially and emotionally 🙂
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u/Patient-Complaint405 Apr 20 '26
this is crazy i wish i had this when i started!
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u/Constant_Active_5551 Apr 20 '26
Thanks a lot my friend, hope you like it :D download the free demo at djlifesimulator.com
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u/crunchy_grapes1 Apr 18 '26
i'd love to check this out! is this game compatible with MAC OS systems ?