History

The project started out with a simple concept: how will people respond to driving without sight?

Initial playtests showed a fascinating range of responses - the terror of helplessness, the thrill of discovering unknown innate hearing abilities, zen-like levels of concentration - but above all else, an overwhelming sense of enjoyment from playing something entirely new.

An early version of the game featured in many game festivals around the world, including the Google Play Indie Game Contest, AMAZE and the EGX Rezzed Leftfield collection, drawing long lines and passionate responses.

Players report loving the sound-based gameplay which stimulates the imagination like nothing else they've played (especially on mobile), as well as the podcast/audio-drama -style narrative which hasn’t been fully explored in a game before.

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Videos

Announcement Trailer YouTube

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Images

download all screenshots & photos as .zip (59MB)

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Logo & Icon

download logo files as .zip (9MB)

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Awards & Recognition

• "Grand Jury Award - Winner" IndieCade, 2021
• "Audience Award Grand Prize - Winner" Tokyo Game Show SOWN, 2021
• "Best Experimental Game Award - Winner" Tokyo Game Show SOWN, 2021
• "Top Ten Award - Winner" Google Play Indie Games Contest, London, 2017
• "Best Conference Game - Winner" Games Gathering, Odessa, 2021
• "Audio Design - Finalist" IndieCade, 2021
• "Innovation Award - Finalist" Apple Design Awards, 2021
• "Excellence in Audio Award - Finalist" Independent Games Festival (IGF), 2021
• "Excellence in Narrative Award - Honorable Mention" Independent Games Festival (IGF), 2021
• "Explorer Award - Nominee" AMAZE Berlin, 2021
• "Best Sound Award - Nominee" BIG Festival, São Paulo, 2021
• "Innovation Award - Nominee" BIG Festival, São Paulo, 2021
• "Innovation in Game Award - Honorable Mention" Ludicious Game Festival, Zürich, 2018
• "Most Compelling Game Mechanics Award - Nominee" Boston Festival of Indie Games (FIG), Cambridge, MA, 2017
• "Official Selection" EGX Rezzed Leftfield Collection, London, 2018
• "Official Selection" Fantastic Arcade, Austin, TX, 2017
• "Official Selection" A MAZE, Johannesburg, South Africa, 2017
• "Official Selection" Game Happens Festival, Genova, Italy, 2017
• "Cars and Crimes Exhibition" LIKELIKE Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA, 2018

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Selected Articles

• "Blind Drive is a masterpiece - 10/10"
  - Rudra Mehta, Keengamer
• "...genuinely brilliant; both gripping and hilarious - 9/10"
  - Becca Smith, GameSpew
• "One of the most unique and innovative games to release in 2021 - 9/10"
  - Sean Davies, Finger Guns
• "Lo-Fi People takes great delight in messing with your brain - 8/10"
  - Adrian Burrows, The Sixth Axis
• "Basically Virtual Reality for your ears"
  - Gianluca Mezzofiore, Mashable
• "Proper clever"
  - Natalie Clayton, PC Gamer
• "What you hear is the difference between life and death"
  - Bonnie Christian, Wired Magazine
• "Blind Drive sounds like a weird step forward in the world of game design"
  - Jon Bitner, The Gamer
• "Not only incredibly tense, but also genuinely laugh out loud funny"
  - Calum Fraser, Alpha Beta Gamer

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Additional Links

Blind Drive on the Apple App Store
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/blind-drive/id964294239

Blind Drive on the Google Play Store
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lofipeople.blinddrive

Blind Drive on Steam
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1300600/Blind_Drive/

Blind Drive on Itch.io
https://lofipeople.itch.io/blind-drive

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About Lo-Fi People

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Lo-Fi People is a small group of designers, coders, musicians and filmmakers who share a love of creating playful and unconventional digital experiences. Their work includes award-winning games, animations and installations for both physical and virtual spaces.

More information
More information on Lo-Fi People, our logo & relevant media are available here.

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