Digital Praise Now Shipping Dance Praise™
Christian-Themed Dance Arcade Game For PCs
High Energy Dance Game Features Strategies Not Found In Other Products;
Groove to the Sound of ZOEgirl, Steven Curtis Chapman, tobyMac and More
FREMONT, CA (October 26, 2005) - Digital Praise Inc, a leader in family-friendly entertainment software, today announced it has begun shipping Dance Praise™, the first Christian-themed home PC product to capitalize on America's dance arcade craze. Dance Praise improves on other dance games not only by offering top hits from Christian artists, but also by adding exciting new features such as Exercise, Arcade, and ShadowDance™ modes.
In addition to its many play features and bundled interactive dance pad, Dance Praise features over 50 songs from today's most popular Christian artists. Audio Adrenaline, 4th Avenue Jones', DJ Maj, Out of Eden, Sanctus Real, Steven Curtis Chapman, tobyMac, and ZOEgirl are just some of the many artists and groups included. What's more, Dance Praise also displays lyrics on the screen that reinforce positive Christian messages to let dancers and non-dancers alike sing along with the beat.
"Dance Praise combines two of the most popular entertainment trends in America today - Contemporary Christian music and dance arcades," said Tom Bean, president and CEO of Digital Praise, Inc. "Kids will love the energetic dancing, and parents won't have to worry about inappropriate content. The Christian messages in the songs reinforce the values of love, grace, goodness, forgiveness and redemption. Plus, the dance pad plugs right into the USB port of a Windows or Macintosh computer so anyone in the family can start dancing right away."
Four Modes, Multiple Features
Upbeat, positive and challenging, Dance Praise pits the player against a colorful video display. Arrows on the display scroll across the screen in time with the music; arrows on the dance pad correspond to the ever-changing display. It's the dancer's job to stay in sync with the display and the music!
Dance Praise offers four key modes of play:
All four modes can be played at any of three levels of increasing speed and complexity: easy, medium, and hard. In Arcade Mode, each level of difficulty also carries with it on-screen icons that dancers must either hit or avoid to improve their score. For example, hitting 2X or 3X markers can double or triple the associated points, while inadvertently hitting a smokebomb icon can cloud the screen and make seeing the arrows nearly impossible.
Dancers also have the option of performing Dance, Arcade, or Exercise modes in any of three different styles. Solo style allows the performer to dance alone; Duel style (second pad required) pits one dancer against another, which is especially fun in Arcade since dancers can send pitfalls to the other player's screen. The third style, Duet (second pad required) lets two players combine their individual best scores as they dance together - a great choice for parent/child play.
With cutting-edge graphics and animation, along with changeable background scenes and arrows, players never tire of Dance Praise's on-screen visuals. The program's jukebox interface even allows dancers to sort and choose songs three different ways and displays song titles and album covers.
Finally, Dance Praise includes a unique Tune Into You feature to automatically match the dance level to the dancer's individual pace. As the person becomes more skilled at performing each dance pattern, Dance Praise adjusts based on their last score for that song. Dance Praise is never too tough or too easy!
Top Christian Hits
Dance Praise features a repertoire over fifty popular Contemporary Christian hits to provide encouragement for the spirit and exercise for the body. Among the many titles included are:
Pricing and Availability
Dance Praise can turn any Windows or Macintosh personal computer into an instant dance arcade. Setting up the game is easy - just load the software into your home computer, plug in your dance pad and you're ready to rock. The $49.95 (MSRP) product includes the Dance Praise game and a standard dance pad.
Digital Praise's Dance Praise is now available; to purchase, visit www.digitalpraise.com.
About Digital Praise, Inc.:
Digital Praise is an independent developer and publisher of family-friendly entertainment software for personal computers. The company produces faith-based and mainstream titles for families looking to enjoy interactive entertainment software with principled character-building themes and "just good clean fun." Digital Praise products have achieved top recognition from leading children's gaming and advocacy groups including iParenting Media, the National Parenting Center, The Dove Foundation, Dr. Toy and Plain Games. For more information, visit www.digitalpraise.com.
Press Contact For Digital Praise:
Sarah Ryser
S&S Public Relations
847-415-9318
sryser@sspr.com
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