Signed by ’89

Get a record deal by 1989 …and save Johnny Gherkin from military school.

Mini music management in 64x64 pixel-o-vision.

The rumour races through Petra's town: a Fony Music rep will visit at the close of 1988, handing out a record deal to the band with the fans. Meanwhile, if Johnny doesn't "shape up", his dad's gonna send him to military school. So Petra's getting the band back together.

With Petra on guitar, Vin on drums, Jen on the mic and Johnny himself on bass, they'll write rad songs, practise hard and maybe even get that totally bitchin' record deal. Together… they'll save Johnny Gherkin.

How to play

• Z key: Perform Actions
• X key: See Band Statistics
• Arrow keys: Move Petra

Browser support

• Recommended browsers: Chrome; Firefox; Opera
• Not recommended: Safari; Brave (no audio!); Edge; Internet Explorer (blurry!). I'm working to fix these for an update.

Credits

Made with ♥︎ by Tim Knauf in PICO-8. This is my very, very late entry to #LOWREZJAM 2018.

Testers

A huge thank you to Sharon Knauf, Craig Warne, Peter Curry, Jay and Zoe for testing. And thanks to Joanna Knauf for her advice on this page!