dance mats
Step-sensing game floors
Dance mats are pressure-sensitive floor pads used with rhythm video games, where players step on directional arrows in time with music.
Popularized by games like Dance Dance Revolution, they turn dancing into gameplay: We wore out three dance mats in college.
Also called dance pads.
- stepsSequential actions in process
- comboItems grouped together
- full comboUnbroken success chain
- rhythmPatterned stress and silence
- DDRFoot-based rhythm arcade
party games · beat · jump · score · high score · arrows · footwork · pressure sensors · tap · aerobic exercise · fitness gaming · home workouts · living room · active play · arcade · multiplayer games · floor · pad
- dance flooringsprung floor, ballroom floor
input method/body part used
dance matsgamepads
Handheld console input devices
joysticks · game controllers · motion controllers · steering wheels · light guns
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