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THE DJ CAREER NOBODY SEES.

LIFE LIKE A DJ is a career-management and life-simulation game about everything around the set — getting booked, travelling, managing money, releasing music, building reputation, handling pressure and performing when it matters.

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WHY I BUILT LIFE LIKE A DJ.

I have been part of DJ culture for more than twenty years. I wanted to make a game about the whole journey — not only the few hours behind the decks.

Bookings, travel, money, music, pressure, people and the choices that slowly shape a career. That is the world LIFE LIKE A DJ is trying to simulate.

Łukasz ZaranekCREATOR OF LIFE LIKE A DJ
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54 sec • English • recorded September 2026
01 / THE GAME

YOU ARE NOT JUST PLAYING A SET. YOU ARE BUILDING A LIFE.

The set matters — but so do the booking, the flight, the hotel, the fee, the release, the reputation hit and what happens the morning after.

Start small and build a DJ career inside a connected simulation. Choices carry forward: where you play, how you perform, what you spend, who you work with and how your audience reacts all shape what comes next.

01 / BOOK

Choose the gig.

Compare fees, costs, travel and career value. Negotiate when the opportunity is worth pushing.

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02 / TRAVEL

Get there.

Flights, distance, accommodation and timing are part of the job — not background decoration.

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03 / PREPARE

Build the set.

Practice, choose music, manage energy and make decisions before you enter the booth.

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04 / PERFORM

Play it yourself.

Waveforms, timing, transitions, beat matching and crowd response turn the booking into a performance.

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05 / LIVE WITH IT

Carry the result.

Money, reputation, fans, rankings, relationships and future offers react to what just happened.

02 / EXPLORE THE GAME · OCTOBER 2026

MORE THAN THE MOMENT BEHIND THE DECKS.

Explore the career systems behind every performance.

The official gameplay gallery will be published when screenshots have been reviewed and approved.

01 / CAREER

Career Command

Manage bookings, negotiate fees and build your reputation.

02 / PERFORMANCE

Tracklist & Shows

Choose tracks, prepare sets and perform for different crowds.

03 / LIFE

Beyond the Booth

Balance travel, preparation, recovery and daily life.

04 / WORLD

Living DJ World

Discover rivals, contacts, collaborations and new markets.

05 / CREATION

Studio

Develop tracks and pursue music collaborations.

06 / BUSINESS

Build Events

Plan events and manage the financial decisions behind them.

03 / LIVING DJ WORLD

A CAREER THAT DOESN'T EXIST IN A VACUUM.

Other DJs, markets and opportunities keep moving while your own career develops.

ONLINE WORLD

REAL PLAYERS. SHARED RANKINGS. COLLABORATIONS. BATTLES.

See who is online, follow other careers, send DJ messages, collaborate, compete in DJ Battles and climb global and hype rankings inside the same connected world.

LIVE PLAYERSGLOBAL TOPHYPE RANKINGCOLLABDJ BATTLEDJ MESSAGES
CAREER

Bookings & momentum

Your last result influences what opens next.

MUSIC

Releases & labels

Build a catalogue instead of collecting disconnected tracks.

LIFE

Money, energy & decisions

A career has a cost — financial and personal.

WORLD

Markets & geography

Move through cities, routes and scenes as your reach expands.

04 / REAL-WORLD CONNECTIONS

THE FICTIONAL CAREER IS STARTING TO MEET THE REAL SCENE.

Selected real-world venues and brands are entering LIFE LIKE A DJ with permission, grounding the simulation in the culture it is built around.

OFFICIALLY REPRESENTED CLUBS
The Concourse Project
AUSTIN, TEXAS · USA
Village Underground Lisboa
LISBON · PORTUGAL
MUZE Nairobi
NAIROBI · KENYA
IN-GAME BRAND PARTNERBLACK Energy
05 / COMMUNITY SOUNDTRACK
OFFICIAL TRACK CONTEST 2026 • OPEN WORLDWIDE • FREE TO ENTER

YOUR TRACK COULD BECOME PART OF LIFE LIKE A DJ.

We are looking for an original electronic track to become an official featured track inside LIFE LIKE A DJ. No label required. No entry fee. Just your music — and the rights to use it.

SUBMISSIONS CLOSE • OCTOBER 31, 2026 • 23:59 CET
SUBMIT YOUR TRACK ↗READ THE RULES ↗
Official in-game placementThe winning track becomes part of the LIFE LIKE A DJ world.
Artist creditName, track title and selected social link shown with the feature.
Keep your rightsYou retain ownership. The winner grants the game a non-exclusive usage licence.
Community + juryFinal score: 50% public vote, 50% jury decision.
05 / PRESS & MEDIA

FROM ELECTRONIC-MUSIC MEDIA TO GAMING PRESS.

Coverage continues beyond launch, with new DJ, music-tech, event-industry and gaming features widening the audience.

NEW • PROFESSIONAL EVENT-TECH FEATURE
GERMANY • OCTOBER 11, 2026

Production Partner

A professional event-technology feature on the DJ-career simulation beyond the decks — bookings, travel, finances, releases, reputation, real venues, Living DJ World and the three-month browser trial.

READ ON PRODUCTION-PARTNER.DE ↗
GERMAN DJ MEDIA FEATURE
GERMANY • OCTOBER 2, 2026

DJ NEWS

Jeder kann DJ!? — an in-depth look at LIFE LIKE A DJ as a browser-based career manager, covering gameplay systems, multiplayer, real clubs, the track contest and the wider DJ-career loop.

READ ON DJ-NEWS.DE ↗
GERMAN MUSIC-TECH FEATURE
GERMANY • OCTOBER 1, 2026

AMAZONA.de

A feature presenting LIFE LIKE A DJ as a football-manager-style DJ career simulation, covering bookings, travel, finances, releases, performances and multiplayer.

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GERMAN DJ NEWS FEATURE
GERMANY • SEPTEMBER 30, 2026

Bonedo

A dedicated DJ-news feature focused on the music business, bookings, travel costs, releases, reputation, multiplayer, real venues and the official track contest.

READ ON BONEDO.DE ↗
VIEW ALL MEDIA COVERAGE ↗
Media coverage is shown as editorial recognition only. Media names and links do not imply a commercial partnership or endorsement.
07 / DEVELOPMENT IN PUBLIC
OCTOBER 20, 2026

THE WORLD IS GROWING: OCTOBER DEVELOPMENT UPDATE

A look at the expanding DJ-career simulation: promoter tools, backstage choices, track preparation, touring and continuous interface improvements.

READ THE JOURNAL ↗
WHY THIS EXISTS

Built from the career around the booth.

LIFE LIKE A DJ is based on the part of DJ culture that games usually skip: negotiations, travel, money, pressure, releases, momentum and the long path between a first booking and a serious career.

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08 / COMMUNITY

PLAY IT. BREAK IT. HELP SHAPE IT.

YEAR ONE is live now with the first three in-game months available as a free browser trial. Player feedback is already changing the systems, interface and performance layer — and the game is being developed in public.

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FOLLOW THE BUILD

Gameplay clips, updates and development progress.