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2022/6/25

Hello, rhythm interns! Here’s a progress update on our development. The previous update at the end of March was a big one, with Achievements, full Japanese Localization, full gamepad compatibility and more.

Our sound designer s9menine and programmer Jose have been making lots of progress on Accessibility. And a lot of work is being done on the backend of the level editor to make it easier to add future new events and mechanics, thanks to lead programmer Giacomo and programmer huantian!

Amidst all of this, rest assured that work on the story mode is not forgotten, and you can still expect a major update to that this year. Thank you for supporting our game! P.S. in case you missed it, over on Twitter we have been posting the occasional comic by our PR Manager Kyle..

Changelog hype

Features:

• New Tutorial for 3-1 Garden!: People were having trouble with the level introducing multiple rows without any tutorial.
• Beatsound pitch variance setting: Allows even beats (1,3,5,7) and odd beats (2,4,6) to have different pitches to make it easier to play by sound.

Tweaks:

• Lots of audio tweaks for better blind accessibility:

  • Train SFX!

    https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/627224797511680000/971276847016976395/CHOOCHOO.mp4

  • Making multiple mistakes in a row gradually turns down heart crack sfx volume. Restores when you hit perfects.

  • Many levels beatsounds altered to better support audio-only play, especially when beats on the same row overlap.

• Intimate 2P: Hailey is properly player 2.
• Art Exercise: Hailey doesn’t show up in 1P anymore, Lucia is back from the void.
• Steinway: beatsounds change.
• X-WOT (Unbeatable crossover level) counts as part of 100% completion.

Level Editor:

• Default template: Newly created levels will contain a play song event, classic row, and set theme event. purpose is to add a little help to people new to the editor.
  • Customize the default editor template by putting your custom level at Documents/Rhythm Doctor/template.rdlevel