Spin Rhythm XD News

[p]Hey there Spinners, are you ready for a new collab?[/p][p][/p][h2]RIFT OF THE NECRODANCER x SPIN RHYTHM XD[/h2][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]A new track has been added as part of our crossover collaboration with RIFT OF THE NECRODANCER. [/p]

• [p]MATRIARCH by Jules Conroy, featuring RIFT's signature thumping style and some screaming metal guitars, this tune was a blast to chart. [/p]

[p]In exchange for Matriarch, The RIFT team chose The Magician by seejay to include in their game. [/p][p]SRXD will be on sale as part of a bundle with Rift! If you haven't played it yet, it's absolutely insane. Featuring 3 lane tapping and holding gameplay, each note type is a different undead enemy who behaves in a unique way. It's a ton of fun and will push your note reading skills to the limit. Go check it out if you haven't already. [/p][p][/p][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p][p][/p][h2]NEW SKIN[/h2][p][/p][p][/p][p]We got Cadence as a character skin with guitar accessory, and Shath made a sweet RIFT style Jim vs Cadence battle background for Matriarch.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][h2]NEW B-SIDES TRACK [/h2][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Along with Matriarch, we also have another Spin Rhythm B-Sides track in this update. Thanks to everyone for their awesome submissions for the remix of My Museum by Maxo. The winner was blyenn with their frantic and fast-paced reimagining of Maxo's track. [/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][h2]PATCH NOTES[/h2][p][/p][p]PS4 and PS5 are scheduled for 5pm. Nintendo Switch should be in around 1 week from now.[/p]

• [p]Fixed a bug with Windows 11 breaking MIDI support.[/p]
• [p]Added RemiXD level for PROPER RHYTHM - charted by Schroeder[/p]
• [p]Added QR code links to Prism Bucket and Dry Dreams[/p]

[p][/p][p]Spin ya later... also...[/p][p][/p][h2]WE'VE ANNOUNCED A NEW GAME![/h2][p][/p][p]LIGMANAUTS is an online co-op platformer that the team has been tinkering away at for a little while now. It'll be playable at The Game Expo (TGX) in Melbourne this weekend, so if you happen to be there in person please come check it out and say hey to the team![/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]In the meantime, please sign up to the Discord (https://discord.gg/fPEkcWgEYN) and be on the lookout for any private betas in the coming months[/p]

[p]Hey there Spinners, we have an exciting update for you today![/p][p][/p][h2]INDIE PACK DLC LAUNCH![/h2][p][/p][p]Our third DLC is now available! Take a road trip through a distant, heartfelt past with the Indie Pack DLC. We’ve brought together 7 bittersweet tracks from Indie rock artists including Mei Semones, Hachiku, Blanco Tranco and more. These have been hand picked by our programmer Steve who has created a truly excellent and spinnable setlist with a unique style. [/p][p]
[dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p][h2]UNBEATABLE x SRXD[/h2][p][/p][p]Two new tracks have been added as part of our crossover collaboration with UNBEATABLE, a stylish, rocking new rhythm action game where music is illegal and you do crimes![/p]

• [p]PROPER RHYTHM by peak divide, the first song you play in the game through their tutorial and it’s a straight breakbeat banger. Just wiggle your wheel and jam the beats, and with practice, that’s all there is to it.[/p]

• [p]FOREVER NOW by peak divide & Rachel Lake, an indie rocker with emotional vocals and a catchy synth melody you’ll find yourself bobbing your head to.[/p]

[p]The UNBEATABLE team will be picking up Twist Sound by 2 Mello and Beyond the Heart (Broken Heart Mix) by Lena Raine from our OST Vol. 1 for their setlist, so be sure to check them out when the game releases on December 9th![/p][p][/p][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p][h2]LYRICS![/h2][p]
To coincide with the launch of our new Indie Pack DLC, we’ve developed a sweet new feature: LYRICS![/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]
If you’ve ever wanted to sing along to Time or Hypersphere while you spin, we now have a 3D element that displays the lyrics to you phrase by phrase! It interacts with the background elements and follows your flight path, so it’s more dynamic than you’d expect![/p][p]
Our goated Community Manager TheWay123 has done the hard work to craft lyrics for 34 out of the now 77 total base game tracks, including the new UNBEATABLE tracks. We've also got Raise the Black Flag, Twist Sound, Believe, This Is It and more. Go ahead and play through the base game and see which ones have them! [/p][p][/p][p]Lyrics can be toggled off as well, if you’d rather focus on gameplay. [/p][p][/p][p]You can now create lyrics yourself for your own custom tracks in the in-game editor’s Lyric Editor mode! TheWay123 has written a useful guide on how to prepare lyrics and how to place them in your customs, following the standard guidelines established for consistency throughout the game! [/p][p][/p][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p][h2]MISCELLANEOUS[/h2][p]
As we’re developing the mobile version, we’ve been creating features that are then backported to the PC experience; we’ve added a new Track Info Display option (in Options > Track + HUD) that displays the song name, artist, and cover art in the upper left corner, called Overlay. This is reminiscent of the way we used to present metadata before our visual revamp with Update 17, so some of you might prefer it or even feel some nostalgia from it for the early access days! Note that this option is currently unavailable in VR.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Spin you soon. [/p]

[p]Hey Spinners, are you feeling cranky? [/p][p][/p][p]We're dropping another rhythm game crossover / collab with the extremely spinny and cute Beatblock which just released today in Early Access! [/p][p][/p][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p][p]If you love to spin you will love Beatblock, it's full of insane custom visuals for each level, a sick soundtrack and a killer sense of flow. [/p][p][/p][p]We have added the cute as heck Cranky as a Spin skin, and the extremely hectic chiptune track Rhythmic Shield by Trina Lydia.[/p][p][/p][p]Here's the cute new skin![/p][p][/p][p][/p]

• [p]Fixed a leaderboard scoring issue caused by floating point number inaccuracies[/p]

• [p]Added "cursor snapping" feature in level editor (toggleable!) This will snap your cursor to beat lines in the editor. [/p]

[p][/p][p][/p][p]We've got a few more rhythm game collabs coming up, stay tuned![/p][p][/p][p]May your spin be true. [/p]

Hey Spinsters, we've got a small update for Halloween with 2 new tracks and some skins as well as some news.

We still have our big 3 updates to do in our mind including the editor update, endless mode and some kind of multiplayer. Stay tuned (and patient!).

[h3]Halloween skins![/h3]



It's spooky season! We have a free UI palette and costumes for Jim, Lady and OST!

Halloween skins are available until Dec 11 after which they will be replaced with Christmas skins. As usual all holiday skins are available permanently for owners of the Supporter Pack DLC.




[h3]Two new tracks![/h3]

• 2 new tracks! We now officially have 70 tracks in the game!
  - We're bringing a bit of hyperpop and J-funk to Spin with 'tapestry' by Braden Ross and 'Radio' by S087.
  
• New RemiXD difficulty charts!
  - Daydream by MrCringe
  - Second Wind by Dama
  - Spin Cycle (NETCAVY Remix) by jane
  - The Magician (Eraser Remix) by NOIN
  

[h3]Endless mode[/h3]

The tech for our upcoming 'Endless Mode' is working! We recently ran a demo on Twitch for our birthday bash - congrats to Metalman20 for passing the 10 minute mark, absolutely ridiculous.

We're figuring out how to gamify it at the moment as well as how to do an endlessly evolving background, but the core experience is pretty fun already - play through endless buildups and drops while the gameplay and track speed get progressively faster. It is the ultimate test of your speen skills.

We're thinking of briefly choosing powerups or bonuses during the few seconds of downtime between tracks for a bit of arcade flare, but nothing confirmed yet.

We also want to add a "zen mode" without any of the score, speed increases or challenge - a fun thing to have running at an expo or party.

[h3]Editor update mockups[/h3]

Daverwob has been working on giving the level editor a much needed redesign to incorporate mouse controls and the UI style of the rest of the game.

We're going with something that resembles the side-panel menu design of the tracklist with buttons for all of the current hotkeys - and tooltips to better explain each feature as well as teach charters the hotkeys in a more obvious way.

There would be 4 side panels. The clip info editor would remain as its own separate page.

• Track info
  
• Note editing
  
• Flight path
  
• Hotkeys and help (links to editor guide and Discord)
  

Have a go and let Daverwob know via Discord of any features you absolutely want to have in the updated editor.



[h2]Bugs[/h2]

• Fixed a bug with hold note re-grab inconsistency - if you missed the start of a hold note it would only register if you re-grabbed it at the initial position (which could be incorrect)
  
• Fixed a bug where if you skip through the result sequence it could stay displaying a slightly smaller score than what was actually achieved.
  

Just a heads up, we are taking a bit of time between updates to try out some new game prototypes - usually we spend about two or three weeks on these and then get back to Spin dev. Currently we're messing around with something to do with robots.



Let the Spin wash over you.