Disaster Band News

Hello everyone!

Disaster Band receives a new update. We also want to take the opportunity to announce that Disaster Band will start to move to mod.io for adding modding content and Steam Workshop will be in read only mode afterwards. We’ll provide further details in the near future!

[h3]1.13.4.0[/h3]
[FEATURE] Add animated character for playing the Timpani.
[FEATURE] Added animated character for playing the Cat.
[FEATURE] Added animated character for playing the Whistler.
[FEATURE] Added animated character for playing the Singer.
[FEATURE] Added animated character for playing the Kazoo.

Fellow Disaster Band afficionados,

do we have some news for you.

Well, actually...

... we have another content update that adds two more instruments and yet another song while we also implemented a few minor fixes.

But we don’t want to keep you waiting any longer.

Take this show on the (streaming) road and entertain your audience.

Here are the complete patchnotes:

[FEATURE] - New Chinese instrument (with custom animation): Yangqin.
[FEATURE] - New Chinese instrument (with custom animation): Pipa.
[FEATURE] - New song: Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.
[FEATURE] - When creating a new room, the default player number is four instead of two.
[FIX] - Transparent texts in lobby are now better readable.
[FIX] - Adjustment to Erhu (position was slightly off) and
[FIX] - Adjustment to Choir (characters in the Choir would overlap)
[FIX] - Game and downloaded songs can be used in singleplayer mode if Steam is in offline-mode or without internet connection.
[FIX] – Pagination in Steam Workshop Upload UI could break if a user uploaded too many songs.
[FIX] – Text of ready button in lobby would not be translated when changing the language while the game is running.


And remember: It is not about how good you're playing your instruments, but how enthusiastic you are!

Have fun and enjoy the music!

The teams from

Produktivkeller Studio and Toplitz Productions

Hello fellow Disaster Bandmates!

The good things keep on coming.
In this case a new content patch that not only gives you more choice in terms of songs and instruments, e.g., now you can play the traditional Chinese instrument Erhu, but also some technical improvements.

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But we don’t want to keep you longer than necessary from taking center stage so here are the changes and additions:

[FEATURE] Background tracks can now be either .mp3 files or .wav files, to allow for smaller song directories. Also, the .wav files of all the base tracks have been replaced with .mp3 files.
[FEATURE] A new hint after the start screen has been added that shows the user Steam workshop songs that he has not subscribed to. This can be adjusted and also disabled in the settings.
[FEATURE] A button to download the missing song will be shown to the user when the host selects a Steam workshop song that is missing. The game no longer has to be restarted.
[FEATURE] The animation for the Theremin is now more satisfying. There now is more visual feedback for pressing the play button.
[FEATURE] A new animation for the Choir has been added.
[FEATURE] A new traditional Chinese instrument, the Erhu, has been added, including a custom animation.
[FEATURE] A new instrument has been added: The Cat. Miaow!
[FEATURE] A new song 'Frère Jacques' has been added.

Enjoy while we prepare the next content serving coming to your screen very soon!

The teams from

Produktivkeller Studios and Toplitz Productions

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Hello chaos musicians,

another week, another update for your favorite rhythm game.

This time we kept it short and sweet, so next time you take this show on the road you have one more encore song as well as two more instruments to choose from.
Over the next few weeks there will be more to follow.

But for now let's stay in the present... These are this weeks' patch additions:

[FEATURE] Add custom character animation for the theremin.
[FEATURE] Add new Song: 'Prelude No.1'
[FEATURE] Add new Instrument: 'Vocal Soloist'
[FEATURE] Add new Instrument: 'Whistler'


And remember: Don't stop the music!

The teams from
Produktivkeller and Toplitz Productions

Hello fellow disaster musicians,

we can announce the next stop on our update tour, where we not only have some fixes in store, but perform new songs with new instruments.

We hope you enjoy the additions.

Here are the complete patch notes:

[h2]Patch version 1.10.3.0[/h2]

[h3] Added[/h3]

• Add custom character animation for the electrical guitar.
  
• Add new Song: 'The Blue Danube'.
  
• Add new Song: 'Morning Mood'.
  
• Add new Instrument: 'Timpani'.
  
• Add new Instrument: 'Kazoo'.
  

[h3] Fixed [/h3]

• An issue that could break the UI in the lobby if a savegame with an unknown date format was loaded.
  
• An issue in multiplayer that notes played by others would be audible twice for the local player even though they were just played once.
  
• An issue that could occur when multiple keys to play a note would be pressed very fast and would cause a single note to be audible indefinitely.
  

Important: All new instruments will be released with a barrel organist as a character animation. This is a placeholder that will be replaced when the actual animation for the new instrument is ready.

More chaos with more songs and more instruments to follow...

The teams from
Produktivkeller Studios and Toplitz Productions