The Metronomicon: Slay The Dance Floor News

But, not the end of the fun...


A single-label challenge pack is here!

First, kick off the end-times by jamming out to Keep It Moving, by Jutty Ranx. These here monsters hit like a truck, and only your sustained combo can weaken them! Can you earn the treasure that bestows the same trait??

With Slay The Dance Floor's new passive abilities, the meta has evolved. What might happen if every enemy always dropped a mess of crystals..? Find out by Beating Pierce Himself to Findlay's Electric Bones!

Lastly, tweak your strats again to Jutty Ranx's Concentrate. This here song dumps debuffs on you like crazy. And they never come off.
Beat the challenge to bring that trait home with you. Maybe there's some use to make of that..?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCZxuLF4zRo
Play all of these new songs in Freeplay Mode, Story Mode, the Arena, or in our brand spankin' new Endless Mode!

Do it nao!

-Danny

Grab a Friend and Git Endless!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ybRDlMHz_4

The day has come, and our free expansion is here! So much new stuff to play and do, let's get right to the things!

• Local Multiplayer support has been added across all game modes!
  Story, Freeplay, Sidequests, Arena, Endless, and more..! Every challenge and song has been rebalanced to support two players and has its own separate multiplayer leaderboard.
  Some abilities may work slightly different in two-player, and, from what we've seen, different parties thrive!
  
  
• A Competitive Mode has been combined into co-op in two-player Freeplay Mode!
  Compete for lanes to get most kills, most crits, cures, etc to jocky for MVP trophies. Track your records to school your friends.
  
  
  
  
• Endless Mode is now available!
  Unlocked by beating the Story Mode boss, battle against an unlimited playlist of songs as the enemies' levels slowly increase, and a variety of mods get stacked against you.
  Use and swap through your entire team and all their skills to combat hero knockouts, equipment breaks, and even skill lockouts.
  Gain and spend Battle Points to empower your current run, or save them up to unlock permanent cross-mode rewards.
  The faster you go, and the more mods that are applied, the more points you'll get. However! Fail to defeat a song's boss before it ends, and your run is over.
  Stack more mods early, while the enemies are weaker, to build up battle points. Or! Run, afraid, from modifiers, to get as deep as you can! Two leaderboards exist!
  
  
• A new (secret!) hero has been added to the game.
  Equipped with some totally unique attacks and buffs, he's capable of filling a number of party roles.
  A Hint to Unlock: Are there new sidequests around..?
  
  
• New Hero and Global Passive Abilities have been added, unlockable through Endless Mode.
  Usable in both Story and Endless Modes, we've seen these totally change the best-party meta!
  
  
• The Scoring System is now changed!
  Enemy kills are now worth points according to the enemy's Max HP. So, the more aggressive you are, the higher your score can go! Bring that RPG strategy to bear!
  Just don't die!
  
  
• A new cheat code has been added!
  Ten-song seeded speed runs! Enter a seed to play a different repeatable playlist each time.
  Perfect for another.... WEINER Tournament format..?
  
  
  
  
• Japanese language support has been added.
  
• Lefty-flip guitar note colors are supported.
  
• Support has been added for Logitech G LED colored lighting devices.
  
• Assorted sidequests have been changed or added, as well as rebalanced for two-player.
  
• Story songs beaten after beating the final boss now give additional exp.
  
• Big Pharm's Inspire targetting has been made smarter.
  
• Retribution is now affected by buffs, gear, and elements.
  
• Leech and Slow Field now affect returning enemies, and enemies that have just became focal.
  
• Play-mode triggering cheat codes have been moved to the Teleport Menu, to allow for Single/Multiplayer selection.
  
• Overcast beats are now judged more accurately, in the player's favor.
  
• Consecutive-requirement Secondary Abilities are now more reliable.
  
• Assorted and sundry balance/fixes/tweaks/enhancements to gameplay and menus.
  

Stuff, stuff, stuff is here!

Just boot up the game, and Steam should magically bring you up to date!
The stuff is finally here!!!

ːhugː ːheartsongː ːstoneheadː
-Danny

Grab a Friend and Git Endless!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ybRDlMHz_4

The day has come, and our free expansion is here! So much new stuff to play and do, let's get right to the things!

• Local Multiplayer support has been added across all game modes!
  Story, Freeplay, Sidequests, Arena, Endless, and more..! Every challenge and song has been rebalanced to support two players and has its own separate multiplayer leaderboard.
  Some abilities may work slightly different in two-player, and, from what we've seen, different parties thrive!
  
  
• A Competitive Mode has been combined into co-op in two-player Freeplay Mode!
  Compete for lanes to get most kills, most crits, cures, etc to jocky for MVP trophies. Track your records to school your friends.
  
  
  
  
• Endless Mode is now available!
  Unlocked by beating the Story Mode boss, battle against an unlimited playlist of songs as the enemies' levels slowly increase, and a variety of mods get stacked against you.
  Use and swap through your entire team and all their skills to combat hero knockouts, equipment breaks, and even skill lockouts.
  Gain and spend Battle Points to empower your current run, or save them up to unlock permanent cross-mode rewards.
  The faster you go, and the more mods that are applied, the more points you'll get. However! Fail to defeat a song's boss before it ends, and your run is over.
  Stack more mods early, while the enemies are weaker, to build up battle points. Or! Run, afraid, from modifiers, to get as deep as you can! Two leaderboards exist!
  
  
• A new (secret!) hero has been added to the game.
  Equipped with some totally unique attacks and buffs, he's capable of filling a number of party roles.
  A Hint to Unlock: Are there new sidequests around..?
  
  
• New Hero and Global Passive Abilities have been added, unlockable through Endless Mode.
  Usable in both Story and Endless Modes, we've seen these totally change the best-party meta!
  
  
• The Scoring System is now changed!
  Enemy kills are now worth points according to the enemy's Max HP. So, the more aggressive you are, the higher your score can go! Bring that RPG strategy to bear!
  Just don't die!
  
  
• A new cheat code has been added!
  Ten-song seeded speed runs! Enter a seed to play a different repeatable playlist each time.
  Perfect for another.... WEINER Tournament format..?
  
  
  
  
• Japanese language support has been added.
  
• Lefty-flip guitar note colors are supported.
  
• Support has been added for Logitech G LED colored lighting devices.
  
• Assorted sidequests have been changed or added, as well as rebalanced for two-player.
  
• Story songs beaten after beating the final boss now give additional exp.
  
• Big Pharm's Inspire targetting has been made smarter.
  
• Retribution is now affected by buffs, gear, and elements.
  
• Leech and Slow Field now affect returning enemies, and enemies that have just became focal.
  
• Play-mode triggering cheat codes have been moved to the Teleport Menu, to allow for Single/Multiplayer selection.
  
• Overcast beats are now judged more accurately, in the player's favor.
  
• Consecutive-requirement Secondary Abilities are now more reliable.
  
• Assorted and sundry balance/fixes/tweaks/enhancements to gameplay and menus.
  

Stuff, stuff, stuff is here!

Just boot up the game, and Steam should magically bring you up to date!
The stuff is finally here!!!

:hug: :heartsong: :stonehead:
-Danny

Because cancer is the butts...


You wanted to know more about the Slay The Dance Floor expansion, and we've got a cool way to give it to you!

Tomorrow only, August 19th, from 9am to 9pm PST, we're going to be running a twelve hour charity stream for cancer. A variety of Twitch streamers and friends - some of whom you might even know from our Big WIENER Tournament - are going to be streaming and previewing our new mode all day.
Each streamer will have two hours to get as deep into the mode as they can, defeating foes and braving untold mods and curses.

Watch live all day at: http://www.twitch.tv/akuparagames or directly on any of the streamers' channels!
Kick in some cash during the stream, or even now at:
https://tiltify.com/events/the-metronomicon-almost-endless-charity-stream

All cash raised benefits St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.




Well, I don't want to spoil everything, but Endless Mode is a new end-game format, unlocked by beating story mode!

Move as quickly as you can through a series of challenging songs, killing all the minibosses as you go. Kill the boss, and the song immediately ends, moving to the next.
However! Between each battle, the team will get saddled with a variety of debilitating mods. Skill lockouts, lost heroes, and more.
And so! Use your entire roster of heroes! Accrue Battle Points which you can spend during the run, to make things easier (or harder)... or save them all up to unlock permanent new hero ability types!

The faster you go and the more mods you have, the greater the rewards!

Jam to song songs, kick in some cash, and kick a cancer in the butt!

-Danny ːhugː ːheartsongː

Because cancer is the butts...


You wanted to know more about the Slay The Dance Floor expansion, and we've got a cool way to give it to you!

Tomorrow only, August 19th, from 9am to 9pm PST, we're going to be running a twelve hour charity stream for cancer. A variety of Twitch streamers and friends - some of whom you might even know from our Big WIENER Tournament - are going to be streaming and previewing our new mode all day.
Each streamer will have two hours to get as deep into the mode as they can, defeating foes and braving untold mods and curses.

Watch live all day at: http://www.twitch.tv/akuparagames or directly on any of the streamers' channels!
Kick in some cash during the stream, or even now at:
https://tiltify.com/events/the-metronomicon-almost-endless-charity-stream

All cash raised benefits St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.




Well, I don't want to spoil everything, but Endless Mode is a new end-game format, unlocked by beating story mode!

Move as quickly as you can through a series of challenging songs, killing all the minibosses as you go. Kill the boss, and the song immediately ends, moving to the next.
However! Between each battle, the team will get saddled with a variety of debilitating mods. Skill lockouts, lost heroes, and more.
And so! Use your entire roster of heroes! Accrue Battle Points which you can spend during the run, to make things easier (or harder)... or save them all up to unlock permanent new hero ability types!

The faster you go and the more mods you have, the greater the rewards!

Jam to song songs, kick in some cash, and kick a cancer in the butt!

-Danny :hug: :heartsong: