Project Arrhythmia News

[h3]No better time than the holidays! Especially if you're a Project Arrhythmia fan! Continuing on with the advent calendar we have Question and Answer with the Developer![/h3]

[h3]Info[/h3]
Where: Project Arrhythmia Discord (in #pa-calendar voice chat)
When: Dec 21st 4pm (CST)
What: 2 hour long session to ask any question you want the dev to answer!

[h3]Join the Discord![/h3]

[h3]No better time than the holidays! Especially if you're a Project Arrhythmia fan! Continuing on with the advent calendar we have new merch! Still don't have that perfect gift for your loved one? Well we don't have that but we do have stickers galore for you to slap on anything this year![/h3]

[h2]https://store.vitamin.games/[/h2]

[h2]New Merch[/h2]

• Stickers (Themes / A-tan / Hal)
  
• Hoodie (A-tan + Hal)
  
• Poster (Official game art)
  
• Mugs (Themes / A-tan + Hal)
  

The theme based stickers / mugs are my personal favorite this time around! I hope y'all enjoy them as much as I do!

[h3]No better time than the holidays! Especially if you're a Project Arrhythmia fan! Continuing on with the advent calendar we have a game key giveaway! No better way to celebrate the holidays after all![/h3]


[h2]How will this work exactly!?[/h2]
[h5]All you have to do is comment below what your favorite level is! That's it! After 48hrs I'll be picking 5 winners from the comments. I'll contact you via Steam to award you your key asap after the end of the giveaway.
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[h2]What's in the patch?! Version: 21.12.2[/h2]

[h3]Fixes / Changes[/h3]

• Reduced chance of song info screen not generating before clicking level in arcade
  
• Slightly modified particle spawn / despawn rate in new holiday theme to work better with button collision
  
• Checkpoints can no longer be outside of the level time (negative or positive) this was causing some levels to not be able to be finished
  
• Fixed issue with text parsing for arcade song info screen causing {{colon}} to be visible to end user
  
• Fixed issue with usernames not being sanitized
  
• Fixed issue with levels not being playable without an internet connection
  
• Changed level rating to a bar instead of specific percentage
  
• Small menu content tweaks
  

[h3]Features[/h3]

• Added volume controls in arcade
  

[h2]What's happening with the betas?! For those that missed it![/h2]

[h3]PREVIOUS (default / beta setup)[/h3]

• Default (what you get when you buy the game): 20.4.4
• Development (for fast tracked updates): 20.10.5
• 21.8.1 (to test the absolute latest): 21.10.1

[h3]NEW (default / beta setup)[/h3]

• Default (what you get when you buy the game): 21.12.2 (this update)
• Development (for fast tracked updates): 20.10.5
• Legacy (for more stable but outdated editor): 20.4.4

Have no idea how to switch your game to the betas? Check this link out for help!
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2699501828

[h3]No better time than the holidays! Especially if you're a Project Arrhythmia fan! Since this year I'll be doing an advent calendar of updates! First up today (Dec 3rd) a new holiday theme will be coming out![/h3]

[h2]What's in the patch?![/h2]

[h3]Fixes / Changes[/h3]

• Removed Halloween theme
  
• Switched over to new setting / save format (.vgc / .vgs)
  
• Removed special text injection from menus
  
• Fixed issue with game not getting past initialization on some non US style machines
  
• Better error handling with bizzare objects
  
• Removed old background camera to improve fps and rendering speeds
  
• New main menu editor button to explain the deal with the editor
  
• Minor UI tweaks and fixes
  

[h3]Features[/h3]

• New holiday theme
  

[h2]What's happening with the betas?![/h2]

[h3]CURRENT (default / beta setup)[/h3]

• Default (what you get when you buy the game): 20.4.4
• Development (for fast tracked updates): 20.10.5
• 21.8.1 (to test the absolute latest): 21.10.1

[h3]NEW (default / beta setup)[/h3]

• Default (what you get when you buy the game): 21.12.1 (this update)
• Development (for fast tracked updates): 20.10.5
• Legacy (for more stable but outdated editor): 20.4.4

Have no idea how to switch your game to the betas? Check this link out for help!
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2699501828

It seems a lot of people think this game is no longer receiving updates or being actively worked on. Thankfully this is far from the truth! If you check out the beta branches you'll see tons of new stuff coming up shortly. However, I'm posting today with far greater news...

[h2]Effective Nov 15th Project Arrhythmia will be my full time job ♥[/h2]

This has been a long time coming but I finally can dedicate nearly all my time to Project Arrhythmia. Previously I was still holding a fulltime programming job and Project Arrhythmia was relegated to a hobby / side project. I know updates have slowed this year but rest assured there's plenty coming up that will truly be worth the wait. To give y'all a bit of a preview here are just a few of the upcoming additions...

[h3]Upcoming Features[/h3]

• Graphical overhaul (man the new menus look pretty)
  
• Massive performance boosts (eat your heart out ol666 fans)
  
• Completely new editor experience (undo / new object options / better UI / etc)
  
• Level leaderboards (see truly how much better your friends are at the game then you)
  
• New workshop options / abilities (prefab uploading / download and search for levels in game)
  
• Tons of bug fixing and polish (i got the big fly swatter out)
  

Thank you all again for the support! If you want more frequent updates / devlogs please make sure to join the Discord or follow my personal Twitter.

Discord: https://discord.gg/projectarrhythmia
Twitter: @vg_pidge



(as an aside here's a sneak peak at some more story mode sprites)