NOISZ News

NOISZ re:||VERSE is now 1 year old! We're celebrating with a new update that brings full Japanese support, as well as some smaller fixes and balance changes. We'll be working to bring NOISZ to you in more languages in the future as well!

Quick changelog:

• reV Story and UI localized to Japanese
  
• Parry variants with 1 max life no longer keep combo on reaching Overflow with exactly 64 combo
  
• reV (stage) pattern difficulty reduced on Easy and Normal, boss HP -5%
  
• Quicksilver boss HP in verse 2 -10% and verse timer more reliable, player damage output +10%
  
• In π・ρ・maniac, using Harmonic's red shield will cause you to take damage from the correct answer laser (and not the wrong answer). Score saving on this stage has now been enabled for Harmonic
  

2ECONDS TO STΔRLIVHT: Forever My Diamond is now released on Steam! Experience the first free prequel VN to NOISZ STΔRLIVHT now, a cute standalone yuri story with two (both good) endings!

Play it now!

Another free VN, 2ECONDS TO STΔRLIVHT: My Heart's Reflection will release later this year, followed by our new main project NOISZ STΔRLIVHT in 2021!

NOISZ's performance update is now live, addressing start of stage and intermittent lag issues! This version should cover the most common performance problems players have experienced, and we hope it ensures a smooth experience for you.

If you encounter any new problems relating to the update, please let us know! You can use the "legacy" build (in the betas menu) to switch back to the previous version if needed.

In order to address performance issues that some players are experiencing, we've been working on some engine changes, and we need your help to determine whether we're on the right track. If you've encountered lag or stutters in the game (especially if it affects stage patterning), please try out this beta build and let us know if it improves performance for you!

Right-click NOISZ in your Steam library, hit "Properties", then select pftest as in the image below.



If you encounter any problems unique to this build, also let us know ASAP if you can.

We hope these changes will allow us to bring the proper NOISZ experience to all players!

With the re:||VERSE expansion completed, NOISZ is now a massive game boasting 34 total stages (a huge amount for any shmup) and a full-fledged VN story so big, it'd count as a novel by NaNoWriMo standards (around 53k words total).

We're hoping you love what we've done so far... and what we're cooking up next:

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We're reimagining NOISZ's gameplay for touchscreen, and starting a brand new standalone story. We've learned a lot in the process of creating our first independent work, and we're confident that we'll be able to use that experience to make STΔRLIVHT an even better game!

We'd love for you to join us on our next journey! If you're excited by what you see, watch our Twitter for updates. We'll be posting character bios weekly, and will reveal the new gameplay and 1st single in April!