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Free “Spiral Mode” Update is Here!

[h3]You're in for a treat this Halloween with the mind-bending “Spiral Mode” available in Synth Riders now! [/h3]

[h3]The update debuts with a new stage and a new song, all available for free to players on all platforms.[/h3]

“Spiral Mode” puts a new twist on familiar gameplay, as the playfield spirals around the special new cylindrical "Cyclone" stage. Let the walls and arrows guide you through twists and turns, as you lean your whole body from side to side to follow the line of play.

The new mode aims to give players an adrenaline rush as they unlock three intensities, each with more powerful turns and challenges to match. “Spiral Mode” is available for use in every song and difficulty, with most modifiers and in all areas - including Multiplayer. In addition, the "Cyclone" stage is also available for regular play, including a non-moving version!

We're celebrating this new release with an addition of a new, free song to the OST - it's “Go!” by the incredible synthwave duo, Dance With The Dead. Just in time for Halloween, this killer blend of synth and guitar will get you ready to turn your Synth Riders world upside down. With the addition of “Go!”, our music selection features 85 songs, with 55 free songs and 30 DLC tracks.

Check out the “Spiral Mode” trailer featuring the new song: https://youtu.be/5wirvAo3jFw
We hope the new mode will give you tons of fun!

As always we welcome your feedback and bug reports on our Official Discord server or in the Synth Riders Official Community on Facebook.

[h3]If you want to support the development of Synth Riders, we really appreciate reviews left in the store![/h3]


[h2]v2.3.13a13 - Spiral Mode Patch Notes[/h2]

[h3]Spiral Mode Update[/h3]
  • “Spiral Mode” available on the Modifier panel, players must progress through each intensity to unlock the next to the maximum setting of “Wild”.
  • New “How to Play” screen for Spiral Mode may be hidden at any time.
  • New HUD element may be hidden with Settings > Interface > Centometer.
  • New free song “Go!” by Dance With The Dead in Synthwave Vol 1.


[h3]Other Bug Fixes & Improvements[/h3]
  • The Room has had a minor refurbishment, and now looks out over Spin City!
  • Settings > Visuals > Neon Bloom Effect & Settings > Visuals > Advanced Settings > Neon Bloom Quality values are now working as intended. New Neon Bloom Effect > ULTRA added for those who really like a lot of glow!
  • All platforms in home environments obey the Neon Bloom settings correctly.
  • Custom Experiences disable correctly in Spin Mode.
  • Powerups icons display correctly for single players in Multiplayer.


[h3]Twitch Integration Changes[/h3]

Settings & System
  • Twitch settings now in their own file, your settings should automatically move over.
  • You can set custom bot prefixes with !srset botprefix
  • Where !srset commands expect a true/false setting, you can use more options in addition to true (true, enabled, 1) and false (false, disabled, 0)
  • Added @ mentions to all commands that directly refer to a user
  • New Twitch Library a new library underneath and a few feature requests:
Multi Match Replies
  • The reply when there are multiple matches has been updated to give more information to help make selections!
  • Use !srr # to select: 1) Spectrum | 2) Paris Night Walk | 3) Id | 4) You Know That You Love Me | 5) All Night (PRIZM, OST) | 6) L.O.V.E | 7) Phoenix (Scandroid, OST) | 8) Lazer Pink | 9) The end of the night | 10) Pursuit | and 29 more
Request by Channelpoints
  • As usual have !srr in the name or description. If the user provides text, it will be used for searching. If the search doesn't result in a request or there is no text provided, the user will get a token, that can be used to request at a later time. Tokens can be accumulated but do not persist after restarting the game. In order for this feature to make any sense a new queue state was added that only allows reward requests. !srset queue and !srset rewardqueue go with it.
Request Blacklist
  • Use !blacklist and !unblacklist , or the 🚫 icon on the song select screen to add and remove songs from the blacklist
  • Doesn't apply to the streamer and moderators if the queue permissions are set. Blacklisted songs go into the queue history when requested. When you blacklist a song thats in the queue it will be removed too
  • Bug fix: No timeout should be set if request is already in the queue
Queue List
  • Use !queuelist to see what's in the queue
  • Queue: 1) Paris Night Walk | 2) Lazer Pink | 3) You Know That You Love Me | 4) L.O.V.E
  • !srset queuelist and cooldowns available as usual with the moderator queue permission.
Invaderz
  • Invaderz channel points rewards work in bitsmode now.
  • More options for Invaderz channel points where !invaderz in the reward adds one invader, while !1invaderz, !2invaderz or !3invaderz spawns the specified number.


Minor Update v2.3.12.a19 - Bugfixes and Improvements

Minor Update v2.3.12.a19 - Bugfixes and Improvements

* Additional handling to disable score uploads from practice mode.
* Corrupted settings files could cause the game to fail to start.
* Pause bar animation fixed.
* Powerups / Twitch Integration - Invaderz spawn with the correct texture, and disappear as expected.
* Multiplayer Rooms now list the hosting player.

Muse Music Pack & Experience now available!

[h3]The "Muse Music Pack" is now out featuring 5 DLC songs and a brand new Experience![/h3]

Join us for an interstellar journey with Muse as we present five tracks including their best-selling single of all time and spanning twelve years of their career from 2006 to 2018.

Available for purchase now, this pack pays tribute to these incredible British electro-rockers - influenced by electronic, progressive and glam rock, classical and rock opera, they blend these styles into a truly distinctive Muse sound, topped by Matt Bellamy’s soaring vocals.

Included in this pack is a tailored Synth Riders Experience for their massive hit, “Starlight”, a truly epic intergalactic rock ballad. Set sail across the oceans of space and time that separate a traveller from his loved ones, while he has a great “black hole revelation” of what truly matters in life and love.

Check out the trailer:

https://youtu.be/d2eNL8irCBs

[h3]“Muse Music Pack" features 5 paid DLC songs:[/h3]
  • Starlight + Experience
  • Uprising
  • Madness
  • Pressure
  • Reapers

You can grab each song separately, buy the entire Music Pack, or the "Complete Collection" with all the DLC songs for an even bigger discount!

While we are committed to continuing to add new, free music for you with our compilation packs, the nature of music licensing is complex! In this case, being a dedicated artist pack, we are unable to give away these Muse songs for free.

We hope you will enjoy the new Music Pack! You are invited to join our Community on Discord and write a review to support the development.

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/22696/


[h3]v2.3.12a16 - Bug Fixes & Improvements[/h3]

  • Custom Songs now has its own button, next to "Music Packs" and "Playlists" to make it easier to find!
  • Setting haptic values to 0 will correctly disable haptics.
  • Fixes to environment textures in Neon Odyssey, Glitch, Lost City.


[h3]Twitch Integration[/h3]
  • If full title+mapper+artist is used to request, only a perfect match will return a result
  • The index of the result is shown in the bot reply.


As always we welcome your feedback and bug reports on our Official Discord server or in the Synth Riders Official Community on Facebook.

If you want to support the development of Synth Riders, we really appreciate reviews left in the store!

Minor Update v2.3.11a10

Minor Update v2.3.11a10


[h2]Twitch Integration[/h2]
- Common request queue command shortcuts added to !close and !open the request queue, to go with existing !top and !oops commands.
- Improvements to !srr search algorithm:

* OST (for the game's soundtrack) is a searchable term now as well as the unique ID (hash) of the song.
* You can use the full details of a map to add an exact request in the format (, )
* On identical maps (same song name, artist & mapper) the one with the newer modified timestamp will be used (handy for testing maps which you've created!).
* If a search returns multiple results, that result can be selected by the person who submitted the request when using its index number, starting from 1. The index to results can continue to be used until a new request is added without using the old index:

Viewer: !srr all night
Synthriders: 2 alternatives found: All Night (PRIZM, OST), All Night (Parov Stelar, OST)
Viewer: !srr #1
Synthriders: All Night (PRIZM, OST) added to the queue
Viewer: !srr #2
Synthriders: All Night (Parov Stelar, OST) added to the queue
Viewer: !srr lazer pink
Synthriders: Lazer Pink added to the queue
Viewer: !srr #1
Synthriders: No matches found

[h2]Bug Fixes & Improvements
[/h2]
- When a score upload fails, the game will now retry twice more before giving up.
- Filters corrected to show only cross-platform player scores.

Minor Release v2.3.11.a9

- Fix for intermittent black screen affecting custom songs, particularly seen in multiplayer.