New Xtra World: Party of Spirits!
Music by: Cansol Tutorial Music by: Blooky Level by: NumbEr07 VFX by: Firestix Let's party! This was a really fun world to make. We knew we wanted to work with this piece for a long time, especially with how quick and bouncy it is. It was a perfect opportunity to introduce a new character, our Tiger. Firestix went the extra mile on animating all of our ideas, and we love how it came out. Enjoy!
Olie - Temple Of Treasure [by TeoC] Temple Of Treasure is one of the 5 episodes of Everypence, a story written by Olie. TeoC loved Olie's story so much he decided to adapt it to ADOFAI. We were impressed by how he created this adaptation, especially by making original gameplay gimmicks inspired by it. Temple Of Treasure stands out as our favorite because of its interesting gimmick that makes you switch between 2 pairs of planets that are different in speed. Pro tip: be mindful of the audio cues; they will help you during the switch-ups! Raimukun - Avantgarde [by Team Vega] Team Vega's return to making more high-quality levels couldn't be grander when they published Avantgarde, a level that won the 'Art-est Award' in LOTY2023 for its outstanding VFX made by talented creators around the world! This level is also one of the toughest featured levels, with an average BPM so fast that the rhythms you may be already familiar with were taken to the extreme! Lokan - Wild! West! Showdown! [by Star4th] Wild! West! Showdown! is a track made for PABAT! 2019, with an animation that tells the story of a duel between two foes for one treasure. Star4th adapted this to ADOFAI for the SMTL competition, where he was given a penalty that states: "The level must exactly have 48 twirls." Wondering where those twirls went should be the least of your worries though, because... Wait, huh? THE LAST TILE IS SENTIENT??? Camellia vs Akira Complex - Railgun Roulette (VIP) [by Econ, Twilight Skylines, ABorinGuy, yeetyote] Railgun Roulette (VIP) is a track made by a collaboration between Camellia and Akira Complex with their powerful head-banging take on Drum & Bass music! This level was made for FAINT, a fan-run sightreading tournament where players compete in levels they have never seen before! This level may look easy, but don't sleep on those visual distractions, they might catch you off guard! Thank you, Akira Complex. We miss you. (Note: This track may be flagged by fingerprint systems such as YouTube Content ID.)
Frums - Great Fury of Heaven [by Daming] (Updated 2024-8-26) The first 7 gem Featured Level have been given a new makeover from Daming!
[ 2024-08-27 23:46:16 CET ] [ Original post ]
Version 2.8.0
New Xtra World: XS-X Party of Spirits
Music by: Cansol Tutorial Music by: Blooky Level by: NumbEr07 VFX by: Firestix Let's party! This was a really fun world to make. We knew we wanted to work with this piece for a long time, especially with how quick and bouncy it is. It was a perfect opportunity to introduce a new character, our Tiger. Firestix went the extra mile on animating all of our ideas, and we love how it came out. Enjoy!
New Featured Levels
Olie - Temple Of Treasure [by TeoC] Temple Of Treasure is one of the 5 episodes of Everypence, a story written by Olie. TeoC loved Olie's story so much he decided to adapt it to ADOFAI. We were impressed by how he created this adaptation, especially by making original gameplay gimmicks inspired by it. Temple Of Treasure stands out as our favorite because of its interesting gimmick that makes you switch between 2 pairs of planets that are different in speed. Pro tip: be mindful of the audio cues; they will help you during the switch-ups! Raimukun - Avantgarde [by Team Vega] Team Vega's return to making more high-quality levels couldn't be grander when they published Avantgarde, a level that won the 'Art-est Award' in LOTY2023 for its outstanding VFX made by talented creators around the world! This level is also one of the toughest featured levels, with an average BPM so fast that the rhythms you may be already familiar with were taken to the extreme! Lokan - Wild! West! Showdown! [by Star4th] Wild! West! Showdown! is a track made for PABAT! 2019, with an animation that tells the story of a duel between two foes for one treasure. Star4th adapted this to ADOFAI for the SMTL competition, where he was given a penalty that states: "The level must exactly have 48 twirls." Wondering where those twirls went should be the least of your worries though, because... Wait, huh? THE LAST TILE IS SENTIENT??? Camellia vs Akira Complex - Railgun Roulette (VIP) [by Econ, Twilight Skylines, ABorinGuy, yeetyote] Railgun Roulette (VIP) is a track made by a collaboration between Camellia and Akira Complex with their powerful head-banging take on Drum & Bass music! This level was made for FAINT, a fan-run sightreading tournament where players compete in levels they have never seen before! This level may look easy, but don't sleep on those visual distractions, they might catch you off guard! Thank you, Akira Complex. We miss you. (Note: This track may be flagged by fingerprint systems such as YouTube Content ID.)
Plus...One Updated Featured Level
Frums - Great Fury of Heaven [by Daming] (Updated 2024-8-26) The first 7 gem Featured Level have been given a new makeover from Daming!
- Major chart and VFX overhaul!
- Updated tutorials!
- Updated icon, and portal!
Fixes and Improvements
- Fixed floor tiles in XN-X and XT-X that were not visible
- Lowered overall RAM usage by 1GB compared to the previous ADOFAI builds, and disk size by 1.29GB! This optimization works across all released platforms like Steam, itch.io, iOS, Android and the future Switch version.
Level Editor Additions, Fixes, and Improvements
- You can now use tiling option with Blend Mode
- New Decoration Type: Particle Emitter
- "Set Frame Rate" event (Changing frame rate will not affect the judgment of notes)
- Improved hitbox features
- Hitbox Trigger Type (Once, Per touch, or Repeat)
- Hitbox Trigger Target (Planet, Decoration)
- Improved level editor URL parser for open level from URL
- Single .adofai file direct link support (now you don't need to make a zip file for single level file)
- Disable auto angle offset level editor option
- Optimized decoration loading
- You can now anchor decorations to floor tiles
- New depth sync option for decorations
- Planet decoration depth options
- New option for Set Track Color event: "Only change this tile"
- Object decoration floor icon outline / flip
New Xtra World and 5-Year Anniversary!
World XM: Miko Skip Music by Kirara Magic Level Design by Astral Overseer and KanoKaz Level VFX by Editor AlriC and KanoKaz Special Thanks to lifliif A short, relaxing world for players of all skill levels. You can find it on Xtra Island!
Overnote' - Amulet Level by FluffyYoshi & Nickname FluffyYoshi, known for their tough stamina-testing charts, and Nickname, known for their contributions in some of the popular custom levels today, have come together to create a beautiful but challenging level that tests players in their mechanical skill and stamina. Prepare for a speedy challenge! Ssimille - Surreal Walk Level by Bingsu Level creators can be Artists too! This is demonstrated by the well-respected Ssimille, composing one of his tracks, Surreal Walk! Interpreted by another well-respected creator, Bingsu, this level takes you on a surreal walk through the wonders of the Greek era, as your sense of time will be realized. Halv - Wings Level by HanB A throwback to 2020, when the creators you may have known today start in their humble beginnings. HanB is one of them, as they create yet another fun, electrifying level, with sudden changes of its pace! Enjoy, but be sure to pay attention! Riya - Artificial Chariot (Ssimille Remix) Level by hotduck, Hanwol, Bingsu A perfect ending to one of Team Vega's biggest projects. We were astonished by the impressive gameplay and visuals of the level, especially paired with Ssimille's beautiful remix of Riya's 'Artificial Chariot' from World 12. iTIC - Triple Sec Level by Pharah & hyonsu Pharah is celebrated for being one of, if not, the most talented and skilled VFXers in the ADOFAI community for creating levels that are as if he's using a video editing software! He has appeared many times in the previous LOTY events, and now in LOTY2023, he has finally won the Level Of The Year through his most outstanding level to date, Triple Sec! - (promise of clover) Level by Seodawon & Boleumdal Cookie Seodawon & Boleumdal Cookie won the 'Relaxing Award' category in LOTY2023 through this amazing level that interprets 's song by transporting you into a beautiful dream of warmth and cheerfulness! Monokuro - Black Rose Level by CyanAqua Tutorial music courtesy of 0mni CyanAqua, and his dedication to making gameplay gimmicks that are fun to play for everyone, were able to win the 'Gimmick Award' in LOTY2023 through Black Rose! It is an RPG Maker-inspired level with a gimmick that is easy to understand, but gets trippy once distractions start to appear!
Zris - Can't it be true Level by Lycklig For the year 2024, Lycklig has remade this level from scratch (with help from our staff, rKizCora)! We've also updated some elements of it. - Now tagged as "Community Featured". - The difficulty has been increased from 2 to 3. - The new speed trial aim is x1.4.
[ 2024-02-06 04:16:55 CET ] [ Original post ]
It's the 5-Year Anniversary of A Dance of Fire and Ice!
Thank you so much for playing our game all these years. It's been amazing to watch how the custom level community has gotten better and better over time. The levels that the community has made are so creative, and the skills on display by the streamers who play them have been really impressive. We're a really small team, so we never imagined that people would still be playing after all this time.
We hope you continue to enjoy the game! To celebrate, we've added one new Xtra World and a set of new Featured Levels.
Version 2.7.0
New Xtra World: Miko Skip
World XM: Miko Skip Music by Kirara Magic Level Design by Astral Overseer and KanoKaz Level VFX by Editor AlriC and KanoKaz Special Thanks to lifliif A short, relaxing world for players of all skill levels. You can find it on Xtra Island!
New Featured Levels
Overnote' - Amulet Level by FluffyYoshi & Nickname FluffyYoshi, known for their tough stamina-testing charts, and Nickname, known for their contributions in some of the popular custom levels today, have come together to create a beautiful but challenging level that tests players in their mechanical skill and stamina. Prepare for a speedy challenge! Ssimille - Surreal Walk Level by Bingsu Level creators can be Artists too! This is demonstrated by the well-respected Ssimille, composing one of his tracks, Surreal Walk! Interpreted by another well-respected creator, Bingsu, this level takes you on a surreal walk through the wonders of the Greek era, as your sense of time will be realized. Halv - Wings Level by HanB A throwback to 2020, when the creators you may have known today start in their humble beginnings. HanB is one of them, as they create yet another fun, electrifying level, with sudden changes of its pace! Enjoy, but be sure to pay attention! Riya - Artificial Chariot (Ssimille Remix) Level by hotduck, Hanwol, Bingsu A perfect ending to one of Team Vega's biggest projects. We were astonished by the impressive gameplay and visuals of the level, especially paired with Ssimille's beautiful remix of Riya's 'Artificial Chariot' from World 12. iTIC - Triple Sec Level by Pharah & hyonsu Pharah is celebrated for being one of, if not, the most talented and skilled VFXers in the ADOFAI community for creating levels that are as if he's using a video editing software! He has appeared many times in the previous LOTY events, and now in LOTY2023, he has finally won the Level Of The Year through his most outstanding level to date, Triple Sec! - (promise of clover) Level by Seodawon & Boleumdal Cookie Seodawon & Boleumdal Cookie won the 'Relaxing Award' category in LOTY2023 through this amazing level that interprets 's song by transporting you into a beautiful dream of warmth and cheerfulness! Monokuro - Black Rose Level by CyanAqua Tutorial music courtesy of 0mni CyanAqua, and his dedication to making gameplay gimmicks that are fun to play for everyone, were able to win the 'Gimmick Award' in LOTY2023 through Black Rose! It is an RPG Maker-inspired level with a gimmick that is easy to understand, but gets trippy once distractions start to appear!
Updated Featured Level
Zris - Can't it be true Level by Lycklig For the year 2024, Lycklig has remade this level from scratch (with help from our staff, rKizCora)! We've also updated some elements of it. - Now tagged as "Community Featured". - The difficulty has been increased from 2 to 3. - The new speed trial aim is x1.4.
New Features
- Settings Menu: Added new DSP buffer size setting. Lowering this value can lead to improvements in input accuracy for high-level play, but can lead to audio stuttering and glitching. You may also need to go to the calibration screen after changing this setting.
- Better audio output detection on mac. Used in the calibration screen for detecting the current output.
Improvements and Bugfixes
- Game should support many more tiles on a single level. In our testing, a level with 86,000 tiles used to run at 26 FPS, after optimization it now runs at 128 FPS.
- XN-X: Scale planets effect was not working properly
- Fixed some Asynchronous Input problems.
- Fixed some small graphical glitches
Level Editor
- The Scale fields from the Move Decoration and Move Track events can be now left empty to not change one or both of their axis values.
- Fixed Weird editor behavior with input fields
- Game settings menu: Settings would get restarted after restarting the level editor.
- Better URL parser when opening level with URL
New Featured Levels, New Editor Decorations, and More!
We've added a few new members to the 7th Beat Games team! Hyonsu and Paring are two programmers who have come aboard to help us with all sorts of ADOFAI features, especially for the level editor. They work fast and have been incredibly helpful members of the team for the past few months. Rikri and rKizCora have also joined us! rKizCora is helping us with Featured Level selection and Rikri is helping us with licensing and communication with level creators. Having them assist us is crucial to us being able to add more Featured Levels, so we super appreciate it. It's a lot of things to manage at once while developing a game! On a related note, our team member Nichipe has stepped away from an active role in helping us with Featured Levels, due to a busy schedule. Rikri and rKizCora have joined to help us in Nichipe's absence, so please don't send Nichipe any questions or messages regarding Featured Levels!
Fog sees it "Fog sees it is a great example of a level where everything is made by the same creator, which is something you don't usually see nowadays and is highly commendable for doing so!" We've actually included two different versions of the level. Those are Plant Guy - Fog sees it Level by: Plant Guy "This level features a gameplay gimmick to keep your eyes peeled for, as the only thing that will guide you in this journey are the sign tiles. Follow the directions, and never lose your sight!" Plant Guy - Fog sees it (Metal Powered) Level by; Plant Guy "This is the "metal-powered" version of Fog sees it. Unlike its original, this level features faster speeds and intense visuals. Use the sign tiles as your advantage to visualize the challenging hidden pathways, but act fast or one small trip can send you to the void!" (Note: It is highly recommended to play the regular "Fog sees it" first.) Othinus - Fragor Magnus Level by: Hawkyrious and TeoC "Recall the wonderful voyage you've gone through in this equally wonderful level made by Hawkyrious with rock-n-roll tunes by Othinus! It uses the concept of remixing all of ADOFAI Worlds 1-12 into one memorable level. This level has been given a visual remake by TeoC and a song rearrangement by Erichey to give the level a more refined sound and look. (Cutscene music courtesy of 0mni) (Portal image courtesy of Plant Guy) Kubbi & Jonas Dam - Up In My Jam (All Of A Sudden) Level by: Kin "This level won 1st place in Rhythm Doctor Lounge's ADOFAI Community Competition 1: Steampunk! With great chiptune + rock music made by Kubbi & Jonas Dam and brilliant decorations and storytelling done by Kin, this level feels like a crossover of a cartoon show! It perfectly gives you the experience of taking a tour around a place you've never been before, filling you with excitement and curiosity while you gaze at peculiar but glamorous works of art." Inverted Silence - Vista Level by: Econ and Yeetyote Vista is the end product of mixing Econ's great taste in charting, YeetYote's beautifully explosive VFX, and Inverted Silence's head-banging glitch-hop sounds! Wild rumors say that during this journey, your vision may be distracted and the sense of time may be frozen, but once you reach the top, your eyes will surely be fed well with a beautiful view! (Some assets courtesy of kernby) (Note: This track may be flagged by fingerprint systems such as YouTube Content ID.) Jade Kim - Love Letters (KOTDARI Remix) Level by: FluffyYoshi, yhld120, pixelo3o "This level won 2nd place for the "Best Relaxing Level Award" in LOTY 2022! Also known as "4-EX" and hosted by Team Vega, it took a different perspective of what World 4-X would look like if the theme was something else. FluffyYoshi, yhld120, pixelo3o, and KOTDARI thought it would be a cool idea to turn World 4-X into a modernistic-designed level with chill but energetic glitch-hop music. Turns out, that was a perfect match!"
Object Decoration: A new type of decoration! You can now add "fake" floor tiles and "fake" planets to your level. New Level Setting: "Speed Trial Aim", now you can set a goal speed for players playing a Speed Trial of your custom level! New "Level Editor Preferences" menu within the Editor. Zooming is centered for mouse position. You can revert to the old behavior using the Level Editor Preferences menu. Enabled Level Editor in Steam Deck! You can move your camera freely without dragging any decorations or tiles by dragging when mouse middle button is held Locked decorations will not be selected anymore. Changed ToggleBool to Bool. This means previously "Enabled" and "Disabled" text in .adofai file will be now saved as true and false Improved Repeat Event Example video: https://youtu.be/ynl21Fmp8DY Decoration Hitbox Event Tag Trigger Example video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6b9lya8tps New Setting for Move Decorations Event: Relative to Last Position
This feature saves your progress automatically in the cloud, so you can keep your progress between different devices or upon reinstalling the game. It requires an internet connection, and is only able to sync on the same platform (from iOS device to iOS device, or from Android device to Android device).
We've brought the same achievements from the Steam version of the game over to the mobile versions. On iOS, this uses Game Center. On Android, this uses Play Game Services.
On iOS, you can now use a wired or wireless keyboard as a controller. This was already available on Android devices. Thanks so much for playing! Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/adofai Follow us on Cohost: https://cohost.org/7thBeatGames Join our official Discord server: http://7thbe.at/discord/
[ 2023-10-23 16:13:48 CET ] [ Original post ]
Version 2.6.0
New Team Members:
We've added a few new members to the 7th Beat Games team! Hyonsu and Paring are two programmers who have come aboard to help us with all sorts of ADOFAI features, especially for the level editor. They work fast and have been incredibly helpful members of the team for the past few months. Rikri and rKizCora have also joined us! rKizCora is helping us with Featured Level selection and Rikri is helping us with licensing and communication with level creators. Having them assist us is crucial to us being able to add more Featured Levels, so we super appreciate it. It's a lot of things to manage at once while developing a game! On a related note, our team member Nichipe has stepped away from an active role in helping us with Featured Levels, due to a busy schedule. Rikri and rKizCora have joined to help us in Nichipe's absence, so please don't send Nichipe any questions or messages regarding Featured Levels!
New Featured Levels:
Fog sees it "Fog sees it is a great example of a level where everything is made by the same creator, which is something you don't usually see nowadays and is highly commendable for doing so!" We've actually included two different versions of the level. Those are Plant Guy - Fog sees it Level by: Plant Guy "This level features a gameplay gimmick to keep your eyes peeled for, as the only thing that will guide you in this journey are the sign tiles. Follow the directions, and never lose your sight!" Plant Guy - Fog sees it (Metal Powered) Level by; Plant Guy "This is the "metal-powered" version of Fog sees it. Unlike its original, this level features faster speeds and intense visuals. Use the sign tiles as your advantage to visualize the challenging hidden pathways, but act fast or one small trip can send you to the void!" (Note: It is highly recommended to play the regular "Fog sees it" first.) Othinus - Fragor Magnus Level by: Hawkyrious and TeoC "Recall the wonderful voyage you've gone through in this equally wonderful level made by Hawkyrious with rock-n-roll tunes by Othinus! It uses the concept of remixing all of ADOFAI Worlds 1-12 into one memorable level. This level has been given a visual remake by TeoC and a song rearrangement by Erichey to give the level a more refined sound and look. (Cutscene music courtesy of 0mni) (Portal image courtesy of Plant Guy) Kubbi & Jonas Dam - Up In My Jam (All Of A Sudden) Level by: Kin "This level won 1st place in Rhythm Doctor Lounge's ADOFAI Community Competition 1: Steampunk! With great chiptune + rock music made by Kubbi & Jonas Dam and brilliant decorations and storytelling done by Kin, this level feels like a crossover of a cartoon show! It perfectly gives you the experience of taking a tour around a place you've never been before, filling you with excitement and curiosity while you gaze at peculiar but glamorous works of art." Inverted Silence - Vista Level by: Econ and Yeetyote Vista is the end product of mixing Econ's great taste in charting, YeetYote's beautifully explosive VFX, and Inverted Silence's head-banging glitch-hop sounds! Wild rumors say that during this journey, your vision may be distracted and the sense of time may be frozen, but once you reach the top, your eyes will surely be fed well with a beautiful view! (Some assets courtesy of kernby) (Note: This track may be flagged by fingerprint systems such as YouTube Content ID.) Jade Kim - Love Letters (KOTDARI Remix) Level by: FluffyYoshi, yhld120, pixelo3o "This level won 2nd place for the "Best Relaxing Level Award" in LOTY 2022! Also known as "4-EX" and hosted by Team Vega, it took a different perspective of what World 4-X would look like if the theme was something else. FluffyYoshi, yhld120, pixelo3o, and KOTDARI thought it would be a cool idea to turn World 4-X into a modernistic-designed level with chill but energetic glitch-hop music. Turns out, that was a perfect match!"
Level Editor
Object Decoration: A new type of decoration! You can now add "fake" floor tiles and "fake" planets to your level. New Level Setting: "Speed Trial Aim", now you can set a goal speed for players playing a Speed Trial of your custom level! New "Level Editor Preferences" menu within the Editor. Zooming is centered for mouse position. You can revert to the old behavior using the Level Editor Preferences menu. Enabled Level Editor in Steam Deck! You can move your camera freely without dragging any decorations or tiles by dragging when mouse middle button is held Locked decorations will not be selected anymore. Changed ToggleBool to Bool. This means previously "Enabled" and "Disabled" text in .adofai file will be now saved as true and false Improved Repeat Event Example video: https://youtu.be/ynl21Fmp8DY Decoration Hitbox Event Tag Trigger Example video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6b9lya8tps New Setting for Move Decorations Event: Relative to Last Position
Mobile: Cloud Saves
This feature saves your progress automatically in the cloud, so you can keep your progress between different devices or upon reinstalling the game. It requires an internet connection, and is only able to sync on the same platform (from iOS device to iOS device, or from Android device to Android device).
Mobile: Achievements
We've brought the same achievements from the Steam version of the game over to the mobile versions. On iOS, this uses Game Center. On Android, this uses Play Game Services.
Mobile: Keyboard Support
On iOS, you can now use a wired or wireless keyboard as a controller. This was already available on Android devices. Thanks so much for playing! Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/adofai Follow us on Cohost: https://cohost.org/7thBeatGames Join our official Discord server: http://7thbe.at/discord/
New Featured Levels and Level Editor Updates!
LORELEI Music by: Camellia Level by: Jo Future, Irin, and Bingsu "This level's music was commissioned for the final tie-breaker level in the ADOFAI World Cup! Camellia's music is noteworthy for its usage in some of the most difficult custom levels. This level starts out calm, but like a hurricane, it very quickly ramps up the intensity. Stay focused on the track, and you just might make it through the storm! (Original level created by NexaLi, PLORALD, Hanwol, Asansis, Jo Future and Nephrolepis. While the original level was made to aim for the highest difficulty, this level was recreated to lower the difficulty. This level borrows some visual effects from the original level.)" Endless.reality Music by: Ash Astral Level by: Rikri "This level won 1st place for the ""Neo Cosmos Award"" in LOTY 2022! Rikri is known for making levels that are challenging, but addicting to play, and this one is no exception. With it's triple-planet based gameplay and creative usage of freeroam tiles, this level is an excellent showcase of everything the Neo Cosmos DLC has to offer! (Portal image courtesy of YeetYote)" Vigor Lines Yoked Music by: Frums Level by: Daming "This level won 2nd place for the "Gimmick Award" in LOTY 2022! Daming's masterful use of filters gives this level a visual style unlike any other! The charting is beautiful and highlights Frums' tricky rhythms! It even has a cool gameplay gimmick to boot! Don't step on the noisy tiles!" Jam With Pancake Music by: Frums Level by: Daming "While Frums' characteristic style of music has an unmistakable flavor, they wanted to try something different for Jam with Pancake. What they cooked up is a song with a great jazz-like taste! Paired with Daming's delicious gameplay and great presentation, this level will leave you hungry for more!" 1, 2, 3, 4! Music by: Cansol Level by: Team BGA "This is Team BGA's first collab level and it's so good that it won the ADOFAI Level of the Year Award in 2022! The team's hard work on this level's incredible visuals really paid off! But don't get distracted! This level's difficulty is a true test of skill!" You and Me Music by: Level by: IU and Pharah "This level won 3rd place for the ""Best Relaxing Level Award"" in LOTY 2022! If you're feeling stressed, Sharou's lofi beats might just help you relax! This level's equally chill gameplay will keep the vibes flowing, and the cute visuals will bring a smile to your face!" Cant it be true Music by: Zris Level by: Lycklig Can't it be true was made for the long-running, community-driven rhythm game music competition: "THE BMS OF FIGHTERS". The visuals for this particular level were inspired by the background animation made by ProjectG. Lycklig's creative use of decorations and track placement makes this level a unique gameplay experience!
- You can now open the Custom Level Select when you open ADOFAI without Steam. Just ensure that Steam is still running on your computer. - We have a new Settings Menu UI! - Level Selection with Number Keys on Extra Island, Crown Island, and Muse Dash Island - Pure Perfect Only Mode: "Pure Perfect Mode" only allows Perfect hit margins and removes all checkpoints. - Added 'Always' option to "Skip Long Intros"
- Pressing tab while selecting a property will now select the next one. Pressing ctrl + tab will select the previous one. - Decorations now can be locked, making them not clickable from the world - X and Y fields for Move Camera, Move Decoration, and Move Tile events can now be independently set - Decoration Mask: You can remove an area or show an area using a decoration's shape. To use Decoration Mask, set "Mask type" option for the target decoration, and select either "Show Overlay" or "Hide Overlay." Then, add one more decoration and set "Mask Type" to "Mask Other Decoration." - Parallax Offset: You can now move decorations without being affected by parallax value. - You can now customize the background of your tutorial levels - You can now change default text and shadow color - Decoration Blend Mode: You can mix decorations' colors from selecting an Image Decoration event and using Blend Mode. This is a little hard to explain, but you can watch an example here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkUCysNfh60 - Editor First Floor Events: You couldn't add events to the first floor tile before, but now you can! - Image decoration scaling and rotation now also works with UI gizmos. - Edit Multiple Decorations: Select multiple decorations from the Decorations Tab to edit multiple decorations at once - We have a few new keyboard shortcuts for the Editor, including - Lock/unlock all selected decorations -> Ctrl + L. - Paste floors without decorations -> Ctrl + Alt + V - Paste events without decorations or overwriting -> Ctrl + Shift + Alt + V - Access the Editor Agreement -> Shift+F1 Thanks so much for playing! Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/adofai Join our official Discord server: http://7thbe.at/discord/
[ 2023-06-03 06:28:46 CET ] [ Original post ]
Version 2.5.0 is out now! This update has a whopping 7 new levels in the Featured Levels section, plus some UI + Quality of Life improvements, and new features in the Level Editor! Remember that every so often we find some really stellar community levels, get permission from the original song's artist and the level's creator, and add it to the game. You can find it by going to the Custom Level Select and then entering the "Featured" section.
New Featured Levels:
LORELEI Music by: Camellia Level by: Jo Future, Irin, and Bingsu "This level's music was commissioned for the final tie-breaker level in the ADOFAI World Cup! Camellia's music is noteworthy for its usage in some of the most difficult custom levels. This level starts out calm, but like a hurricane, it very quickly ramps up the intensity. Stay focused on the track, and you just might make it through the storm! (Original level created by NexaLi, PLORALD, Hanwol, Asansis, Jo Future and Nephrolepis. While the original level was made to aim for the highest difficulty, this level was recreated to lower the difficulty. This level borrows some visual effects from the original level.)" Endless.reality Music by: Ash Astral Level by: Rikri "This level won 1st place for the ""Neo Cosmos Award"" in LOTY 2022! Rikri is known for making levels that are challenging, but addicting to play, and this one is no exception. With it's triple-planet based gameplay and creative usage of freeroam tiles, this level is an excellent showcase of everything the Neo Cosmos DLC has to offer! (Portal image courtesy of YeetYote)" Vigor Lines Yoked Music by: Frums Level by: Daming "This level won 2nd place for the "Gimmick Award" in LOTY 2022! Daming's masterful use of filters gives this level a visual style unlike any other! The charting is beautiful and highlights Frums' tricky rhythms! It even has a cool gameplay gimmick to boot! Don't step on the noisy tiles!" Jam With Pancake Music by: Frums Level by: Daming "While Frums' characteristic style of music has an unmistakable flavor, they wanted to try something different for Jam with Pancake. What they cooked up is a song with a great jazz-like taste! Paired with Daming's delicious gameplay and great presentation, this level will leave you hungry for more!" 1, 2, 3, 4! Music by: Cansol Level by: Team BGA "This is Team BGA's first collab level and it's so good that it won the ADOFAI Level of the Year Award in 2022! The team's hard work on this level's incredible visuals really paid off! But don't get distracted! This level's difficulty is a true test of skill!" You and Me Music by: Level by: IU and Pharah "This level won 3rd place for the ""Best Relaxing Level Award"" in LOTY 2022! If you're feeling stressed, Sharou's lofi beats might just help you relax! This level's equally chill gameplay will keep the vibes flowing, and the cute visuals will bring a smile to your face!" Cant it be true Music by: Zris Level by: Lycklig Can't it be true was made for the long-running, community-driven rhythm game music competition: "THE BMS OF FIGHTERS". The visuals for this particular level were inspired by the background animation made by ProjectG. Lycklig's creative use of decorations and track placement makes this level a unique gameplay experience!
Game Features:
- You can now open the Custom Level Select when you open ADOFAI without Steam. Just ensure that Steam is still running on your computer. - We have a new Settings Menu UI! - Level Selection with Number Keys on Extra Island, Crown Island, and Muse Dash Island - Pure Perfect Only Mode: "Pure Perfect Mode" only allows Perfect hit margins and removes all checkpoints. - Added 'Always' option to "Skip Long Intros"
Level Editor Features:
- Pressing tab while selecting a property will now select the next one. Pressing ctrl + tab will select the previous one. - Decorations now can be locked, making them not clickable from the world - X and Y fields for Move Camera, Move Decoration, and Move Tile events can now be independently set - Decoration Mask: You can remove an area or show an area using a decoration's shape. To use Decoration Mask, set "Mask type" option for the target decoration, and select either "Show Overlay" or "Hide Overlay." Then, add one more decoration and set "Mask Type" to "Mask Other Decoration." - Parallax Offset: You can now move decorations without being affected by parallax value. - You can now customize the background of your tutorial levels - You can now change default text and shadow color - Decoration Blend Mode: You can mix decorations' colors from selecting an Image Decoration event and using Blend Mode. This is a little hard to explain, but you can watch an example here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkUCysNfh60 - Editor First Floor Events: You couldn't add events to the first floor tile before, but now you can! - Image decoration scaling and rotation now also works with UI gizmos. - Edit Multiple Decorations: Select multiple decorations from the Decorations Tab to edit multiple decorations at once - We have a few new keyboard shortcuts for the Editor, including - Lock/unlock all selected decorations -> Ctrl + L. - Paste floors without decorations -> Ctrl + Alt + V - Paste events without decorations or overwriting -> Ctrl + Shift + Alt + V - Access the Editor Agreement -> Shift+F1 Thanks so much for playing! Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/adofai Join our official Discord server: http://7thbe.at/discord/
New World: "It Go"
World XI: It Go (Music by answearing machine, Level by Rikri, Character Design and Assets by Kyle, Animation and VFX by Firestix) There's a few things we want to note about this world. [olist]This is our first time working with our new VFX Artist, Firestix! You may know him from his manycursedworks in the Steam Workshop! Firestix went absolutely above and beyond with the animation in this new world, we're really excited for you to check it out.
This world is very fast and difficult, intended for a hardcore audience. You can only find it on "Crown Island", the secret area where we've housed all of our most challenging levels. You can unlock Crown Island by beating the bonus level, "B-X: Thanks For Playing My Game." After that, a gemstone on the main menu will bring you to Crown Island. This is just a little treat for the subset of players who have conquered everything else the game has to offer. If that sounds like you, then we hope you enjoy the challenge!
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Have fun!
You may have noticed that we're now experimenting with a "bulletin board" feature on the start-up screen of the game. The rooster sign will feature news related to the game before you navigate the main menu. Neat, right?
This is the final update you should expect to see from us in 2022! After taking a few weeks off for the holidays, we'll be back in 2023 to add more Featured Levels and small improvements. A Dance of Fire and Ice, the Neo Cosmos DLC, and Rhythm Doctor are all on sale as part of the Steam Winter Sale. If you haven't tried all three before, now is a good time to pick them up. Likewise, if you have a friend who might enjoy rhythm games, let them know about the sale. Or surprise them with a gifted copy in their Steam inbox! Thanks so much for playing, and for all the support in 2022. It really means a lot. We never knew that people would still be enjoying ADOFAI for this long, but the continued support on social media, the playthroughs on Youtube and Twitch, and over 15,000 community levels on Steam Workshop have all been so eye-opening for us. Thank you. Twitter: @adofai Official Discord: https://7thbe.at/discord/ Website: https://7thbe.at/
[ 2022-12-27 20:23:45 CET ] [ Original post ]
Hello! We figured we'd surprise you with one more update for 2022. After this, we'll see you in the new year!
New World
World XI: It Go (Music by answearing machine, Level by Rikri, Character Design and Assets by Kyle, Animation and VFX by Firestix) There's a few things we want to note about this world. [olist]
Additions and Improvements
You may have noticed that we're now experimenting with a "bulletin board" feature on the start-up screen of the game. The rooster sign will feature news related to the game before you navigate the main menu. Neat, right?
Happy Holidays and Happy New Year
This is the final update you should expect to see from us in 2022! After taking a few weeks off for the holidays, we'll be back in 2023 to add more Featured Levels and small improvements. A Dance of Fire and Ice, the Neo Cosmos DLC, and Rhythm Doctor are all on sale as part of the Steam Winter Sale. If you haven't tried all three before, now is a good time to pick them up. Likewise, if you have a friend who might enjoy rhythm games, let them know about the sale. Or surprise them with a gifted copy in their Steam inbox! Thanks so much for playing, and for all the support in 2022. It really means a lot. We never knew that people would still be enjoying ADOFAI for this long, but the continued support on social media, the playthroughs on Youtube and Twitch, and over 15,000 community levels on Steam Workshop have all been so eye-opening for us. Thank you. Twitter: @adofai Official Discord: https://7thbe.at/discord/ Website: https://7thbe.at/
New World and New Featured Levels!
World XN: Trans-Neptunian Object (Music and Illustrations by Valerie Halla, Level by Jenny, Tutorial Music by Blooky) For this level, we had the honor of collaborating with illustrator, cartoonist, and composer Valerie Halla! We were excited enough to get a chance to chart her track, but being able to work together on the visuals was an exciting bonus. You can find the level on Xtra Island.
We've also added a few new levels to the Featured Levels section! Go to "Custom Level Select" on the Main Menu, then head to the left for "Featured Levels." These are community-made levels that we've officially licensed to add to the game. The new additions are: kawaii-catgirl-gif.png Music by: 432pro Level by: Pharah Polygons Music by: Riya Level by: Editor AlriC Dirge in Magenta Music by: Polymath9 Level by: NumbEr07 Crystallized Music By: Camellia Level by: Team Vega Thanks for playing! Twitter: https://twitter.com/adofai Official Discord: https://7thbe.at/discord/ Website: https://7thbe.at/
[ 2022-12-09 00:08:33 CET ] [ Original post ]
Hello! The year is coming to a close, but we finished a new world we're excited to share. We also have some improvements to the Custom Level Editor, and some new Featured Levels.
New World!
World XN: Trans-Neptunian Object (Music and Illustrations by Valerie Halla, Level by Jenny, Tutorial Music by Blooky) For this level, we had the honor of collaborating with illustrator, cartoonist, and composer Valerie Halla! We were excited enough to get a chance to chart her track, but being able to work together on the visuals was an exciting bonus. You can find the level on Xtra Island.
Additions and Improvements
- Decoration Dragging: It is possible now to drag selected decorations to quickly change their positions. You can hold shift to move them in a specific axis (axis snapping).
- Pivot Icon: Added a cross icon to display where the decoration and its pivot are located when a single decoration is selected.
- New Tile Event: Change Planet Size
- Copying and pasting floors containing decorations will now paste the decorations over the selected floors.
- It is now possible to filter decorations that are relative to a tile by writing "floor:" and the number of the floor. For example, "floor:32" will filter all decorations that are relative to the floor number 32.
- Mass event pasting for multiple tiles (CTRL + Shift + V)
- Hovering over decoration items will display cyan borders on the decoration objects for easier visualization.
- We've added a huge optimization to the CLS that makes loading the level list over 100x faster.
- Using the lock on the file actions panel will now prevent decorations being dragged with the mouse.
Featured Levels
We've also added a few new levels to the Featured Levels section! Go to "Custom Level Select" on the Main Menu, then head to the left for "Featured Levels." These are community-made levels that we've officially licensed to add to the game. The new additions are: kawaii-catgirl-gif.png Music by: 432pro Level by: Pharah Polygons Music by: Riya Level by: Editor AlriC Dirge in Magenta Music by: Polymath9 Level by: NumbEr07 Crystallized Music By: Camellia Level by: Team Vega Thanks for playing! Twitter: https://twitter.com/adofai Official Discord: https://7thbe.at/discord/ Website: https://7thbe.at/
Neo Cosmos OST and Future Content!
Warning: Gameplay spoilers for Neo Cosmos below! We have some new Accessibility Features. If you're having a hard time in Neo Cosmos, you can go to the Advanced Options section of the pause menu to tweak some settings. Hold Tiles: You can now choose from Normal (the usual default behavior), Allow Tapping Ending Tile (tap to end the hold, instead of releasing), and No Holding Required (just tap the beginning and ending tiles instead of holding.) Freeroam Tiles: You can now choose to be invulnerable during the Freeroam sections. With this enabled, you cannot be destroyed by touching spike balls or lasers. Custom Level Editor: Minor updates and changes to the editor Balance Changes: A few changes have been made to Neo Cosmos to make the experience more smooth for the player. In addition, Practice Mode is now available in T3, T3-EX, and T5 New music by DM DOKURO: Our secret minigame now has a new song, by DM DOKURO! New Localization: ADOFAI and Neo Cosmos are both now available in French and German! You can read the full list and description of changes in these patches by checking out our changelog here: https://7thbeat.notion.site/ADOFAI-Minor-Changelog-v2-0-1-r91-4c8da3f86f7c4039a9442dcd157cd30b
The official soundtrack for A Dance of Fire and Ice: Neo Cosmos is out now! Find it on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2016420/A_Dance_of_Fire_and_Ice__Neo_Cosmos_OST/ Find it on Bandcamp: https://7thbeat.bandcamp.com/album/a-dance-of-fire-and-ice-neo-cosmos-ost You can also listen to a few of the songs on our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoV0Pc5bQC6LhGsbNaCGvHzuUP1TFeI1S We couldn't have made Neo Cosmos without the help of our featured artists: Canblaster 2K6, Frums, Ash Astral, and DM DOKURO. They worked directly with TaroNuke in composing for the levels, and we really love the tracks they created. If you'd like to support us and the featured artists, check it out!
We have three things we want to note quickly! 1. We are now working on adding more content to be added to the Neo Cosmos DLC! It will take a while, but please look forward to it. We were waiting to see what the reception of the DLC would be, and since so many people enjoyed it, we're happy to keep going and add more to it. These updates to Neo Cosmos will be free content patches. 2. As we announced before, we are going to continue adding to the base game. That means new worlds, new Level Editor tweaks and improvements, new accessibility features, etc. are being worked on for regular A Dance of Fire and Ice as free content patches. 3. We're making a minor price change to the Neo Cosmos DLC. After receiving a lot of really positive feedback from players, and surprise at its price, we have decided to raise the price by $1 USD. If you already own the DLC, this doesn't affect you at all! You don't have to pay anything extra. Thank you for supporting the DLC so early. Consider the earlier price just a "super Launch Discount!" The sales of Neo Cosmos have allowed us to dedicate the time to adding new stuff to it in the future, so we're really grateful for your support and your interest. There's more to come! That's all for now! Thanks for playing, and check out the Neo Cosmos Soundtrack if you want to take the songs with you everywhere you go! Our fans run a Discord server where you can talk about our games and the level editor: discord.gg/rhythmdr Twitter: https://twitter.com/adofai Website: https://www.7thbe.at
[ 2022-06-22 16:54:28 CET ] [ Original post ]
It's been an exciting month!
In case you missed it: our DLC expansion, Neo Cosmos, is out now!
It's been two weeks since we've launched the DLC, and the reaction has been really amazing. Thank you all for your support and your feedback. We had been working on Neo Cosmos for a long time in secret, keeping most of the details to ourselves, and hoped that you would find it as fun and surprising as we did while playtesting. Thank you all so much for playing.
Here's a summary of everything new that's happened since then!
Version 2.0.3 (r92) Release Notes
Warning: Gameplay spoilers for Neo Cosmos below! We have some new Accessibility Features. If you're having a hard time in Neo Cosmos, you can go to the Advanced Options section of the pause menu to tweak some settings. Hold Tiles: You can now choose from Normal (the usual default behavior), Allow Tapping Ending Tile (tap to end the hold, instead of releasing), and No Holding Required (just tap the beginning and ending tiles instead of holding.) Freeroam Tiles: You can now choose to be invulnerable during the Freeroam sections. With this enabled, you cannot be destroyed by touching spike balls or lasers. Custom Level Editor: Minor updates and changes to the editor Balance Changes: A few changes have been made to Neo Cosmos to make the experience more smooth for the player. In addition, Practice Mode is now available in T3, T3-EX, and T5 New music by DM DOKURO: Our secret minigame now has a new song, by DM DOKURO! New Localization: ADOFAI and Neo Cosmos are both now available in French and German! You can read the full list and description of changes in these patches by checking out our changelog here: https://7thbeat.notion.site/ADOFAI-Minor-Changelog-v2-0-1-r91-4c8da3f86f7c4039a9442dcd157cd30b
Neo Cosmos Soundtrack
The official soundtrack for A Dance of Fire and Ice: Neo Cosmos is out now! Find it on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2016420/A_Dance_of_Fire_and_Ice__Neo_Cosmos_OST/ Find it on Bandcamp: https://7thbeat.bandcamp.com/album/a-dance-of-fire-and-ice-neo-cosmos-ost You can also listen to a few of the songs on our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoV0Pc5bQC6LhGsbNaCGvHzuUP1TFeI1S We couldn't have made Neo Cosmos without the help of our featured artists: Canblaster 2K6, Frums, Ash Astral, and DM DOKURO. They worked directly with TaroNuke in composing for the levels, and we really love the tracks they created. If you'd like to support us and the featured artists, check it out!
We're Working On More Neo Cosmos Content
We have three things we want to note quickly! 1. We are now working on adding more content to be added to the Neo Cosmos DLC! It will take a while, but please look forward to it. We were waiting to see what the reception of the DLC would be, and since so many people enjoyed it, we're happy to keep going and add more to it. These updates to Neo Cosmos will be free content patches. 2. As we announced before, we are going to continue adding to the base game. That means new worlds, new Level Editor tweaks and improvements, new accessibility features, etc. are being worked on for regular A Dance of Fire and Ice as free content patches. 3. We're making a minor price change to the Neo Cosmos DLC. After receiving a lot of really positive feedback from players, and surprise at its price, we have decided to raise the price by $1 USD. If you already own the DLC, this doesn't affect you at all! You don't have to pay anything extra. Thank you for supporting the DLC so early. Consider the earlier price just a "super Launch Discount!" The sales of Neo Cosmos have allowed us to dedicate the time to adding new stuff to it in the future, so we're really grateful for your support and your interest. There's more to come! That's all for now! Thanks for playing, and check out the Neo Cosmos Soundtrack if you want to take the songs with you everywhere you go! Our fans run a Discord server where you can talk about our games and the level editor: discord.gg/rhythmdr Twitter: https://twitter.com/adofai Website: https://www.7thbe.at
The Neo Cosmos DLC is Available Now!
New worlds: Adds 5 new worlds to the game, each with new mechanics and gimmicks. New editor features: New Neo Cosmos-specific level events added to the Level Editor. Share your levels on Steam Workshop, and play levels that use them! Original music: Features original tracks by Canblaster 2K6, Frums, Ash Astral, and DM DOKURO. Directed by TaroNuke (creator of NotITG and UKSRT), with plenty of surprises, new characters, and story. For the full changelog of everything we've added with today's update and everything we've added since our previous Steam post, you can click (WARNING: CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR THE NEO COSMOS DLC) right here.
Q: Who made Neo Cosmos? A: Neo Cosmos is directed by TaroNuke, with help from the 7th Beat Games team. We all worked on it together, but it deserves a huge thank-you to Taro for coming up with the ideas, story, and levels. Thank you Taro! It also includes great character art from two artists, SUPERCOMPUTATION and electr1ca. Q: How difficult is Neo Cosmos? A: It has some new surprises, so that answer will be different for each player! We recommend that you at least try playing the main 12 Worlds of A Dance of Fire and Ice before playing Neo Cosmos. We like how it feels as an extension after playing those, but the DLC does not require that you beat those levels to play it, so don't worry! Q: Do I need to unlock Neo Cosmos? A: If you've purchased the Neo Cosmos DLC, the only thing you need to do to unlock the new content is to complete World 1 (and the boss level 1-X) from the beginning of the game. You probably have it unlocked already! Q: Is the Neo Cosmos DLC needed to play Steam Workshop levels that use special Neo Cosmos Level Editor events? A: Yes, owning the Neo Cosmos DLC is required to create or play custom levels that use the new Neo Cosmos Level Editor events. Q: Will the Neo Cosmos content come to mobile? A: Yes, eventually! We are still working on it, so it might take a while for the mobile version to be updated. We can't really confirm anything else about the mobile version yet. Thank you for understanding! Q: Will A Dance of Fire and Ice, the base game, still receive free updates? A: Yes! The base game will be treated separately, and will still receive free updates, such as levels and level editor improvements. Q: Us the Neo Cosmos soundtrack available to purchase? A: Yes! You can get the soundtrack on Steam or Bandcamp! We hope you enjoy the DLC! We had a lot of fun playing it ourselves. Ever since we launched A Dance of Fire and Ice, we've been surprised over and over again with how many different ways there are for creators to explore new rhythms and new game concepts. The game has evolved a lot since it first launched. Thank you for playing, and let us know what you think of the new levels! Our fans run a Discord server where you can talk about our games and the level editor: discord.gg/rhythmdr Twitter: https://twitter.com/adofai Website: https://www.7thbe.at
[ 2022-05-30 18:34:46 CET ] [ Original post ]
A Dance of Fire and Ice: Neo Cosmos is now available! Neo Cosmos is an expansion DLC we've been working on for a while now, and we're excited for you to finally play it. It adds new worlds, new game mechanics, all-new music, and new Level Editor events.
The DLC is directed by TaroNuke, creator of NotITG and UKSRT. Check out his previous works and you may get an idea of his game design style! Taro was incredible to work with, and has been crafting this expansion from the ground up for a long time. He has a very particular skill and style for making levels, which was perfect for a game like A Dance of Fire and Ice.
Once you have the DLC, you can find the new worlds by traveling to the portal to the right of the Main Menu!
DLC Features
New worlds: Adds 5 new worlds to the game, each with new mechanics and gimmicks. New editor features: New Neo Cosmos-specific level events added to the Level Editor. Share your levels on Steam Workshop, and play levels that use them! Original music: Features original tracks by Canblaster 2K6, Frums, Ash Astral, and DM DOKURO. Directed by TaroNuke (creator of NotITG and UKSRT), with plenty of surprises, new characters, and story. For the full changelog of everything we've added with today's update and everything we've added since our previous Steam post, you can click (WARNING: CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR THE NEO COSMOS DLC) right here.
Neo Cosmos FAQ
Q: Who made Neo Cosmos? A: Neo Cosmos is directed by TaroNuke, with help from the 7th Beat Games team. We all worked on it together, but it deserves a huge thank-you to Taro for coming up with the ideas, story, and levels. Thank you Taro! It also includes great character art from two artists, SUPERCOMPUTATION and electr1ca. Q: How difficult is Neo Cosmos? A: It has some new surprises, so that answer will be different for each player! We recommend that you at least try playing the main 12 Worlds of A Dance of Fire and Ice before playing Neo Cosmos. We like how it feels as an extension after playing those, but the DLC does not require that you beat those levels to play it, so don't worry! Q: Do I need to unlock Neo Cosmos? A: If you've purchased the Neo Cosmos DLC, the only thing you need to do to unlock the new content is to complete World 1 (and the boss level 1-X) from the beginning of the game. You probably have it unlocked already! Q: Is the Neo Cosmos DLC needed to play Steam Workshop levels that use special Neo Cosmos Level Editor events? A: Yes, owning the Neo Cosmos DLC is required to create or play custom levels that use the new Neo Cosmos Level Editor events. Q: Will the Neo Cosmos content come to mobile? A: Yes, eventually! We are still working on it, so it might take a while for the mobile version to be updated. We can't really confirm anything else about the mobile version yet. Thank you for understanding! Q: Will A Dance of Fire and Ice, the base game, still receive free updates? A: Yes! The base game will be treated separately, and will still receive free updates, such as levels and level editor improvements. Q: Us the Neo Cosmos soundtrack available to purchase? A: Yes! You can get the soundtrack on Steam or Bandcamp! We hope you enjoy the DLC! We had a lot of fun playing it ourselves. Ever since we launched A Dance of Fire and Ice, we've been surprised over and over again with how many different ways there are for creators to explore new rhythms and new game concepts. The game has evolved a lot since it first launched. Thank you for playing, and let us know what you think of the new levels! Our fans run a Discord server where you can talk about our games and the level editor: discord.gg/rhythmdr Twitter: https://twitter.com/adofai Website: https://www.7thbe.at
New World: 3-Year Anniversary Update!
Its hard for us to believe that its already the 3rd Anniversary of launching A Dance of Fire and Ice on Steam, but here we are. Time has flown by, and we continue to be surprised and honored by the positive feedback weve seen from players about our simple rhythm game. We really appreciate everyone who has played the game, whether youve mastered the skills on your own, shared your scores with friends, or streamed yourself marathoning 6-X until you finally got it right. To celebrate the 3-Year Anniversary, weve got a few additions to the game this week! Here's our full changelog if you prefer not to miss every single detail.
New World: Fear Grows, with music by Linky Recently we became fans of a new indie rhythm game, Rhythm Journey. It's a game inspired by ADOFAI on the surface (with tutorial levels for each song, speed trials, one-hit death etc), but actually tackles a different aspect of rhythm theory! It's focused on teaching you different kick and snare rhythms on the drums, so it uses two buttons instead of one. Each song is written to teach you a unique rhythm, from ghost notes to swing notes to fun drum fills. We at 7th Beat Games are all about unique rhythm mechanics so we love it. Not enough people are playing this game, so now we're doing a collab so that more of you will check it out. The new world, RJ, has a special one-time gimmick that's a nod to their game's mechanic, guess what it is Thanks to Linky, the musician of Rhythm Journey for supplying the song and also making all the tutorial tracks! And check their game out for their part of the collab, featuring their interpretation of ADOFAI's title track! Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1945220/ iOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/rhythm-journey/id1602799241 Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.melovity.rhythmjourney/
Were introduced two new options for helping players learn levels theyre stuck on. Practice Mode: With the Practice Mode option toggled on, you can practice a segment of a level that youve failed on. After you lose, press the P key before respawning to trigger Practice Mode. This will give you a chance to practice the segment of the song that youre stuck on. You can exit Practice Mode in the Pause Menu. This feature can be used on both official levels and custom community levels. No Fail Mode: No Fail Mode is an option you can use while playing custom community levels. This No Fail option allows you to continue to the next tile even if you miss it, and it disables Overloading. When you finish the level, the Results Screen will display info about your misses if you have the Detailed Results option toggled on. In a way, its like playing the custom level with Invincibility. We hope this is useful for learning really difficult custom levels, or having the option to enjoy the full song even if you cannot complete the level on your own. You can enable No Fail mode in the Custom Level Editor by clicking the armor icon in the bottom right corner. You can also toggle it in the Custom Level Select menu by pressing the N key. An icon will display in the corner while you play, indicating that you are playing with No Fail mode on.
In the years since the games launch onto Steam, we have seen really incredible work done by the community with the custom level editor. Knowing that some players might not search through Steam Workshop to find these creations, we decided we wanted to find a way to highlight them and add them to the game for everyone to enjoy. We reached out to the original musicians and the level creators and will now begin adding a few of our favorites to the game! This way, even users who dont search through Steam Workshop can easily find these levels we enjoyed. You can now find these levels by heading to the Custom Level Select and entering the Featured Levels section. We will update this section with more levels periodically throughout the year, so you will hear from us again on more favorites weve been playing. Nichipe will be joining us in handling the search and curation for custom Featured Levels. He has played over a thousand ADOFAI levels, and has a great Youtube channel where he tries out and discusses great levels each year, so working together has been a natural fit. Thank you, Nichipe! We also plan to add these levels to the iOS and Android versions of A Dance of Fire and Ice in the future, allowing mobile players to also enjoy them. Our first few Featured Levels are: Final Phase, music by Plum, level design by Daming Barrage, music by Halv, level design by NumbEr07 Make It Funky Now, music by DOT96, level design by PizzaLovers007
In case you missed it, were working on an expansion to A Dance of Fire and Ice! Its called Neo Cosmos, and its directed by TaroNuke, creator of NotITG and UKSRT! It features a new set of levels, and a few gameplay surprises. Were still working hard on it, but we do have a teaser to share [previewyoutube=fMwmiGOxSh0;full][/previewyoutube] Neo Cosmos will be a paid DLC, but free updates will continue to be added to the base game A Dance of Fire and Ice even after its out. Thanks for playing, and thanks for all the incredible feedback on Steam, Twitter, and Discord over the past three years. We still have more plans for A Dance of Fire and Ice, and were excited to keep working on them. Thank you for coming on this journey with us! Our fans run a Discord server where you can talk about our games and the level editor: discord.gg/rhythmdr Twitter: https://twitter.com/adofai Website: https://www.7thbe.at
[ 2022-01-28 02:24:53 CET ] [ Original post ]
Version 1.15.0 release notes
3-Year Anniversary Update
Its hard for us to believe that its already the 3rd Anniversary of launching A Dance of Fire and Ice on Steam, but here we are. Time has flown by, and we continue to be surprised and honored by the positive feedback weve seen from players about our simple rhythm game. We really appreciate everyone who has played the game, whether youve mastered the skills on your own, shared your scores with friends, or streamed yourself marathoning 6-X until you finally got it right. To celebrate the 3-Year Anniversary, weve got a few additions to the game this week! Here's our full changelog if you prefer not to miss every single detail.
Collaboration with Rhythm Journey
New World: Fear Grows, with music by Linky Recently we became fans of a new indie rhythm game, Rhythm Journey. It's a game inspired by ADOFAI on the surface (with tutorial levels for each song, speed trials, one-hit death etc), but actually tackles a different aspect of rhythm theory! It's focused on teaching you different kick and snare rhythms on the drums, so it uses two buttons instead of one. Each song is written to teach you a unique rhythm, from ghost notes to swing notes to fun drum fills. We at 7th Beat Games are all about unique rhythm mechanics so we love it. Not enough people are playing this game, so now we're doing a collab so that more of you will check it out. The new world, RJ, has a special one-time gimmick that's a nod to their game's mechanic, guess what it is Thanks to Linky, the musician of Rhythm Journey for supplying the song and also making all the tutorial tracks! And check their game out for their part of the collab, featuring their interpretation of ADOFAI's title track! Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1945220/ iOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/rhythm-journey/id1602799241 Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.melovity.rhythmjourney/
New Options: Practice and No Fail Modes
Were introduced two new options for helping players learn levels theyre stuck on. Practice Mode: With the Practice Mode option toggled on, you can practice a segment of a level that youve failed on. After you lose, press the P key before respawning to trigger Practice Mode. This will give you a chance to practice the segment of the song that youre stuck on. You can exit Practice Mode in the Pause Menu. This feature can be used on both official levels and custom community levels. No Fail Mode: No Fail Mode is an option you can use while playing custom community levels. This No Fail option allows you to continue to the next tile even if you miss it, and it disables Overloading. When you finish the level, the Results Screen will display info about your misses if you have the Detailed Results option toggled on. In a way, its like playing the custom level with Invincibility. We hope this is useful for learning really difficult custom levels, or having the option to enjoy the full song even if you cannot complete the level on your own. You can enable No Fail mode in the Custom Level Editor by clicking the armor icon in the bottom right corner. You can also toggle it in the Custom Level Select menu by pressing the N key. An icon will display in the corner while you play, indicating that you are playing with No Fail mode on.
New: Featured Levels
In the years since the games launch onto Steam, we have seen really incredible work done by the community with the custom level editor. Knowing that some players might not search through Steam Workshop to find these creations, we decided we wanted to find a way to highlight them and add them to the game for everyone to enjoy. We reached out to the original musicians and the level creators and will now begin adding a few of our favorites to the game! This way, even users who dont search through Steam Workshop can easily find these levels we enjoyed. You can now find these levels by heading to the Custom Level Select and entering the Featured Levels section. We will update this section with more levels periodically throughout the year, so you will hear from us again on more favorites weve been playing. Nichipe will be joining us in handling the search and curation for custom Featured Levels. He has played over a thousand ADOFAI levels, and has a great Youtube channel where he tries out and discusses great levels each year, so working together has been a natural fit. Thank you, Nichipe! We also plan to add these levels to the iOS and Android versions of A Dance of Fire and Ice in the future, allowing mobile players to also enjoy them. Our first few Featured Levels are: Final Phase, music by Plum, level design by Daming Barrage, music by Halv, level design by NumbEr07 Make It Funky Now, music by DOT96, level design by PizzaLovers007
Coming Soon: Neo Cosmos
In case you missed it, were working on an expansion to A Dance of Fire and Ice! Its called Neo Cosmos, and its directed by TaroNuke, creator of NotITG and UKSRT! It features a new set of levels, and a few gameplay surprises. Were still working hard on it, but we do have a teaser to share [previewyoutube=fMwmiGOxSh0;full][/previewyoutube] Neo Cosmos will be a paid DLC, but free updates will continue to be added to the base game A Dance of Fire and Ice even after its out. Thanks for playing, and thanks for all the incredible feedback on Steam, Twitter, and Discord over the past three years. We still have more plans for A Dance of Fire and Ice, and were excited to keep working on them. Thank you for coming on this journey with us! Our fans run a Discord server where you can talk about our games and the level editor: discord.gg/rhythmdr Twitter: https://twitter.com/adofai Website: https://www.7thbe.at
ADOFAI Changelog - v1.14.1 (r78)
These are changes released in December 2021, from the previous Steam announcement in October 2021, including the alphas and betas in between. These are mostly QoL tweaks and editor. Note: with this version, we are now on a new **Unity 2021** engine, which brings improvements in input drops or lag. Input drops should not be a problem now. You can view the full changelog with descriptions and example images at our Notion Page linked here.
[ 2021-12-07 18:20:50 CET ] [ Original post ]
ADOFAI Changelog - v1.14.1 (r78)
These are changes released in December 2021, from the previous Steam announcement in October 2021, including the alphas and betas in between. These are mostly QoL tweaks and editor. Note: with this version, we are now on a new **Unity 2021** engine, which brings improvements in input drops or lag. Input drops should not be a problem now. You can view the full changelog with descriptions and example images at our Notion Page linked here.
Three New Worlds for ADOFAI x Muse Dash!
Our collaboration with Muse Dash by Pero Pero Games is here! Three new worlds have been added, you can find them in a new location on the main menu after completing Worlds 1 through 5.
New Worlds: Night Wander (cnsouka Remix), with music by cnsouka, and guest VFX by Rikri La nuit de vif, with music by Polymath9, guest VFX by Rikri, and ML-3/ML-5 tutorial music by natebcarson EMOMOMO, with music by Ras, level design by Nichipe, guest VFX by Riya and Nichipe, and background animation by Riya Full changelog (including level editor changelog) here. We had a great time working together with Pero Pero Games to bring Muse Dash and A Dance of Fire and Ice together. Please check out Muse Dashs update last month, which has added levels based on Heracles, Rose Garden, and more. They even have levels based on songs from Rhythm Doctor, our other one-button rhythm game!
Oh, and if you're interested in more rhythm games: Our fellow rhythm dev (and Russian translator for A Dance of Fire and Ice) Calvares is working on a new rhythm game! It's called Kovox Pitch, and it's a story-based rhythm baseball game. You can play a free demo on the Steam page now, check it out! Thank you for playing! Our fans run a Discord server where you can talk about our games and the level editor: discord.gg/rhythmdr Twitter: https://twitter.com/adofai Website: https://www.7thbe.at
[ 2021-10-11 10:28:15 CET ] [ Original post ]
Version 1.14.0 release notes
Our collaboration with Muse Dash by Pero Pero Games is here! Three new worlds have been added, you can find them in a new location on the main menu after completing Worlds 1 through 5.
New Worlds: Night Wander (cnsouka Remix), with music by cnsouka, and guest VFX by Rikri La nuit de vif, with music by Polymath9, guest VFX by Rikri, and ML-3/ML-5 tutorial music by natebcarson EMOMOMO, with music by Ras, level design by Nichipe, guest VFX by Riya and Nichipe, and background animation by Riya Full changelog (including level editor changelog) here. We had a great time working together with Pero Pero Games to bring Muse Dash and A Dance of Fire and Ice together. Please check out Muse Dashs update last month, which has added levels based on Heracles, Rose Garden, and more. They even have levels based on songs from Rhythm Doctor, our other one-button rhythm game!
Oh, and if you're interested in more rhythm games: Our fellow rhythm dev (and Russian translator for A Dance of Fire and Ice) Calvares is working on a new rhythm game! It's called Kovox Pitch, and it's a story-based rhythm baseball game. You can play a free demo on the Steam page now, check it out! Thank you for playing! Our fans run a Discord server where you can talk about our games and the level editor: discord.gg/rhythmdr Twitter: https://twitter.com/adofai Website: https://www.7thbe.at
ADOFAI New Beta Version 1.12.0 (r71)
[ 2021-03-31 14:48:27 CET ] [ Original post ]
Today we brushed the dust off the ADOFAI code, and we found a bunch of stuff we have been working on since our last release in... Halloween!! Whoa! Well, here's some long awaited fixes and features in version 1.12.0: Custom Level Select: - Search by song/artist name - Added sorting options - Newly downloaded levels have a "New!" indicator - You can now skip tutorials on already played levels - Fixed gems/chains appearing when there are no levels added New Editor features: - New "Add Text" event, which adds a block of text that can be moved like a decoration - New "Set Text" event, which allows you to change text decorations by tag - New "Scroll Screen" level event - Backgrounds: Added option to toggle whether or not the tutorial BG shows if no image is present - General: Added ctrl + shift + C / X commands, which allow you copy/cut only the event you currently have selected, rather than all the events on the currently-selected floor - Added color property to decoration events - Added confirmation window for unsaved changes when closing the level editor or changing the edited level - Added level category tabs + favorites tab (right click in other categories to set a favorite event, right click in the favorites category to remove a favorite event) - Added "Tunnel" filter - Added "volume" Track Color type - Screen Tile: Reduced minimum value to 0.1 Editor Bug Fixes: - Camera speed now scales with speed trial speed - Fixed undo-ing into a state with no floor selected (used to make the floor buttons get stuck) - Selections no longer cause "unsaved changes" - Fixed tile copy flash - Floor highlight now vanishes properly when deselecting floors - Fixed color picker saturation knob not moving to the right position Game: - Added mute indicator on top right of screen if game volume is 0 - Graphic tweaks on 4-X - Size and RAM optimizations - Tweaks on some levels for ultra widescreen support - Lots of small tweaks
Rhythm Doctor is out TODAY! (+ ADOFAI News and Bundle)
20+ handmade levels, each with their own story.
A large cast of doctors and patients to meet in the overarching narrative
Robust level editor to make, share, and play community levels! Use your own music, place notes snapped to the beat, and use 50+ different visual effects and backgrounds
Challenging "Night Shift" versions of each level for the brave
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The game is currently launching in English, Korean, and Chinese (Simplified + Traditional.) A localization for Brazilian Portuguese and Spanish will be added in a future update in the next few weeks.
Our community has made hundreds of really incredible custom levels, you can find them by joining our Community Discord: discord.gg/rhythmdr
Owners of A Dance of Fire and Ice can receive a discount on Rhythm Doctor by using our "Rhythm Doctor + A Dance of Fire and Ice Bundle": https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/20117
We would also like to announce that more updates are coming to A Dance of Fire and Ice later this year! Thank you for your patience as we launch Rhythm Doctor. We are excited to return with new updates later in 2021. We and our Community mods have been playing incredible community levels over the months, and collecting many of them in our RDL Constellations collection: [link]
Thank you for playing!
[ 2021-02-26 14:09:44 CET ] [ Original post ]
Our new rhythm game, Rhythm Doctor, is out now on Steam Early Access! Much like A Dance of Fire and Ice, Rhythm Doctor is a one-button rhythm game meant to explore rhythm gameplay in a new way. By pressing the Spacebar on the 7th beat, you can save patients' lives by synchronizing with their heartbeats. The Early Access release also includes... [olist]
Steam Workshop Support Added!
Steam Workshop support is here! Visit our Workshop to easily browse custom levels made by the community. Download a level youd like to play by clicking the green Subscribe button, then the level will appear in the Custom Level Select section of the games main menu. If youre looking for some great levels to start with, try the levels that rank high in the Most Subscribed tab or levels tagged with the Easy or Medium difficulty. Another great place to start is to download the levels from the RDL Constellations collection, which is a set of levels recommended by the moderator staff on our Discord Server. A new Xtra level, Rose Garden, has been added! The song is by RoDy.cOde, and the level is created by hotduck, LUMI, and NumbEr07. Test your skills with sharp triangle turns in an elegant floating garden. New difficult levels have been added in a new location, Crown Island, with: One Forgotten Night, with music by Quree and level design by Star4th. Options, with music by Frums. This level was inspired by a level created by PowerFactory. New features:
[ 2020-10-19 08:39:09 CET ] [ Original post ]
Version 1.11.0 release notes
Steam Workshop support is here! Visit our Workshop to easily browse custom levels made by the community. Download a level youd like to play by clicking the green Subscribe button, then the level will appear in the Custom Level Select section of the games main menu. If youre looking for some great levels to start with, try the levels that rank high in the Most Subscribed tab or levels tagged with the Easy or Medium difficulty. Another great place to start is to download the levels from the RDL Constellations collection, which is a set of levels recommended by the moderator staff on our Discord Server. A new Xtra level, Rose Garden, has been added! The song is by RoDy.cOde, and the level is created by hotduck, LUMI, and NumbEr07. Test your skills with sharp triangle turns in an elegant floating garden. New difficult levels have been added in a new location, Crown Island, with: One Forgotten Night, with music by Quree and level design by Star4th. Options, with music by Frums. This level was inspired by a level created by PowerFactory. New features:
- Steam Workshop + Custom Level Select: Access the Custom Level Select in the main menu to play custom levels. You can browse through all of the levels you have subscribed to on our Steam Workshop page.
- Adjustments of default timing strictness for levels faster than 310 bpm. In ADOFAI, timing strictness is determined by the angles the planets make to the tiles, so the game becomes stricter as the planets move faster. This used to happen up to a cap of 500 bpm. After the cap, the timing doesnt get more strict. From this version onwards, the cap is now 310 bpm in Normal mode, and 500 bpm in Strict mode.
- Timing strictness option for fast levels: You can now change the timing strictness upon starting the level, if the level is above 310 bpm. Normal strictness will make any speeds above 310bpm have the same timing strictness as what it is at 310 bpm. Strict timing strictness raises that cap to 500 bpm. This change doesnt affect the difficulty of any past official levels, since all official levels in the game so far have been below 310 bpm. This change was done to enable more players to be able to experience faster custom levels. Experienced players can still use Strict mode to use the old timing strictness. Strictness is indicated in the bottom right of the screen. (The Red Otto symbol seen in the bottom-right corner of the screen in the previous versions of the game is the equivalent of Strict mode in the new version.)
- New Shortcuts: From the Level Select screen, press Ctrl+Shift+E (Command+Shift+E on Mac) to open the Level Editor and Ctrl+Shift+C (Command+Shift+C on Mac) to open the Custom Level Select screen.
- Crown Island: If youre looking for an even harder challenge, a new post-game set of levels will be unlocked for those who complete the bonus level B-X.
- The planets now have a sound effect when they explode. More sound effects coming soon, from our new sound designer s9menine! If you'd like to disable it, press Ctrl-Shift-D during a level or in the level select.
- Multiple hits: multiple keypresses in a single frame are now properly detected as multiple inputs, rather than the extra keypresses being dropped, so you no longer have to stagger your inputs when there are hits very close to each other. These are only allowed for singular double-hits, not on long consecutive hits, so that you still cant cheese them by playing them at half-speed with two keys per hit, e.g. 123412341234 being played as [12][34][12][34].
- Editor Position Offset indicator lines now have an animated dotted line that indicates the direction of the connection
- Editor Floor Number markings (Ctrl+F on Windows, Command+F on Mac) and Position Offset line indicators now respawn on exiting the editor playback mode
- Color Picker: You can now set the color properties in the Editor by using a Color Picker to set the color. No more Hex Codes needed!
- Planet Decorations: Set decorations to be anchored to the movement of the planets themselves, so that the decorations will travel with them.
Two New Xtra Worlds! Collaboration with "Project Arrhythmia"!
We've added two new Xtra levels to the game! A new Xtra level, Final Hope, has been added! The song is by Riya, and the level design is by Rikri. Test your skills with quick square-shaped corners and keep the beat through a heavy snowstorm. Another new Xtra level, 'Distance', has been added! The song is by Meganeko and the level design is by Fancybread. This song is from Project Arrhythmia, a rhythm dodger game available now on Steam!
To celebrate our collaboration, you can get A Dance of Fire and Ice and Project Arrhythmia together in a bundle for 10% off! Enjoy these two unique indie rhythm games, or complete your set if you're already a fan of one! You will still receive the discount even if you already own one of the games. Thanks for playing! Our fans run a Discord server where you can talk about our games and the level editor: discord.gg/rhythmdr Twitter: https://twitter.com/adofai Website: https://www.7thbe.at
[ 2020-06-27 21:23:48 CET ] [ Original post ]
Version 1.10.0 release notes
We've added two new Xtra levels to the game! A new Xtra level, Final Hope, has been added! The song is by Riya, and the level design is by Rikri. Test your skills with quick square-shaped corners and keep the beat through a heavy snowstorm. Another new Xtra level, 'Distance', has been added! The song is by Meganeko and the level design is by Fancybread. This song is from Project Arrhythmia, a rhythm dodger game available now on Steam!
New editor features:
- Event Tags: Use tagging to specify which Events should be affected by others (for example: which Events to repeat using Repeat Events)
- Set Conditional Events: Set Events to trigger differently depending on condition (trigger on Perfect hit, trigger on Miss, etc.)
- Reposition Track: Set the tracks position from the start of the level. Use the Editor Only toggle to reposition the track for your own organization while using the Editor
- Two New Track Appearance Animations: Rise and Fall
- New Track Style: Basic
- New Event: Bloom
- New Visual Filter: Chromatic Aberration
- Change UI Size: Press Ctrl+Minus or Ctrl+Plus to make the UI smaller or larger.
ADOFAI + PA Rhythm Bundle
To celebrate our collaboration, you can get A Dance of Fire and Ice and Project Arrhythmia together in a bundle for 10% off! Enjoy these two unique indie rhythm games, or complete your set if you're already a fan of one! You will still receive the discount even if you already own one of the games. Thanks for playing! Our fans run a Discord server where you can talk about our games and the level editor: discord.gg/rhythmdr Twitter: https://twitter.com/adofai Website: https://www.7thbe.at
Rhythm Doctor - Steam Game Festival Demo
Rhythm Doctor is a one-button rhythm game where you heal patients in a hospital by synchronising shocks to their heartbeats. Each patient has a unique heartbeat to sync to. Inspired by the Rhythm Heaven series, the game focuses on simple-looking rhythms and then tries to catch you off-guard, throwing fiendish tricks to throw you off-rhythm!
Have you played the original flash demo from years ago? The levels there are totally different from the newer ones in the Steam demo, but we think they're still pretty good!
We wanted to give a taste of levels from the easy to the hard end. Rest assured that the full game has many levels in between these to slowly train up your defibrillation skills.
Yes...
Thanks for checking us out. If you liked the demo, you can wishlist the game to be notified when we release. If you have bug reports, questions or feedback, we're real active on the Rhythm Doctor Discord. Come and say hi!
[ 2020-06-16 21:36:34 CET ] [ Original post ]
As you may know, we have another rhythm game in development called Rhythm Doctor. In conjunction with the Steam Game Festival, we're releasing a limited-time sneak peek of a few of Rhythm Doctor's levels. If you enjoyed A Dance of Fire and Ice, we highly suggest you check it out! You can find the game at its Steam Store Page, and find the Festival demo here.
What is Rhythm Doctor?
Rhythm Doctor is a one-button rhythm game where you heal patients in a hospital by synchronising shocks to their heartbeats. Each patient has a unique heartbeat to sync to. Inspired by the Rhythm Heaven series, the game focuses on simple-looking rhythms and then tries to catch you off-guard, throwing fiendish tricks to throw you off-rhythm!
What's in the Demo
- Four levels from the full game, each one with unique tricks to throw you off-rhythm
- A Sleeve Painter tool for you to draw your own personal sleeve and express yourself in freehand
- A new guided calibration tool to ensure the game is accurate for your setup
- The latest version of our level editor
- Some secrets for the determined
- If you have a friend, every level can be played in local two-player mode
- Each level is perfectly synced (we're musicians and off-beat games hurt us)
Frequently Asked Questions
I want more!
Have you played the original flash demo from years ago? The levels there are totally different from the newer ones in the Steam demo, but we think they're still pretty good!
Simple?! These levels were really difficult!
We wanted to give a taste of levels from the easy to the hard end. Rest assured that the full game has many levels in between these to slowly train up your defibrillation skills.
You've been making this game for 1343 years.
Yes...
Thanks for playing!
Thanks for checking us out. If you liked the demo, you can wishlist the game to be notified when we release. If you have bug reports, questions or feedback, we're real active on the Rhythm Doctor Discord. Come and say hi!
New World Added! Xtra World: Credits
A new Xtra level, Credits, has been added! The song is by Frums, and the level design is by Exschwasion. Test your skills by surviving square-shaped paths and angled turns in a lo-fi digital world. New editor features:
[ 2020-04-21 21:34:05 CET ] [ Original post ]
Version 1.8.1 release notes
A new Xtra level, Credits, has been added! The song is by Frums, and the level design is by Exschwasion. Test your skills by surviving square-shaped paths and angled turns in a lo-fi digital world. New editor features:
- Checkpoints: You can now add a checkpoint into your custom level! Players will start from this tile upon failing the level.
New World Added! World 12: Artificial Chariot
World 12, Artificial Chariot, has been added! The song is by Riya, of Butterfly Planet fame, and the level design is by SimsimHI. Test your skills with navigating tight turns and evading robotic goat drones!
[ 2020-03-07 17:07:00 CET ] [ Original post ]
Version 1.7.0 release notes
World 12, Artificial Chariot, has been added! The song is by Riya, of Butterfly Planet fame, and the level design is by SimsimHI. Test your skills with navigating tight turns and evading robotic goat drones!
New features:
- Planet Colors: You can now choose new planet colors in the main area of the level select menu. You unlock the colors by completing the first six worlds. If you unlocked the Golden Planets for mastering the game, you can toggle them on and off by using this feature. Customize your planets with different color combinations!
- Xtra Levels: On the main menu, you can now travel to an island of extra bonus levels after you complete World 6. The levels in this section are not a part of the main progression of levels to beat the game. They don't have individual achievements tied to beating them. They will sometimes have hand-drawn art assets, they sometimes wont. They sometimes have tutorials, they sometimes don't. Theyre just extra levels to play, of a wide variety of difficulty levels. More levels will be added to this section in the future.
New editor features:
- Moving track chunks: Select a tile, then hold Alt while clicking to drag selected track areas to different places! This is for the level creators use only, and is useful for visually untangling overlapping track segments. It has no effect on the gameplay. Moving a track piece close to another tile will snap them together. This works well in conjunction with Shift+Left/Right and CTRL+Shift+Left/Right for more precise area selections 5 new visual filters: Static, Film Grain, Motion Blur, Fisheye, and Funk
- Orbit Easing: A new setting allows you to separate the orbits easing speed into multiple parts
- Tile Numbering: Press Ctrl+F to display numbers on your tiles while you edit the track
Improvements and bug fixes:
- Fixed a bug where you would continue to hear the sound effects of the track play after you lose
- Various game and level editor bug fixes
New World Added! World 11: Heracles
World 11, Heracles, has been added! The song is by the musician Yooh , whose music you might have heard in other rhythm games like SOUND VOLTEX. The level design is by Exschwasion, with tutorial tracks contributed by Riya. Test your skills with a variety of track shapes in this high-energy, high-tempo battle. New level editor features:
[ 2020-01-24 07:39:46 CET ] [ Original post ]
Version 1.6.0 release notes
World 11, Heracles, has been added! The song is by the musician Yooh , whose music you might have heard in other rhythm games like SOUND VOLTEX. The level design is by Exschwasion, with tutorial tracks contributed by Riya. Test your skills with a variety of track shapes in this high-energy, high-tempo battle. New level editor features:
- Decorations: You can now Add or Move Decoration events. This allows you to upload images and place them throughout the level, separate from the background layer
- Orbit Easing: Set Orbit Ease level settings or events. Now the planets can rotate with a little more customization between notes
- Two New Track Styles: Neon Light and Gems
- Undo and Redo: Use Ctrl-Z and Ctrl-Y to undo and redo your changes in the editor
- You can use F5 and F7 keys to make Pentagons and Heptagons in the level editor (There may be a few bugs with this for now)
- You can now lock the Rotation property for backgrounds, so that they dont rotate during the level
- Improved scrubbing for Move Tiles event
- Tile icon black outline bug fixed
- Update to UI: Properties that are useless will become greyed out
- If open a custom level with a high tempo detected, Otto will get a little flustered in the corner.
New World Added! World 10: Butterfly Planet
World 10, 'Butterfly Planet', has been added! The song and level design are by the musician and ADOFAI fan Riya. Test your skills with octagon turns and a fast tempo. New level editor features:
[ 2019-11-26 16:36:28 CET ] [ Original post ]
Version 1.5.0 release notes
World 10, 'Butterfly Planet', has been added! The song and level design are by the musician and ADOFAI fan Riya. Test your skills with octagon turns and a fast tempo. New level editor features:
- Move Track: Now you can move or rotate the tracks tiles around the screen. Now your level can be way more lively!
- Sticky Tiles: Use these to keep the planets attached to the track while the track is moving or rotating.
- Icon Outlines: Now you can toggle whether the Spiral, Rabbit, and Snail icons have an outline around them, to make them easier for the player to see.
- Cloud saving works better! If you lose your data, you can restore based on your achievements in the options menu
- Level Editor shortcuts: + and - on keyboard for zoom
- Level Editor shortcuts: shift + left or right to highlight multiple, Home and End to jump to start and end
- Achievements now pop up correctly as you unlock them
- Pause menu scroll sensitivity increased
- Various level editor bugfixes
- Mac compatibility bugfix
- Removed splash screen due to breaking on some setups
- Reduced intensity of the background flash at the end of levels a bit. It was a little painful
New World Added! World 9: Classic Pursuit
[ 2019-09-13 18:51:47 CET ] [ Original post ]
Version 1.4.0 release notes
- World 9, 'Classic Pursuit', has been added! The song is by the musician cYsmix, and the level design is by Aratonati. Test your skills with tight corners while escaping an alien invasion!
- New custom background options: Now you can make custom backgrounds loop, or even have a parallax effect! Set backgrounds to tiled for funky repeating patterns, or set them to unscaled and set the size of the background yourself, allowing you to make sprawling landscapes that you can explore throughout your level!
- Camera settings: Now you can set the camera at the very start of the level! Want a cinematic angle right off the bat for your favorite action movie song? Well go ahead and make it a reality!
- Color and animate track events: The Change Track event has been replaced with two new events: Color Track and Animate Track. Youll be able to do the same things youve always been able to do with the original Change Track event, but now you dont have to worry about managing a single gargantuan event each time!
- New track color options: Now you can add a pulse effect to animated track color types (glow, etc.), letting you make cool waves of color that move throughout your level. Speaking of animated track color types, theres now a few more you can play around with; Blink and Switch color types will give you plenty to experiment with! Tip: Set pulse length to 2 for a fun disco pattern!
- Recolor track event: Introducing Recolor Track! This will allow you to change the color - and even the style - of a section of track, right in the middle of your level! Now you can do cool effects, like changing the color of the whole track to fit the mood at different points in a song, among other things. See what cool things you can come up with!
- Set filter event: Introducing Set Filter! This lets you add all kinds of cool filters to your level. Make the game look like its on an old 80s TV, or like its on an arcade machine, or add some rain, or even make it look like a pencil drawing! You can even add several filters at once! VHS recording in a blizzard? Yep!
- Hall of mirrors events: Introducing Hall of Mirrors! Have you ever won Windows Solitaire? Well add a little of that fun card-snake magic to your level! It might look a bit weird on its own, but try combining it with background flashes, or even some filters!
- Shortcuts panel: Dont know how to use the fancy keyboard shortcuts needed to use some of the editors features? Just press ctrl + H - or click Help in the file actions panel, to get a handy little panel telling you all the shortcuts youll need to know. Now youre creating with power!
- Editor: fixed possible desync when starting in the middle of a level (thanks Nichipe!)
- Editor: starting in the middle of a level with large offset no longer adds an extra long delay before starting
- Midnight Train can keep up with the planets during Speed Trials
- Added swirl arrows to Spin 2 Win
- Added portal art for bonus stage
- World name is now localised
New World Added! World 8: Jungle City
Features:
[ 2019-08-01 15:58:37 CET ] [ Original post ]
Hello! July is coming to an end, but just in time we've got a brand new world for you to play. Or...well...July WAS coming to an end when we published the update to the game. You know what we mean.
We've also added a variety of new features to the Custom Level Editor, including the ability to change the visuals of the background and the track itself. Enjoy!
Version 1.3.0 Patch Notes
Features:
- World 8, 'Jungle City', has been added! Test your skill with slanted angles and hexagon loops in this jazzy cityscape.
- Support for Steam Cloud Saves! You can now ensure your records are safe in the cloud.
- Set Background: Change your levels background with a custom color or image!
- Change Track: You can now change how the track looks. Change between different color schemes like Strips, Glow and Rainbow. You can also change the colors for each scheme. It also lets you animate how new tiles appear and disappear!
- Flash: Add background and foreground flashes to the screen, and choose the colors for them.
- Move Camera: You can now animate the camera by moving, rotating, and zooming.
- Set Hitsound: Change the sound when you hit each tile.
- Events now can be offset to be triggered after you hit the tile using the angle offset variable or the circle angle indicator.
- 360-degree tiles: You can make them by pressing the opposite direction key while holding Space.
- Open From URL: Load .zip levels from a URL! Just paste the level's link, and it will download, unzip and open the level!
- Clicking in the same spot will cycle through tiles below cursor.
- Some events allow for more than one event per tile; you can press Tab to cycle between them.
- Screen flashes should now fit the screen in the editor, regardless of zoom level.
- Small tweaks and improvements.
New World Added! World 7: Spin 2 Win
We've added a new world to the game, plus a new section of the main menu. We also have some tweaks to the Level Editor and some bugfixes. Features:
We are continuing to work on new worlds that explore new track shapes, as well as working on small additions and changes for the Level Editor. We're a small team, so we appreciate your patience. We will have a new world for you to play later this summer. Thank you for playing! And thank you again for the very kind Steam reviews. You can play hundreds of custom levels created by other players by downloading them from our Discord. Discord: https://discord.gg/rhythmdr Twitter: twitter.com/adofai
[ 2019-06-25 15:46:36 CET ] [ Original post ]
Hello! We're back with a whole new world added to the game, plus new features and tweaks to the level editor. Now that we're done porting the game to iOS and Android, development is progressing on the additional worlds that we're adding for free. Enjoy!
Version 1.2.0 Patch Notes
We've added a new world to the game, plus a new section of the main menu. We also have some tweaks to the Level Editor and some bugfixes. Features:
- World 7, 'Spin 2 Win', by guest musician Cadence Hira, has been added! This world tests your ability with new rhythms by changing the direction of your orbit while moving around tight corners. Good luck!
- We now have a new section of the main menu. Land on one of the floating gems to move down to a new row, where you will find World 7. Future levels will also be added there.
- Level Editor: Pitch and hit-sound volume adjustment for custom levels
- Level Editor: New 30 degree angles for creating tiles
- Level Editor: Tile Multi-selection and Copy + Paste
- Selecting a level will now take you straight to the boss level (1-X, 2-X, etc.) if you have already reached the boss level before
- Loading a new level in the level editor would sometimes not load the new song.
- Minor bug fixes and adjustments
Future
We are continuing to work on new worlds that explore new track shapes, as well as working on small additions and changes for the Level Editor. We're a small team, so we appreciate your patience. We will have a new world for you to play later this summer. Thank you for playing! And thank you again for the very kind Steam reviews. You can play hundreds of custom levels created by other players by downloading them from our Discord. Discord: https://discord.gg/rhythmdr Twitter: twitter.com/adofai
Custom Level Editor Added!
We've implemented a few changes and tweaks to the game, mostly for optimization. Here's a list of them: Features:
Due to the expanded scope of the game, especially supporting the Level Editor and playable custom levels, we are increasing the price on Steam to be $3.99 USD. We feel that this is a better match for the size of the game. The change will occur on Friday, May 10th. You can still get the game this week, before then, at the old price. Thank you for understanding! Now that we've finished these graphics remasters and released the level editor, we can focus on working on free additional levels. We've got a few ideas in mind, so thank you for your patience as we finish the levels! And thanks again for all the very kind Steam reviews, it means a lot to us. We will update you on here and on our Twitter/Discord when the first additional world is added to the game. You can also hang out with the 2000+ members of our Discord, and see what levels they've come up with using the Custom Level Editor. And if you encounter any bugs, let us know! Twitter: https://twitter.com/adofai Discord: https://discord.gg/rhythmdr Thank you for enjoying our game!
[ 2019-05-03 19:45:18 CET ] [ Original post ]
Hello! It's been a little while, but we've been pretty busy working on new versions and features for the game. First of all, the game now has a level editor! We know there's been a lot of requests for the ability to make your own custom levels of any song you want, so now you can.
Aside from that, you can now find the game on the Apple App Store and the Google Play Store! The iPhone and Android versions have been adjusted to match the art of the Steam version. Have fun!
Version 1.1.3 Patch Notes
We've implemented a few changes and tweaks to the game, mostly for optimization. Here's a list of them: Features:
- Custom Level Editor: You can now upload a .mp3 or .ogg file and create your own level for it. You can find the editor by moving to the left on the Level Select menu. We wanted to create a simple and intuitive system, so you can create the shape of the track really quickly using your keyboard. Saving your level will save it as a .adofai file, which you can share with friends. We look forward to seeing what people can do with our game mechanics!
- Play Custom Levels: If you'd like to play a custom level that someone else has made, download their .adofai file along with the audio file in the same folder, and then open the .adofai file using the in-game Custom Level Editor. Now you can play it yourself!
- Visual changes: We've remastered and re-optimized some of our visual assets. Most of the changes are small, but they're most notable in the level 1-X.
- Adjusted audio issue on level 4-1.
- Minor bug fixes and adjustments.
Future
Due to the expanded scope of the game, especially supporting the Level Editor and playable custom levels, we are increasing the price on Steam to be $3.99 USD. We feel that this is a better match for the size of the game. The change will occur on Friday, May 10th. You can still get the game this week, before then, at the old price. Thank you for understanding! Now that we've finished these graphics remasters and released the level editor, we can focus on working on free additional levels. We've got a few ideas in mind, so thank you for your patience as we finish the levels! And thanks again for all the very kind Steam reviews, it means a lot to us. We will update you on here and on our Twitter/Discord when the first additional world is added to the game. You can also hang out with the 2000+ members of our Discord, and see what levels they've come up with using the Custom Level Editor. And if you encounter any bugs, let us know! Twitter: https://twitter.com/adofai Discord: https://discord.gg/rhythmdr Thank you for enjoying our game!
Happy Easter festival, Clocker Major Update is ready now!
[ 2019-04-25 04:33:40 CET ] [ Original post ]
Welcome both our new and old friends, happy Easter festival!
So finally, Clocker major update is ready now, with a limited-time sale up to 30% off!
Ive already been overwhelmed by your feedback Ive received from the players' community, we've added many in-game hints to help to solve the puzzles much easily! There's also a new mini-game to get the clues.
So when is the best time to add Clocker to your steam library? RIGHT NOW!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/916050/Clocker/
ADOFAI OST Published!
Through the weeks we've been receiving and implementing little changes based on your feedback. Here's a list of them: Features:
We've just released our soundtrack! It includes the 7 main tracks of the game. It also includes a few bonus things, including a thank-you, a set of "tips and tricks" maps (think of it as borrowing a Strategy Guide from your neighbor), and a little secret hidden within the files. You can find and purchase the OST here! Also available on Bandcamp for streaming or purchase.
To fellow music theory people: here's a breakdown we wrote of the rhythm theory behind the game. https://redd.it/amh7wz Are you a musician? If you're interested in making a unique level for the game for money, please get in touch via this email: fizzd at 7thbe.at! We're looking for levels that explore different shapes than what's already in the game.
Level Editor! New levels! We aim to release a new update at the end of each month, whether its a new level or level editor prototypes. We'll confirm them when we can. New level when 30% of you beat the game just kidding The best places to follow us for updates are either on Twitter or our Discord! Our Discord server includes over 1,500 active members and is a great place to hang out and discuss our two rhythm games. Plus you can brag about beating Pulse. Twitter: https://twitter.com/RhythmDrGame Discord: https://discord.gg/rhythmdr We will continue to post Steam Announcements here throughout the months as we add new content and fixes. See you at the end of the month!
[ 2019-02-07 14:51:43 CET ] [ Original post ]
Hello! It's been about two weeks since launch now. Thank you so much for all the purchases, suggestions and reviews of the game! We read all of them and they make our day. Especially appreciate your time in leaving a review, we know it takes time to write but it keeps the game alive enough for us to keep working on new levels for you.
Version 1.0.4 Patch Notes
Through the weeks we've been receiving and implementing little changes based on your feedback. Here's a list of them: Features:
- New tutorials in world 3, 6 and B (thanks Samario for suggestion).
- 3-X is more compact, for more fun without losing difficulty (thanks Weesterner for indirect suggestion)
- VSync feature added (thanks d e a t h)
- "New Best" is shown when you set a new highest % complete
- Pure Perfect messages added
- Portuguese language support added! (thanks Gordo!)
- some secret stuff
- Slight shadow added to "% Complete" text for clarity
- Reduced flashing throughout the game
- PrintScreen is no longer a valid input (thanks Nitro for suggestion)
- Planets not exploding correctly
- Some PCs ran the game without a visible window. Solution if you still have the problem, is to run in windowed mode at first, and it should fix it permanently after.
Soundtrack
We've just released our soundtrack! It includes the 7 main tracks of the game. It also includes a few bonus things, including a thank-you, a set of "tips and tricks" maps (think of it as borrowing a Strategy Guide from your neighbor), and a little secret hidden within the files. You can find and purchase the OST here! Also available on Bandcamp for streaming or purchase.
Misc
To fellow music theory people: here's a breakdown we wrote of the rhythm theory behind the game. https://redd.it/amh7wz Are you a musician? If you're interested in making a unique level for the game for money, please get in touch via this email: fizzd at 7thbe.at! We're looking for levels that explore different shapes than what's already in the game.
Future
Level Editor! New levels! We aim to release a new update at the end of each month, whether its a new level or level editor prototypes. We'll confirm them when we can. New level when 30% of you beat the game just kidding The best places to follow us for updates are either on Twitter or our Discord! Our Discord server includes over 1,500 active members and is a great place to hang out and discuss our two rhythm games. Plus you can brag about beating Pulse. Twitter: https://twitter.com/RhythmDrGame Discord: https://discord.gg/rhythmdr We will continue to post Steam Announcements here throughout the months as we add new content and fixes. See you at the end of the month!
A Dance of Fire and Ice
7th Beat Games
7th Beat Games
2019-01-24
Singleplayer
Game News Posts 26
🎹🖱️Keyboard + Mouse
🕹️ Partial Controller Support
Very Positive
(64402 reviews)
http://7thbe.at
https://store.steampowered.com/app/977950
A Dance of Fire and Ice Linux [846.15 M]
Game is not tagged as available on Linux on Steam.
Linux is not in the OS list.
A Dance of Fire and Ice is a simple one-button rhythm game.
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Press on every beat of the music to move in a line.
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Every pattern has its own rhythm to it. It can get difficult. This game is purely based on rhythm, so use your ears more than your sight.
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Note that it is quite strict and unforgiving, so please play the online version here if you're not sure if this is for you! If you've played the Rhythm Heaven series - this is about as strict as that.
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Press on every beat of the music to move in a line.
Every pattern has its own rhythm to it. It can get difficult. This game is purely based on rhythm, so use your ears more than your sight.
Note that it is quite strict and unforgiving, so please play the online version here if you're not sure if this is for you! If you've played the Rhythm Heaven series - this is about as strict as that.
- Explore the cosmos: Soar through each genre of music in a variety of colorful fantasy landscapes.
- Predict every moment: With a track that shows you every rhythm ahead of time, you’ll learn to sight-read levels as they come. No tricks, and nothing is reaction-based.
- Play new levels for free: Tackle new songs and new rhythms as we expand the game with free level patches
- Steam Workshop Support: Create, share, and play countless user-made custom levels through our Workshop
- Calibrate your experience: Manually adjust your calibration on-the-fly, or use our auto-calibration method. The game is precisely timed, and you won’t experience any slow desync over time like you might with other music-based twitch games. (We’re musicians and off-sync games hurt us.)
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