Hey All! Today is the Big Day, Beat Vector is releasing tonight 19:00 CEST, so I just wanted to leave a few words for y'all: First of all I wanted to say a giant thank you to the discord community for your continuous feedback, you guys have been a big part of turning Beat Vector into what it is today. Working on this as a solo dev hasn't been easy but you guys always kept me pushing it a bit mo…
Upon popular demand, a new gameplay modifier "Speedy mode" has been added! Speedy mode adds a bit of extra spice by turning up the song to a 1.25x speed to give you a bit of extra challenge for tracks that you already know well! You can apply speedy mode under the "modifiers" and as always, completing a song with the modifier will award you the speedy badge on the leaderboard! Good luck and hop…
Hey all, just wanted to push a tiny patch to get the demo in sync with the changes I am making in preparation for the release in the full version. You will notice some tiny adjustments in: 1, The charts for the demo levels got a few tiny adjustments. Probably the most prominent one will be Bread. After slowing down the song to 0.25 x and listening to it a few times I realized the underlying wub…
Hey all! Still here still grinding it, just pushed out an update and while we are there I wanted to let you know what has happened, and what is in the pipes: With Steam Next Fest over you all have left a lot of feedback to work on especially with regards to needing more variety with the charting. We are now about 3 songs away from wrapping up the base game and in the process the editor has also…
For all of you who are using mac: I got some feedback that certain versions didn't support a few graphics which resulted in the targets and balloons not being visible on Apple devices effectively rendering the game unplayable, this patch should resolve the issue, My sincere apologies for your troubles. For everyone else: Unfortunately I had to remove the sparkles from the targets until I find a…
You can now disable the mouse click as an input method in the menu, useful if you are playing with a pen. Astro this one is for you~ · Leaderboards are now showing your direct neighbours instead of absolute top · Club got some upgrades · Alleyway got some visual upgrades · Notes got a small particle FX · Fix leaderboard back button mouse detection issues · Wishlist button for locked songs · Lig…
Hey hey another small update based on your feedbacks~ · You can now add an additional combo counter to your HUD. You can enable it under "options/visual/show combo counter". · Main menu objects got a bit of a texture upgrade. · Aim and Timing accuracy are now displayed at the score count. · Finishing a level got a bit of an extra juice and particle effects. As always if you have any recommendat…
Hey all this has taken a bit longer than usual but hope it had worth the wait. Here are the key items that landed in this week's patch: · Menu got a full 3D port for the remaining 2D assets to allow for a bit more magic with the lighting. Look around a bit maybe you find something ~ · The combo milestone animations can now be turned off under options/visual · The sun flares that indicate a succ…
Menu background music can now be toggled off under settings/audio. · Filipino localization tone adjustments. Big shout out to Clazette thank you homie! · Additional fluff on the main menu to make it feel more busy.
Swapped the hold note sound to something a bit less scratchy to keep your ears happier. · Menu got some visual updates to match the background a bit better. · Small fix to Menu layout to cover UI overlaps.
You can now assign a second key under options/gameplay for standard play mode to give your fingers a break during trills. · The Notifications zeppelin got a makeover, with little propellers and all (the feature you probably all waited for). · Shaved off about a second and a half of waiting time from the transition from the level selector to the levels, still a bit too long for the wait but hey,…
Stone cold had a pretty unforgiving part and a double note. Replaced the section with a different pattern, same total score. · Leaderboard is now also accessible via the level selector by clicking on the little side monitor on the right with the rank text. · Added some highlights over some buttons in the main menu to make navigation more clear. Stay tuned and keep it coming! Will try to keep up…
As always big thank you for all of you caring enough about the game to give feedback! Here is the first patch based on what you all told me could be better: · Calibration option choices were moved under the settings menu · More click sound effects and little pulses to make it more clear which button is selected in the level selector · Near instantaneous restart for the levels · Fixed the black…
Hey all long time no talk! Got some exciting news today! After running the playtests for a while, I think it is time to make this a bit more inclusive and open up the demo for everyone who wishes to jump in! Features are still being added as I write this so if you have ANYTHING you would like to see in the game, shoot a message here, on discord or anywhere else you see me posting and I will do…
Hey all! Time for the March update! First things first, we got the playtests rolling so yay! Been a bit scary to open up the project but so far everyone has been insanely helpful so wanted to give a big big thank you again for spending the time not only playing the game but also giving so many cool tips! I've been working on adding them to the game ever since which is how we got now: · Multi ke…
Hey all! First of all thank you so much for being here, it has been an incredibly busy month and it still feels very absurd that the Steam page is up and running let alone that so many of you have wishlisted Beat Vector. I wanted to leave a little update on what has been happening throughout the last one month, so I can keep you all in the loop about the progress of the game and what you can ex…
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