Syncblade Playtest Update History · SteamPeaks

Syncblade Playtest Update History · SteamPeaks

Time (UTC)SourceWhat changedAddedEditedRemovedReference

15 Sep 2026

01:46:41News0.4.5———Game update

Game update · published 15 Sep 2026, 01:46:41 UTC

0.4.5

- Removed the Playtest NDA. - Updated level editor wiki documentation. - Implemented a first version of realtime lobby multiplayer - Fixed a possible issue with dialogs. - Minor changes to Ganbattana hard chart. - Now trails of rainbow and charged zombeats are rendered on every zombeat in the same hit (ring and overflow twin) - Now the character editor will let you watching items without having…

14 Sep 2026

15:44:45News0.4.4———Game update

Game update · published 14 Sep 2026, 15:44:45 UTC

0.4.4

- There is a Discord settings not always compatible with Syncblade, when discord streaming is detected during stream, instructions to disable it will be shown to the player. - Added 45 fps option to the game settings menu. - Fixed a bug with quest description on some configurations. - Improved ranked match matchmaking system. - Improved the way zombeats are placed on lanes. - The bpm tap tool i…

13 Sep 2026

17:55:42News0.4.3———Game update

Game update · published 13 Sep 2026, 17:55:42 UTC

0.4.3

- Reworked all the character artworks. - Fixed a minor issue with locked difficulties. - Fixed a rendering issue of the HUD in the low graphics preset. - Made a fine-tuning pass on the analysis algorithm. - Added the new chromatic aberration shader to the level editor. - Improved lane multiple selection in the level editor. - Changed the way zombeat lanes are chosen during gameplay. - Minor cha…

05:34:05News0.4.2———Game update

Game update · published 13 Sep 2026, 05:34:05 UTC

0.4.2

- Increased the volume of the new metronome sound. - Fixed the not localized text issue - Fixed some typos in the ui texts. - Fixed some issues with quest description rendering. - Now the quest panel in the music selection menu will close when the mouse is not hovering the button instead of the panel itself. - Fixed an issue with the dialog that informs the player about lacking of coins while b…

12 Sep 2026

14:36:51News0.4.1———Game update

Game update · published 12 Sep 2026, 14:36:51 UTC

0.4.1

- Fixed a bug while visualizing coins in the Akemi customization interface. - Fixed the coin display in the quest screen. - Fixed an issue with charged zombeats shadows. - Fixed an issue with tutorial text - Fixed a bug with locked difficulties for the limited builds - Fixed an issue with Workshop suggestions item - Fixed an issue with reproducing beats in the level editor under certain conditi…

11 Sep 2026

23:22:13News0.4.0———Game update

Game update · published 11 Sep 2026, 23:22:13 UTC

0.4.0

New Content & Features - Added Quests and Story Mode (currently featuring a few chapters). - Added the Akemi customization interface and shop. - Added Hataraku Robot as an unlockable level. - The Void map is now an unlockable stage. - Bunlylux is now an unlockable song. - Added new unlockable particle effects. - Added glitches to Easy Mode for every bundled song. - Added a Private Match button…

8 Sep 2026

16:49:44News0.3.3———Game update

Game update · published 8 Sep 2026, 16:49:44 UTC

0.3.3

- Optimized game memory usage and performance. - Minor fixes.

02:20:06News0.3.2———Game update

Game update · published 8 Sep 2026, 02:20:06 UTC

0.3.2

- Fixed some possible crashes during loading screen. - Improved charged zombeat trail rendering. - Fixed a typo in the tutorial. - Added the "recent" version of all leaderboards including the global rank one (they will become available later) - Now only manually approved charts can be selected for ranked matches, this is done to prevent players from playing charts that are not properly balanced…

6 Sep 2026

16:57:07News0.3.1———Game update

Game update · published 6 Sep 2026, 16:57:07 UTC

0.3.1

- Removed the duration sorting option from the music selection menu. This is done to prevent the game preloading every song to read its duration. - Changed the tutorial text. - Now the single hit, can hit a single zombeat of a ring (like befor 0.3.0), but this will only works if no charged zombeat is present in the action. This is done to make the hit window of a circle more generous, while kee…

5 Sep 2026

14:50:27News0..3.0———Game update

Game update · published 5 Sep 2026, 14:50:27 UTC

0..3.0

- Added the new charged Zombeat hit, also known as hold notes. They can overlap. - Reworked all bundled song charts to include the new charged Zombeat hit. - Added Survival and Hardcore modes to bundled songs. This feature will be enabled for all songs later. - Added the first version of the Quest and Story modes. - Added the new Diary menu, allowing players to rewatch the story. - Some content…

28 Aug 2026

00:41:02News0.2.23———Game update

Game update · published 28 Aug 2026, 00:41:02 UTC

0.2.23

- Fine-tuned the analysis algorithm to improve the accuracy of the analysis, especially on easy and medium difficulties. - Made a small re-balancing of the rainbow zombeat hit time window. - Improved the analysis engine with a new section of the algorithm. - Improved Zombeat spawning algorithm to make it more consistent with the camera movements. - Applied a fix for a visual glitch with some sp…

27 Aug 2026

04:52:32News0.2.22———Game update

Game update · published 27 Aug 2026, 04:52:32 UTC

0.2.22

- Fixed a bug that may cause desync of the preview hit sounds in the chart editor. - Now shaders can always be reordered in the level editor, even if they start after another shader, this should make it easier to manage shaders in the chart editor. - Fixed a minor bug with the color palette combobox in the level settings menu. - Fixed a minor bug with shaders during intro. - Fixed a minor glitc…

26 Aug 2026

00:53:24News0.2.21———Game update

Game update · published 26 Aug 2026, 00:53:24 UTC

0.2.21

- Added a tooltip showing stats achieved on a level at a certain difficulty, this may not work with older scores. - Fixed an issue with playback resume and stopping in the level editor. - Fixed an issue with AUTO palette. - Improved the way zombeats are spawned based on camera angle. - Fixed a bug that occasionally caused the game to crash on the startup. - Reduced shadow quality on low-end mac…

20 Aug 2026

16:39:59News0.2.20———Game update

Game update · published 20 Aug 2026, 16:39:59 UTC

0.2.20

- Fixed an issue with the chart editor playback when changing the playback position while paused. - Mitigated an issue with focus handling interacting some graphics drivers, this is still a work in progress, so please report any issues you may find. - Fixed a bug that prevented bunylux (hard) from reading its chart correctly. - Fixed several minor issues - Minor UI improvements

03:38:26News0.2.19———Game update

Game update · published 20 Aug 2026, 03:38:26 UTC

0.2.19

- Added custom key bindings for the game, accessible from the Controls option in the main settings menu. - Fine-tuned the analysis algorithm, improving analysis accuracy. - Added a new "Align to grid" (ctrl+g) function in the chart editor, allowing multiple selected beats to be aligned to the nearest grid line. - Changed the "Merge Heads" function so that, when only certain beats are selected,…

16 Aug 2026

01:09:34News0.2.18———Game update

Game update · published 16 Aug 2026, 01:09:34 UTC

0.2.18

- Added a new "Merge Heads" function to the chart editor, allowing multiple zombeats to be merged into a single one. This is useful for improving readability in charts with many heads that are very close to each other. - Added BPM mode for sprite animations in the chart editor, allowing animation speed to be based on BPM instead of frame rate. - Added 1/16T subdivisions to the chart editor. - A…

9 Aug 2026

04:12:35News0.2.17———Game update

Game update · published 9 Aug 2026, 04:12:35 UTC

0.2.17

- Changed a bit the timing hit sound effects are played - Added a menu in the level editor for choosing some publishing options for the chart. - Now the game should change the audio source if the user changes it from the OS. - Changed the White/Orange palette into White/Black palette, to enhance readability during charted levels with many monochrome/gray scale shaders - Made several minor chang…

6 Aug 2026

01:19:47News0.2.16———Game update

Game update · published 6 Aug 2026, 01:19:47 UTC

0.2.16

- Added an option in the level editor to set a chart as "Original Composition", this will result in a badge on the workshop page. We want to encourage composers to create original songs, so this is a way to highlight it. - IMPORTANT: Changed the way the game interprets sprite sizes in the level editor. It should correctly handle old charts using sprite, but it is not guaranteed, so check your c…

4 Aug 2026

01:34:21News0.2.15———Game update

Game update · published 4 Aug 2026, 01:34:21 UTC

0.2.15

- Added a button in the level settings menu to easily open the audio file folder for the current level. - Added a new slider in the game settings menu to change the volume of the hit sound effects. - Fixed a bug with camera transitions during generated levels. - Mitigated a possible security issue with the workshop system. The software now prevents file not related to the chart to be uploaded t…

3 Aug 2026

01:53:53News0.2.14———Game update

Game update · published 3 Aug 2026, 01:53:53 UTC

0.2.14

- Changed the multi-head zombeat hit feedback to make ti more readable (especially on slow hand-made charts). - Added the "Poster" shader to the level editor to achieve a "Persona" like effect. - Added a button to go to the workshop link for a page - Now charters can add shaders in the intro sequence too - Changed the way "rating stars" look, to prevent confusion on some backgrounds. - Changed…

30 Jul 2026

05:28:00News0.2.13———Game update

Game update · published 30 Jul 2026, 05:28:00 UTC

0.2.13

- Added a new Bug report system for complex bugs, CTRL + B in any screen when you find an error will open a dialog to report a bug, this will generate a log file automatically send to us - Done another optimization pass on overall performance. - Added an F11 shortcut to toggle fullscreen mode (not available during gameplay). - Fixed a bug for custom charts that starts at the very beginning on t…

28 Jul 2026

16:49:55News0.2.12———Game update

Game update · published 28 Jul 2026, 16:49:55 UTC

0.2.12

- Improved overall performance and memory management. - Added a new UI element in the music selection menu to receive suggestions about community made charts. - Added the preview image visualization inside the level editor. - Completely remade the level intro sequence - Slightly reworked the attack animation. - Removed the damage vfx during pause. - Small UI improvements. - Fixed Overflow trigg…

25 Jul 2026

11:58:43News0.2.11———Game update

Game update · published 25 Jul 2026, 11:58:43 UTC

0.2.11

- Added some useful shortcuts to the chart editor: "1", "2", "3" now add zombeat with the corresponding head count(R + 1,2,3 to add a ring), "S" adds a section, "B" a BPM change, "I" a sprite (image), "T" a text, "V" (vfx) a shader. - Added a new grid subdivision option in the chart editor, now you can also choose 1/8T (triplet) - Added an automatic description for workshop items, so that the p…

22 Jul 2026

20:38:46News0.2.10———Game update

Game update · published 22 Jul 2026, 20:38:46 UTC

0.2.10

- Fixed a bug that prevented sprites in bundled songs from being loaded correctly (Subete wa biito was affected) - Fixed minor visual glitches in the online rank UI

04:48:32News0.2.9———Game update

Game update · published 22 Jul 2026, 04:48:32 UTC

0.2.9

- Remade ALL the charts for the bundled songs, now they are more consistent with the new editor (they were made before it, so they had several issues) - Improved level readability adding a symbol on the zombeat shadow. - Fixed the chart kept in sync with the level settings menu / Live preview while charting. - Updated the engine graphics library. - Improved the photosensitivity mode, now it als…

20 Jul 2026

22:14:23News0.2.8———Game update

Game update · published 20 Jul 2026, 22:14:23 UTC

0.2.8

Now if the charter has not specified any overflow spot, the game will not allow overflow on that specific chart. · Added the ability to disable lyrics for a song in the level editor. · Added a function to automatically convert lyrics file into text events in the level editor. · Added a badge to inform the player that a chart was never played before. · Added a badge to inform the player a worksh…

18 Jul 2026

21:01:04News0.2.7———Game update

Game update · published 18 Jul 2026, 21:01:04 UTC

0.2.7

- Added multiple lanes in the chart editor. - Prevented the chart editor to admit overlapping beats. - Prevented the game from loading overlapped beats in charted songs.

11:45:56News0.2.6———Game update

Game update · published 18 Jul 2026, 11:45:56 UTC

0.2.6

- Added level editor documentation. - Fixed a rendering issue with UI strokes - Fixed some automatic crash reports

17 Jul 2026

15:13:08News0.2.5———Game update

Game update · published 17 Jul 2026, 15:13:08 UTC

0.2.5

- Made the beat position more precise in the chart editor. - Added "Add" option to context menus in the chart editor. - Improved beats copy and paste. - Fixed an issue with preview hit sound not reproducing in the chart editor. - Added a button to calculate sprite animation duration based on frame count and frame rate in the chart editor. Before it was only possible to do it by changing the fra…

16 Jul 2026

17:48:26News0.2.4———Game update

Game update · published 16 Jul 2026, 17:48:26 UTC

0.2.4

- Added a live preview function for the level editor graphics element: text, sprites and shaders (still early, many improvements are needed, but it should work) - Completely changed the matchmaking system, now it is based on the player rank, so the matchmaking should be more fair and balanced, letting low ranked players to play easier challenges, and high ranked players to play harder challenge…

14 Jul 2026

17:41:50News0.2.3———Game update

Game update · published 14 Jul 2026, 17:41:50 UTC

0.2.3

- Fixed a double preview audio bug. - Added indicators for hitting time of zombeats, especially useful with multi-head zombeats. - Changed the format of the time visualization in the chart editor. - Mitigated the "overlapping tracks" issue in the music selection menu.

16:45:40News0.2.2———Game update

Game update · published 14 Jul 2026, 16:45:40 UTC

0.2.2

- Added playback speed control in the chart editor. - Fixed some edge cases crashes from automatic bug report. - Fixed a bug that caused the preview audio to play while using the chart editor. - Updated the tutorial to include info about the easy mode. - Unlocked all the difficulties for workshop songs (temporarily, this will be changed in the future).

20 Jun 2026

00:42:06News0.1.23:———Game update

Game update · published 20 Jun 2026, 00:42:06 UTC

0.1.23:

Completely reworked the main menus UI. · Now the venom vfx is rendered under the Zombeat · Added a trail to better read the rainbow zombeat · Minor finetuning of the analysis algorithm. · Now the scoring system gives bonus points for glitched zombeats. · Fixed a bug that made Ghost Zombeat appearing too late under certain conditions. · Fixed some edge cases for "fake limit exceeded" issue. · Fi…

14 Jun 2026

23:25:54News0.1.20———Game update

Game update · published 14 Jun 2026, 23:25:54 UTC

0.1.20

Added a little invulnerability time after defeating a rainbow zombeat. · Fixed a visual glitch with rainbow zombeats ring. · Improved the algorithm that spwans the rainbow zombeats. · Improved Glitches "How to play" screen. · Now charted songs may spawn Glitched zombeat only if they were scripted inside the chart (so non of the current charts will spawn them, but we will add them in the future)…

12 Jun 2026

19:30:03NewsVersion 0.1.18———Game update

Game update · published 12 Jun 2026, 19:30:03 UTC

Version 0.1.18

Reduced all visual fxs. · Now the "Low" graphics preset performs an experimental "Disable shaders" option, this should improve performance on low-end machines, but it may cause some visual glitches and it will make the game look worse. · Slightly increased the "S" grade threshold (really just a small change) · Leaderboards reset for the migration to a new backend · Now leaderboards are sorted b…

10 Jun 2026

02:35:11News0.1.17———Game update

Game update · published 10 Jun 2026, 02:35:11 UTC

0.1.17

Fixed a bug with the "hide cursor" option · Fixed a bug that caused the game to miscalculate the song length, under certain conditions. · Changed the combo and scoring System, now missing a zombeat that doesn't hit you already will reset the combo, this mechanism is also influenced by musical affinity. · Now the players starts with an initial musical affinity icon. · Added a third musical affin…