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Improve the Groove PlaytestNewsRelease Version 0.20.2-alpha
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Release Version 0.20.2-alpha

Improve the Groove Playtest · published 17 Oct 2026, 14:18 UTC

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Welcome back to the next Improve the Groove update!

New Challenger approaches!!! All about that Bass...ie

You finally get to meet your band manager, Bassie! Bassie will start showing up more and more in the game to help guide you and give you important information.

Update Notes

Gear Select Scene

  • Bassie has arrived!
  • New Info boxes for notes on the Deck you're choosing. We'll add more here.
  • UI shift to smaller and vertical button selections. The buttons will get an update soon!

Scoring

  • Dynamic Cards only score if they land in the motive now!

Concert

  • Motive highlights! Genres and Dynamic cards in the motive will highlight when active. We've got more planned here.
  • UI changes! We've moved some stuff and updates some looks.
  • We've refined a couple animations to make it clearer that cards are going into the Motive.
  • Bassie makes his concert debut after the show.

General

  • We listened. Band Names can be up to 64 characters now. So get weird with it.
  • Controllers: I got about 85% of the way there on this one. Hopeing to nail it for next week's release! Stay tuned!

Not as extensive of a release as the last two weeks but there was a lot of background work. Let us know what you think!

Next week we have plans to update the Venue Select page and continue to add QOL changes to the concert play so you know what's going on! We're feeling good!

As always thank you so so much for the time you are putting in to playtest this little game of ours. Means the world!

Thanks,
Studio Dhajmb

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