FRIEND REQUEST (1.8.0)
NEW SONG
THE BEAT WIZARD, sugosugii, and \[-^v-]'s ":))))" has been added to the Challenge atom.
BREAK IT FIX IT ROCK IT MOVE IT CRACK IT SMACK IT FEEL THE BEAT
Jam out to this high-energy triple threat, a collision of electronic styles & samples from the :0SSEMBLi x Beatblock 2024 song contest. You're face-to-face with the artists, so have fun and remember to smile!
You can also listen to the track here!
"1.8.0 'join our discord server' update" -CV35W
NEW ACHIEVEMENT ICONS
All current in-game achievements now have icons, thanks to our new artist Party Rock! Now you can show off those shiny new icons to your friends with style.
THE PATCH NOTES
Update 1.8.0 - Friend Request
Main game:
NEW LEVEL: ":))))" by sugosugii, THE BEAT WIZARD, and \[-^v-]
Achievements now have unique icons thanks to our new artist Party Rock!
Invisible paddle is now its own option instead of being tied to a costume. C-ミ B-ミ has a new costume as a result of this change.
Added some new VFX to Gritted Strings
Added controller light events to Heated Battle! ~ Disco Bakery, Fragmented Existence, Move Right Along, and Night Echo (Future Funk Mix)
Renamed "Circle snap" to "Circle lock" to better indicate what it does (and also fixed it not working in the new options menu)
Fixed crash when exiting the atom map at the same time as entering a level
The capital L character in the main font is now more distinct from the lowercase l
Editor:
Decorations no longer accept an empty string as an ID
Added #TRUERANDOM option for spritesheet decos (the regular #RANDOM option prevents the same frame from being picked twice in a row)
Added side indicators to "blocks" built-in font
Fixed colordither displaying invalid colors
Fixed Exponential eases having a discontinuity at the start or end
Fixed moving holds in a multiselection with left and right arrow keys not moving the ends
Improved behavior of long song + artist names in various menus
THE OTHER STUFF
Featured Artist Spotlight
See what artists featured in Beatblock have been up to. Music is the lifeblood of rhythm games, so go support the ones making those tunes!
Alaska Sargent, producer of AU CONTRAIRE, released her first song in over a year- Evergreen. An introspective track that brings everything full circle.
In lieu of other news from our featured artists, here's some recommendations if you enjoyed their songs in Beatblock!
Aria put down a few notes in FL Studio & usernamehere opened an empty project file. Cheer for them or I blow up the update code.
Jokes aside, shout-out to all our other featured artists regardless! Thanks for bringing the tunes to our game.
FINAL NOTES
As summer ticks by and we inch closer to Beatblock's full release, some of the side projects we've been working on related to Beatblock have begun to be put in motion- expect some fun news once we hit 2.0! For now, we hope you enjoy :)))) and take a moment to share some joy with your friends.
( ^^ )=)
CV, BubbleTabby
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