Beats 1.5b

Keripo 2011/02/14 Uncategorized

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After tons of work into adding new features and optimizing to reduce/remove lag and increase framerate, Beats 1.5b is finally ready!

Beats 1.5b has TONS of new features, as described in the Changelog. Some of the most important features include:

osu! Mod and scroll up game modes
various new tapbox layouts
much, MUCH faster now and with less lag (even faster than 1.3b!)
lots of nifty shortcut buttons on the main menu
Russian, Dutch, and Italian translations (looking for translators, see here)

Not sure what this new “osu! Mod” game mode is all about? Check it out in the new gameplay video below:

(Direct download)
This is a gameplay demo of Beats 1.5b’s new osu! Mod.
The songs used in this demo are “Kuusou Rumba” by Kenji Otsuki, stepfile by Lisek, for Otaku’s Dream 5th Anime Mix -PAD-, followed by “World is Mine” by ryo, vocals by Miku Hatsune, stepfile by ALICE_ for Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA StepMania.

(Direct download)
This is an Auto-Play demo of Beats 1.5b’s new osu! Mod.
The song used in this demo is “The Disappearance of Hatsune Miku” / “Hatsune Miku no Shoushitsu” by cosMo, vocals by Miku Hatsune, stepfile by ALICE_ for Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA StepMania.

Over the next few weeks, Matt and I will be working on setting up a song posting bot for the forums (please contact me if you are familiar with phpbb3 forum scripting), so expect to see a lot of new song downloads from various song packs – I have tons of Vocaloid, VGMP, StepMix, and Otaku’s Dream song packs ready for posting. In addition, I’ve created a new Beats Portable Google group where I will be releasing periodic development builds for testing/feedback and translations. Already planned for the next major Beats 1.6b update is Scoreloop integration, .dwi support (yes, I slack), .osu support (if peppy responds), and possibly even a sneak peak into new haptic feedback technology!

Download: Google Play (Mirror 1 / Mirror 2)

To keep things short (i.e. to prevent myself from ranting), hope you all enjoy the major update!

~Keripo

Beats 1.5b Screenshots