A quick update with a few changes that’ll hopefully fix a lot of crashes and make your gameplay experience a lot better ; 3 Going through the crash reports, I quickly realized that there were a lot of bugs that involved simple fixes, or, in the case of .sm file parsing, simple error catches. I admit, the current .sm compatibility of Beats isn’t so great. After all, I wrote the parser (alongside the rest of the alpha build of the app) in under 48hrs (sleep, or rather lack thereof, included), so things are very, VERY buggy. I will be completely …

The first release was a surprising success, with a lot, lot more downloads and feedback than I ever expected for my very first Android app. Obviously people want StepMania/DDR for their Android phone – and thats exactly what they’ll get! In 1.1b are a handful of new settings that I’ve added based on user feedback (a developer that listens, yay!) as well as others I though would be nice. A nifty preliminary pause/resume functionality has been added, and so has an auto-start setting. Numerous things have been tweaked and now crashes/buggyness should occur a lot less (if they do occur …

After almost a month of cracking out code (spending numerous sleepless nights using over the Google API) and weeks of closed beta testing, “Beats, Advanced Rhythm Game” is finally out for Google Android! Beats is a clone of the popular cross-platform rhythm game/engine StepMania, which is most well known as a simulator of Konami’s popular arcade game Dance Dance Revolution. Beats 1.0b (the initial beta release) is now available on the Android Market. Just search using the keywords beats, rhythm, or stepmania and look for the app released by Keripo. You can also download it directly here. (Direct download) (Direct …

(Direct download) A tribute to my time spent on Perfect World International – Harshlands Server (PvP). A collection of screenshots taken since day 1 of the server, all for one reason or another. Lot of nostalgia here – I’ll be missing the old days. Background music is “桜ノ雨” by halyosy via VOCALOID2’s Miku Hatsune. Thank you Pancake for the lovely drawing, I’ll forever remember you <3 PWI Forums: http://pwi-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?t=888862 Screenshots: http://keripo.com/static/gaming/pwi/videos/%5BPWI%5D%20Harshlands%20Memories/Harshland%20Pics/

(Direct download) Perfect World International Harshland Territory War – Kylin vs Zulu 2010-09-25 for Plains of Farewell. Capture by Desiree, lvl 101 demon venomancer. Background music is Toaru Kagaku no Railgun’s 1st TV OP “only my railgun” by fripSide. This was my first TW after a month of inactivity so please excuse my rusty-ness ;'( PWI Forums: http://pwi-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?t=323982

“Beats, Advance Rhythm Game for Android” is a Google Android game/engine for playing user-generated stepfiles that follow the StepMania 3.9 .sm file format. Beats is written by University of Pennsylvania undergrads Philip Peng, Matthew Croop and Yui Suveepattananont (Team Notes). PennApps is an annual hackathon hosted by UPenn in which students compete/write a web/mobile app within a 48 hr (weekend) timespan. (Direct download)

(Direct download) Uninstall ~VY1 Mizki Cover~ Cover by VOCALOID2 VY1 “Mizki” Original song “Uninstall” sung by Chiaki Ishikawa for the anime “Bokurano” Recompiled by Keripo based on VSQ by Cover-P (sango312) Downloads: http://keripo.com/static/anime/vocaloid/music/ NicoNico Douga: http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm12128354 Cover-P (sango312)’s channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/sango312 Bokurano’s official website: http://www.gonzo.co.jp/archives/bokurano/index01.html VOCALOID2 VY1’s official website: http://www.vocaloid.com/VY1.html Audio software: VOCALOID2 with VY1’s voice-bank, Audacity 1.2.6 Video software: Adobe Photoshop CS3, Adobe Premiere Pro 2.0, SUPER Video Converter Modifications: correction of some pronunciations in sango312’s VSQ file, tweaking individual note pitch/dynamics/etc. to fit VY1’s voice set. Modified VY1 voice configurations: Breathiness: 0 / Brightness: 50 / Clearness: 10 / …

(Direct download) Love is War ~Lily Concert Ver~ Cover by VOCALOID2「Lily」 Original song 「恋は戦争」 written by ryo (Supercell) for Miku Hatsune (VOCALOID2「Hatsune Miku – CV01」) Recompiled by Keripo based on VSQ by Cover-P (sango312) Original artwork by きらばがに Downloads: http://keripo.com/static/anime/vocaloid/music/ NicoNico Douga: http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm12114380 Original video: http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm2397344 Cover-P (sango312)’s channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/sango312 きらばがに’s pixiv page: http://www.pixiv.net/member.php?id=1107124 VOCALOID2 Lily’s official website: http://www.ssw.co.jp/products/vocal/lily/index.html VOCALOID2’s official website: http://www.vocaloid.com/ Audio software: VOCALOID2 with Lily voice-bank, Audacity 1.2.6 Video software: Adobe Photoshop CS3, Adobe Premiere Pro 2.0, SUPER Video Converter Modifications: minor tweaks to sango312’s VSQ file, audio-effects via Audacity Modified Lily voice configuration: Breathiness: -127 / …

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(Direct download) Old school unbuffed, full chi, 1v1 open PvP on PWI-Harshland server. Rome, lvl 101 sage str-vit HA axe BM vs Desiree, lvl 101 demon pure-vit arcane veno. Total of six for-fun fights, each lasting on average 5 mins (footage is sped up 3.5x) before we decided to stop for the day (and get some sleep). Lessons learned: nix-stun BMs right after the purge to prevent them from re-magic marrowing and use VACUITY powders – completely forgot that I had a few in my inventory ; (. Background music is arcade/PS2 video game Melty Blood: Actress Again’s background music …