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Steam News1 April 20263mo ago

Early Access Release 1.9.9

New Songs Added ???????? by ??????? Added ???????? ?????? ?????? by ??????? Added an OVERDRIVE difficulty chart to ENGINEDESTROYER Added ASDF by Doin Gameplay Changes Added chart constants We heard your feedback and hav

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What changed

7 fixes12 additions5 changes0 removals
  • Gameplay
  • UI and audio
  • Performance
  • Maps
  • Workshop
  • Events
addedNew SongsAdded ???????? by ???????
addedNew SongsAdded ???????? ?????? ?????? by ???????
addedNew SongsAdded an OVERDRIVE difficulty chart to ENGINEDESTROYER
addedNew SongsAdded ASDF by Doin
addedGameplay ChangesAdded chart constants We heard your feedback and have introduced chart constants to the game. We hope that each chart's difficulty is now more accurate to what they should be.
addedGameplay ChangesAdded the -aprilfools command line argument to enable april fools content manually when outside the week of April Fools

New Songs

  • Added ???????? by ???????

  • Added ???????? ?????? ?????? by ???????

  • Added an

    OVERDRIVE difficulty chart to ENGINEDESTROYER

  • Added ASDF by Doin

Gameplay Changes

  • Added chart constants

    • We heard your feedback and have introduced chart constants to the game. We hope that each chart's difficulty is now more accurate to what they should be.

  • Added the

    -aprilfools

    command line argument to

    enable april fools content manually when outside the week of April Fools

  • Added 2 new achievements

  • Updated Gear note debounce to be handled by input and not handled by notes

  • Updated the Song Wheel UI

    • Song length is now shown

      , and flashes orange when between 3-5 minutes, and flashes red when above 5 minutes

  • Updated radar values for the Gimmick stat

  • Updated credits

  • Many optimizations to the game

  • Fixed hold notes z-fighting

  • Fixed notes updating a frame later than they should

    • You may have to update your visual offset for this!

  • Fixed Gear visuals working incorrectly sometimes

  • Fixed loading screens getting stuck when quitting out of charts

  • Fixed the hexagonal loading screen getting stuck (hopefully, again)

Chart Developer Changes

  • Added a new stage background (check documentation for more information)

  • Added the

    CHART_LEVEL_STYLE

    metadata field, can take one of many values (which are included in documentation)

  • Added the MUSIC_SOURCE field to chart metadata

  • Added GetPlayerNoteColorHex to chart mods lua

  • Added debug information when invalid notes are being loaded from a chart

  • Fixed falling back to 0 when using negative time/beat-based mods and events

  • Fixed GetNoteDataOfType for multiple strings in an array not working, by moving it to GetNoteDataOfStringTypes

    • GetNoteDataOfIntTypes exists for consistency but acts the same as GetNoteDataOfType

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Steam News / 1 April 2026

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