Updates

Yay, the new version of “Beats, Advanced Rhythm Game” has reached over 100,000 downloads (with over 1000 ratings averaging 4.5/5 stars) \o/ Technically this happened months ago under the old package name but I just didn’t notice back then xD (the current cumulative total downloads so far is actually well …

Instead of redirecting to the Download Songs forums, the new Songs page now includes a custom Google search engine which will search through the below sites: http://beatsportable.com/forum/* http://www.stepmania.com/forums/* http://otakusdream.com/* http://smallnsoft.com/od/forums/* http://zenius-i-vanisher.com/v5.2/* http://www.bemanistyle.com/sims/* http://ddrplace.com/simfiles/* Try it out on your phone by clicking the “DOWNLOAD SONGS” menu item in Beats. Note that …

Due to some Google policies, Beats has been re-released under a new package name (now ‘com.beatsportable.beats‘ – its the same app, just a different Market download). (or manually download the .apk from the Release page) Please uninstall previous versions of Beats (aka 1.5b or earlier) and install the new package …

UPDATE: Follow the latest updates (including links to the latest development build) via the new Google group at http://beatsportable.com/updates One thing I’ve noticed many of my users requesting/mentioning is support for osu! files or a separate osu! port/clone all together. I’m a big fan of rhythm-based music games (mostly StepMania, …

One of the most requested features for Beats is different tapbox layouts (aka the area where you tap to hit falling notes). Ever since Beats 1.0a, notes always fall down from the top of the screen to the arrows at the bottom, with the tapboxes being invisible rectangles on top …

Warning! Long, random, technical rant ahead! Read at your own risk! I may also misuse a few words incorrectly here and there – I apologize in advance for any incoherence within my rant [rant] Modern Android According to the latest data from Google, the majority of phones these days run …

Edit: Install/upgrading issue has been fixed (hopefully), still not sure what the multi-touch issue is… please provide more details on the forums! If you have an old/laggy/bad-multi-touch phone and are willing to help us with finding and fixing bugs for the next update, PLEASE contact Keripo via IRC or MSN …

Just another update in case you were curious. Winter break! That means free time to work on Beats. I’ve responded to the flood of emails that you’ve all been sending me as well the handful of questions posted on the forums. Beats 1.4b progress is nicely coming along, but expect …

The new website and forums are now finally up! Aside from a bunch more info copy-pasting, you’ll be noticing some graphical improvements over the next few days as we have a small but talented graphics/web team helping out here on UPenn’s campus. Beats 1.4b’s progress is progressing smoothly as you …