Beats + Kinect = Win

UPDATE: Demo video and full report released and new downloads available. See here for more details or see below: Finished up writing the full report with instructions, etc. Includes all relevant documents, source code modifications, photos, and of course a video of the actual demo ; ) Report: 2011-05-09 ESE350 …

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Looking for translators

To deal with managing the various translations/localizations of Beats, I have uploaded the strings to crowdin, a collaborative translation tool that supports Android. http://crowdin.net/project/beats If you are interested in helping out with the translations, please visit that site and start translating! In particular, I am strongly looking for someone to …

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100k Downloads!

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 …

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New Download Songs Page with Search!

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 …

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Beats 1.5.4b

Due to a busy school and job-finding schedule, I haven’t had much time to work on any of the stuff in my huge To-Do List. The Beats user-base, however, has proven to be very eager in seeing the progress of this project and many individuals have actually helped me with …

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Beats 1.5.2b – URGENT UPDATE!

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 …

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Beats 1.5b

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 …

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osu! Mod – Work in Progress!

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, …

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Tapbox Layouts and Scroll Up

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 …

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Rant on Optimizations -> Faster Beats 1.5b?

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 …

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