A Dance of Fire and Ice news & patch notes

Hello! This update brings us to v3.2.0 and we've got a set of 8 new Featured Levels for you today.

New Featured Levels

Classic Wave 13

linear ring - kisaragi \

It was once a normal ride back home, until the train unusually kept going and soon stopped at an abandoned station. Rumor has it, someone before you had already witnessed the horrors inside this dark, terrible place... and went missing. In an unexpected turn of events, face the reality-altering chaos that lives beneath... the "Kisaragi Station".

(Note: This level contains mild horror themes that may not be suitable for some audiences.)

Sobrem x Silentroom - Random \

Play like you never did before! Grab the beauty of this award-winning level from LOTY2025! All the shapes and rhythms you might be wanted to, but you never knew that even exist! Here's everything you're looking for! There's no reason to be shy, just play the level and orbit through the track and then you flyyyyyyyyyy!!!

(Original BGA & Visual Idea by Harkiadel, Tutorial Music courtesy of Ssimille)

BUGCORE - sunspotter \

sunspotter is one of the many original songs commissioned by Team AOL a group of creators introducing original sounds and levels to the community! As a thank you to them, we decided to feature some of their best levels that also happen to win awards from LOTY2025, like this level that highlights colorful and energetic charting & VFX! Start your day with it and keep the house music on and on 'till the break of dawn!

Zris - Puffects \

Zris and their funky sounds star again in an original music specially made for this Team AOL level! Dance through the skips and hops with style and finesse!

(Some assets courtesy of R=DY)

Tech Wave 4

KAH - Celica (Remastered Ver.) \

Celica is a personal and fan favorite for its great variety of fundamentals players need to learn when encountering levels like these, such as fast streams, rolls, pseudo-midspin tresillos, and more! For its Featured Level debut in 2026, KAH gave this high-octane FutureCore music a more powerful remaster!

Plum - Crossing Notes \

A popular level from 2021 thanks to wide recognition! Plum's melodic tunes were beautifully interpreted through fir3nxxx's lovely charting. With help from yldo, VFX has been improved for its Featured Level debut in 2026!

かめりあ (Camellia) - We Could Get More Machinegun Psystyle! -And More Genre Switches- \

Some players might know a thing or two about Appeal's most popular level, which garnered global acclaim from dedicated players who dare to take the challenge. This, is what players call from its very long song name, "Machinegun Psystyle" - a 5 minute test of variable BPM changes, stamina, and agility. Your next stage of glory awaits. Relive the hype that came from the early years of ADOFAI community.

(Note: This track may be flagged by fingerprint systems such as YouTube Content ID.)

Kobaryo feat. Persian Groovies - Heaven's Gateway \,

Kobaryo has finally debuted in ADOFAI with a striking vengeance! This blasting mix of speedcore and techno is perfect for the AWC2024 registration level, charted by the resident Kobaryo enjoyer, V0W4N, with VFX by GamingGooseTV! Hit the ground hard and ascend through the heavens!

(Some assets courtesy of niAE, OrangeFJ, and the community)

v.3.2.0 Changes and Improvements

Improved Featured Level Discovery

• Classic and Tech Featured portal signs now show the current wave number.

• In the Classic and Tech Featured sections, levels that are from the latest wave are marked as New next to their names.

• Displaying the details of any featured level shows which Wave it was from. It appears on top of the portal sign.

• You can now sort featured levels by Wave number.

• Fixed an issue where already played featured levels didn't appeared as played, and still appeared with blue text.

Fixes

• Practice Mode: sound now plays correctly when going to the timeline in the pause menu.

• Practice Mode: fixed problem with animations being weird after starting practice mode or exiting it.

• Practice Mode: Fixed a bug that allowed you to complete normal levels and speed trials while you are in practice mode.

• Editor: Open Recent label shows folder if level name is "main", "level" or starts with "sub". Also changes verb to "Show" if control is held.

• Pause Menu: Pressing 'C' key to go to Calibration mode doesn't have a popping sound from the level's music.

• Fixed a bug where the hit error meter range was wrong when margin scale was changed

• Pure perfect only mode does not change the floor color anymore

There's also some changes we made in the last two patches that we didn't make a whole announcement for. Those are listed below. v.3.1.2:

• Gameplay: Fixed some official levels that were behaving weirdly, like RJ tutorials not showing multitap tiles.

• Gameplay: Fixed wrong song offset in XT-6.

• Co-op: Fixed a bug where pause tiles would kill all players except P1.

• MO-X: Added back 2 missing checkpoints that were back in pre 3.0 versions.

• CE-X: Removed a rogue tile appearing with a red arrow icon.

• Practice Mode: Going down to check the timeline in the pause menu plays the song.

• Custom Levels: Installing a .zip file that doesn't have a main.adofai will still install it, and rename one of the .adofai files to main.adofai to use it as the base one.

• Custom Levels: When exiting a category (Workshop, Featured, Tech), it will take you know to the initial Custom Levels screen rather than the Level Select.

• Custom Levels: Featured (Classic and Tech) levels that you've subscribed are again shown in the Library.

• Custom Levels: "Community Featured" label doesn't stay dangling anymore, after you go to another level that doesn't use that tag.

• Custom Levels: Small optimizations on initial level load, especially when having lots of decorations.

• Custom Levels: More specific detail when importing level fails or has a warning.

• Custom Levels: Fixed an issue where you couldn’t delete a level if you had used the mouse on the bottom option panels.

• Custom Levels: Fixed some issues that happened when importing older levels.

• Editor: Hold Arrow Short option wasn't being shown in Add Object's -> Floor -> Icon property.

• Editor: Fixed a bug where a dummy gray planet would appear after reviving from a checkpoint when you were playing with 3 planets.

v.3.1.1:

• Custom Levels: Bug where players would lose their saved progress data on some Featured Levels have been fixed, the scores should be back accordingly.

• Custom Levels: There was an error that prevented showing the level list.

• MO-X: Low quality mode wasn't showing floor decorations.

• Editor: Help tooltips are clickable again.

• Planets: Sometimes it wouldn't load the correct color.

• Practice Mode: Fixed a bug where the timeline End would go past beyond where it should be.

• Error Meter: Fixed a bug where it showed an incorrect timing.

• macOS: This version changes the Graphics API from OpenGL to Metal, which should fix loading the game on Intel Macs, where it would crash on launch.

We still have new levels coming on the way, as we're working on more from our Cosmic Radio collaboration. Look forward to it!

As always, thank you for playing.

EDIT (May 27th, 2026 6:40pm PST): If you are having issues upon start-up, please check if you have any fan-made mods for the game installed. If you do, please remove them all before restarting Steam and trying again. There is currently reports of some incompatibility for unofficial fan-made mods. This is referring to mods that modify the actual game, not custom levels. Thank you!

Hello!

It's been a bit quiet, but we're still working on ADOFAI every day. Today we can finally show off what we've been working on: a new level, a reworked level, the addition of local co-op multiplayer, and more!

New Level: Dramatic Entrance

Today's new level actually comes in two forms, Classic and Tech. As a reminder, "Classic" levels are similar in design to the regular levels we've created for the game since the very beginning. "Tech" levels are generally more challenging, and incorporate design elements and mechanics that originated in the fan community. 

Dramatic Entrance (Classic) was made by…

Music: Uaaaaak

Chart: Rikri

VFX: prod & TeoC

Art: TeoC

Dramatic Entrance (Tech) was made by…

Music: Uaaaaak

Chart: SaJabe

VFX: ChyaRyam

Art: ChyaRyam & TeoC 

The Tech version will not appear in the main game unless you have tried to play Tech levels before in the Featured Levels section, since they use advanced mechanics.

This song was chosen as part of the Cosmic Radio contest, held by peropero. We have more Cosmic Radio levels heading to ADOFAI, spread out throughout the year. Rikri handled the recruitment of guest VFXers for these levels and initial organization, and auth and rKizCora also handled the organization of the Cosmic Radio levels. The artist for Dramatic Entrance, TeoC, is also joining our team to do more art & VFX for ADOFAI in the future!

Level Overhaul: 3-X THE WIND-UP

Today, we've released a remaster overhaul for 3-X. We've been wanting to do this for a long time, and we're happy we're finally able to release it.

The visuals have been re-done to better suit the original plans for the level: traveling through a dark cavern. The new assets are done by the original ADOFAI artist Kyle (I also write these posts) and all the VFX and animation was put together by our team's VFXer Firestix. I'm so happy to be able to make the level look how I originally wanted it to, but didn't have time back when I was rushing to finish the original version years ago.

The song also has a new arrangement by Riya, of Butterfly Planet and Artificial Chariot fame, with a slightly slower tempo. We think this will help smooth out the jump in difficulty that most players face when they get to this world. Did you know that in the original Flash version, 3-X was the final boss of the whole game? Now that it isn't, we wanted to make it a little bit easier.

Main Game Improvements and Fixes

• The game now has local multiplayer co-op! We debuted this mode on the Nintendo Switch version, but now it's available on Steam. Play together with friends, and they can revive you if you fail during a level. To enable co-op, go to the Pause Menu and select "Change Players." This will allow you to select a controller for each player (Keyboard Left Side, Keyboard Right Side, Keyboard Full, Mouse, and Gamepad.) Afterwards, you'll select the colors and order for each controller. Keep in mind that co-op is only available for main official levels, not including the Neo Cosmos DLC levels. We are working for co-op support for custom levels in a future update.

• To improve our development workflow, this will be the last version where we will be delivering 32-bit builds for Windows. We’ve observed Steam stats and there seem not to be any more people using 32-bit computers in our userbase.

• Custom Levels: New Import Level Screen. You can now import your locally stored levels or from an URL to your Custom Levels Library.

• Calibration: New screen with improved design and calibration calculation, to better match the Nintendo Switch version.

• Pause Menu: New Settings screen. Now descriptions are more easy to read, at the right of the screen.

• Level Select: “Custom Levels” is always available regardless if you are connected to Steam or not. If not connected, it will only show your local Library, not levels that were downloaded via the Steam Workshop (including Featured Levels).

• Game: Highly improved controller support, also fixed many issues surrounding controllers.

• The game now has a new Calibration screen, to better match the Nintendo Switch version

• Fixed a desync bug that was occurring when you started a level in the middle

• Custom Levels: New Import Level Screen

• Pause Menu: New Settings screen.,

• Game: Performance optimizations with levels with lots of decorations.,

• Game: Updated engine to Unity 6

• Game: Better loading screens

• ML-X: Ending art now properly appears,

• T4-X and T4-EX: Floor icons now have a white outline for better readability.

• Game: Show FPS counter with Ctrl-Shift-F

• Game: As an improvement from the Nintendo Switch version, you can now use Change Players when playing a level, and it will take you back to the level after the player selection process finishes.

Level Editor Improvements and Fixes

• You can now pause the level while it's autoplaying.

• Repeat Events: New "gap length" property to skip tiles when triggering events.

And that's basically it! As a reminder, A Dance of Fire and Ice is out now on Nintendo Switch! In addition, we released a free rhythm game on mobile called Rhythm Weightlifter. It's based on a minigame from our other game on Steam, Rhythm Doctor. You can find it on the iOS App Store and on Google Play.

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Happy New Year!

Hopefully you enjoyed the holidays. It's been a little quiet on our end, but we've actually still been working on the game behind-the-scenes all this time, slowly working on updates. We had to take a bit of a break to focus on releasing our other game, Rhythm Doctor, into its full 1.0 and then taking a few weeks to rest afterwards. But now that we're back…we have a new ADOFAI update for you, just in time for the 7th Anniversary of the game's release! Here's what's new:

• World AR: Libertas

• New Featured Levels: Classic Wave 12 and Tech Wave 3

We also want to let you know that we're almost done with the Nintendo Switch version of A Dance of Fire and Ice, and we'll have news on the release date very soon. If you missed the announcement, we'll also be adding local co-op multiplayer to both the PC/Mac and Nintendo Switch versions of the game.

When we first started making A Dance of Fire and Ice, I don't think we ever could have imagined that people would still be playing the game seven years later. It's been very crazy (and very fun) to see how the concept of representing music as a winding path can be iterated in so many different ways.

Thank you for playing all these years!

New Level: Libertas

We're excited to add a new level to the game! Libertas is a track by Zekk, coming to ADOFAI as part of Arcaea's Crossing Pulse song exchange. Arcaea is a fantastic rhythm game that we've looked up to for a long time, so it's a huge honor to be able to take part in Crossing Pulse. It's available on mobile and Nintendo Switch. If you didn't know, the mobile version of Arcaea actually includes Third Sun, from the Neo Cosmos DLC. Check it out!

Our Libertas level also includes some guest art! A few of the segments were drawn by Juan Diego León, a Peruvian artist we've been excited to work together with! The frantic channel-flipping nature of this level was a perfect opportunity to use different art styles, and we're so happy with how Juan brought our cyberpunk and superhero ideas to life.

New Featured Levels

Classic Wave 12

NULCTRL

Music by Silentroom

Level by kernbYote vs. Team P.A.L.

NULCTRL was one of the most iconic BMS songs from G2R2018, praised for the song's unique influence from beatbox artists and its interactive BGA. Hear its "brrts and bwoomps" as it finally arrives in ADOFAI, featuring a "Neo Cosmos Award" nominee from LOTY2022! "DON'T STOP TO THE CLUB GO SILENT"

Heart of Android: Even If It's Only By Mechanism

Music by かめりあ (Camellia)

Level by SaJabe, Bingsu

An "Art-est Award" nominee from LOTY2024, this level was praised for its captivating storytelling and enjoyable gameplay! Embark on the journey of a robot who tries to learn the concept of love and meet the love of his life in the shining meadow.

白線を渡って (Hakusen Wo Watatte)

Music by seatrus

Level by hotduck, NumbEr07, B.Sanmul

Feel the daylight breeze as you hop through hoops in this breathtaking level, winner of the "Developers' Choice Award" in LOTY2024! Say, astronomer, would you like to relax and enjoy this amazing scenery for a while?

Tech Wave 3

After school

Music by Author wind

Level by pixxy

Another level from 2020! A fan favorite for its simple and fun gameplay. For its inclusion to Featured Levels in 2026, pixxy has given it a complete makeover with improved charting and VFX!

One Way Street ("Endless" Long Ver.)

Music by siqlo

Level by yeonseok22 + Editor AlriC (feat. Pharah & ChyaRyam)

One Way Street is siqlo's take-off to wide acclaim thanks to its popular arrival on BOFU2017 and several rhythm games! We're happy to let ADOFAI be its next destination as we feature this amazing level, a finalist from the VFX competition CDF5 and winner of "Developers' Choice Award" in LOTY2024!

This Future (we didn't expect)

Music by かめりあ (Camellia)

Level by Shopping & hotduck & Editor AlriC

Project : Digital Love is a collaborative project by the community, where they make a level for each song from Camellia's album "heart of android". To extend our appreciation for projects like these, we decided to feature some of the levels that we liked, including this level, a "Gameplay (Tech/High)" nominee from LOTY2024!

As always, thank you for playing all these years! Happy Anniversary to ADOFAI!

Hello! We hope you've been enjoying the game, especially our previous waves of community-made Featured Levels!

We're currently working hard on porting the game to the Nintendo Switch, but we wanted to release another two waves of new Featured Levels while you wait. Today, we have a Classic Wave (levels that follow the general design rules of the main levels) and a Tech Wave (levels for advanced players that embrace community-made design ideas.)

Have fun!

Level Editor Improvements

• Tile Shape: You can now select between a more rectangular shape or a more square shape for your tiles

• We've attempted to fix some inconsistencies with pause tile & Freeroam durations

  • The game now correctly calculates beat counts for turnaround tiles (360° tiles)

  • Turnaround tiles now support 3 planets

  • Freeroam duration now works just like any other level events instead of being special

  • Migration mostly works for old legacy levels, but newer levels may encounter issues, especially those on version 15 and above. We recommend that you check your custom levels to see if the tile and beat syncs again.

Game Improvements

• Pause Menu: Buttons don't randomly change size after playing levels with more than 10 tutorials

• Discord Presence: No longer displays an error for Linux users

• 11-X: After starting from a checkpoint, tiles don't stay on top of the big rat

New Featured Levels

Classic Wave 11

enchanted love

Music by linear ring Level by Pharah

"The song that started it all, enchanted love, was composed by linear ring for his debut in the BMS Of Fighters event: BOFXVI. Since then, this song moved millions of people's hearts, including ADOFAI players, and it will continue to do so as it arrives on Featured Levels through Pharah's Art-est Award winner from LOTY2022!"

Treasure keeper

Music by Plant Guy Level by Plant Guy

"Dive deep into the depths of Plant Guy's mythical wonders (and triplet rhythm!). Follow its path and beware of unexpected encounters until you reach the greatest treasure in the world!"

Head BONK ache

Music by saaa ft. MC iwata Bros. Level by kernby, yeetyote

"I'm having a headache lately... probably because of yeetyote and kernby's bonking when we met last time... Is there a cure to it? I think it's getting worse-AAAAGGGHHH SHUT UP DAMN IT HEAD BONK ACHE!!!!"

ENERGY SYNERGY MATRIX

Music by Tanchiky Level by kernby + Team P.A.L. + TeoC

"Tanchiky and his BOFU2017 classic ENERGY SYNERGY MATRIX make their debut in ADOFAI through one of the most popular FAINT levels made by kernby, Team P.A.L. (rKizCora) and TeoC! Feel the energy as you synergize with this wacky-doodly level like you're in a matrix!"

Five Forgotten Stars

Music by Vybbles Level by 《Wavering Starlight》 (Vybbles + kernby)

"Five Forgotten Stars is a remix of World XO that is all about the number 5. Five is the number of points in a star shape. In this level, five is also the number of times you press when encountering that shape. Prove your light is as unwavering as the stars and you will shine above the competition!"

Hypersurface

Music by Grigori Poincaré (BilliumMoto) Level by 《FAINT Moonlight》 (Twilight Skylines, Econ, yeetyote)

"Your journey in this monochrome cosmos has almost come to an end. In this FAINT Finals Tiebreaker level, approach the universe's core and alter this universe's fate. What lies beyond in your pursuit for closure? Only you can find out. Good luck."

Pure Black

Music by KOTDARI & RoDy.cOde & Spehs Level by AWC Chart Team 《Prism》 (ABorinGuy & SaJabe & Dazzling & Star4th & sedi & chonmung & SomSom & Ocbim & Hanwol & B.Sanmul)

"Pure Black is one of the most favorite originals from AWC2024 for its unique VFX and great charting that it also became the 2024 Level Of The Year! AWC has prepared this easy version of the original level for low-difficulty/casual players, and it's equally just as good that we decided to feature it!"

Tech Wave 2

Go off the Vapor

Music by MYUKKE. Level by AWC Chart Team 《Forret》 (hyonsu & Editor AlriC)

"AWC2025 was commenced with an original song from MYUKKE., a renowned musician in the rhythm game scene! Take a long ride and feel the nostalgic adrenaline in the world of retro-futurism, powered by the excellent level-making skills of Editor AlriC & hyonsu!

This message is brought to you by AWC Telecommunications, supported by 7BG Conglomerate."

First Town Of This Journey

Music by かめりあ (Camellia) Level by Appeal & yeonseok22

"Camellia's music continues to dominate in the level-making scene with dozens of levels. One of those levels was First Town Of This Journey, an early 2020 level made by yeonseok22 and Appeal! With 50,000+ Workshop subscribers and hundreds of clears, its great charting makes this a fun and challenging level for players!"

Light Years Away

Music by Synthion Level by pixelo3o & Logal0

"Synthion has finally made her debut in ADOFAI, tagging along Kara's hardcore project HARDCORE UTOPIA to bring you Light Years Away, a story of love that will never be set apart, even if it's light years away! pixxy (a.k.a. pixelo3o) and Logal0 have paired up to create this powerful interpretation!"

Mad Piano Party

Music by Plum Level by Strode

"Plum is very well-known in the Korean ADOFAI community since its early years, with hundreds if not thousands of levels using his greatest hits, one of those was Mad Piano Party! Feel like a pianist as you play through the runs and rolls, particularly charted by Strode, one of the oldest charters in the community!"

Oyasmy

Music by seatrus Level by Editor AlriC & Bingsu

"One day, it was 3:00 in the morning. It's way too early, and yet, you couldn't deny the beautiful scenery of the world, so you decided to gaze for a while. As minutes past by, your eyes continue to be fed with delight, your ears excite with the sounds as they hit them, and your mind becomes relaxed. What a wonderful day it was... Wanna experience it again?"

Rocky Buinne

Music by BilliumMoto Level by 2seehyun

"Bunny. Bunny go fast. Less than two minutes long but the planets orbit faster than the speed of sound, this level by 2seehyun is a great challenge of extremely fast streams and rolls. Now would be the perfect time to use more than 4 keys to power through the course!"

Your Mind

Music by Roy Mikelate Level by BWen

"BWen is one of the greatest players in the ADOFAI community with many clears in his belt! He also made some popular levels, such as Your Mind. With hard-hitting sounds from Roy Mikelate, this level takes a deep punch into the minds of players who've yet to master triplet rhythm in tech levels!"

Halv - 虚 (Utsuro)

Music by Halv Level by pixxy

Artcore has appeared once again through Halv's Utsuro, with electrifying charting and VFX by pixxy (a.k.a. pixelo3o)! A controlled chaos in the atmosphere, what lies within the beautiful hollow?

Featured Level Changes

crystallized

• changed some checkpoint placements (some were awkward),

• edited title design for consistency,

• fixed a VFX error at 356-378 where the motion blur is still enabled.

LORELEI

• changed title design for consistency (title will now be hidden at first tile and will reappear at the end or when you fail.)

Black Rose

• removed "Checkpoint!" indicator (requested by creator)

1,2,3,4!

• title will now be hidden at fifth tile and will only reappear at the end. (due to existing conditional events, we couldn't make the title appear when you fail.)

VANGUARD-1

• fixed the pulses in the dumbbell part (changes done by creator)

General

• all FAINT levels will now have "Sightreading" tag.

• gem difficulty ratings has been re-adjusted for all Featured Tech Levels. (Note: Classic's gem difficulty ratings are different from Tech's gem difficulty. This is because they have a different difficulty scale. Tech’s difficulty scale continues to grow larger as we feature harder and harder Tech levels.)

• Updated AWC logo and LOTY 2023 Winner logo

As always, thank you for playing!

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Version 2.9.2

Changes and Improvements

• New design of the Pause Menu: We've re-designed our Pause Menu to coincide with our continued development on the Nintendo Switch version of the game. The menu should be a smoother experience now, and better suited to controller compatibility.
• Sightreading Warnings: We've added warning tags to a few Featured Levels. These tags indicate the level was used in a community Sightreading Tournament. Because of that, they're quite hard to complete without missing, and are intended to be a test of high score. We've enabled No-Fail Mode for these levels, only for the first time you play them. See how well you do!
• We've fixed issues with the game running on Steam Deck
• We've disabled Asynchronous Input as a choice in the settings if you're using the Linux (or Steam Deck) version of the game. It was causing some bugs on Linux that we are still looking into.
• Minor bugfixes

New Featured Levels

Tech Wave 1 / v2.9.2

New 7BG Team Member

UPDATE: Partial rollback of Wave 10 Featured Levels

Version 2.9.0

A Dance of Fire and Ice Coming to Nintendo Switch

Level Editor Improvements

• Hitbox Target Planet option (including options for "Any", "Center Planet" or "Orbiting PLanet"). This is useful for triggering events when stepping on a Freeroam floor
• You can now use 1x1 Freeroam sections without text-editing
• Editor panel is now resizable
• Set Input Event, for detecting particular keyboard inputs. It can detect the keyboard's left half or right half, or detect arrow keys. Allows for keydown and keyup options, or can ignore player input and use keys only for events.

New Featured Levels

Wave 10 (v2.9.0)

Updates to Past Featured Levels

Version 2.8.0

New Xtra World: XS-X Party of Spirits

New Featured Levels

Plus...One Updated Featured Level

• Major chart and VFX overhaul!
• Updated tutorials!
• Updated icon, and portal!

Fixes and Improvements

• Fixed floor tiles in XN-X and XT-X that were not visible
• Lowered overall RAM usage by 1GB compared to the previous ADOFAI builds, and disk size by 1.29GB! This optimization works across all released platforms like Steam, itch.io, iOS, Android and the future Switch version.

Level Editor Additions, Fixes, and Improvements

• You can now use tiling option with Blend Mode
• New Decoration Type: Particle Emitter
• "Set Frame Rate" event (Changing frame rate will not affect the judgment of notes)
• Improved hitbox features
• Hitbox Trigger Type (Once, Per touch, or Repeat)
• Hitbox Trigger Target (Planet, Decoration)
• Improved level editor URL parser for open level from URL
• Single .adofai file direct link support (now you don't need to make a zip file for single level file)
• Disable auto angle offset level editor option
• Optimized decoration loading
• You can now anchor decorations to floor tiles
• New depth sync option for decorations
• Planet decoration depth options
• New option for Set Track Color event: "Only change this tile"
• Object decoration floor icon outline / flip

Version 2.7.0

New Xtra World: Miko Skip

New Featured Levels

Updated Featured Level

New Features

• Settings Menu: Added new DSP buffer size setting. Lowering this value can lead to improvements in input accuracy for high-level play, but can lead to audio stuttering and glitching. You may also need to go to the calibration screen after changing this setting.
• Better audio output detection on mac. Used in the calibration screen for detecting the current output.

Improvements and Bugfixes

• Game should support many more tiles on a single level. In our testing, a level with 86,000 tiles used to run at 26 FPS, after optimization it now runs at 128 FPS.
• XN-X: Scale planets effect was not working properly
• Fixed some Asynchronous Input problems.
• Fixed some small graphical glitches

Level Editor

• The Scale fields from the Move Decoration and Move Track events can be now left empty to not change one or both of their axis values.
• Fixed Weird editor behavior with input fields
• Game settings menu: Settings would get restarted after restarting the level editor.
• Better URL parser when opening level with URL

Version 2.6.0

New Team Members:

New Featured Levels:

Level Editor

Mobile: Cloud Saves

Mobile: Achievements

Mobile: Keyboard Support

New Featured Levels:

Game Features:

Level Editor Features:

New World

New World!

Additions and Improvements

• Decoration Dragging: It is possible now to drag selected decorations to quickly change their positions. You can hold shift to move them in a specific axis (axis snapping).
• Pivot Icon: Added a cross icon to display where the decoration and its pivot are located when a single decoration is selected.
• New Tile Event: Change Planet Size
• Copying and pasting floors containing decorations will now paste the decorations over the selected floors.
• It is now possible to filter decorations that are relative to a tile by writing "floor:" and the number of the floor. For example, "floor:32" will filter all decorations that are relative to the floor number 32.
• Mass event pasting for multiple tiles (CTRL + Shift + V)
• Hovering over decoration items will display cyan borders on the decoration objects for easier visualization.
• We've added a huge optimization to the CLS that makes loading the level list over 100x faster.
• Using the lock on the file actions panel will now prevent decorations being dragged with the mouse.

Featured Levels

Version 2.0.3 (r92) Release Notes

Neo Cosmos Soundtrack

We're Working On More Neo Cosmos Content

DLC Features

Neo Cosmos FAQ

Version 1.15.0 release notes

3-Year Anniversary Update

Collaboration with “Rhythm Journey”

New Options: “Practice” and “No Fail” Modes

New: Featured Levels

Coming Soon: Neo Cosmos

ADOFAI Changelog - v1.14.1 (r78)

Version 1.14.0 release notes

Version 1.11.0 release notes

• Steam Workshop + Custom Level Select: Access the Custom Level Select in the main menu to play custom levels. You can browse through all of the levels you have subscribed to on our Steam Workshop page.
• Adjustments of default timing strictness for levels faster than 310 bpm. In ADOFAI, timing strictness is determined by the angles the planets make to the tiles, so the game becomes stricter as the planets move faster. This used to happen up to a cap of 500 bpm. After the cap, the timing doesn’t get more strict. From this version onwards, the cap is now 310 bpm in ‘Normal mode’, and 500 bpm in ‘Strict mode’.
• Timing strictness option for fast levels: You can now change the timing strictness upon starting the level, if the level is above 310 bpm. ‘Normal’ strictness will make any speeds above 310bpm have the same timing strictness as what it is at 310 bpm. ‘Strict’ timing strictness raises that cap to 500 bpm. This change doesn’t affect the difficulty of any past official levels, since all official levels in the game so far have been below 310 bpm. This change was done to enable more players to be able to experience faster custom levels. Experienced players can still use Strict mode to use the old timing strictness. Strictness is indicated in the bottom right of the screen. (The ‘Red Otto’ symbol seen in the bottom-right corner of the screen in the previous versions of the game is the equivalent of Strict mode in the new version.)
• New Shortcuts: From the Level Select screen, press Ctrl+Shift+E (Command+Shift+E on Mac) to open the Level Editor and Ctrl+Shift+C (Command+Shift+C on Mac) to open the Custom Level Select screen.
• Crown Island: If you’re looking for an even harder challenge, a new post-game set of levels will be unlocked for those who complete the bonus level B-X.
• The planets now have a sound effect when they explode. More sound effects coming soon, from our new sound designer s9menine! If you'd like to disable it, press Ctrl-Shift-D during a level or in the level select.
• Multiple hits: multiple keypresses in a single frame are now properly detected as multiple inputs, rather than the extra keypresses being dropped, so you no longer have to stagger your inputs when there are hits very close to each other. These are only allowed for singular double-hits, not on long consecutive hits, so that you still can’t cheese them by playing them at half-speed with two keys per hit, e.g. 123412341234 being played as .

• Editor Position Offset indicator lines now have an animated dotted line that indicates the direction of the connection
• Editor Floor Number markings (Ctrl+F on Windows, Command+F on Mac) and Position Offset line indicators now respawn on exiting the editor playback mode
• Color Picker: You can now set the color properties in the Editor by using a Color Picker to set the color. No more Hex Codes needed!
• Planet Decorations: Set decorations to be anchored to the movement of the planets themselves, so that the decorations will travel with them.

Version 1.10.0 release notes

New editor features:

• Event Tags: Use tagging to specify which Events should be affected by others (for example: which Events to repeat using “Repeat Events”)
• Set Conditional Events: Set Events to trigger differently depending on condition (“trigger on Perfect hit”, “trigger on Miss”, etc.)
• Reposition Track: Set the track’s position from the start of the level. Use the “Editor Only” toggle to reposition the track for your own organization while using the Editor
• Two New Track Appearance Animations: Rise and Fall
• New Track Style: Basic
• New Event: Bloom
• New Visual Filter: Chromatic Aberration
• Change UI Size: Press Ctrl+Minus or Ctrl+Plus to make the UI smaller or larger.

ADOFAI + PA Rhythm Bundle

What is Rhythm Doctor?

What's in the Demo

• Four levels from the full game, each one with unique tricks to throw you off-rhythm
• A Sleeve Painter tool for you to draw your own personal sleeve and express yourself in freehand
• A new guided calibration tool to ensure the game is accurate for your setup
• The latest version of our level editor
• Some secrets for the determined
• If you have a friend, every level can be played in local two-player mode
• Each level is perfectly synced (we're musicians and off-beat games hurt us)

Frequently Asked Questions

I want more!

Simple?! These levels were really difficult!

You've been making this game for 1343 years.

Thanks for playing!

Version 1.8.1 release notes

• Checkpoints: You can now add a checkpoint into your custom level! Players will start from this tile upon failing the level.

Version 1.7.0 release notes

New features:

• Planet Colors: You can now choose new planet colors in the main area of the level select menu. You unlock the colors by completing the first six worlds. If you unlocked the Golden Planets for mastering the game, you can toggle them on and off by using this feature. Customize your planets with different color combinations!
• Xtra Levels: On the main menu, you can now travel to an island of extra bonus levels after you complete World 6. The levels in this section are not a part of the main progression of levels to beat the game. They don't have individual achievements tied to beating them. They will sometimes have hand-drawn art assets, they sometimes won’t. They sometimes have tutorials, they sometimes don't. They’re just extra levels to play, of a wide variety of difficulty levels. More levels will be added to this section in the future.

New editor features:

• Moving track chunks: Select a tile, then hold Alt while clicking to drag selected track areas to different places! This is for the level creator’s use only, and is useful for visually untangling overlapping track segments. It has no effect on the gameplay. Moving a track piece close to another tile will snap them together. This works well in conjunction with Shift+Left/Right and CTRL+Shift+Left/Right for more precise area selections 5 new visual filters: Static, Film Grain, Motion Blur, Fisheye, and Funk
• Orbit Easing: A new setting allows you to separate the orbit’s easing speed into multiple parts
• Tile Numbering: Press Ctrl+F to display numbers on your tiles while you edit the track

Improvements and bug fixes:

• Fixed a bug where you would continue to hear the sound effects of the track play after you lose
• Various game and level editor bug fixes

Version 1.6.0 release notes

• Decorations: You can now Add or Move Decoration events. This allows you to upload images and place them throughout the level, separate from the background layer
• Orbit Easing: Set Orbit Ease level settings or events. Now the planets can rotate with a little more customization between notes
• Two New Track Styles: Neon Light and Gems
• Undo and Redo: Use Ctrl-Z and Ctrl-Y to undo and redo your changes in the editor

• You can use F5 and F7 keys to make Pentagons and Heptagons in the level editor (There may be a few bugs with this for now)
• You can now lock the Rotation property for backgrounds, so that they don’t rotate during the level
• Improved scrubbing for Move Tiles event
• Tile icon black outline bug fixed
• Update to UI: Properties that are useless will become greyed out
• If open a custom level with a high tempo detected, Otto will get a little flustered in the corner.

Version 1.5.0 release notes

• Move Track: Now you can move or rotate the track’s tiles around the screen. Now your level can be way more lively!
• Sticky Tiles: Use these to keep the planets attached to the track while the track is moving or rotating.
• Icon Outlines: Now you can toggle whether the Spiral, Rabbit, and Snail icons have an outline around them, to make them easier for the player to see.

• Cloud saving works better! If you lose your data, you can restore based on your achievements in the options menu
• Level Editor shortcuts: + and - on keyboard for zoom
• Level Editor shortcuts: shift + left or right to highlight multiple, Home and End to jump to start and end
• Achievements now pop up correctly as you unlock them
• Pause menu scroll sensitivity increased
• Various level editor bugfixes
• Mac compatibility bugfix
• Removed splash screen due to breaking on some setups
• Reduced intensity of the background flash at the end of levels a bit. It was a little painful

Version 1.4.0 release notes

• World 9, 'Classic Pursuit', has been added! The song is by the musician cYsmix, and the level design is by Aratonati. Test your skills with tight corners while escaping an alien invasion!

• New custom background options: Now you can make custom backgrounds loop, or even have a parallax effect! Set backgrounds to tiled for funky repeating patterns, or set them to unscaled and set the size of the background yourself, allowing you to make sprawling landscapes that you can explore throughout your level!
• Camera settings: Now you can set the camera at the very start of the level! Want a cinematic angle right off the bat for your favorite action movie song? Well go ahead and make it a reality!
• Color and animate track events: The Change Track event has been replaced with two new events: Color Track and Animate Track. You’ll be able to do the same things you’ve always been able to do with the original Change Track event, but now you don’t have to worry about managing a single gargantuan event each time!
• New track color options: Now you can add a pulse effect to animated track color types (glow, etc.), letting you make cool waves of color that move throughout your level. Speaking of animated track color types, there’s now a few more you can play around with; Blink and Switch color types will give you plenty to experiment with! Tip: Set pulse length to 2 for a fun disco pattern!
• Recolor track event: Introducing Recolor Track! This will allow you to change the color - and even the style - of a section of track, right in the middle of your level! Now you can do cool effects, like changing the color of the whole track to fit the mood at different points in a song, among other things. See what cool things you can come up with!
• Set filter event: Introducing Set Filter! This lets you add all kinds of cool filters to your level. Make the game look like it’s on an old 80’s TV, or like it’s on an arcade machine, or add some rain, or even make it look like a pencil drawing! You can even add several filters at once! VHS recording in a blizzard? Yep!
• Hall of mirrors events: Introducing Hall of Mirrors! Have you ever won Windows Solitaire? Well add a little of that fun card-snake magic to your level! It might look a bit weird on its own, but try combining it with background flashes, or even some filters!
• Shortcuts panel: Don’t know how to use the fancy keyboard shortcuts needed to use some of the editor’s features? Just press ctrl + H - or click “Help” in the file actions panel, to get a handy little panel telling you all the shortcuts you’ll need to know. Now you’re creating with power!

• Editor: fixed possible desync when starting in the middle of a level (thanks Nichipe!)
• Editor: starting in the middle of a level with large offset no longer adds an extra long delay before starting
• Midnight Train can keep up with the planets during Speed Trials
• Added swirl arrows to Spin 2 Win
• Added portal art for bonus stage
• World name is now localised

Version 1.3.0 Patch Notes

• World 8, 'Jungle City', has been added! Test your skill with slanted angles and hexagon loops in this jazzy cityscape.
• Support for Steam Cloud Saves! You can now ensure your records are safe in the cloud.

• Set Background: Change your level’s background with a custom color or image!
• Change Track: You can now change how the track looks. Change between different color schemes like Strips, Glow and Rainbow. You can also change the colors for each scheme. It also lets you animate how new tiles appear and disappear!
• Flash: Add background and foreground flashes to the screen, and choose the colors for them.
• Move Camera: You can now animate the camera by moving, rotating, and zooming.
• Set Hitsound: Change the sound when you hit each tile.
• Events now can be offset to be triggered after you hit the tile using the angle offset variable or the circle angle indicator.
• 360-degree tiles: You can make them by pressing the opposite direction key while holding Space.
• Open From URL: Load .zip levels from a URL! Just paste the level's link, and it will download, unzip and open the level!

• Clicking in the same spot will cycle through tiles below cursor.
• Some events allow for more than one event per tile; you can press Tab to cycle between them.
• Screen flashes should now fit the screen in the editor, regardless of zoom level.
• Small tweaks and improvements.