AUDICA: Rhythm Shooter news & patch notes

AUDICA players, ready your blasters. DLC Pack 03 is now available for AUDICA with these 5 playable tracks:

• The Chainsmokers ft. Daya – “Don’t Let Me Down”
• Dua Lipa – “New Rules”
• Nicki Minaj – “Starships”
• Sia ft. Kendrick Lamar – “The Greatest”
• Zedd, Maren Morris & Grey – “The Middle”

These five new tracks bring us to a total of 15 playable songs available as DLC for AUDICA. Don’t forget to pick up AUDICA DLC Pack 01 and AUDICA DLC Pack 02, or the AUDICA 2019 Season Pass to add these 10 songs to your AUDICA library:

• 5 Seconds of Summer – “Youngblood”
• Ariana Grande – “Into You”
• Billie Eilish – “bad guy”
• Fall Out Boy – “Centuries”
• Imagine Dragons – “Believer”
• LMFAO – “Sorry For Party Rocking”
• Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera – “Moves Like Jagger”
• OneRepublic – “Counting Stars”
• High Hopes – “Panic! At The Disco”
• Post Malone – “Better Now”

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1190210/AUDICA_2019_Season_Pass/ AUDICA DLC Packs 01, 02, and 03 can be purchased for $8.49. All playable tracks can be purchased individually for $1.99. The AUDICA 2019 Season Pass can be purchased for $19.99 to receive all 15 DLC tracks released for AUDICA this year.

AUDICA players, are you ready to be blown away by our next DLC pack? Hits from Fall Out Boy, LMFAO, Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera, OneRepublic, and Panic! At The Disco are now available! The five tracks you can start playing today are:

• Fall Out Boy - “Centuries”
• LMFAO - “Sorry For Party Rocking”
• Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera - “Moves Like Jagger”
• OneRepublic - “Counting Stars”
• Panic! At The Disco - “High Hopes”

AUDICA DLC Pack 02 can be purchased for $8.49. All five playable tracks can be purchased individually for $1.99. The AUDICA 2019 Season Pass can be purchased for $19.99 to receive all 15 DLC tracks coming to AUDICA this year! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1190210/AUDICA_2019_Season_Pass/ Missed out on previous AUDICA DLC news? Don’t forget to pickup AUDICA DLC Pack 01 featuring hits from 5 Seconds of Summer, Ariana Grande, Billie Eilish, Imagine Dragons, and Post Malone! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1194850/AUDICA__Fall_Out_Boy__Centuries/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/1194851/AUDICA__LMFAO__Sorry_For_Party_Rocking/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/1194852/AUDICA__Maroon_5_ft_Christina_Aguilera__Moves_Like_Jagger/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/1194853/AUDICA__OneRepublic__Counting_Stars/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/1194854/AUDICA__Panic_At_The_Disco__High_Hopes/

AUDICA players, are you ready to be blown away by our next DLC pack? Hits from Fall Out Boy, LMFAO, Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera, OneRepublic, and Panic! At The Disco are coming to AUDICA! The five playable songs you’ll be able to play starting this Wednesday are:

• Fall Out Boy - “Centuries”
• LMFAO - “Sorry For Party Rocking”
• Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera - “Moves Like Jagger”
• OneRepublic - “Counting Stars”
• Panic! At The Disco - “High Hopes”

AUDICA DLC Pack 02 can be purchased for $8.49. All five playable tracks can be purchased individually for $1.99. The AUDICA 2019 Season Pass can be purchased for $19.99 to receive all 15 DLC tracks coming to AUDICA this year! Missed out on previous AUDICA DLC news? Don’t forget to pickup AUDICA DLC Pack 01 featuring hits from 5 Seconds of Summer, Ariana Grande, Billie Eilish, Imagine Dragons, and Post Malone!

Hey everyone, Thank you for all of the love and support since AUDICA’s official launch on Tuesday! Today we’re releasing a small update to address some of the issues the community has been experiencing. Here’s the list of all fixes in v1.0.1:

• Early Access leaderboard flair is now showing up for everyone who played AUDICA before launch.
• Fixed an issue where “Bodhisattva” and “Lazer Priest” achievements were unachievable.
• The requirement to unlock these achievements is to Gold Star or 5-Star all songs, respectively. For those of you who have already met those requirements but did not get the achievement, you will receive it after Gold Starring / 5-Starring any song after installing this update.
• Fixed an issue where certain visuals were missing from the LIV mixed reality camera view.
• Fixed an issue that could occur when replaying the finale sequence which prevented returning to the main menu.
• Fixed issue where some achievement icons were mismatched.

Go forth and chase those high scores. We’ll see you on the leaderboards! -TEAM AUDICA

Hey everyone, AUDICA has officially launched! Over the past few weeks we’ve been working hard on new features, environments, and playable songs for you to experience in the full release of the game. Additionally, DLC is now available to be purchased to expand your AUDICA library even more! There’s a lot to check out in v1.0 of AUDICA, so let’s jump in:

• Campaign Mode – AUDICA’s campaign mode has you playing through the entire core soundtrack across multiple difficulty tiers. Each tier features a handful of unique challenges for you to complete in order to successfully pass. The campaign mode leads up to a very special grand finale. We’ll leave it to you to complete the campaign and experience it for yourself!
• New Environments and Blasters – AUDICA now features even more environments and blasters for your experience and equip. You can unlock them by playing through and completing tiers in the brand-new campaign mode!
• 6 New Playable Songs – The release of AUDICA brings 6 new playable songs to the core soundtrack. This brings the total amount of playable tracks included with AUDICA to 33! The six new tracks available for you to play are:
  • David Guetta ft. Sia – “Titanium (Cazzette's Ant Seeking Hamster Remix)”
  • deadmau5 & Wolfgang Gartner – “Channel 42”
  • Logic & Marshmello – “Everyday”
  • ODESZA – “Loyal”
  • Polyphia – “G.O.A.T.”
  • Wolfgang Gartner – “Illmerica”
• Full Length Album Versions – In addition to the 33-song core soundtrack, four songs now have playable full-length Album Versions that will test your endurance and beat blasting skills. Just like new environments and blasters, they can be unlocked by playing through AUDICA’s campaign mode. The four songs receiving Album Versions are:
  • 1788-L & Blanke – “Destiny”
  • DragonForce – "Highway to Oblivion"
  • K/DA ft. Madison Beer, (G)I-DLE, Jaira Burns - "POP/STARS"
  • Zedd ft. Bahari – "Addicted To A Memory"
• DLC – Starting today, additional playable tracks are available to purchase for AUDICA. Our plan is to release a total of 15 DLC tracks by the end of the year from chart-topping and well-known artists. The first five playable tracks available today are:
  • 5 Seconds of Summer – “Youngblood”
  • Ariana Grande – “Into You”
  • Billie Eilish – “bad guy”
  • Imagine Dragons – “Believer”
  • Post Malone – “Better Now”

AUDICA players who have been playing throughout Early Access may also notice a few other improvements, changes, and fixes as well. Before we take off, we’d like to once again thank all our players for your feedback, suggestions, and support, and welcome all of the new players joining the AUDICA community as we transition out of Early Access! Be sure to pick up AUDICA today on PlayStation®VR, Steam, the Oculus Store, or Viveport today! See you on the leaderboards! -TEAM AUDICA

We’re kicking off AUDICA DLC with a five-song pack featuring hits from 5 Seconds of Summer, Ariana Grande, Billie Eilish, Imagine Dragons, and Post Malone. Equip your blasters and get ready to climb the leaderboards on the following songs:

• 5 Seconds of Summer – “Youngblood”
• Ariana Grande – “Into You”
• Billie Eilish – “bad guy”
• Imagine Dragons – “Believer”
• Post Malone – “Better Now”

AUDICA DLC Pack 01 can be purchased for $8.49. All five playable tracks can be purchased individually for $1.99. The AUDICA 2019 Season Pass can be purchased for $19.99 to automatically receive all 15 DLC tracks coming to AUDICA this year! Ready to play? Purchase AUDICA DLC on Steam

Hey everyone, Two weeks ago we talked about all the things you have to look forward to with the launch of AUDICA 1.0, including a full campaign, more customization options and the full 33-song soundtrack to name just a few. Today, we wanted to give you an idea of what you can expect to see coming to the game in the weeks and months ahead – more great and challenging tracks for you to add to your AUDICA music library. Starting on launch day, we will have five additional playable songs available for you to add to your song library and our plan is to release a total of 15 DLC tracks by the end of the year. These releases include chart-topping songs from some very well-known artists. The first five playable tracks you can expect to play starting tomorrow are:

• 5 Seconds of Summer – “Youngblood”
• Ariana Grande – “Into You”
• Billie Eilish – “bad guy”
• Imagine Dragons – “Believer”
• Post Malone – “Better Now”

Each track will be available for purchase as a single, in a bundle, or as part of our 2019 Season Pass. Like the bundles available for our other games, you can expect a discount when purchasing a bundle or the Season Pass. Here’s a quick breakdown of pricing for each purchase option:

• Single Track - $1.99
• 5-Song Pack - $8.49
• 2019 Season Pass - $19.99

Pricing and availability may vary slightly by region and platform. The 2019 Season Pass will not be available on the Oculus Store and Viveport. Additionally, for players joining the AUDICA community after our transition out of Early Access, there will be purchase options bundling the game with both the 5-Song Pack and the 2019 Season Pass. Keep an eye out for those! Before we go, we’d like to once again thank every single person who has played AUDICA during early access, shared feedback and ideas with us, and blown us away with your scores on the leaderboards. Your support means everything to us! See you at launch! -TEAM AUDICA

Hey everyone, It seems like it was just yesterday when we released AUDICA into Early Access. Now we're approaching the official release of AUDICA and can’t wait to get the full game into your hands. You, the AUDICA Early Access community, have been hugely instrumental in making this game special. You’ve performed feats that we never imagined, posted scores we never thought possible, and provided feedback that helped us shape and improve AUDICA over the course of Early Access. So it only felt right that we give you a sneak peek at what’s to come in this release. There’s a lot to look forward to, so let’s dive in!

Campaign Mode

Over the past couple of months, you may have heard us reference a campaign mode across various live streams, Discord messages, and even in the backlog on our Trello board. With the 1.0 release we will be adding this long-awaited feature! AUDICA’s campaign mode will have you playing through the entire soundtrack across four tiers. Each tier will also feature a handful of unique challenges for you to complete. For instance, a challenge in one song may make you play with invisible guns, while another challenge may reduce your time to react by increasing the speed in which targets fly in. Combined with an increasingly difficult setlist, the campaign will truly put your beat blasting skills to the test. Completing tiers will not only unlock the next but also reward you with new blasters to use and environments to step into. All of this leads up to a very special grand finale that we don’t want to spoil here – you’ll have to beat the campaign and experience it yourself!

The Soundtrack

On March 7th we launched AUDICA into Early Access with 10 tracks. Since then we have grown to a whopping 27 song core soundtrack, and we’re not even done yet. Come the release of AUDICA, we’ll be adding six new tracks bringing the total amount of playable songs upon release to 33! In addition to these 33 tracks, four songs will receive playable, full-length Album Versions. These songs can be unlocked by playing through AUDICA’s campaign mode and will surely test your endurance and beat blasting skills. The four tracks to receive album versions are:

• 1788-L & Blanke – “Destiny”
• DragonForce – "Highway to Oblivion"
• K/DA ft. Madison Beer, (G)I-DLE, Jaira Burns - "POP/STARS"
• Zedd ft. Bahari – "Addicted To A Memory"

Although we’re not ready to reveal any new songs today, you can expect some big names to be joining AUDICA’s soundtrack upon release. Check out the full list below (with a few redactions in the spots these new tracks would slot into). 😉

• 1788-L & Blanke – “Destiny”
• 3Lau ft. Ninja – "Game Time"
• Alison Wonderland – “I Want U”
• Au5 & Fractal – “Smoke”
• deadmau5 – "HR 8938 Cephei"
• deadmau5 - "Raise Your Weapon (Noisia Remix)"
• DJ Fresh ft. Ms. Dynamite – “Gold Dust”
• Donna Summer – “I Feel Love (Afrojack Remix)”
• DragonForce – "Highway to Oblivion"
• ELYXR - "Eye for an Eye"
• Feed Me – "To the Stars"
• Iggy Azalea ft. Zedd – "Boom Boom"
• Inter:sect ft. Noelle LeBlanc & Naoko Takamoto - "Decode Me"
• James Egbert – “The Space”
• James Landino ft. Noelle LeBlanc – "Break For Me"
• Jeff Allen – “Lazerface”
• K/DA ft. Madison Beer, (G)I-DLE, Jaira Burns - "POP/STARS"
• Knife Party – "Resistance"
• KNOWER – "Overtime"
• Mason vs Princess Superstar – "Perfect (Exceeder)"
• M-Cue – "Predator"
• Noisia – “Collider”
• ORION - "Time For Crime"
• Savant – “Splinter”
• Symbion Project – "Synthesized (Audica Remix)"
• Zedd ft. Bahari – "Addicted To A Memory"
• Zedd & Grey – “Adrenaline”

We look forward to hearing your thoughts in our Discord and on our social channels on what the six new songs are!

And More!

AUDICA’s launch will also come with new achievements to unlock, some final authoring updates to existing tracks, and a few other tweaks and fixes. Keep your eyes peeled for a full list of additions, updates, fixes, and changes in our v1.0 patch notes around launch. The 1.0 release does not mark the end of AUDICA. While we’re not ready to talk about it just yet, you can expect to see additional content and updates for the game in the weeks and months to come following launch. Before we go, we wanted to say thank you again to everyone who has played AUDICA in Early Access, left a review, left us feedback and suggestions in our Discord, and helped spread the word to your friends. AUDICA has been a passion project for us at the studio and we’re so proud of what it’s become. We truly appreciate all of your support! As a special thanks from us to you for supporting AUDICA during the Early Access period, everyone who has purchased and played AUDICA before launch will receive a special in-game flair on the leaderboards. If you’d like to get in on this before launch, be sure to pick the game up on Steam, Oculus, and/or Viveport and play the game at least once. This is also a good reminder to purchase the game if you haven’t yet before we raise the price after Early Access ends! Once more, thank you and see you at launch! - TEAM AUDICA

Hey everyone, AUDICA version 0.4.1 has arrived! To celebrate the recent launch of Borderlands 3 we have partnered with our friends over at Gearbox Software to bring a Maliwan Pistol from the Borderlands universe into AUDICA! Check them out in action in the video below and then be sure to equip them the next time you boot up AUDICA: This update also includes higher quality audio mixes, revamped in-game calibration, additions and changes to some features for content creators, and more! Let’s jump into all the details of what’s included in v0.4.1:

• New blasters available! You can now equip and blast beats with a Maliwan Pistol from the Borderlands universe. Find them in the settings menu under customization.
• Interactive Calibration – It’s now easier than ever to sync up visuals and audio in-game with new interactive calibration tools for both. We have also changed how calibration numbers work under the hood, so if you had tweaked them in the past, you will want to tweak them again.
• Song Preview Improvements – You can now toggle the option to play a song’s preview after selecting it in the song list. Look for the checkbox on the song details screen just before you select play!
• Camera Panning Tweaks – You can now toggle on an indicator on the platform to see where the camera is and how much it will pan around you. This works for both the panning mixed reality camera and the 3rd person spectator camera.
• Twitch Chat Integration - You can now see what your audience is saying in your Twitch chat! To configure, look under "Spectator Cam" in settings and enter your Twitch channel. There are also options to re-position the chat window and optionally hide it during gameplay.
• Higher Quality Audio Mixes – We’ve updated song audio to use higher-quality mixes.
• Additional Fixes and Tweaks –
  • You can also now shoot and hold the up and down arrows on the song select screen to scroll faster, in additional to scrolling with the thumbstick or grabbing with the grip trigger.
  • Fixed an issue with how some achievements were being tracked. Progress for the achievements fixed has been reset.
  • Increased the default melee speed by 20% for Advanced and Expert difficulties to improve rhythmic readability.
  • Adjusted maps for some songs on Standard difficulty.
  • Re-ordered the song list to better introduce new players to the game.

In addition to the above, the team is working on several new tracks to bring to AUDICA in October. Don’t expect any new music to come to the game this month, but be sure to keep posted for more info on these songs and more in the coming weeks! Finally, just in case you missed all the news over the last few weeks, AUDICA is coming to PlayStation®VR and Oculus Quest! Stay tuned for more news on both soon! Thanks again to the entire AUDICA community for continuing to share your feedback and thoughts on the game. If you have anything else to share with us after playing the latest update, be sure to do so through our social channels on Twitter and Facebook or in our official Discord server: http://discord.gg/harmonix - TEAM AUDICA Borderlands 3 and Maliwan are © 2019 Gearbox. Borderlands and and Borderlands logo are registered trademarks of Gearbox Enterprises, LLC. TWITCH is a trademark of Twitch Interactive, Inc. or its affiliates.

Hey everyone! AUDICA version 0.4.0 is now available! This update is a hefty one and features new songs, achievements, gameplay adjustments, and more! ELYXR “Eye for an Eye” is now available as part of AUDICA’s core soundtrack - for those who don't know, ELYXR is a band by Harmonix fan favorite, Kasson Crooker! In addition, ProtoPip’s award-winning entry to the Community Maps Contest now appears as the official Expert-level map for “Decode Me” by Inter:sect ft. Noelle LeBlanc and Naoko Takamoto. Congrats again ProtoPip! https://youtu.be/_b1Bua7u4U4 In addition to new songs, this update also adds achievements for you to chase and earn, major adjustments to scoring and how we calculate aim, and new authoring for Beginner difficulty. The changes introduced in today's AUDICA update are intended to make the entire AUDICA gameplay experience more approachable for players of all skill levels, whether you're playing the game for the first time or a seasoned player sitting at the top of the leaderboards. If you previously tried to get a friend into AUDICA, but they found it too challenging, now would be a great time to try again! Before we dive into the full patch notes, today we also announced that AUDICA will be coming to PlayStation®VR this Fall! For more details on this, be sure to head on over to the PlayStation® blog for the full scoop. If you’d like to be the first to get your hands on the PlayStation®VR version of AUDICA, it will be playable this weekend at PAX West! Be sure to stop on by the PlayStation® booth and give it a try. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhHVdV2UN9w Let’s jump into the details of what’s included in v0.4.0:

• Two new playable songs have been added to the core soundtrack:
  • ELYXR “Eye for an Eye”
  • Inter:sect ft. Noelle LeBlanc and Naoko Takamoto “Decode Me”
• Achievements – 22 achievements are now available for all you achievement hunters out there. More will be added between now and launch. Stay tuned!
• Temporal Aim Assist – We’ve redesigned the way we calculate aim to compensate for minor controller movement during the trigger pull. Our goal is to better capture intent when shooting at targets, improving the feel of aiming. Temporal Aim Assist, especially when combined with our changes to Form (see next bullet) will also enable players to play with more style and movement. Try it out and let us know what you think!
• Form has been removed as a scoring mechanic. This decision was made based on valuable feedback from a recent community survey and our desire to allow for more expressive movement while playing. This change will not require a leaderboard reset as existing points earned for Form have been added into the base score.
• Added leaderboard flair for Community Maps Contest entrants.
• Authoring for Beginner difficulty has been refreshed to improve the experience for new AUDICA players. Special thanks to community member Jukibom for their help!
  • Melees have been removed entirely from Beginner difficulty.
  • There’s now a set amount of musical time between changing hands.
• Added support for the Vive Cosmos controllers.
• Gameplay tweaks and adjustments:
  • Improved telegraph cloud for horizontal and vertical slot targets to make them easier to read.
  • Made tweaks to visual effects to reduce moments of brightness flare-up to improve readability, particularly in songs with a lot of targets.
  • Repurposed the form indicator on the back of the gun to indicate if you're aiming at a target.
  • The center of targets light up when the timing window for shooting is open.
  • Added a flash animation on Beginner difficulty to indicate when you should shoot.
  • Made targets dim after passing on Beginner and Standard difficulties, to discourage new players from shooting them after it's too late.
  • Changed chain scoring to track how well you're moving in the direction of the chain, rather than how well you're pointing at each individual node. This makes chain scoring less rigid and allows you to make bigger motions when tracing chains.
  • Added separate sounds for "dropped a multiplier level while in a streak" vs. "dropped a multiplier level while not in a streak".
  • Made the timing window larger on Beginner difficulty, so you can shoot slightly earlier and still hit the target.
  • Slowed down the cue darts in Beginner and Standard difficulties.
  • Fixed hitching that could happen in songs that end with melee targets.
  • Adjusted star score thresholds to compensate for expected scoring changes that Temporal Aim Assist will cause.
  • The aim results screen now indicates what type of target each shot was.
  • Fixed sustain beams clipping through floor platform when pointing them downward.
  • Added color swatches to gun color presets.
  • Added popup on results and failure screens to remind you to aim down the sights in cases where you're performing poorly and not aiming down the sights
  • Added a "Targeting Haptics Strength" slider to control the amount that controllers vibrate when aimed at a target.
  • Added a red marker to the score display to indicate if you would have failed when playing in no-fail or Practice Mode.
  • Added ability for Community Maps to set a "z offset" on target positions (highly experimental!)
  • Fixed an issue where you'd lose credit for a full combo if you fired in the time between the last target and the results display.
  • Fixed an issue where the timing window in Practice Mode was being affected by playback speed.
  • Updated to Unity 2018.4.6.
  • Performance optimizations.

Thanks again for continuing to share your feedback and thoughts on AUDICA! If you have anything to share after playing today’s update, be sure to do so through our social channels on Twitter and Facebook or in our official Discord server: Discord.gg/Harmonix - TEAM AUDICA

Hey everyone! AUDICA update v0.3.2 has arrived, bringing with it the most challenging track in AUDICA history - a brand new single from DragonForce that is not for the faint of heart. Playable in AUDICA the same day it was released to the world, DragonForce’s new single, “Highway to Oblivion”, will be a true test of your skills and endurance. Clocking in at just under 7 minutes, this brutal track will test the limits for players of all difficulty levels. If seven minutes of blasting beats is too challenging for you, no need to worry, there's also a standard AUDICA length version available. Here’s the full list of what’s included in this update:

• New song:
  • DragonForce – “Highway to Oblivion”
    • Standard version can be found in the song list.
    • Full-length album version can be found in the "Extras" section of the song list. The full-length version does not contribute to your Total Leaderboard score.
• Gameplay tweaks and adjustments:
  • For players who use the Valve Index Controllers or Vive Wands - we added the ability to set your trigger threshold to "click." You can use the click button at the end of the trigger to fire.
  • Added multi-tempo authoring support for the DragonForce track.
  • Improved performance while songs are loading.
  • General performance improvements during gameplay.

As always, thank you all for your continued support! See you on the leaderboards. -Team AUDICA

Hey everyone, Today's AUDICA update (v0.3.1) brings a few gameplay tweaks and adjustments. Most notably, we've enhanced the Cue Dart system to help you sight-read targets in your peripheral vision as well as during complex moves, such as cross-overs. Here's a full rundown of the changes made in v0.3.1:

• Target Telegraph Improvements:
  • The Cue Dart system has been revamped. Cue darts now have a "pre-glow" element to make anticipation easier and improve sight-reading.
  • Target speed on Expert has been increased 15% to make dense authoring easier to read.
  • The Telegraph "ring" animation has been adjusted to make rhythms easier to read.
  • Cue Dart speed is now unaffected by the Target Speed setting.
  • You can adjust the new Cue Dart settings in the "Gameplay" section of the Settings menu.
  • Added hand smoothing to reduce controller jitter. Smoothing amount can be adjusted in the "Gameplay" section of the Settings menu.
• Gunslinging Updates:
  • Added the ability to release the Oculus Touch grip button to throw or spin the guns, making it function similarly to the Valve Index Controllers. This is off by default and can be enabled in the "Misc" section of the Settings menu.
  • Adjusted gun-swapping behavior so that your hand attracts the gun you are pointing at, rather than the closest gun, when throwing guns with the "Allow Hand Swap" setting enabled.
• Reverted the audio settings for drum kits back to Destruct by default. We will continue to iterate on the extra kits before they're integrated more deeply across the soundtrack.
• Fixes and Tweaks:
  • Repeated restarts and failures are now grouped together in play history on the Song Info panel.
  • Fixed elements of the in-game Map Creator not appearing in mixed reality.
  • Optimizations to mixed reality rendering when using LIV.
  • Additional general performance optimizations.

We are excited to hear everyone's thoughts on these changes. If you'd like to share your feedback, be sure to join our official Discord server at Discord.gg/Harmonix and drop it in #audica-feedback. Be sure to also keep tabs on what's coming next by viewing the AUDICA roadmap over on Trello: https://trello.com/b/VLEw3nkw/audica-development-roadmap - Team AUDICA

Hey everyone! Today we’re releasing v0.3.0 of AUDICA. This update is jam-packed, adding two brand new songs to the core soundtrack, as well as some sweet new features including Group Play with local leaderboards and more. Also, as a reminder, in our last update we included an in-game VR Map Creator! We also kicked off our Community Maps Contest. There’s still time to create a map for “Decode Me” by Inter:sect ft. Noelle LeBlanc and Naoko Takamoto. Get all of the contest details on our blog: http://www.harmonixmusic.com/blog/audica-community-maps-contest-create-maps-win-prizes Let’s jump into today’s release notes! The two new songs available to play in Audica today are:

• Feed Me - “To the Stars”
• ORION - “Time For Crime”

https://youtu.be/y_Dv1cFUQ28 New features, updates, and bug fixes:

• Group Play - You can now play Audica with a group of friends, in-person, and keep track of everyone’s scores with our local leaderboards! No need to worry about your own overall leaderboard placement when switching off with the headset. Local players can create individual profiles with settings like target colors, height, and slot target orientation.
• Leaderboard Improvements
  • We added a cross-platform friend code system, so Steam users can add Oculus users as friends and vice versa.
  • There is now a score comparison view, so you can see how you stack up against a selected friend on all songs.
• New Arena - You can now play in a new arena we named “Mystery”. This new arena includes the first hints of the civilization that occupies this strange place. Additional arenas will be coming to the full product as part of the campaign.
• New Blasters - You can now select a new pair of blasters to blast away beats with!
• Song Info Panel - View information on a selected song including the tempo and duration of the song, details of your play history, and your top scores per-difficulty. This is particularly helpful information for those who are striving to beat their prior high scores from a lower difficulty level.
• Selectable Target Sound Packs - You can now switch up the sound targets make when you blast them away. Find Target Sound options included in today’s update in the settings, or even create and add your own! Here are the current options available to you:
  • M-Cue - Experimental electronic sounds from producer, M-Cue.
  • Crunch - Electronic drums with lots of crunchy grit and a hint of wood.
  • Destruct - Aggressively distorted drums with a long release.
  • HM-x0x - Classic EDM style analog drums.
• Valve Index Controller Support - Audica now supports the use of the brand-new Valve Index Controllers ("Knuckles"). Gunslinging spins and throws can be performed by letting go of the controllers. Your in-game hands will match your IRL hand and finger movements while handling these controllers.
• For OpenVR players - We switched to the SteamVR input system, which allows for custom controller mapping in SteamVR.
• Fixes and Tweaks
  • Various performance optimizations.
  • Fixed the physics of blasters not colliding with the ground.
  • Left hand custom blaster model now gets mirrored to better allow for asymmetric custom blaster models.
  • Practice mode now allows you to play at speeds up to 200%.

As always, thank you all for your continued support! Join the discussion with the rest of the community on our official Discord server if you haven’t already: Discord.gg/Harmonix. Feel free to post suggestions and feedback our Audica channels. Keep tabs on what will come next for Audica with our Trello board: https://trello.com/b/VLEw3nkw/audica-development-roadmap - Team AUDICA

Hi everyone, Today we're excited to be releasing v0.2.1 of AUDICA. This update brings two brand new songs to the core soundtrack, as well as an in-game VR Map Creator! To celebrate the launch of this feature, we're also kicking off a month-long contest for our amazingly talented creator community to do what they do best - create amazing Community Maps! For more details on this, read our blog at http://www.harmonixmusic.com/blog/audica-community-maps-contest-create-maps-win-prizes The two new songs available to play in Audica today are:

• Mason vs Princess Superstar – "Perfect (Exceeder)"
• Zedd ft. Bahari – "Addicted To A Memory"

Additionally, today's update brings the following features, updates, and fixes:

• In-game VR Map Creator - Shoot along to any song in-game to make your own Community Map! Share your completed Maps with the community in our Discord server, or bring the file into Reaper and use our authoring tools to expand upon your creation.
• Mirror Mode - You can now play a mirrored and hand-swapped version of any song. Perfect for players looking for a "Lefty Flip" option in Audica!
• The song details screen has been slightly rearranged to make Community Maps easier to navigate to.
• Added a target speed multiplier as a global user setting. This is also controllable on a per-Community Map basis to allow experimentation with denser Community Maps.
• Added new graphical options to allow you to use supersampling and toggle full screen mode.
• Additional Fixes and Tweaks:
  • Fixed an issue where songs ending with melees would hitch.
  • You can now shoot the timeline in practice mode to jump to a section.
  • Performance optimizations during gameplay.
  • Optimizations to improve performance while a song is loading.
  • Shortened hover time for song previews.
  • Adjusted some environment effects to make them less distracting during gameplay.
  • Support for customized avatars to use your gun's colors.
  • Adjusted score threshold to make it more challenging to achieve gold stars.
  • Tweaked coloring of hand-specific melee targets, to make Community Maps with hand-specific melees easier to read.

Please keep your feedback on AUDICA coming, especially through the #audica-feedback channel on our official Discord server at Discord.gg/Harmonix. Be sure to head on over to the Harmonix Blog to learn more about our AUDICA Community Maps contest as well! Until next time, -Team AUDICA

Hey everyone! We’re releasing v0.2.0, which comes with two new core soundtrack songs as well as some exciting environment and blaster upgrades and support on the Oculus Rift S and Windows MR headsets! Additionally, if you create your own custom gun and avatars models you can now add them into the game! As always, share your thoughts and feedback in our official Discord or on our social channels. Let’s jump into the nitty gritty:

• New Songs
  • “Break For Me” by James Landino ft. Noelle LeBlanc
  • “Resistance” by Knife Party
• Environments and Blasters Upgrades – They are more vibrant, dynamic, and reactive to your gameplay! The environment is much more lively for those watching your spectator camera view.
• Added recoil and sustain animations to blasters.
• Streak Changes – The penalty for missing a target is no longer as drastic. Multipliers will now decrease by 1 for each miss, instead of a full reset. This allows you to spend more time with a multiplier and getting more points!
• Custom Model Support – You can now load models of guns and avatars you own into the game. You can change your left and right guns, or head and body models at any time in the settings option.
• Audica now natively supports the Oculus Rift S and Windows Mixed Reality.
• Gun yaw and roll angle can now also be adjusted, in addition to gun pitch angle.
• Fixes and tweaks:
  • Reduced angular drag for gunslinging tricks, so now guns can spin for longer.
  • Adjusted audio filtering behavior so that the song only temporarily filters on a miss, rather than staying filtered until the next success.
  • Fixed issue where "Allow View Toggling" option was not actually working.
  • Fixed issue where community maps could fail to load in some scenarios.
  • Improved button mapping for Knuckles (Valve Index) controllers.
  That's all for now! If you're curious about what's coming down the pipeline, you can always take a look at our roadmap on Trello: https://trello.com/b/VLEw3nkw/audica-development-roadmap

Hi everyone, We're excited to be releasing v0.1.8 which among other updates and fixes brings a widely requested feature to AUDICA: Practice Mode! We're looking forward to hearing your thoughts on it, so be sure to share your feedback with us in our official Discord server (Discord.gg/Harmonix) or on our social channels. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKCzag5r6Ak Here's a look at everything that's been added, changed, and fixed in v0.1.8:

• Practice Mode – The first version of practice mode is here! Slow down and loop challenging parts of songs and work your way towards that full combo. You can enable Practice Mode right before starting any song or at any point in the song from the Pause screen.
• A slider has been added to allow you to reduce aim assist. We’re running an experiment to see if our high-level players enjoy playing with reduced aim assist for a more challenging experience. Keep posted for a survey about this, as we'd love to hear everyone's thoughts!
• A shortcut to the "Testing Range" from the tutorial has been added to the tutorial menu. Hop in and perfect your Timing, Aim, and Form on the fly!
• The "Moderate" difficulty has been renamed to "Standard" to better reflect the challenge.
• Gunslinging now has sounds! You can adjust where the sound effects play in the Settings menu.
• Recenter and Spectator Cam Toggle buttons have been remapped on Vive wands from the thumbpad click to the grip buttons.
• An option has been added to disable the Spectator Cam Toggle button.
• Fixes:
  • Chain Targets that start at the same time now show a connector bar.
  • Fixed target animation jitter when the game is paused.
  • Fixed gunslinging angular velocity not working properly in OpenVR in some scenarios.
  • Performance optimizations.

Thanks again for sharing your feedback and thoughts on AUDICA. As always, we're actively chatting and listening to feedback in our official Discord server (Discord.gg/Harmonix). Be sure to drop in, say hello, and brag about your latest high score while you're there! Until next time, -TEAM AUDICA

Hey AUDICA players, Today’s AUDICA update brings some new features, changes, and best of all new music to the AUDICA soundtrack! The two new songs available to play in AUDICA today are:

• deadmau5 – HR 8938 Cephei
• KNOWER – Overtime

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6Z8pd_koMA The 0.1.7 release also brings several new or improved features:

• Improved Gun Slinging – Hold the thumbsticks left or right (or click the thumbpad left or right on Vive) to activate gun slinging moves. Holding the thumbstick inward allows you to twirl the gun like before, but now you can flick your wrist to control the twirl speed and direction. Holding the thumbstick outward allows you to let go of the guns. Add some momentum before doing so to toss them away into space! To return them to your hand, simply let go of the thumbsticks and they’ll boomerang right on back to you.
• Tutorial Updates – The tutorial is now broken up into two parts and has been reworked to better teach the fundamentals of playing AUDICA, including score explanations.
  • The “Advanced” tutorial section also includes a shooting range that gives you live stats screen feedback to improve your timing, aim, and form.
• Added screen resolution options to settings.
• Bug Fixes and Tweaks
  • Fixed an issue where the color grading effect wasn't being adjusted on the spectator camera or mixed reality camera
  • Fixed inaccuracy in how stats screen timing histogram lined up with displayed average offset
  • After song preview starts, allow it to continue to play while you're hovered over any part of the song button
  • Fixed a bug where you can get the tutorial song to start playing while the pause screen is up

Please continue to share your feedback on AUDICA with us as we’re taking everyone’s thoughts on the game into account with each update! If you have something to share with us, be sure to join our Discord at http://Discord.gg/Harmonix and drop it in the #audica-feedback channel. While you’re there, don’t forget to hop into the #audica-community-maps channel to learn how to author your own versions of songs on the AUDICA soundtrack and see what the rest of the community has created! Until next time, -Team AUDICA

Hey everybody! Today we’re excited to add two brand new songs to AUDICA! Today’s release brings AUDICA’s soundtrack to a whopping 16 songs, with plenty more on the way. The two new songs available today are:

• 3Lau ft. Ninja – “Game Time”
• M-Cue – “Predator”

In addition to new songs, AUDICA’s 0.1.6 release brings a handful of changes including:

• Song Previews – You can now hover over a speaker icon on the song list to hear a preview for that song.
• Community Maps Improvements:
  • Added "Mapper Mode" option to the settings to allows you to start playing at a later point in the song, to make it easier to test targets later in the song.
  • Let melee targets be affected by grid offset so community mappers can experiment more with melee target placement.
  • Included authoring for all difficulty levels in the "example_maps" folder.
  • Minor updates to mapping tools.
• Scoring Tweak - Shots with perfect aim now automatically count as having good form, regardless of gun position.
• Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed an issue where certain styles of swings could cause double melees to be missed.
  • Potential fix for an issue where some Vive controllers might double-shoot in some rare circumstances.
  • Fixed issue where Community Maps would show the wrong number of stars.

In case you missed it last week, we also announced the Audica Creator Initiative. As part of this, we have released our tool set and documentation for authoring songs in AUDICA. These tools empower our incredibly talented modding community to create their own authoring for songs on AUDICA’s in-game soundtrack. More information can be found in our blog from last week, or in the documentation included alongside the authoring tools in the game files. We’re excited to see what you create! Be sure to share your creations and download others in the #audica-community-maps channel in the official Harmonix Discord server: Discord.gg/Harmonix Speaking of Discord, thank you for continuing to share your feedback and thoughts on AUDICA since we launched into Early Access! If you’re curious about what’s being worked on next for the game, you can always take a peek at our roadmap on Trello: https://trello.com/b/VLEw3nkw/audica-development-roadmap Thanks! - Team AUDICA

Hey everyone! Today, we're releasing AUDICA authoring tools and documentation to the entire community so that players can make fully-supported, alternate target maps for Audica's soundtrack! We've been listening and heard that you all want more support for custom content, and today marks the first step in what we're internally calling "the AUDICA Creator Initiative" with the introduction of Community Maps. Our goal is to provide a platform for our incredibly creative modding community to showcase their talents to all of AUDICA's players. Long-term, we want to make it as easy as possible for players to access Community Maps from within the game. Think in-game downloads and the ability to rate and review maps after you play. How far we go in developing this feature will depend on your feedback, so tell us what you think and let's make something awesome! For more information on how to get started, read the full post about Community Maps over on our blog at http://www.harmonixmusic.com/blog/introducing-community-maps-in-audica-update-015. Additionally, the 0.1.5 update brings the following changes and fixes:

• Updates to the Spectator Cam:
  • User preferences for enabling the spectator camera are now saved.
  • There is now a notification to let you know if you're in 1st or 3rd person mode.
• Added a setting to adjust the volume of music and SFX independently.
• Bugs fixed:
  • Fixed a bug where certain melee targets were always counting as a miss after restarting a song.
  • Fixed an issue where the score displayed on the song list wouldn't reset when a song's leaderboard was wiped.
  • Fixed a bug for Vive players where you couldn't twirl your gun without toggling between the 1st / 3rd person spectator camera mode.

Continue the discussion surrounding AUDICA by joining our Discord! Discord.gg/Harmonix You can also check our Trello board to see known issues, what's next on our roadmap, and more! You can find our Trello board at https://trello.com/b/VLEw3nkw/audica-development-roadmap Thanks! - Team AUDICA

Hey everyone! We’re happy to bring a brand new update to AUDICA! Based on your feedback, we have some exciting new features to share with you. Oh, and don’t forget, we have two new songs as well! Let’s get into the notes! New Songs:

• “Boom Boom” by Iggy Azalea ft. Zedd
• “Synthesized (Audica Remix)” by Symbion Project

Game Updates & Fixes:

• Authoring adjustments to address player feedback on difficulty:
  • "I Want U" by Alison Wonderland - all difficulties.
  • "Splinter" by Savant - Beginner, Moderate, and Advanced.
    • Note: Leaderboards will be wiped for these two songs on the adjusted difficulties since the changes have lowered the maximum possible score.
  • Target movement has been slowed in lower difficulties to increase readability.
• Target visibility improvements:
  • Increased brightness of cue dart and added a pulse element to help with rhythmic readability.
  • Particle explosions are reduced in sections that have a lot of targets.
  • Reduced flare-out for gun beams and stacked notes.
• Added spectator camera options to improve the streaming and viewing experience:
  • Smoothed first person camera, static third person camera, and panning third person camera.
  • Added player avatars when in third person spectator camera mode.
  • Added feature to allow mixed reality streamers to create the appearance of the camera panning around them.
  • Fixed rendering issues when shooting towards the camera in mixed reality.
• For the particle lovers, added an "extra particles" option.
• You can now twirl your guns by holding the thumbstick sideways, or pressing down on the sides of the Vive trackpad - how cool is that?
• Fixed bug where European number formatting caused leaderboards to not work.
• Added meters to height display in the settings.
• Added a haptics intensity slider.
• Fixed long song names hanging off end of results screen.
• Updated the Form graphics in the Tutorial for clearer instruction.
• We have updated to Unity version 2018.3.10, which fixes low framerate when Alt Tab-ed away from the game.

That’s all for now! Thank you so much for all of your support through Early Access and keep all of your suggestions and feedback coming. Join our Discord to join this discussion if you haven’t already: Discord.gg/Harmonix You can also check our Trello board to see known issues, what’s next on our roadmap (new song announcements, new features, etc.), and more! You can find our Trello board at https://trello.com/b/VLEw3nkw/audica-development-roadmap Thanks! - Team AUDICA

Hey everyone! We're excited to add two new songs to the AUDICA soundtrack! These are just two of the many we plan to add to the game every few weeks throughout Early Access. The songs available as part of today’s update are… • “Raise Your Weapon (Noisia Remix)” by deadmau5 • “POP/STARS” by K/DA ft. Madison Beer, (G)I-DLE, Jaira Burns courtesy of Riot Games (League of Legends) Check out our mixed reality gameplay video of “POP/STARS” by K/DA ft. Madison Beer, (G)I-DLE, Jaira Burns courtesy of Riot Games (League of Legends): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5n47DHc9ak&feature=youtu.be If you already own AUDICA, both of these songs are now available in your song library. Start playing and share your high scores and FC’s with us! Thank you for your continued support and please continue contributing your feedback and ideas for AUDICA on our Discord at Discord.gg/Harmonix You can also check our Trello board to see known issues, what’s next on our roadmap (new song announcements, new features, etc.), and more! You can find our Trello board at https://trello.com/b/VLEw3nkw/audica-development-roadmap Your comments and feedback matter to us and are used to improve the overall game experience. Now get out there and climb those leaderboards!

Hey everyone! Thank you for your continued support! Your feedback from AUDICA’s first week of Early Access has been incredibly helpful – keep it coming! We’ve just released an update (0.1.2) that adds more of the customization options you’ve been asking for, fixes for the bugs you’ve helped us track down, and more. Let’s get to the patch notes for version 0.1.2:

• Fixed a bug where certain melee strikes were incorrectly counted as misses.
• You can now adjust your height from the Settings menu. This will increase accessibility and should help you with melee hit detection.
• Added an option for flipping slot targets for players who prefer them like this.
• Added an in-game warning addressing a Unity bug (fix pending) that affects framerate when the game window is not in focus.
  • Note: Keeping the AUDICA window focused will maintain the best framerate
• Sustain and chain breaks are now displayed on the results screen to improve messaging when players hit 100% of the targets, but leave a chain or sustain early, thus not receiving a FC.
• Higher difficulties are now locked for new players. Advanced unlocks for all songs after starting one song on Moderate, and Expert unlocks after starting one song on Advanced.
• Added a message in the tutorial about resting your arms.
• Added an option to reduce automatic re-centering.
• The Total Leaderboard now displays the “Top %” correctly on the Friends tab.
• Fixed a bug where some players were getting stuck on the title screen.
• Fixed bug where leaderboards didn’t work for players whose computers are set to other number formats.

Please continue to share any issues or feedback you may for AUDICA! Additionally, you can check our newly launched Trello board to see known issues, what’s next on our roadmap (including two new songs coming next week), and more! You can find our Trello board at https://trello.com/b/VLEw3nkw/audica-development-roadmap If you’re not already, be sure to join the official Harmonix Discord server to share and discuss feedback, bugs, and ideas with the AUDICA development team and community: http://Discord.gg/Harmonix Thanks! - TEAM AUDICA

Hey everyone! First, thanks so much for all your support! We’ve been blown away by the initial reaction and can’t wait to see how you help us improve and evolve AUDICA through Early Access. We just pushed out an update that addresses some of the feedback you’ve shared from AUDICA’s first 24 hours. Let’s get right to the notes for version 0.1.1:

• Melee hit detection is now more generous, and the game now re-centers you upon the start of a song to give you the best melee position. (NOTE: we don’t re-center you after choosing “Restart.”)
• Added a "Choose Difficulty" label to Difficulty selection for clarification.
• A setting has been added (“Audio Filtering on Miss”) so that, if unselected, song volume is no longer reduced when missing a target, as some users expressed a preference for this.
• The song’s title is now listed on the Song Leaderboard panel.
• Reduced particle density to improve target readability.
• Tutorial text no longer references specific colors to accommodate players who change their weapon colors before playing the Tutorial.
• Adjusted tutorial text to explain how to avoid arm fatigue.
• Made ‘cue darts’ more noticeable, to better draw your eyes to the area where off-screen targets will be coming from.
• Made authoring adjustments for sections that felt unfair in the following songs:
  • 1788-L & Blanke “Destiny”
  • Noisia “Collider”

We will continue to monitor all channels for new issues and feedback as they come up. Additionally, you can check our newly launched Trello board to see known issues, what’s on our development roadmap, and more! You can find it at bit.ly/AudicaTrello If you’re not already, be sure to join the official Harmonix Discord server to share and discuss feedback, bugs, and ideas with the AUDICA development team and community: Discord.gg/Harmonix Thanks! - TEAM AUDICA

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/34042993/298e845daa5a260297b6312172085e0aac8a687a.png It’s been an exciting three weeks since we announced Audica, but all of that is behind us as the team just hit the big “release game” button on both the Oculus and Steam stores, making Audica officially available to play in Early Access! https://media.giphy.com/media/5dWEJCw5v7eMPIj6yM/giphy.gif

What Is Audica?

Get your blasters ready as you’ll be shooting and smashing targets to the beat of a killer soundtrack featuring songs from some of the most popular electronic artists. Keep timing, accuracy, and form in mind to better your score and race to the top of the leaderboards. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PwmDO5WCq8 The Early Access version of Audica will launch with 10 songs. We’ll be releasing new tracks throughout Early Access, so keep an eye out for more information about future releases. The songs that are available to play in Audica today are:

• 1788-L & Blanke – “Destiny”
• Alison Wonderland – “I Want U”
• Au5 & Fractal – “Smoke”
• DJ Fresh ft. Ms. Dynamite – “Gold Dust”
• Donna Summer – “I Feel Love (Afrojack Remix)”
• James Egbert – “The Space”
• Jeff Allen – “Lazerface”
• Noisia – “Collider”
• Savant – “Splinter”
• Zedd & Grey – “Adrenaline”

Early Access Plans & Development Roadmap

With Audica now available in Early Access, we’re looking forward to working closely with you, our community, to shape the course of our development. While we have big plans on where we would like to take Audica, there are a ton of questions we have about the game (for example, should there be an overdrive mechanic?) that we want to discuss with the community. Additionally, we’re very interested to hear what features, mechanics, songs, and other things you would like to see in the game! We’ve been thinking about the best ways to solicit feedback and ideas and have these discussions. We wanted to take a moment to share our current plan with you! Discord: The entire development team has already been hanging out and chatting with everyone who’s been hyped about the game so far. We have channels here to chat with us, share your feedback, get support, and of course request music for the game! Join us at http://discord.gg/Harmonix! Trello: We will also be launching a Trello board. Our goal is to update this at twice a week to track feature requests, patch notes, known issues, and more. The Audica Trello board will act as a hub for all info for the game and will serve as a roadmap for development. We'll be sure to share a link and update this post once it goes live!  Surveys: Every few weeks we’ll be distributing surveys to the Audica community. Surveys are a great way for us to curate all the suggestions and ideas and receive quantifiable feedback on all of it. Stay tuned for our first one in the next couple of weeks! Other Community Pages: Of course, will also be very much involved with the Steam Forums, community subreddit (/r/Audica), on our social channels (@Harmonix on Twitter!), and anywhere else where an Audica community might spring up. While we may not reply to everything posted, you can rest assured we’ll be reading everything and discussing it internally daily!

That’s all for now!

As you’ve heard all of us say at Harmonix, we’re very excited to finally release Audica out into the world and are looking forward to continuing to build it with you. Continue to keep posted across the coming weeks and months for more updates as Audica develops!