Melody's Escape 2 news & patch notes

Patch v0.9.9e: Steam Deck Improvements

Changes

• Moved the "My Music" folder target on Steam Deck to "Z:/home/deck/music/" (a folder that is easy to access via Desktop Mode on the Deck, instead of pointing to the previously incredibly long and hidden internal path of the game in home/.local/share/)
• Enabled the "Steam Music" folder item functionality on Steam Deck. It will list music from your downloaded/installed Steam Soundtracks (but due to access restriction reasons it will not attempt to list music from any installed game folders, unlike on the PC counterpart)
• The "Play" button is now auto-selected and focused on Steam Deck when you launch the game
• The "Visualizers" UI now pop-ups for a few seconds when opening and switching visualizers on a gamepad-type input device
• Changed the default order of visualizers

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a very rare infinite loop occurence during the loading of a track on the Grasslands environment

Please join our Discord or the Discussions Forum to share your feedback about this new patch!

Patch v0.9.5: 6 new languages support and a new visualizer

Changes

• Added 6 new language translations: Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Russian and Thai
• Added a new Visualizer: "Fluidityk". This is an audio-reactive fluid simulation
• Added a "Steam Music" menu entry to the File Selection Menu. This will try to locate the /steamapps/ parent folder and search for any .mp3, .flac or .ogg file from any installed Soundtracks and Games. This function's first call can be slow if you have many games installed, but is cached for future calls for as long as the game is running
• Improved the visual effect for crouch landing after a slow-mo jump (and the way it also impacts the grass in Grasslands)
• Added the ability to skip Audio Calibration steps, in order to quickly change numerical latency values without going through the calibration process
• Updated missing text strings in the French translation
• Added some UI animations to the current chain value and score multiplier

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a track cache issue when two files had an identical name but different music duration. The cache will now be correctly re-generated when such a mismatch is detected
• Fixed tooltip bugs on the main menu

Please join our Discord or the Discussions Forum to share your feedback about this new patch!

Patch v0.9.2: New Track Environment

This patch features a brand new Track Environment, the Grasslands! This environment uses a Compute Shader to display hundreds of thousands of grass blades calculated on your GPU, and as such is gonna be more hungry with resources than the other stages. Please consider changing the "Side Visualizer Quality" in "Graphics" Settings if you notice a slow down in FPS. You can also try "Ultra" quality if your computer can handle it, as it features significantly lushier grass!

Changes

• Added a new Track Environment: "Grasslands"
• Added the total score percentage display for your current score at the end of a track (to avoid confusion with the highscore percentage below it)

Bug Fixes

• Fixed incorrect control tooltips for keyboards using uncommon AZERTY/QWERTZ layouts (like Belgian AZERTY or Swiss QWERTZ)

Please join our Discord or the Discussions Forum to share your feedback about this new patch!

Patch v0.9: Score update and new "Visualizer" bonus mode!

This patch features improvements to the scoring system, and a brand new passive "Visualizer" mode that reacts to *any* audio playing on your computer. Great as second-monitor content while listening to your favorite music streaming app, or even for singing into your microphone!

Changes

• Added 2 new hidden achievements
• Added a bonus experimental feature: "Visualizer" mode. This mode features various passive effects (with more to come) that react to *any* audio playing on your computer. Great as second-monitor content while listening to your favorite music streaming app, or even for singing into your microphone!
• Changed the input method of "Relaxing" difficulty to "Duo Color". This constantly alternates between the same 2 colors and makes the starting difficulty more enjoyable and engaging, while keeping it just as simple. If you prefer the previous "Mono Color" mode, it is still available in the "Custom Difficulty" menu as an "Input Method"
• Added a music visualizer to the main menu
• Added some new effects and polish to the end-of-track score menu
• Your numeric highscores are now tracked (instead of just the heart score)
• Added numeric score and highscore display to the end-of-track score menu
• Added a time progress bar to the in-game UI
• Added the score multiplier back to the in-game UI
• Re-introduced the ability to change the music volume in the interface (this time as a multiplier of the default value, to avoid confusion)
• Changed some of the default sky colors (I missed the blue sky!)
• Added 2 new languages: Spanish and Portuguese (Brazil). Some text may still be in English due to last-minute additions for the visualizer mode
• Added a "Credits" menu entry

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug with Files listings that didn't get their listed score updated correctly if you switched difficulty
• Modding: the start and end objects of a track are now colorized based on the Obstacle Color of the track

Additionnal Changes

• v0.9.0b: Reverted the changes to Relaxing Difficulty and its input color mode. The duo-color mode is still available in Custom Difficulty.

Please join our Discord or the Discussions Forum to share your feedback about this new patch!

Patch v0.8.4: Sky Walkway rework and Audio Normalization

This patch features a full rework of the Sky Walkway visualiser, as well as Audio Normalization feature to achieve a consistent perceived loudness accross all music tracks

Changes

• Entirely reworked the Sky Walkway's visualiser for better visual fidelity and performance. It now features a neutral "cloud" color palette to blend with any custom Track Color Scheme
• Flipped the visualiser on Sky Walkway to show bass on the outer edge and leading to higher frequencies near Melody
• Reworked the Audio Normalization feature, it is now using industry standard loudness detection (with a target of -14 LUFS). This will adjust the volumes of in-game tracks to always be at a consistent perceived loudness
• Removed the Menu Music Volume settings, in order to unify music volume, as it was leading to confusion
• Added an option to automatically adjust Audio Latency when your output audio device is a Bluetooth wireless device (since their Windows drivers usually have a latency of 100+ms)
• Moved additional audio and video latency settings to the calibration menu, as they are now very rarely required for standard PC setups and Steam Deck
• Changed the layout of music files in the File Selection menu (again)
• Updated BASS DLLs to their latest version

v0.8.4b: fixed a bug with Sky Walkway visualiser updating way too fast when V-Sync was disabled

Patch v0.8.3: French language support and UI improvements

This patch features further improvements to the User Interface, as well as the first officially supported additional translation: French!

Changes

• Added support for multiple languages (with auto-detection upon first startup, as well as dynamic change in Settings)
• Added French language support (more languages will be added in the future)
• Improved the layout and readability of the user interface
• Added a separate "Menu Music Volume" option, that only applies to the main menu's song as well as any previewed music played while in the interface
• Cleaned-up the settings menu to remove rarely ever used settings, in order to improve the interface as we move towards 1.0
• Added a Discord button on the main menu. Feel free to join the Melody's Escape community on Discord!

Bug Fixes

• Selecting the "Custom" difficulty from the Pause menu now properly brings up the Custom Difficulty settings menu
• Changing the volume during gameplay by using the mouse wheel or the gamepad shoulder buttons now properly saves the volume value for the next session
• Fixed changing the volume during the intro walk sometimes causing audio pop

Please join our Discord or the Discussions Forum to share your feedback about this new patch!

Changes

• The File Selection list will now display the music's "Title" tag instead of its filename
• The tag lookup feature, aswell as the score lookup feature, is skipped for huge folders to avoid tanking performance when listing hundreds of music files at once
• The font size of the File Selection menu is now bigger, to improved readability (especially on Steam Deck)
• Improved the performance of the File Selection menu, especially for huge folders
• Improved memory management of the listed items

Bug Fixes

• Fixed achievements related stats not being initialized properly (bug introduced in v0.8.2)
• Added additional input data on the Debug menu (F1 key while in-game)

Please join our Discord or the Discussions Forum to share your feedback about this new patch!

Patch v0.8.2: Unity engine major upgrade

This patch features a major internal game engine upgrade from Unity version 2019 to Unity 6 (2025). Ideally no in-game features should be impacted, but please let me know if you notice any strange behaviour after the upgrade. This patch also introduces a tentative fix for Playstation and Nintendo Switch controllers not being indentified as such by the "Auto-Detect" features of the Gamepad settings.

Changes

• Upgraded the internal game engine from Unity 2019 to Unity 6
• Updated the Steam API
• Changed the way that files are read from a directory (this will hopefully have a positive impact on huge folders read time)

Bug Fixes

• Added additionel checks to try auto-detecting gamepad types by first querying Steam Input, and then the Unity Input System if the first step returned no result

Please join our Discord or the Discussions Forum to share your feedback about this new patch!

Patch v0.8.1: Speed improvements, intensity rework and polish

This patch introduces a change to significantly speed up the "Running" (yellow) intensity, plus a complete rework of the algorithms for intensity detection, as well as slow-motion jumps placement. The feeling of speed of the "Running" mode has been greatly improved to feel like the old "sprint" mode instead, with a new animation and faster speed! It now offers a much better contrast between Jogging and Flying. I wasn't entirely satisfied with the current detection of music intensity (corresponding to Melody's various movement modes) and this complete algorithm rework should be more faithful to the human perception of the energy of a music track at any given moment. Of course with only 4 different modes (walking, jogging, running and flying) it won't always be perfect, but I'm much happier with this version! As for slow-mo jumps, it has always been my favorite feature of the Melody's Escape franchise, and while the first game had way too little of them, I had overcorrected course for the second instalment, and it would sometimes generate them in instances where it felt out place. Long volume fade-outs at the end of a song could also sometimes be misrepresented with a slow-mo jump instead of a smooth animation transition. Slow-mo jumps placement has been reworked, and now feel more appropriate while still keeping their epic feeling! It also fixes some cases of jumps that were not correctly detected.

Changes

• Speed up the Running sections, and changed the Running animation to a sprinting-type one, to greatly enhance the feeling of speed
• Track intensity detection rework
• Slow-mo jumps detection rework
• Improved multiple existing animations to be smoother (especially the looping "held" ones)
• Modified the "Held Note" ground indicator
• Improved the size of ground indicators to match the new speeds (and visibility)
• Slightly speed up Jogging and Flying speed (by about 5%)

Bug Fixes

• Updated the internal Unity engine to version 2019.4.41f1 for security purposes
• The "Heart Filling Up" sound effect at the end of a track now correctly uses the UI volume slider

Please join our Discord or the Discussions Forum to share your feedback about this new patch!

Patch v0.8: Music analysis overhaul

This patch features a complete overhaul of the "held voices" detection algorithms, as well a revamped look for the "Walking" intensity mode! Vocals are an extremely important part of the game for me, as it is where my mind focuses the most during a listening experience. I wasn't satisfied with the old algorithm and I've always wanted to improve on it. So I've spent months rewriting a completely new algorithm for detecting held human voices (starting from scratch) and I'm extremely happy with the results! My new algorithm is now far more accurate, improves detection of deeper voice pitches, and also results in much less false positives than before (where it would confuse instruments for human voices).

Changes

• The "Held Voices" detection algorithm has been entirely rewritten, and is now far more accurate
• Changed the look of the falling bubbles in Walking intensity. The arrow indicators should now be more obvious.
• Modified the "Sky Walkway" environment side visuals to focus more on audio frequencies in the voice range, as well as modifications to the color palette
• Improved music intensity sections detection
• Improved arrow visibility on obstacles indicators
• Improved the animations of the held obstacle "sliding while standing up"
• Changed the output Music Volume curve to "ease-in" at lower values (instead of being linear), in order to provide finer control of low volumes

Bug Fixes

• Fixed the Sky Walkway visuals sometimes updating in a choppy fashion
• Fixed an aspect ratio UI issue on Steam Deck
• Audio and Video latency sliders now increment in steps of 5ms, in order to be useable with a controller and on Steam Deck

Please join our Discord or the Discussions Forum to share your feedback about this new patch!

Patch v0.7.1b: Hotfix

Changes

• Updated the design of some character skins to feature a bit more color patterns
• Removed the noise pattern on the road from Sky Walkway
• Renamed the skin "Yoga" to "Runner"

Bug Fixes

• Modified all character skins to lessen an outline effect glitch with some character color schemes
• Fixed the position of the "Back" input prompt on the loading screen

Please join our Discord or the Discussions Forum to share your feedback about this new patch!

Patch v0.7.1: Additional polish

Changes

• The album art is now displayed on the loading screen
• Removed the safety rails over holes in the track on Sky Walkway
• The visualization effect in Sky Walkway now starts a bit closer to the camera
• Updated the early character skins to fix the wide variance in polygon count compared to the new ones, and to update some designs
• Improved the GPU-related performance of the visualization effect in Sky Walkway
• Improved the obstacles fade-in effect
• Long solid obstacles now fade-in progressively accross their lenght, instead of fading the entire obstacle at once
• Improved the fading out of the road at the end of Sky Walkway
• Modified the way that Cosmetics preferences are stored. This patch will reset your Cosmetics preferences to default upon first launch.

Bug Fixes

• Potentially fixed a bug where a dropdown panel in the Customisation menu would sometimes lose focus when navigating the interface with a gamepad (as I haven't found a reliable way to reproduce this issue, it is hard to confirm that it is gone)
• Fixed a distortion effect with the visualization effect in Sky Walkway when playing on Ultra Wide resolutions
• Fixed inconsistencies between ground indicators fade-in times
• Fixed the Flying mode's flare horizontal light persisting for a few frames when jumping over a hole in the track
• Fixed a bug where walking mode bubbles could appear in the Customisation preview

Please join our Discord or the Discussions Forum to share your feedback about this new patch!

Patch v0.7b: Small hotfix

Please join our Discord or the Discussions Forum to share your feedback about this new patch!

Changes

• Raised the contrast on ground input indicators, in order to be more visible when the road is translucent
• Slightly sped up the Sky Walkway visualization during slow-motion jumps
• Improved CPU performance with the Ocean environment when set to "Disabled" graphics quality

Patch v0.7: New Environment!

This content update adds a brand new environment, Sky Walkway, featuring a mesmerizing audio visualization effect! It is a visualization that I've been wanting to add to the game ever since I've started working on it years ago, and I'm extremely pleased with how it turned out, with its ethereal look. This visualization is based the sound spectrum of the music in the frequency domain, with the bass close to the road, ranging up to higher frequencies on the outside, allowing you to visualize the unique "texture" of your music. Please remember that the game also features an "Autoplay" mode, if you would like to enjoy the full intricacies of that effect without any distraction ːmeloblueː Please join our Discord or the Discussions Forum to share your feedback about this new patch!

Changes

• Added support for multiple environments (this feature is not available as a mod option due to the complex elements involved that are outside the scope of the modding systems).
• Added a new environment, Sky Walkway. It is randomly selected by default, but you can manually select your favorite environment in the Cosmetics menu.
• Added an "Ultra" quality setting for side visualizations. This setting is mainly there for "future-proofing" the game, and it is not recommended unless you have a beefy computer, as it will double loading times and impact in-game processing power.
• Changed the sky shader to feature a dark gradient fade in at the top and bottom, and to properly wrap around without distortion when the camera is moved
• The water inside road holes is now colored based on the sky color's reflection (and is thus now affected by track color themes)
• Changed the UI of "Autoplay"'s mode to hide automatically; the in-game score is not displayed anymore in this mode, and the right part of the UI will only be visible when the mouse cursor isn't hidden
• Added a fading effect to the Flying yellow held obstacle's transparent window, so that it isn't jarring when the camera moves below the window during long held notes
• Improved the randomization feature for track-specific seeds

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a rare bug where an input could fail as "Too Early" even if you were on time, when two obstacles input zones were slightly overlapping each others (usually an arch obstacle immediately followed by a circle)
• Fixed the "medium" visualizer quality setting having no effect on the Ocean environment

Patch v0.6.2: Hair Simulation and interface improvements

This patch improved the hair and cloth simulation to feel more natural and added improvements to the File Selection interface when using a gamepad Please join our Discord or the Discussions Forum to share your feedback about this new patch!

Changes

• Improved Melody's hair movement against air friction, especially during sliding obstacles where it now flows more naturally in the wind
• Adjusted the angle of the cinematic panning for very long held Flying "X" (left) obstacles
• In the File Selection menu, you can now go back to a parent folder by pressing Select on gamepad (or Backspace on keyboard). The "Refresh directory" function has been changed to Right Trigger on gamepad.
• The File Selection menu now remembers the previously selected folders, and will auto-scroll to them when going back to said folders while in gamepad or keyboard navigation mode
• In the File Selection menu, using the trigger buttons LB and RB on gamepad can now scroll past the first and last item to loop around items in long lists
• If "Show input timing" is enabled in the Gameplay Settings, you will now get a popup with "♥" for perfect timings too, instead of just "late" and "early" popups

Bug Fixes

• Fixed Hair and Cloth simulations behaving improperly when the game was not running at 60 FPS
• Fixed Cosmetic's menu's left-mouse dragging, to rotate Melody's character model, behaving improperly when the game was not running at 60 FPS

This patch introduces the ability to customize the Track color schemes, as well as the colors of the obstacles. It also features camera changes and features, as well as input zones visibility improvements. You can create your own custom color themes via the "ME2 Modding Project" (please check the Workshop documentation for more information, and feel free to join our Discord for help) Please join our Discord or the Discussions Forum to share your feedback about this new patch!

Changes

• Added the ability to customize Track Colors as well as Obstacle Colors (in the Customization menu). Both are available for modding via the Steam Workshop.
• Added smooth camera panning during very long held notes, for a cool cinematic effect!
• Changed the camera angle in Flying intensity to bring the camera closer to Melody, for better immersion and sensation of speed
• Changed many colors, especially the blue and green obstacle colors to be less similar to each others, and to help accessibility with green-red color blindness
• Added more contrast to the ground input indicators and falling bubbles
• The ground input indicators and falling bubbles are now bigger, which improves visibility and better match their input timing zone
• The UI heart pulse animation is now more noticeable, each time you fill a score heart during a track
• Changed the description of the FoV option in the Graphics Settings menu to be clearer about its impact, as many players would just maximize the angle without understanding the potentially detrimental effect to the in-game experience. With this patch, the FoV value has been re-initialized to default on all clients.

Patch v0.6.0b

A small patch with a few bug fixes Please join our Discord or the Discussions Forum to share your feedback about this new patch!

Changes

• Added a small camera animation when crouch landing after a slow motion jump, to give the impact more weight

Bug Fixes

• Fixed the camera sometimes slightly rotating when recovering from the crouch-landing animation after a slow-motion jump
• Fixed a long-standing bug where the "Miss" score counter wasn't updated for all the obstacles subsequently disabled due to a respawn animation
• Fixed Workshop mod upload tagging "Headphones" mods as "Character Colors", and vice-versa
• Fixed a rare bug where the first obstacle of a track could be automatically failed as "too late" if you had enough Audio Latency compensation configured in the audio settings

Patch v0.6.0

This update adds the long awaited Workshop support to Melody's Escape 2! You can now download new cosmetic mods from the Steam Workshop and share your own creations with the community! ːmeloblueː The Workshop currently supports Character Skins, Hairstyles, Headphones and Character Color Schemes. It may take some time at first for the Workshop to be populated with new skins, so please check it regularly for new content. Please join our Discord or the Discussions Forum to share your feedback about this new patch!

Changes

• Added Steam Workshop functionality to download mods created by the community
• Added a menu to upload your own mods to the Steam Workshop, accessible from the Customization menu by pressing the Q key
• The folder location for your local mods files has been moved to "%UserProfile%\AppData\LocalLow\Icetesy\Melody's Escape 2\Mods\"
• Lowered the intensity of the explosion particle effect when Melody starts flying
• Removed the "NO OBSTACLE" text error popup as it was too confusing (an error sound effect still plays if you press an input while there is no obstacle prompt on the ground)
• Updated the internal Unity game engine to v2019.4.40f1

Bug Fixes

• Toggling "Show FPS" in Graphics Settings now applies immediately without needing a track restart
• The file's name should now be displayed as the title if no "title" tag was found
• Fixed a cloth simulation bug on the "Pleated Skirt" character skin that would sometimes appear during slow-motion jumps

Patch v0.5.4

This update adds new skins for Melody as well as the initial support for character skin modding! Please note that there is no Steam Workshop functionality yet to share mods, the Workshop will come in a future update once the modding features are deemed stable. If you would like to create mods for ME2, please join our Discord for the documentation and necessary resources, as it is still a work in progress. Please join our Discord or the Discussions Forum to share your feedback about this new patch!

Changes

• Added 4 new character skins for Melody (one of them is setup as a "mod", to test dynamic loading functionality)
• Added a "Random" option for each cosmetic slot (skins, hairstyles, etc.) By default, this will generate a unique result for each track, but you can change this in the settings to always randomize your look.
• Added initial support for character skin modding (skins, hairstyles, headphones and character colors)
• Added cloth physics support for character skins, allowing the creation of intricate clothing accessories that react to Melody's movements and the wind (like dresses, scarves or ribbons)
• Added a particle effect explosion on Melody's feet when she activates flying mode
• Adjusted the "Jogging" and "Running" animations
• Switched around the positions of the "Chain" and the "BPM" label on the in-game UI, for better readability of your current chain amount

Bug Fixes

• Fixed mouse cursor auto-hide that would hide tooltips in the Custom Difficulty menu
• Currently unavailable choices in the Customization menu are now properly disabled
• Fixed a bug with the speed lines particle effect position

This update introduces 2 new easier variants of Input Methods specifically created for the "Custom Difficulty" menu, with the intention for them to act as an intermediate difficulty between Relaxing and Medium, and between Medium and Intense respectively. Those new custom "LITE" variants consist of easier versions of the Medium and Intense input schemes, as they still use their regular inputs for solid obstacles (represented by a square ground indicator), but will always use "Mono-Color" for bubbles and circles in-between the solid obstacles, making the game quite a bit easier while still being more engaging than pure Mono-Color. Please note that the custom key bindings for the Keyboard Control settings have been reset to their default value due to required changes. I apologize for the inconvenience. Please join our Discord or the Discussions Forum to share your feedback about this new patch!

Changes

• Added 2 new "LITE" variants of Input Methods in the Custom Difficulty menu for Medium and Intense type of input schemes. The "LITE" variants still use their regular inputs for solid obstacles (represented by a square ground indicator), but will always use "Mono-Color" for bubbles and circles in-between the solid obstacles, making the game quite a bit easier while still being more engaging than pure Mono-Color.
• Added a tooltip panel to the Custom Difficulty menu and renamed some labels to improve clarity
• Added an interface setting to disable the "auto-hide mouse cursor" functionality
• Updated the internal Unity Input System to version 1.5 (from 1.3)

Bug Fixes

• Fixed the "E" keyboard key not being able to be bound to an input (due to an Unity Input System bug with the old version)
• The Settings menu now requires all keyboard keys to be bound to an action before leaving it
• Fixed the Custom Difficulty's "Input Method" not always being saved correctly for the next game session
• Trying to bind a keyboard key that was already assigned on another action will now unbind the previous one, as it was possible to bind multiple actions to one key
• Updated the icon graphic for unbound inputs for better clarity
• Fixed "Custom" difficulty control schemes not being displayed on the loading screen

This update introduces 5 new hairstyles for Melody! I've modified the hair simulation code to be able to handle many new types of hairstyles physics, and to pave the way for future custom workshop content. Please join our Discord or the Discussions Forum to share your feedback about this new patch!

Changes

• Added 5 new hairstyles, available in the Character Customization menu
• Upgraded the third-party audio playback library BASS to its latest version

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug where flying visuals would appear in the Customization menu if you exit a track during a flying section
• Fixed a bug where walking note bubbles would appear in the Customization menu if you exit a track during a walking section
• Fixed a bug where the gold heart sound effect was using the game SFX volume settings instead of the UI volume settings
• Fixed a bug where input lines sometimes wouldn't use the correct colors when forcing PSX gamepad icon types

This update features a revamp of the Medium Difficulty, as the previous obstacle density updates made it too dense and difficult in some cases (especially for songs in the range of 90 to 100 BPM), and was identical to the extreme density of "Intense" in the vast majority of cases, lacking its own identity. This resulted in a larger than intended difficult jump between Relaxing and Medium. Medium's obstacle density will now instead have low density at low tempo, while keeping a high density at high tempo. If you like the extreme density of Intense combined with the "4 colors" input type of Medium, you can use the "Custom Difficulty" menu to re-create this set of rules. Please join our Discord or the Discussions Forum to share your feedback about this new patch!

Changes

• Revamped the obstacle density in Medium difficulty to progressively follow the tempo, up to 190BPM, which results in lower density for low tempo songs while keeping a high density for high tempo songs
• Slightly lowered the obstacle density in Relaxing
• Added 2 new long-term aspirational achievements: one for playing 500 tracks, and one for completing 100 perfect Intense tracks!
• Added a secret achievement
• Lowered the threshold for Flying Intensity once again, to make flying sections more common
• Added additional particle effects on successful inputs, to give them more impact (but without making them distracting either)
• Changed the "Diverse" input pattern from Custom Difficulty to be able to generate the same color twice in a row in some occasions
• In Playlist Mode, you can now skip to the next track directly from the Track Loading Screen (but only once the track is loaded)
• The "artist" tag is now displayed on the Track Loading screen (useful in Playlist Mode)
• Melody's hair is now darker when failing an input

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug where a track would still count as perfect if the final obstacle was a held one and the button was released early
• Fixed a bug where the "Play all as Playlist" label wouldn't always been displayed when appropriate
• Fixed an interface bug in the File Selection menu when using gamepad navigation, where the "Play Track" button sometimes wouldn't get selected
• Fixed a bug with keyboard input rebinding that could get stuck if you tried to perform other actions during the rebind process
• Fixed a bug introduced in the previous patch in the built-in mapping of "Regain Control", where one of the bubbles incorrectly expected a Direction input

The goal of this update is to improve Input Arrows visibility on ground indicators, so that the required input is clear at a quick glance. Please join our Discord or the Discussions Forum to share your feedback about this new patch!

v0.5.1 changes

• Updated the size of ground input indicators to match their timing hitbox more closely. This was omitted in patch v0.5 despite the significant track speed changes. As a result they are now bigger across the board, especially in Flying mode.
• Updated the graphics of the ground input indicators to make their border thinner and their arrows more visible.

v0.5.0b Hotfix

• Updated the track mapping for the bundled song "Regain Control"
• Fixed the Particle Effects not playing anymore at the end of slow-mo jumps
• Fixed the achievement related to slow-mo jumps not unlocking properly
• Fixed the Main Menu music not playing when exiting to menu from a track
• Fixed the "Playlist Mode" not being cleared correctly in some instances

This Content Update adds Flying mode! Because sprinting just wasn't enough, Melody will now fly instead! Many of you have asked for the flying from Melody's Escape 1 to come back, and I agree, "sprinting" just didn't feel intense enough for when your music explodes! So Melody now will fly at a MUCH faster speed instead, and encounter a brand new set of obstacles! Please join our Discord or the Discussions Forum to share your feedback about this new conent update!

Changes

• The "Sprinting" track intensity mode has been reworked entirely to "Flying" mode! This comes with a new set of obstacles and a MUCH faster speed!
• The "Running" intensity is now faster, and has a new running animation that is a mix between the old running and sprinting animations
• Reduced the music intensity thresholds required to start joggging, running and flying. This should make flying slightly more common, and avoid some cases where Melody would walk when it didn't feel appropriate, as the music wasn't calm enough
• Shortened some transitions between movement modes, and changed the "walk to run" animation.
• Relaxing difficulty now has Obstacle Density set to Low, as the High density can be overwhelming for newcomers (please note that you can always use the "Custom" difficulty mode to play with Relaxing rules on a higher obstacle density!)

Bug Fixes

• "Direction" input presses on gamepad now require going back to a neutral state before triggering a new press. This fixes an issue where a player would sometimes hit diagonal inputs by mistake on the Analog Stick, especially when releasing from a Held Obstacle (that would then instantly trigger a "No Obstacle" error as the game would register a new "Direction" input)
• Added a small cooldown to error sound effects and text popup (to avoid an immediate secondary input obscuring the first error and doubling the sound)
• Fixed the activation effect of square indicators not using the correct rotation angle in some situations

v0.5.0a Additional Changes

• Fixed Melody's "flying" animation not looping. Oops!
• Flying is now a tiny bit faster.
• Slightly adjusted the camera angle in Flying intensity for node indicators to be more discernable
• Modified the models of the "B" and "X" obstacles to be thinner in Jogging and Running intensity, to improve visibility of the upcoming input
• Lowered the buffer zone during which no obstacle can spawn after a slow-mo jump ending in Flying (as the landing animation is now shorter than in sprinting)
• Updated the track mapping of the bundled song "Fox"

Due to music algorithm changes, all previously cached tracks will be re-analyzed again the next time that you play them.

This update adds new features and quality of life changes to the interface. Please join our Discord or the Discussions Forum to share your feedback about this new patch!

Changes

• Added a Playlist functionality, you can now play a queue of multiple files by pressing Q on the File Select menu. By default, the play order will be shuffled, but you can change this in the settings
• Added an animated countdown when resuming from a pause (this can be turned off in Settings)
• Added an option to toggle "input lines" to indicate your input position on the ground. It is now by default only shown for errors
• Added an option to display input timing when you didn't hit a perfect timing on a successful input
• The BPM is now displayed on the end-score screen
• Added a "Retry" button on the end-score screen
• Added "Toggle Favorite" functionality on the end-score screen (useful when playing in Playlist mode)
• Added a button on the Pause Menu to skip to the next track when playing in Playlist-mode
• Changed the error text when an incorrect input is pressed, to something less verbose
• Upgraded the default font to support accents and ligatures, which looks noticeably nicer with latin-based languages
• The activation visual effect of circle and square zones is now slightly larger

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where the Error Popup could show "No Obstacle" instead of "Too Late"
• Fixed a bug with inputs being enqueued in some situations when the game's window was not focused
• Fixed a rare bug with tracks loaded from cache file, that could have a few obstacles missing at the end
• Changed ground zones indicator to fade-in based on distance instead of time, to fix an issue where they would suddenly fade-in during slow-motion jumps or the intro walk
• UI Buttons with an icon now have their text properly centered

v0.4.10b: Additional Changes

• Added more color diversity to the new default color pattern progression
• Modified the required thresholds for the "hearts" scoring system. Scoring 5 hearts is now more difficult.
• Slightly lowered the maximum density of bubbles in Walking mode (this change only impacts uncommon edge cases)
• Fixed a bug that made "archs" solid obstacles appear too often at high densities.
• Changed the visuals and positioning of some of the solid non-held obstacles in order for them to fit with the new high density without blocking visibility of the next obstacle
• Changed Melody' small jump animations to fix a visual offset, so that her feet correctly match with the true position on the track when landing
• Fixed a bug that used the "forgiving" timing instead of "regular" for late input presses in Medium and Intense. The "late" hitbox now respects the input timing settings.
• Lowered the "Early Press" error popup hitbox zone. This does not impact the size of the hitbox for a successful input.
• Fixed a bug in the Customization screen where Melody could revert to an idle stance
• Changed font size of the smaller UI elements to be more visible on Steam Deck

This update features many improvements to the audio analysis algorithm, and elevates the maximum obstacle density once again to support very high tempo songs! It also features a revamped color pattern progression that is more fun and rhythmic. Please join our Discord or the Discussions Forum to share your feedback about this new patch!

Music Analysis Improvements

• Upgraded the maximum supported tempo from 180 to 220 BPM as an experimental feature (but only if certain strict conditions are met, to avoid mistakenly doubling songs in the range of 91 to 110 BPM, which are vastly more common)
• The obstacle density in Relaxing and Medium now supports up to 200BPM
• Added a new "Extreme" obstacle density for Intense, supporting up to 220BPM, and with higher density in general. If you would like to experience this density with lower difficulty levels, you can use the "Custom" Difficulty menu to create your own set of rules!
• Improved peak detection in the audio signal, to solve many cases of "missing" obstacles that felt like they should have been placed on the track, by making the algorithm more sensitive over multiple different frequencies (as a downside, the increased sensitivity may result in sometimes spawning obstacles that feel like they don't belong, but hopefully this is a rare occurrence)
• Fixed a rare occurrence where a song would detect the correct tempo but sync obstacles with a half-beat offset. This was a problem specific to high tempo bass-heavy songs, with a drum pattern that would constantly switch between bass and snares, and the algorithm would favor the snares instead of the bass.
• Added a new color pattern progression that is simplified but also much more fun and rhythmic, by alternating colors on circles. While the previous one was more difficult, it also felt completely random and didn't fit the new upgraded density. The previous pattern is still available in Custom difficulty under the name "Diverse".

Bug Fixes / Small Changes

• Fixed a bug with bubble color patterns generation that was still using a clockwise pattern
• Removed "Movement Speed" from the Custom Difficulty menu options, as this value is now inherently tied to the "Obstacle Density" value
• Added "75" as a "FPS limit" choice
• Fixed a bug where the new High Obstacle density setting wasn't respected for obstacles placed just before a held note
• Fixed a bug with gamepad navigation in the Settings menu when trying to select an element featuring a button
• Adjusted accuracy timing in the Calibration Menu
• Changed the calibration test button to "Q" on Keyboard to avoid a bug with UI navigation

Due to music algorithm changes, all previously cached tracks will be re-analyzed again the next time that you play them.