MusicWave news & patch notes

I've had it on my list for a while to update MusicWave's GUI and this was long overdue. The visuals are a lot more fun and informative! Here's what's changed:

• Better placement of GUI meters
• New streak meter shows how close you are to each 50 increment.
• Animations and distinct colors for each meter so you can tell what it says without reading it.
• Multiplier meter now shows your streak progress
• Orbs are gold if you haven't missed a note
• FC indicator (Full combo (Having never missed a note or pressed something incorrectly))

Let me know if you like the new visuals! Might even change a few more things before supporting custom skinning, I just want everything to be where it should be. As for the control update bug: I cannot recreate the bug you guys are talking about where you cannot rebind your controls. I added a reset to default button for if your controls got messed up you can reset them, but I still cannot recreate this bug. Make sure you are clicking the rebind button and when it's red and says "??" you press the key you want to bind it to. I spoke to some people on the discord server and they said they weren't having issues either. If you are having this issue please reach out to me, maybe take a video? I'd really like to sort it out. Likely will only be one new song this Friday since it's my finals week. That's all and as always, thanks for playing! -Stephen

I'm a little light on the update this week. I wasn't able ton finish the song charts on time due to final exams and projects. I hope you can forgive me, I promise when the semester ends I'll be more regular on the updates! This update is still important, it adds the ability to rebind controls; something requested by almost every positive and negative review. It also adds some small optimizations throughout. Expect some more requested features to come soon! Let me know about any bugs. Thanks for playing, as always, -Stephen

Hey guys, I'm really excited to grow MusicWave with the community, and so far the suggestions have been really productive for the game's development! I really appreciate anyone who's enjoying the game and giving feedback on how to improve it. That being said, the updates are tough for me to roll out because making games is only a hobby for me at the moment; well, my favorite hobby. The thing is I'm finishing my degrees in math and computer science this year while also working full time as a software developer for an engineering firm. These two things consume a lot of my time as well as personal stuff and my somewhat existing social life. That being said, I try to work on MusicWave an hour a day at least, but some weeks everything lines up and I have very little time to push updates or respond to comments. I'll try my best when I can to respond, so keep the feedback coming and expect an update a week either way! Thanks, -Stephen Also, for updates on what I'm working on, follow my Twitter @pureheartstu

I decided that MusicWave was too difficult and extremely unfriendly to beginners. There's really no need for a losing functionality anyways, that only makes players want to quit. I want people to get practice while also getting score, practice mode felt like a waste of time. I decided to change the mechanics so people can get through the easy charts while getting better and having fun. Here are the two simple yet effective changes:

• No more losing.
• Missing a note or pressing the wrong key subtracts 30 points.

This will score players better for being more accurate but allow people to make mistakes early on. I hope these changes make the game more fun and playable. If you tried it and didn't like it, give the game another try! If you still don't like it, I appreciate that you gave it your time :) -Stephen

The most requested feature was a practice mode. I quickly added it because I don't want new players to feel discouraged from trying! Still, I do admit that the difficulty curve is way too steep, there aren't nearly enough easy songs and still no beginner songs at the moment. I need to find some easier songs for beginners to start out on. Until then, then game will just have to be difficult. Hopefully the new practice mode will help people feel more comfortable with the controls and mechanics.