And Then There Was A Shop..
Tonight will be the night that shop opens. We have finally brought the code to a point where the shop section works and there will be one song for credit sale tonight. This weekend will kind of be a test to make sure that everything works ok with the store. I need to do a little prep and then will put up version .66 (new version with the store). Let me know if you guys find any strange bugs because we have changed alot of the internal code.
Big thanks go out to Marc Tanenbaum for all his amazing help and organization. Truly a talent if you ever need any flash work done. Run over to flashmxfiles.com and PM him a big thanks if you get the chance. Without him the shop may not have been possible for the next 6 months. 
Should be about 2 hours from the time of this post until the Shop opens.
*EDIT SYNTHLIGHT* – The shop is now open and the first song is available. It is about twice the size of a normal song but should be worth it. Lots of credits are needed but only those with that many credits should be capable of it’s difficulty.
I would like to thank the following people for allowing the use of this level in the game. Without them I wouldn’t have the permissions needed and because of that I am very grateful.
512kb for his permission and willingness to give me files
Cranky for the permission to to use the party 4u “holy nite mix” music
Sukima Sangyo at Scheme_a Network
Akira (Heppoko movies
And last not least Arch0wl for making the stepfile and not telling anyone about it.
Cheers,
Synthlight
*EDIT SYNTHLIGHT* – PAGE TWO OF DANCE DOES NOT WORK TONIGHT. IT WILL BE FIXED IN THE MORNING.
*EDIT SYNTHLIGHT* – FINDING OUT THAT SOME PEOPLES COMPUTERS (or rather keyboards) CANNOT HANDLE 3 ARROWS AT A TIME. MAY BE ADJUSTING THE STEPFILE.
Where O’ Where Has My Little Synth Gone?
Wow, what a week for me last week. I know that many of you were trying to get ahold of me and were wondering where I was. The truth was that we had a loss in the family. I really don’t want to nor will I go into it. I took a little time off and kept my FFR/Work time to a minimum. Please don’t bother asking what happened because I will not go into it. Just keep in mind that sometimes if I don’t respond to you for a day or so, it has nothing to do with who you are. It doesn’t mean you have to go all psycho and get on my case thinking that I hate you.
Anyways, I am back now and trying to get the newest update for FFR ready. We have been working on the code for the shop and are about 70% done with it. I hate to give release dates but would estimate that maybe sometime this week you will FINALLY see that shop open. I have the first song ready and from there we can start a whole bunch of new songs for purchase. I plan for these songs (all of them) to have interesting backgrounds or something that makes these levels unique. If anyone is good with flash and would like to participate in some interesting level creation please let me know. I am all ears.
Expect to hear from me again soon this week. I have a couple ideas that I would like to pass by everyone for comments and suggestions.
Cheers,
Synthlight
FFR Wants You!
Just wanted to let everyone know that we are addressing the bugs that came up in the new version over the weekend. Let us know if everything is running smoothly and if you encounter anything out of the ordinary. We should have most of the bugs fixed already.
Make sure you clear your cache and reload the page before testing for bugs.
Cheers,
Synthlight
.65 Released this morning for testing
.65 was released this morning for some testing. Hopefully we will be able to squash any bugs within a few days. I will first list the features followed but what I have found are bugs.
*Multiple layouts. We now offer 4 styles of play for those of you who want to make the Mario level a challenge. I think the layout choices and location are pretty obvious once you load the game.
*New hi-score routines.. Yes, more anti-hacker stuff. We keep trying.
*Minor experimental graphic changes including yellow bar that drops down from the top of the list to either show the top player or your entry (if you place in the top 10).
*Lots of internal changes.. I won’t go into them.
Now for the bugs found that will be corrected.
*Purchased area show the songs from whatever genre you last visited. It won’t load anything as of right now though. It will eventually be used to show songs you have purchased from the shop
*Sometimes will show multiple copies of your name in the hi-score if you have placed in the top 10 of a song twice during the same sitting. Refreshing the page/game will eliminate this. The hi-score list (database) doesn’t actually contain your name twice, it just looks that way.
*On very rare occasion you will be directed to the FBI website because the game thinks you are hacking. I haven’t personally experienced this but Qreepy reported it. (he said this happened when he tried to play Fette’s Vette)
*Max combo problem reported by only 1 person. Will look into this as well. Supposedly very high max combo’s will sometimes be registered as very low max combo’s. I say sometimes but I have only heard of this happening to 1 person. I cannot verify it.
I probably didn’t cover all the new features but have very little time and wanted to get this news out for everyone today.
BTW… New level from Hyrogashi comming out today. Sorry to Hyro for not finishing it last night. We were squashing bugs until the late hours of the nite.
Cheers,
Synthlight
NEWS FLASH!!!!
Alright…since this has been asked 99999999999999999999999999999999999999
times on the forum so far, I guess it needs to be brought to attention.
THERE ARE NO SONGS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE IN THE SHOP. SHOP SONGS SHOULD BE AVAILABLE IN THE NEXT UPDATE COMING REAL SOON. IF YOU TRY TO BUY SONGS NOW, YOU WILL ONLY LOSE CREDITS.
I have an FAQ site and there is an FAQ on the site here. As I posted in the forum, any question found on that FAQ that is asked on the forum will be deleted/locked. Feel free to look around at the other things I’ve thrown onto that site and please leave comments so I can see if the FFR Satellite is something to further consider updating.
Also, great show last night. Thanks to all who listened and a double thank you to all who participated. It certainly was a party. More updates should be on their way soon.
FAQ site:
Go to http://www.geocities.com/ffrsatelite/faq.html
NestleKwik
Wow.. O.. Wow.. *Collapses*
I have quite a few interesting things going on with my life and FFR at the moment. My business is currently being bombarded with work from clients and I have found myself sleeping very little over the past week or so. Trying to balance FFR and life at the moment with neither winning. lol.
BUT!…. BUUUTTTT!!!!
I have something fun to announce. We are going to be holding an all night live DJ session on the 17th (FFR’s 1 year BIRTHDAY!) on the FFR Radio. The schedule of performances will be below. For those of you that have missed these in the past, I suggest you not miss this one. It should have some damn good music and quite a bit of humor. 
I also have another announcement that I would like to make soon but I may not due to an NDA in effect.
Here is the lineup for the 17th (Friday Night)
All times are PST
dj Weazel – 5pm – 5:45pm – Dance, Techno
djJ33k.F (Jewpinthe3rd) – 5:45pm -6:15 pm – Stuff.
djj (lightdarkness) – 6:15pm -7:30pm – Techno, Trance
dj SpookGoblin – 7:30pm – passout – Psytrance, Drum ‘n Bass, Trance
DJ Obvious may take over after Spook Goblin but it depends on what he has going on that night.
DON’T MMMIIISSSS EEEEIITTT!!!
Cheers,
Synthlight
Ouch!
I have finally decided to officially IP ban some cheaters from the entire site. I am really sorry that I have to do this to certain people but have no other choice as they have not come forward on their own nor have they stopped their activities. There are also a handful of people that I am watching to determine if they are cheating or not. I have scrubbed through the scores looking for cheated hi-scores and have removed most of them. If you find anything that doesn’t look right, PM me.
Cheers,
Synthlight
Live DJ tonight!
Sometime very soon tonight CptObvious will be doing some live DJ’n on FFR Radio. Make sure you listen in. An experiment in fun. Maybe he will even take requests from FFR chat? It’s up to him. Enjoy!
Cheers,
Synthlight
*EDIT* – DJ Obvious is now live on FFR RADIO. Click the link above in the nav to listen!
*EDIT* – Thanks to DJ Obvious for his time tonight. We are back to the normal auto-play now
Square Bear Lives!
Today we welcome Square Bear to the FFR lineup. Square Bear’s music is
currently being played on UK radio and clubs all over Europe. His music covers
all types of genre’s "Dance/Trance from cheesy euro to hard, bangin’ choonz". If
you get a chance check out some of the work on his website.
www.square-bear.co.uk
You can find a special FFR edit of "Falling Into You" featuring Yana Kay on Page
#2 of the Dance genre. Difficulty is 3-4 so most people will be able to play the
song. What is entirely unique with this level is the fact that Square Bear took
it upon himself to create the stepfile from scratch and then pass it along to
us. I am completely impressed that someone of his caliber took the time to
author a stepfile. Thanks a bunch Square Bear & welcome to the FFR lineup ..
Feel free to send us more edits and stepfiles if you wish. You have won us over.
Cheers,
Synthlight
