Arch… Owee.. That Hurts!

A week ago I promised everyone a song that would give Hyrogashi’s “Caprice” a run for it’s money. Well… Indeed we have come through with such a piece. A piece that honestly is so difficult that I won’t even attempt to play it for fear of complete humiliation. A piece so difficult that I doubt many will even get a positive score while playing. A piece so crazy that only the guy who was previously banned from this site could have thought up such a devilish brew of steps.

Please, if you wish to live another day do not attempt song #4 “Evolutionary Etude” in the classical section. It will most definately send you gasping for air but also send you to the mental ward….. and for those of you are already nuts, enjoy!

And now for some boring info:

Clear your cache and reload if you dont see the song.
This song may run very slow on slower computers because of the high arrow release rate.

Thank Heaven for Seven 11

Today is a joyous day… Why you ask? Because everyone can post comments again and read extended text in the news! Some of you may have noticed that trying to use these features over the last week and half has resulted in a blank page being displayed, this will happen no longer.

On a side note. We now have 4 FFR Songs/Raps for your enjoyment and will start making them available today or tomorrow.

Don’t think that we forgot about Arch0wl’s stepfile either! That is still slated for delivery this week. My god help you all.

Cheers,

SynthlightWHEE!!! Extended text again!

Real life sucks

Well, some of you have probably been wondering where I have been and what has been going on. For me, I’ve had a couple of family deaths, a lot has been going on with personnel changes at work, summer classes are getting very close and I decided I haven’t been spending enough time with my girlfriend recently, so I got tied up in a bunch of things that kept me off of the Internet. However, I am back again and I plan to get some things done.
First, I’m sure you’ve noticed, I made Jewpin a moderator on the forums. I was away for a while and I know Synth is busy with some things as well, so I needed someone to watch the forums. I’m not leaving the forums, but it’s good to have someone there when we can’t be.
Secondly, we are sprucing up a bunch of things on the site, as you may have noticed with the beta updates and site/forum layouts. Yes, the wait for Remix has been long and full of turmoil, so we’re doing some things to help pass the time along.
Third, all the real life stuff has put me mega-behind on secret project #2. However, I plan to continue work on it starting tomorrow. Currently the progress on the project is as such: Step 3 of 5 (60%); Step 3 Progress: 0%.
Fourth, secret project #3 has finished planning stages and if people are interested in helping me with it may be able to participate… If you know how to make stepfiles and are interested, pm me on the forums.
That’s it for now. I’ll let you know more as I near the end of step 3 on project #2.

HyrOOOHHHHMYLORD I Can’t Believe It!

Yup… You were all waiting.. All expecting.. All wondering when the next ego-inflating Hyrogashi FFR level was going to be released.

The answer is…. IT’S UP!

I have to say that this is one of the most insane levels that has crossed FFR yet. I did my best at conversion but had to take out the first 2 arrows of the file in order for it to run properly in FFR. You won’t miss them, you are going to be seeing arrows when you close your eyes after playing this level.

There are LOTS of arrows. So this level might not be suitable for slower machines.. or… slower brains. Yes, I must give out the obligatory “If you are new to FFR, please don’t try this level!”. It is indeed THAT difficult. Don’t forget to clear your cache and the reload the page if you cannot see it.

Have fun! —> Level 3 in the Classical section. Song name: Caprice

P.S. There will be another new release this week by the infamous Arch0wl. His release will give Caprice a run for it’s money.

Upgrades Upgrades Upgrades

Just wanted to give everyone a little update on the status of the site. We went through a bunch of hardware/software upgrades today on the server and you may have noticed some downtime while we rebooted and reconfigured the server.

We updated the forum software to the latest and greatest version while adding a new look to the forum. It matches the rest of a site a little better. It will also allow for attachments and other goodies that I have yet to unleash.

You can get to the forum by clicking here
Make yourself at home and say hello to everyone while you are in there.. Arch0wl and Hyrogashi don’t bit… much… well… ummm..

Cheers,

Synthlight

P.S. You will be unable to respond to this news article until tomorrow (upgrading modules)

Somewhat of an Offbeat Comment

Flash Flash Revolution was obviously created to give you something to do while bored out of your mind at night or in class. Ya, it does a damn fine job of that but FFR was also created to help unknown artists get exposure in ways that we have never seen on the net before. We are happy that we have been able to find a way to help promote bands that would get lost among the millions of other bands across the net. Excluded just so happens to be one of those bands. Excluded is literally just 4 highschool freshman (Matt Hall, Jason Godfrey, Sean Smith, and Cameron Miller) that like to play music together. There is always something entertaining and fresh about bands that have no agenda, young bands that play for the hell of it. We were proud to make a small band like this a level in FFR and do our part to give them their 15 minutes.

If you have a chance, drop by their website: http://www.excludedtheband.com and say hello or download some of their other tracks. I even heard rumors they were making a song about FFR… hmmmmm….

.49 lives!

Only one short day since .48 has been released and we are already releasing a new version. This new version brings a bit more entertainment value and so much more functionality to FFR. FFR now has integrated database support which will lead to plenty of new features in the near future.

New Features in .49

*Integrated Database Support
*Shows stats on main screen for how many levels you have played
*Shows stats on main screen for your “Grand Total Score”. Your score from each level you play is added to this grand total score everytime you complete a level

More to come!

.48 Beta… One Giant Small Leap in the Right Direction

A little treat for everyone playing tonight. I have added a couple small new features to FFR and have called it: Beta version .48. The new features are listed below.

* Fixed the Hi-Scores button on the main screen so that longer names can fit.

* Added primitive announcer support. Right now it triggers some sound files when you reach certain combo milestones.

* Added a notification screen that checks to see if the player is registered on FlashFlashRevolution.com and if not then reminds them to register.

* Reduced CPU cycles needed during the game. Although this might not be noticed now that I added the announcer code.

*Added Synthetic Light Logo behind the preloader. Do you blame me?

I will most likely change the announcer voice. If anyone wants to record some and send them in, please do so.
Would you believe that all the new code INCLUDING the sound files only added 17k to the main engine file? Not toooo shabby. don’t forget to CLEAR YOUR CACHE and RELOAD to see the new changes.

I wanted to remind everyone to get your entries in for the “Thats a rap!” FFR Challenge. You can send your entries to thatsarap@flashflashrevolution12345.com (delete the 12345). How often do you get a chance to become a level in a video game?

That’s a Rap!

Ok folks….

Here is your chance to be immortalized in an FFR song via the "That’s a Rap!"
challenge. One of our very own FFR talents (Spook Goblin) has created a special
blank track that you can download and use to Rap/Sing/Talk/Scream over. You will
be able to download this track

HERE and then record your own lyrics and resubmit them. When we get enough
entries in, we will put up a poll for the favorite. This entry will then be
added in as a special FFR level for both the original FFR and R2 when R2 becomes
available. If that wasn’t enough, the winner will also be part of an FFR Audio
CD that will be released in the future AND will be played for BVradio listeners. We may also include other entries
depending on circumstances.

There is currently no deadline but I would encourage people to hurry and get
their entries in so that we can get the stepfile made. This is your chance to be
almost famous! Have fun with it, we won’t judge necessarily on talent but
rather entertainment value. We would prefer lyrical content include FFR in some
sort of way. Don’t feel like you need to use the entire track, we can edit to
fit. If you can give us a your voice track on a separate file without the music
that would be great but if you cannot, then we are ok with that also.

Just remember to have fun with it! We are all here to laugh and have fun at
the end of a long day.

Again, you can download the file HERE. or you can just browse to the
downloads section and check out the file "FFR" under "Spook Goblin". We will let
everyone know a few weeks in advance of when the cutoff date is.

Cheers,

Synthlight and the FFR staff