Downloads Are Fun. :)

*EDIT* To play the downloadable version you need to register and proceed to the downloads section. The online version requires no registration.

Just wanted to apologize for the 24 hour delay in releasing the new downloadable version that you can play locally. The new version contains the first four songs from Dance#2 and is only about 3.8 megs with uncompressed splash screens and all 4 levels. Not too bad eh? This normally do not take that long to put together but we have been so busy with life/work/ffr r2 etc.etc.. blah blah.

Enjoy,

Synthlight & BPRC
Again, we realize we are nowhere near being the ultimate masterful DDR sim. We only hope to bring a little fun to people who are suffering from extreme boredom.

FFR R2 however will not be the same story.

Who? What? A New Downloadable Version Soon?

In the next 48 hours we will be releasing a new downloadable version that will contain 4 new and seperate songs from the first downloadable release. Check back often in the downloads area. The release could be as soon as tomorrow morning but may take a 48 hours depending on my workload.

Also for those who are Mac users: We are hard at work on releasing a downloadable Mac version that is completely self contained. We have not forgotten about you!*EDIT* It is Saturday now, we are almost there sometime this afternoon the new downloadable mix will go up.

*EDIT* It is Saturday around 5pm. Still working on this slight problems getting multiple Genre’s in one section. Should still be able to release tonight.

New Material!

The contest has ended and the new songs have been posted! Both songs are in Dance #2 section. Clear your cache and reload time!

Thanks to everyone who contributed with their “DWI” files. Our picks were not based on quality alone but rather what fit best for the song and genre. Submissions that did not win will most likely be seen again in the upcomming “FFR Remix #2″ which will be able to hold multiple “stepmixes” per song.

Obviously, Congrats go out to Bryan B and Pockets(not registered?).

Bryan B, your stepmix for Dendrite made me fell very much like I was at the arcade and seemed just challenging enough to be enjoyable for medium ability players. The steps fit the song very well and we hope to see more from you in the future. I couldn’t help but to play it over and over again during testing which unfortunately pushed back the release until today.

Pockets, Pockets are you out there? I could’nt find a name on our site to match your email address. Please contact me if you are out there.
It was actually scary how Pocket’s “stepmix” seemed to have come right out of the school of “Synthlight Stepmixes”. Seemed very much like something I would make myself. Everyone who submitted seemed to have problems with the last half of Skellybones due to the BPM changes. So we took it upon ourselves to consider it a challenge to the player when trying to hit some off those off beat arrows near the end. A very good effort and a good addition to our easier levels.

As soon as I get in contact with you guys, I will setup the shipment of those t-shirts out to you.

Cheers,

Synthlight & BPRC

4,000 visitors and insight needed

At about 11:30 a.m. EST Saturday morning, the site has received an additional 3,933 unique visitors from TechTV.com since being featured on TechTV’s The Screen Savers not even two days ago. Simply amazing.
On another note, there are a couple of items in the forums that would benefit from everyone’s participation. There are two announcements in the FFR General forum that address a couple of issues concerning FFR. The first is a poll on the miss system. The poll will accept opinions until Monday, so post your thoughts now so we can move on and address the next step in solving the issue. Secondly, there is a thread on tournaments and leagues that would benefit from everyone’s participation.
Thanks for everyone’s participation as this input will really allow us to improve your FFR experience…yeah, that sounded really corny, but you know what I mean.

Slap Me Silly!

The wonderful folks at TechTV.com were nice enough to feature us in an episode of “The Screen Savers”. I do not have TechTV unfortunately so I was not able to view the airing. I was only able to tell by the fact that all the hits almost brought our server to it’s knees. Thanks to the staff at TechTV that put our little game on the air. You can see the link here –>www.techtv.com/screensavers/?nnav

Thanks again TechTV.

P.S. If anyone from TechTV or otherwise could send me a capture of the airing, I would be most grateful.

Welcome the celldweller

I have recently been in contact with celldweller and they have allowed the use of “Stay With Me (Unlikely)” as the first song in the rock section for FFR.. If you like this song or industrial metal in general, you should definately go check out the celldweller website

Klayton of celldweller has produced works for groups like Prong and numerous film and TV shows.

A complete .mp3 of “Stay With Me (Unlikely)” will be available in the downloads section for those who are interested.

Thanks go out to the celldweller staff for being helpful and understanding.For those of you who cannot see the song yet, make sure you clear your cache.

Cheers,

Synthlight

Want to be a Winner? We all do.

Flash Flash Revolution is holding it’s first contest.

The contest will involve stepfile creation for 2 songs that are soon to be released on FFR. Both songs are available in the “Downloads” area.

#1 Dendrite by Spook Goblin
#2 SkellyBones by Analog Boy

The winner for each song will be sent an FFR t-shirt from the FFR online store.

Contest starts as of this posting and ends next Friday (Jan 10th, 2003). Entries will be reviewed and winner seleced by the FFR staff. The winners will have their stepfile and related music track entered into the FFR engine within 48 hours of contest end.

Non-winning entries may be used within FFR Remix #2.

Good luck to everyone and thanks for supporting FFR. Make sure you read the details in the extended text of this post.Details:

FFR Staff will only accept .DWI and .SM format

Preffered correct BPM

FFR converter engine does not support changing BPM during the song so the beats in the later half of skellybones will have to be as close as you can get them.

Nothing quicker than 1/16th notes.

No borrowing from existing or copyrighted .dwi files or other similiar types of work.

Enter as often as you like

Nothing out of the oridinary (freeze/stop arrows etc)

send .dwi and .sm files to songs@xqsite.com

I Pity the Fool

First off… There is a new level in the Dance2 section called “HELLBEAT” and it is exactly that. I wanted to get some easier songs out for the newbies but this one found it’s way onto the server first. Arktisk (David Poore) created this punishing beat upon request from Hyrogashi. Thanks Arktisk for that crazy beat. Hyrogashi once again sends the masses running in all directions with his unstoppable barrage of arrows. This is another one of those levels that I probably won’t be able to complete for a long time.. a long long time. Good luck. Don’t forget to CLEAR that CACHE!

On a side note, I am sorry for being so silent for the last week. I have had the holidays and some crazy work hours trying to finish up projects for clients. I actually pulled a 38 hour workday over the weekend. Getting back on track with FFR today.

FFR Tournaments

Happy new year everyone!

FFR player Falcokid was kind enough to host our very own FFR tournament. You can sign up at his tournament website: www.geocities.com/theflyline2003/ddrhome

All questions about the tournament should proceed to Falcokid, AIM screenname: falco4390, or me: dknjgook

Once we get enough players, the tournament shall start, so sign up now! We will keep you updated on the start of the tournament, so check out the news frequently.