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meanSpleen · 08-10-2008, 01:45 PM

osu! - rhythm is just a click away

Do you like rhythm games? Does clicking your mouse appeal to you? Does picking your own music and creating your own maps for others to play make you happy?

osu! is an Ouendan (DS) type game where you click on colored circles to the beat/rhythm of the music. You download the base osu! software, and download beatmaps which are songs and ... beat mappings... that go along with the song. The choices are centered around pop, dance and asian songs, but there are also a number of english songs as well.

A built in editor lets you choose any song you have laying around (mp3/ogg), determine its BPM, and create your own mappings.

Most mappings have at least a Normal difficulty level, including an Easy, Hard or Impossible difficulty if the person behind it decided to make one for it. I've been having enough fun with the Easy and Normal levels for now.

Right now, I think 'Leah - Calling' is one of the better programmed beatmaps available.

Signups are free and required to download beatmaps. Use a fake email if you want. I haven't received any emails in the past two weeks.

If you decide to create a beatmap, you might want to post it so we can pump up your map ratings >

osu! - rhythm is just a click away

CyCo PL · 08-10-2008, 02:04 PM

I LOVED elite beat agents on DS, so I'm definitely gonna check this out. I played EBA so much, I got S rank on the last song on the hardest difficulty :P

Church · 08-10-2008, 07:54 PM

Yeah, this is pretty much exactly EBA, lol. And EBA was an awesome game, can't wait for the 2nd one! I'll check this out too!

meanSpleen · 08-11-2008, 08:27 PM

okay so Elite Beat Agents is the english name. I blame my friends for calling it the Japanese name!

So how is everyone doing so far? Any good beatmaps worth playing? You may notice that ... not all of them are great

Code:

http://osu.ppy.sh/stat/USERNAME.png

CyCo PL · 08-11-2008, 11:55 PM

I've been playing a lot... name is -PL-

meanSpleen · 08-15-2008, 09:54 PM

I swear I'm not getting any better at playing this

Here is a beatmap I made... osu! - Login It is unapproved, so it will not apply to your stats or score. The approval process is kind of slow! I may make changes later on, but this is up for now. (saying something interesting about it may speed up the process, but shh!)

CyCo PL · 08-16-2008, 07:07 AM

I'm a huge metal fan, so I grabbed up all of the metal songs on there, like Finntroll - Trollhammaren, the Alestorm song, Dragonforce, some other stuff... I love the Super Mario Bros. techno song though, it's a lot of fun to play.

I've been trying to make a beatmap but I don't understand how some of the stuff in the editor works... I can get the beat down perfectly, but I have trouble with the sliding notes and stuff, specifically getting them to land on the right beats of the song.

meanSpleen · 08-16-2008, 06:34 PM

Pause is your friend!

Under Timing, set the Time Divisor to half (eigth note) or quarter (sixteenth note). You can then start the slide pretty much wherever you might need it. You'll click once to start it, the move your mouse out and left click to set a waypoint, or right click to finalize the slide.

If you want it to go back and forth on the same slide, left click once to set, add any way points, right click to finalize, grab the end of the slide in the timeline at the top and drag it to the right. I think slides will always force a full beat (quarter note) slide.

Once you can get one down, it gets really easy!

08-10-2008, 01:45 PM	#1 (permalink)
meanSpleen Squid hat! Location: A Few Miles Away From Halx	Osu! - PC Rhythm Game (free) osu! - rhythm is just a click away Do you like rhythm games? Does clicking your mouse appeal to you? Does picking your own music and creating your own maps for others to play make you happy? osu! is an Ouendan (DS) type game where you click on colored circles to the beat/rhythm of the music. You download the base osu! software, and download beatmaps which are songs and ... beat mappings... that go along with the song. The choices are centered around pop, dance and asian songs, but there are also a number of english songs as well. A built in editor lets you choose any song you have laying around (mp3/ogg), determine its BPM, and create your own mappings. Most mappings have at least a Normal difficulty level, including an Easy, Hard or Impossible difficulty if the person behind it decided to make one for it. I've been having enough fun with the Easy and Normal levels for now. Right now, I think 'Leah - Calling' is one of the better programmed beatmaps available. Signups are free and required to download beatmaps. Use a fake email if you want. I haven't received any emails in the past two weeks. If you decide to create a beatmap, you might want to post it so we can pump up your map ratings > osu! - rhythm is just a click away __________________ Like TFP? Donate To Keep It Alive!! Last edited by meanSpleen; 08-10-2008 at 02:02 PM..

08-10-2008, 07:54 PM	#3 (permalink)
Church Tilted F*ckhead Location: New Jersey	Yeah, this is pretty much exactly EBA, lol. And EBA was an awesome game, can't wait for the 2nd one! I'll check this out too! __________________ Through counter-intelligence, it should be possible to pinpoint potential trouble makers, and neutralize them.

08-11-2008, 08:27 PM	#4 (permalink)
meanSpleen Squid hat! Location: A Few Miles Away From Halx	okay so Elite Beat Agents is the english name. I blame my friends for calling it the Japanese name! So how is everyone doing so far? Any good beatmaps worth playing? You may notice that ... not all of them are great Code: http://osu.ppy.sh/stat/USERNAME.png __________________ Like TFP? Donate To Keep It Alive!! Last edited by meanSpleen; 08-11-2008 at 08:29 PM..

08-15-2008, 09:54 PM	#6 (permalink)
meanSpleen Squid hat! Location: A Few Miles Away From Halx	I swear I'm not getting any better at playing this Here is a beatmap I made... osu! - Login It is unapproved, so it will not apply to your stats or score. The approval process is kind of slow! I may make changes later on, but this is up for now. (saying something interesting about it may speed up the process, but shh!) __________________ Like TFP? Donate To Keep It Alive!!

08-16-2008, 06:34 PM	#8 (permalink)
meanSpleen Squid hat! Location: A Few Miles Away From Halx	Pause is your friend! Under Timing, set the Time Divisor to half (eigth note) or quarter (sixteenth note). You can then start the slide pretty much wherever you might need it. You'll click once to start it, the move your mouse out and left click to set a waypoint, or right click to finalize the slide. If you want it to go back and forth on the same slide, left click once to set, add any way points, right click to finalize, grab the end of the slide in the timeline at the top and drag it to the right. I think slides will always force a full beat (quarter note) slide. Once you can get one down, it gets really easy! __________________ Like TFP? Donate To Keep It Alive!!

08-10-2008, 02:04 PM	#2 (permalink)
CyCo PL Addict Location: Tulsa, OK	I LOVED elite beat agents on DS, so I'm definitely gonna check this out. I played EBA so much, I got S rank on the last song on the hardest difficulty :P

08-11-2008, 11:55 PM	#5 (permalink)
CyCo PL Addict Location: Tulsa, OK	I've been playing a lot... name is -PL-

08-16-2008, 07:07 AM	#7 (permalink)
CyCo PL Addict Location: Tulsa, OK	I'm a huge metal fan, so I grabbed up all of the metal songs on there, like Finntroll - Trollhammaren, the Alestorm song, Dragonforce, some other stuff... I love the Super Mario Bros. techno song though, it's a lot of fun to play. I've been trying to make a beatmap but I don't understand how some of the stuff in the editor works... I can get the beat down perfectly, but I have trouble with the sliding notes and stuff, specifically getting them to land on the right beats of the song.