#rhythm game charting

[lethrial]

My Work on FNF Ghost Twins

Decided I'm gonna use Tumblr as an actual blog rather than a proper social media account (unless Twitter completely dies out, that is). So I'm gonna start making super long posts about the FNF projects I've worked on and stuff like that! There's also a severe lack of rhythm game charting content on here and I'm adament on fixing that. So, let's start off with the first mod I ever charted for, Ghost Twins!

Intro

I can't really believe my first mod was Ghost Twins. Granted, this wasn't the first time I'd created FNF charts, but this was the first time I'd worked in a large group to create a mod from the ground up. The director, nld, needed an extra charter for the mod, so I sent them my charts and patiently waited for a response. And voila, I was accepted! My crappy Hex recharts did wonders, apparently.

There was something I was a little concerned about going into the mod, though. If you've played the mod, you'd know about Echo difficulty, which includes the use of chords. Chords (in 4 key charting) refers to the use of multiple notes at the same time. They're sometimes referred to as doubles and triples. They look like this:

This kind of charting is often referred to as mania-styled. Before Ghost Twins, I had never touched this kind of charting. I'll talk more about how I went about it later in this post!

My Charts

I got to do quite a lot of the charts for the main week! This mod came out around the time people still remembered what easier difficulties were, so I did quite a few of those too.

Hat Tip (Normal, Echo)

Spectral Spat / Spooky Splits (Normal, Echo)

Scuffle (Easy, Hard)

Illustrious (i forgor 💀 (wasn't Hard or Echo though))

Yuletides (Normal)

Because this came out ages before the godsend that is Psych Engine's chart editor, I used the hit new Kade Engine 1.4.2 for almost all of the charts in the mod.

Echo Difficulties / Mania Charting

As stated before, this was the first time I had charted using chords and whatnot, so I was a little worried going into the mod. Luckily, I already had a background in Beat Saber mapping, so I took an approach I was familiar with; use chords for emphasis! They feel weird when they're used on beats that really don't need them.

In this case, I used them mostly on drum kicks, but they don't have to be limited to that! Just use 'em whenever they feel fitting, I guess. I've recently seen a lot of modern mods use chords randomly, and they can hurt the quality of the charts as a result. A really good example of well placed chords is Hotline 024; the charters on that mod did a fantastic job!

I'm pretty happy with how my Echo difficulties came out, although I do have some gripes.

Mistakes I Made

Hat Tip has an accidental jack hammer on the Twins' side. My bad! Genuinely don't know how I didn't catch it. Funnily enough, the jack is fixed on Boyfriend's side for some reason, so I guess it doesn't matter all that much. Sorry to Funky Friday & Friday Night Bloxxin' players, though.

One large mistake I made throughout the mod is how much I copied and pasted certain sections. Play through Scuffle on Hard and notice how much I reused the chorus' chart. If there's one thing I'd change about these charts, it would be the variety in patterns.

Of course, it's perfectly fine to copy paste parts of your chart, but if copy paste the same part more than two or three times, it might be best to switch it up a bit!

Abrupt Outro

I'm really grateful that I was able to work on this mod; the team was super great throughout all of its development! It was an incredible first experience in my FNF charting journey. It was super surreal seeing content creators like StickyBM, Flippy and more play through my charts. There'll be plenty more mania-styled charts from me, don't worry! (and they'll be in mods you may recognise…)

I hope you guys thought this was a good read, I'd love to make more of these posts! If you have any questions, my AMA is completely open.

If you want to play VS Ghost Twins yourself, here!

#fnf #fnf ghost twins #ghost twins #rhythm game #rhythm game charting #rhythm game mapping #friday night funkin #4 key #lethblog

[yxorul]

(lol exams are next week but Penny is more important 🙏)

Anyways, had a try on giving Penny a Team Star outfit very Eeveelutions themed, clearly. Complete with LED masks, yay :D

Yeah, I gave her a car too (her Starmobile is a bit smaller than the others though but the platform she stands on is wider) fitted with rhythm game pads

The moment I saw the clip of Penny shredding the dance floor in the DLC's epilogue, my immediate thought "Yep, this nerd goes to the arcade and plays every single rhythm game available"

I also just find it funny at the thought where in the middle of the Cassiopeia fight she'll just pause the battle and forces the player to play a rhythm game with her lmao (she for sure uses her own theme as the music for rhythm game match)

#pokemon #pokemon sv #pokemon fanart #pokemon penny #penny pokemon #pokemon team star #pokemon cassiopeia #pokemon starmobile #team star cassiopeia #team star penny #im definitely projecting lmao #cuz i play rhythm games (mostly PIU) in the arcade #i like penny and i like rhythm games #why not put those two together #and we all know penny dances #so it fits probably lmaoo #oh and penny definitely charts her own theme

[dailyhatsune]

my favourite genre of song is rhythm game nightmare

#not a miku #not directly miku-related but so many of these rhythm game nightmares are vocaloid songs #charts for cosmo and utsu-p songs come to mind so this post goes to my vocaloid blog

[sonic-adventure-3]

dreams of an absolution is just soooooo good. love love the little *pah* *pah* type noise that moves from one ear to the other

#i’ve been playing a rhythm game called rhythia for the last little bit #and it’s one of the default songs and it has such a fun chart #i keep losing concentration in the last 5% and dying but it’s soooo fun #rambles #music posting

[kenonade]

picked up cytus2 for the first time in a long while (2 years?) and was able to easily match/surpass my old high scores in tp (95.40 on glitch hydra which was my first post-recovery attempt???? My previous was 94??) after rehabilitation… either ive somehow gotten better at rhythm gaming despite not gaming a lot in general OR i was really just not that good at all two years ago (both possible)

#Secret option: ipad registers input faster when not on low power mode #cytus ii #What is it about taking a break from rhythm gaming and being able to come back and just immediately perform better than before #even when the break is irrationally long #like is playing cytus like riding a bike??? But its not because I’ve very clearly forgotten the charts??? #Maybe my maimai era really taught me that yeah mobile rhythm games can be tough #But it will never come close to the complete and utter physical exhaustion that follows a foolish attempt at pandora boxx white chart

[rockintapper]

i got bored

#too many characters to tag. have games instead #rhythm heaven #rhythm heaven ds #rhythm heaven fever #rhythm heaven megamix #alignment chart #(becuase it's an alignment chart)

[pelman]

#rhythm game #rhythm games #rhythm gaming #poll #polls #gaming poll #i personally find charts with a lot of different patterns difficult #especially when they utilize chords heavily #i also find it incredibly difficult to play anything higher than 4k

[citrushomie]

Im gonna be honest I voted other on the poll bc I only play bandori and enstars and bandori legit hurts my thumbs and I didn’t think enstars deserved my vote

bandori hurtsssss and you have so many more fcs than me in bandori for sure soldier i salute you o7 i knew d4dj would be losing bc there is no almost no overlap with it and other mobile idol rhythm game fans i had to vouch for my bestie d4dj gameplay

#asks #i feel like if i keep going ill just be restating what i already say so much bc i dont have super deep opinions on idol rhythm gameplay #but just. bandori and enstars. why are you boring..... look and feel boring to me.... pjsk is at least a little different #d4dj runs with the dj thing i love the slider and discs and it has good songs and chart makers and its losing 🗣📢‼️ #i had a boston cream donut in the fridge and before i wrote this i got it and were in my room and now its like. melting with how hot it is #wgat else. i wish enstars didnt have the showtime in the middle of songs or whatever it makes me fall asleep bc i cant play with 3dmvs #thats it i need to stop thinking abt all these idol games hi may what are your thoughts just about anything 🎤 i think weather should end

[st5lker]

help ive been playing so much project sekai these past few days that the knuckle on my palm where my phone rests has started to get sore since i play with my thumbs

#for as little as the gacha and vn portions interest me its genuinely a fantastically designed rhythm game with so few bad charts

[wavetapper]

derangement aside I do recommend getting into bms, even if you don't end up playing any of the charts. the amount of insanely creative songs and music videos that get released every year For Free just for this community game is amazing and the fact that some get picked up and licensed for commercial games and artists who started out making work for bms get commissioned for them as well is just. idk

#blah blah if you play rhythm games even a little bit i can almost guarantee youve heard at least one song that originated from bms #and that song wad probably conflict BUT THERE ARE OTHERS and you can play the original charts for free on your computie #bemuse.ninja is an in-browser bms player if you want to try it out but dont want to download anything. it comes with songs as well #theres a really good english language guide for beatoraja which comes with links to song packs and skins and the like #beatoraja is just. quite convenient to set up actually i never tried lr2 and quite frankly from what ive heard im a little bit afraid to #idk look tl;dr if you want a rhythm game with basically infinite content and big free song events multiple times a year #then there is a Game For You. and no you do not need a controller there are good keyboard layouts for it just avoid the default keybinds #bmsposting

[zeeph-containment-zone]

Looked at the clock at 2:30 AM, opened osu! , closed osu! after a few games and it was 5 AM somehow

#we have rhythm games at home #the rhythm games at home #rhythm game #osu! #osu! game #not very good at it but i've only been playing for like a day #osu #time travel #music game #i like it because I can play whatever I want on it #I don't like it because difficulty scaling is not consistent #also no note speed :( #it gets cluttered so fast #tbf two of those charts were Kumikyoku Nico Nico Douga

[mbrine]

Retribution ~ Cycle Of Redemption ~ SP.? C Rank

Phigros devs went truly mad with the chart for this year, even the pros I watched haven't managed an S Rank yet

Because

Just look at it

It's literally unplayable

AND I LOVE IT

My reaction at the end has more to do with the fact that on top of my fingers still being sore from yesterday's boop war, I've just added my hands, wrists and arms to the list of things that are currently in pain

And if you hear heavy breathing at any point in the video NO YOU DONT that's actually the sound of my soul leaving me

Anyways back to grinding at the AT charts, im never complaining about their difficulty again lmao

Also peek my entire table shaking with the jackhammer section at the end, that's me channelling the same energy I had during the great boop war of 2024

#mbrine does phigros #phigros #rhythm games #april fool's day #april fools 2024 #april 1st #meme chart

[nullapophenia]

i think if i do not control myself there's going to be a lot of color bass finding its way into my mental lisa playlist i already put flying castle and synthesis in there. help

#ns.txt #torn fabric / OTiF #it's otoges all the way down sorry #if you want to know my thought process behind the entire au's art pieces it's all rhythm game music. sorry #i still have to do the base composition for crumble soul too. fuck #im Tempted to do a piece for flying castle. but like what would i even do #that would work nicely for a notitg chart maybe! but again the xml thing #anyways hi it's 02:49 #welcome to my twisted mind

[icedtoastt]

Woah… just cleared my first 10 star in project diva… :0

#iced screams to the void #rhythm games #the chart’s Negaposi*Continues

[cardcaptor-lisia]

why would you get high when you could simply just get a fc on 'miles' (hard difficulty) from the hit rhythm game djmax respect v, available on steam?

#god i love this game #i have not been sucked into a rhythm game like this ever i think #that chart is SO fun to play it is my 'kimi no taion' for djmax #✧talking〜くだらない話

[mushroomjar]

Are any other Project Sekai players... disappointed in the What's Up Pop chart?

My biggest praises for the game were that no matter how hard the charts were, a. They never felt like note spam and b. They were always accessible to whatever type of playing you felt most comfortable with (ie thumb or index finger player). Both things got thrown out the window with the What's Up Pop master chart and it just makes me sad

#it's fun to watch rhythm game player youtubers struggle with the chart but i can't shake this feeling of disappointment #i also feel like what's up pop is such a weird song to do note spam on. disappearance or intense singing? i could understand it. what's up #pop just doesn't sound like it should have a near impossible chart. very difficult? sure. note spam? not really #project sekai #colorful stage #what's up pop #cat rambles