Hey there Spinners, we've got a huge update for you today with the addition of a new and completely free VR mode, as well as the release of our Chillhop DLC and PlayStation 4 + 5 port!

You'd better believe we are reusing this GIF!


There's a lot of things to get through so let's go!


It's finally here! Jump in, have a smash and let us know what you think.

In typical SRXD fashion we have allowed a customisable experience. By default, wheel motion and taps are achieved by contacting either hand's pointer with the wheel itself. Beats are achieved by tapping outside the wheel area.

You can customise which hand does what in the VR tab in the options menu, so if you'd rather have one hand do beats only no matter where you tap, that is an option.

We have some pretty nifty and hopefully seamless aim assist which helps with jagged vertical motion. This helps you get in the groove and jam out without worrying about moving your arms too robotically.

Thanks to everyone who helped with our beta branch on Discord. This is our first time doing anything VR and we do not have access to every piece of VR hardware, so if you find any issues please let us know over on our Discord channel.

[discord.gg]
Prepare for something quite different to the usual Spin Rhythm base game experience.

Spin, relax and study to 10 of the mellowest, good-vibes tunes to ever hit the rhythm dimension. There's also some sweet lo-fi inspired skins including a recording studio style wheel skin, an XLR cable track edge and some very cute raccoon skins for Jimmy and LadyJ.


https://steamproxy.net/steamstore/app/1668791/Spin_Rhythm_XD__Chillhop_DLC/


[open.spotify.com]

• Playtime - L'Indecis
  
• Khaleesi - Misha, cocabona
  
• Takin' You For a Ride - Pandrezz
  
• Yo - The Kount
  
• Good Friends - Yasper
  
• Drifter - Brock Berrigan, saib.
  
• Early Morning - Ruck P
  
• 17 - Ian Ewing
  
• Green Tea - Eli Way
  
• Looking for the Sun - L'Indecis, Moods

• "Studio" wheel skin
  
• Chillhop menu palette
  
• Track edge "XLR"
  
• Track edge material "Vintage"
  
• Chillhop raccoon skins for UI assistants

Kick back and spin.


Available now! Go get it! https://store.playstation.com/en-us/concept/10003265


We've included 2 Chillhop Music bangers (can you call something so chill a banger?) to give you a taste of the DLC flavour. Enjoy!

• Second Wind - L'Indecis
  
• Daydream - Eli Way

We have also included 4 new RemiXD tracks!

• Dying Scarlet
  
• Come to Me
  
• Sector 5
  
• Time

Congratulations to the winning charters sodapants, Edge, Kwazi and Loosiano!


We've polished up our UI a little. There's a slightly cleaner look to most of the options menu sliders which now use dots and better visualising of containers, as well as some fancy drop down menus.

• Input mapping has been improved with combined keyboard / mouse on one page.
  
• Some more important input options have been moved out to the main settings menu tab
  
• 'Hold to move' option has been added for gyro controls

• ‘Track filter’ now has its own tab
  
• Added scratch notes to ‘performance progress’ tab

• Each section now shows accuracy as well as total score progress
  
• Practice mode sections for each track are now based on cue points
  
• If no cue points are present defaults to evenly spaced sections as before

The tutorial now has proper glyphs for mouse controls.


Individual background elements can now be turned on and off to your chart's desire.

Check the "toggle elements" buttons at the bottom of the left panel in edit mode. This means you can now use the Monstercat and Chillhop backgrounds without the presence of the furry overlords in the distance!


We've included Daydream in the demo to give the people a taste of Chillhop's style (and to run a cool competition on their Discord).


So what comes next? You all know we're not the best at making and sticking to timelines. The main things we have left on our personal wishlists are improving the editor to be more mouse friendly, adding an "endless mode" which could be pretty fun and some kind of simple lobby-based online multiplayer if it's possible (although it's a massive undertaking).

We also have 6 remaining tracks (including the two B-sides competition winners) to include in a future update.

Until then, hope you enjoy this big update!

As always, thanks for spinning.

Hi there spinners!

We've just put the VR mode up on 'communitysneakpeek'.

If you haven't tried this branch before, the beta key is 'earlieraccess'.

This version also has a few other improvements, such dropdowns in the UI for multi-choice items and an improved practice mode that uses cue points again.

You can also try the two new Chillhop tracks which will be released for free alongside the DLC on July 9.

If you have feedback, good or bad, please let us know via Discord[discord.com].

[discord.gg]Thanks for spinning.

What's up Spinners!

We have officially passed certification on PlayStation! It was a long road, and doing 2 consoles (PS4 + PS5) plus an entirely new VR mode was a bit of a job, but we got it done.

Check out our trailer below (VR mode starts at 40s).

Motion controls feel great on VR. The game becomes a kind of interdimensional drumkit. You move your dominant hand into the wheel to engage it (acting as a tap and hold). Moving your hand while it's engaged moves the wheel, and your off hand can be used for beats by tapping outside the wheel.

Using the regular PlayStation gamepads you can do the usual shenanigans (motion controls, regular stick controls) and we've also added support for the touch pad. It's a bit of a gimmick, but pretty fun to try out.

Make sure to wishlist on PlayStation![store.playstation.com].

We've had a few people ask, and I wanted to officially say it here, the PC VR version will be an entirely free update released on the same day as the PlayStation version.

If you would like to be a part of the PC open beta before the Steam VR version hits, so make sure you're on our Discord[discord.gg] if you want to be a part of it.

Spin ya later.

What's up Spinners. We've been quietly chipping away at our PlayStation 4+5 port of SRXD, which includes PSVR. We're targeting June (ish) for release.

We will also be pushing out VR mode on Steam as a free update at the same time!

VR feels like the best implementation of motion controls we have achieved so far. Tracks make you feel like you're controlling a virtual drum kit, it's pretty neat!

The VR controller moves the wheel as smoothly as your hand moves, and is "engaged" when the dominant hand (which can be swapped) cuts through the target zone. This acts as a tap or a hold note, and the same happens for beats (and beat holds) in the opposite hand.

If you prefer to play in VR with regular gamepad controls and no waggle, you can do that instead.

On PlayStation we will support regular gamepad controls, gyro and even the wacky touchpad feature - the quality of this touchpad gameplay experience is questionable but hey it's there!


We will also be releasing our second DLC alongside PS5 and VR which is Chillhop! Click below to listen to the playlist.

[open.spotify.com]We will be releasing 2 free Chillhop tracks into the base game collection alongside the DLC to give you a taste of their laid back vibe - Daydream by Eli Way and Second Wind by L'indecis.

Thanks as always for your patience.

You've been asking for like... 4 years, so here it is. We've officially launched our MERCH STORE[shop.superspin.digital].

[shop.superspin.digital]First 50 merch orders (of $15 USD or more) get a free Supporter Pack key (on Steam) - as well as a personal thank-you video from the devs!

https://shop.superspin.digital
Be sure to pick up goodies such as:

• the SPEENPAD 2.0, available in 5 variations!
  
• shirts, hoodies, and hats!
  
• pins, stickers, and posters!

Special thanks to the artist aurahack and Discord user Ani for contributing their excellent work to the merch store!

And thanks to all you spinners.

• Fixed a bug where the customs create button would not work if customs were hidden via filter

Ho ho ho, spinners - can you feel Christmas coming?

It’s been a crazy year since launching 1.0 in March, the Switch version in October and now with the PS5 version in the works (including VR!) - Steve got married, Daverwob had a baby and so much more.

We’ve been quietly chipping away at our next console port while slipping in a few new features for PC. Optimising for Switch meant that many graphical features had to be neutered on PC. We’ve added a bit of sparkle and magic back into the visuals with this patch, including a revamped dynamic background system.

We also licensed two tracks by Akira Complex around 6 months ago. They were raising funds for a personal family emergency and since so many of you loved their work, we decided to licence Dying Scarlet and Come to Me to contribute to the fundraising.

Tragically, soon after this it was announced that they took their own life.

This was a massive shock to their fans and many rhythm game communities within which their work was so prolific. We weren’t sure how to implement these after such a shocking turn of events, but after this much time has passed it feels right to add these levels as a tribute to someone who contributed so much to electronic music and rhythm games.

Dying Scarlet is a bit more relaxed and lower in difficulty, and Come to Me is fast and intense, one for more experienced players.

We hope you enjoy these new tracks and features.

• Two new tracks - Dying Scarlet and Come to Me by Akira Complex
  - We hope you enjoy these two very cool, contrasting tracks
  
• Dynamic background system
  - We had big ideas initially for a dynamic, fully customisable background system, and while we never reached those goals, we have added a new (toggleable!) system which adds a lot of colour and energy to tracks.
  - All tracks now contain a light and dark background variant. These are blended at various strengths depending on which notes you hit
  - Most backgrounds have been polished and redone to a degree.
  
• “Festive Spirit” skins added to Supporter Pack from 12 Dec to 12 Jan
  - Enjoy an exclusive Christmassy UI skin and a Santa hat for Jimmy and Lady, available to everyone over the period, but will remain available to those with the supporter pack
  
• Keyboard and MIDI devices can now be split for multiplayer!
  - That’s right, go head to head with just 1 set of MIDI decks, or even a single keyboard

• Added spin flash effect for better feedback when spins are hit
  
• Spin tap effect (the spinning square) has been returned to its former glorious brightness level
  
• Calibration now mentions milliseconds in all languages
  
• Gamepad haptic feedback has been improved
  
• Graphic EQ now looks a bit brighter and more shiny (toggleable)
  
• Particles have been returned to their pre-Switch optimisation state - more numerous and beautiful
  
• Improved the world reaction to tap notes - these now decrease in height more smoothly
  
• Tutorial will now show proper inputs for MIDI devices ("tap wheel" and "tap beat")
  
• Added a way to disable scroll wheel (mainly for customs charters) - check input > mouse > enable scroll wheel

• Fixed a bug where “Clean Finish” achievement was not triggering correctly
  
• Fixed a bug where all players in multiplayer would start their wheels in the same place

Wishing you all a merry Christmas and a happy new year!

Welcome back Spinners, we've got a decent sized update for you today, along with the release of our Nintendo Switch version!


The Nintendo Switch version releases today in all regions!

Americas[www.nintendo.com], Europe[www.nintendo.co.uk], Japan[store-jp.nintendo.com], Korea, Hong Kong[ec.nintendo.com]

Go and check it out! You can play with touch screen, motion controls, gamepad and even keyboard and mouse! Yes, we went mad and implemented KB&M controls. We have added mouse sensitivity in the input menu as a day 1 patch, along with improved motion controls (where you can select which axis you can use).

Currently motion controls are available on the right-hand Joy-Con and the Switch Pro Controller.

• An essential Switch feature, we have added up to 4 player head to head on PC to scratch the itch before we attempt to implement proper online multiplayer lobbies.
  
• Players can each select their input, meaning one can play MIDI controls, one gamepad, one keyboard and mouse and so on. Currently it’s not possible to play two players on a single controller.
  
• Players can play on whatever difficulty level they choose and the tracks will dynamically cut themselves to match the shortest track - there are some bugs with the more complicated cut tracks such as Ginger Lizard, but it’s about 98% seamless.

• Levelling up will now give you a key which can be used to unlock tracks directly.
  
• Tracks are grouped in tiers, and unlocking a single track from one tier will allow access to the next.
  
• Players can now unlock the tracks they enjoy more quickly.

• cold rock it by ★MrCringe★
  
• Your Pain by CrookyCumbles
  
• Lights, Camera Action by Edge
  
• Engine Start by Loosiano
  
• Velours by Programmatic
  
• Coming Too by swago

• Our first actual DLC is here! It contains 10 awesome hand-picked tracks including nostalgic beats, Monstercat classics and some hidden gems that match the gameplay of SRXD perfectly.
  
• You’ll also get a Monstercat wheel skin, a cute giant Monstercat helmet for Jimmy and Lady, as well as a track edge inspired by audio gear ‘Hi-Fi’, with a matching track edge colour ‘Veridian’. Oh, and a Monstercat menu palette inspired by the branding colours of Monstercat Uncaged and Instinct.
  
• Monstercat DLC has its own full-game leaderboard separate from the base game tracks.
  
• Access the DLC from the main menu or the Steam store page.

Track list:

• Cheat Codes - Nitro Fun
  
• CRAZY - Tokyo Machine
  
• Into the Light - Notaker, Karra
  
• Shut My Mouth - Koven
  
• THE DROP - Gammer
  
• Blue Shadows - Xilent
  
• Overkill - RIOT
  
• U Got Me - Bossfight
  
• How We Win - FWLR
  
• It's All Over - Shockone

• Players can now hover over the custom colour profile title and use ctrl + c and v to copy and paste a hex code of the colour profile
  - try pasting:
  4D36E2;4AC9B0;FFCC42;2C9B8D;473CE2;FFFFFF;000000
  for the Monstercat wheel colours we used in the DLC trailer.
  
• Players can also do this with individual wheel / note colours
  
• Every track in the game has been scanned for a LUFS value (loudness over time) and then given a volume offset. All music should now be perceived at the same volume - meaning Time (very soft) and Ghost Ship (very loud) should have such a ridiculous disparity in volume.
  
• Removed the option to “restart track” when level editing (this could cause some dangerous save-destroying behaviour)
  
• Removed the option to “create track” when level editing (for the same reason as above)
  
• Track previews have all been redone to be the most exciting part of the song on all difficulties
  
• Track previews fade in and out more smoothly
  
• Added a “preview volume” button for lowering track volume in level select (can be set to 100%, 50% and 0%) - just above the play button
  
• Practice mode button is now available in the “performance progress” side panel
  
• Customs (creating, editing and all other controls) are now accessible from their own side panel
  
• Highlighting the heart icon (favourites) will now bring up the artist QR code
  
• Rebalanced default audio levels to fit with new LUFS system
  
• Fixed some incorrect spelling and naming in the credits

• Fixed a bug where Korean and Russian exit prompt text would not show up
  
• Fixed a bug where the main menu DLC panels wouldn’t accept mouse hover as a highlight
  
• Fixed a bug where tutorial glyphs would not properly display in tutorials
  
• Fixed a bug where customisation settings were not remembered between sessions

Thanks for spinning.

Hey spinners, we've back from Gamescom and our very first exhibition of the Switch version! Pix below.


Thanks to all our Euro Discord members who came to visit and play the game, you are the best. Pix are on our Discord (didn't want to post any faces here in case anyone wasn't cool with that).

Middle shot is Shath, Dave and Steve (left to right) - check out the incredible Jimmy / LadyJ cosplay by Shath's partner Ingrid. She works in film and TV as a seamstress, and custom made these sweet outfits using incredible reflective materials. They look black until they catch the light, and then they turn purple, blue and golden.

We had such an awesome time in Europe (it had been 5 years since our team was there) - and we hope we can come back soon.

Our next event is PAX Aus (October 6-8) - if you're an Aussie and want to meet up during this time, let us know!

[tickets.lup.com.au]Friday and Sunday badges are still available. We're in literally the bottom left corner of the entire hall, next to the southernmost entrance.


The Switch version is done, it's rocking a 99% stable 60fps (occasional hiccups in 4 player vs mode and some unoptimised backgrounds).

We have included 4 player split screen which we have playable in the community sneak peak beta branch on Steam if you want to give it a try. It's a bit buggy, but most of the issues have been fixed already, just not pushed live to the beta branch. There's some other broken things we want to polish before putting out a Steam update, but Switch is taking up most of our time at the moment.

Due to the way we have cut tracks for lower difficulties, players can play multiplayer with any difficulty they want independent of each other. This means an XD player and an Easy player can play together and the game will dynamically shorten the XD track at the same place as the Easy cuts, meaning no player will ever experience any down time. There are a few glitches here with some tracks with complicated cuts (such as Ginger Lizard) but the system already works very well for the most part. It was great to see experienced players playing alongside new players at Gamescom with onlookers getting a taste for the variety of difficulties present in the game.

Players can also have custom options profiles (wheel colours, skins etc.) when playing multiplayer.

We were hoping to release in early October, but Nintendo's lotcheck process is taking a bit longer than we'd hoped. Not only is the submission process very thorough, every time there's an issue the game has to be resubmitted, taking potentially another 3-7 days to find the next issue. We've run into a few legal problems tracks using Nintendo samples, which is causing a hold up currently, but we feel like we are close to the end of this process.


We've also updated the way levelling up works. Gaining a level will now give you a key which you can use to unlock tracks in basically whatever order you like. Tracks are grouped in "tiers" of 6 songs each, and players only have to unlock a single track from each tier to enable access to the next. This better solves our issue of not wanting to bombard players with too many tracks initially, while giving more agency and ownership over how they build their tracklist out. Players who are happy to play things in order can still do that, and those who know the playlist more intimately can get the tunes they want without having to grind levels they don't like. Neat!


We're also working on a Steam demo which will hopefully be ready in time for PAX. It will be interesting to see the effect this has on the game. We've heard mixed things about having demos available for games, but so many people have expressed to us that once they play SRXD they have a completely different and almost instant understanding of what the game is, which has been difficult for us to put into words or market properly in the past. Stay tuned!

Thanks for spinning and hopefully we'll have an update for you soon.

Hi Spinners,

Steve's been knee-deep in Switch optimisation, and with Shath and Dave idle we decided to put together our first DLC of shiny cosmetics and an unreleased music track by Daverwob.

A while ago some Discord members mentioned they wanted a way to support development (such as Patreon) beyond simply buying the game. We have been thinking about releasing a supporter pack for a while, and we wanted to use this as an opportunity to go through the DLC release process before our song packs go live.


If you love Spin Rhythm XD and want to support its development a little bit more, this may be the DLC for you! For $7.99 USD supporters will obtain:

• Exclusive track "Dry Dreams" by Daverwob (RemiXD difficulty by TheWay123)
  
• Note skins
  
• Track edge skins
  
• "Sunset Strip" and "Deep Grey" UI palettes
  
• Character skins for Jim Rhythm and LadyJ
  
• Gold wheel material overlay
  
• Potentially more things in the future!

• Two new tracks!
  - Engine Start by modus and Lights, Camera, Action by Meganeko
  - These unlock at level 8 and level 18
  
• New RemiXD difficulty tracks!
  - Beyond The Heart by Dama
  - This Is It by HyperDash
  - Raise The Black Flag by Steven of Astora
  
• New “Achievements” panel menu in level select - a way to gain XP for completing achievements!
  
• Custom note colour profiles!
  - Save up to 6 custom note colour sets in accessibility options
  - Please note the “default” button will select default game colours (profile 1), if you want a particular custom profile to reset to default colours, choose that profiles colours individually and hit default
  
• Give-it-a-spin winner skins are now available in game! These were designed by our Discord community members.
  - Snake Pit track skin by Slipsy
  - Circuitboard track skin by BananaBoiJeff
  - Chronos Wheel by Edge
  
• Revamped Skins menu
  - Note skins can be applied to all notes independently
  - High-contrast notes are now a note style instead of an accessibility option
  - New “slim” note style
  - New track edges
  
• Better feedback when equipping skins - the camera will zoom in to the appropriate track element
  
• Improved damage feedback / audio effects for better clarity of when / why a note was missed
  - Notes now scroll past the wheel when missed, making it more obvious what was missed (this is configurable in the options menu)
  - Only bass frequencies will be removed when missing notes, and only very slightly
  - The big X on the wheel has been replaced with a more subtle exploding 3D effect
  - A DJ scratch effect will play when missing a note, based on the audio of the current track (can be turned on or off with “disable audio feedback effects” in audio options)

• Final Boss now unlocks at level 30 instead of 31
  
• Searching for “create” now works in all languages, including searching for the language-specific version of “create”
  
• Fixed a backspin on Ginger Lizard (Normal)
  
• Editor: spin note tails will now always display a thick line in the timeline when cut off early
  
• Slightly chunkier HUD font
  
• Added sliders for clarity when editing some options

• Spin Superstar now unlocks at level 30 instead of 31
  
• Performance progress will now save past 10 scores (including personal best scores)
  
• Searching for a charter name will now properly show RemiXD charts in search results
  
• Re-added missing notes to Go Outside (Easy)
  
• Calibration value per device no longer resets when restarting levels
  
• Fixed a bug where judgements from previous plays could appear when restarting tracks
  
• Fixed a bug where searching with a difficulty filter enabled would cause the play button to break
  
• Fixed a bug where changing accuracy bar settings wouldn’t properly update on the HUD
  
• Fixed a bug where ‘Up Next’ did not work for tracks that had not been unlocked while search or filter were active
  
• Fixed a bug where using translation keys in custom names could force certain strings to appear in the name field
  
• Fixed a bug where letting go of a beat hold with a release and the missing the release would still allow a Full Combo
  
• Fixed a bug where missing a hold note release could still award points - they now properly count as misses and break FCs
  
• Editor: fixed bugs involving O and Shift + O function (select only beats / only notes)
  
• Editor: change timeline subdivision hotkey now displays the correct key

See you next patch!

Join us on Discord![discord.gg]

[discord.gg]