DanceTrax - A New Dance Simulation Game

Synaesthesia · Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 1:10 pm Post subject:

I'll probably have to do that if I want to play it, since we never get anything cool at Squires.

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trayball2k · Trick Member Joined: 14 Mar 2005 Location: Bronx, New York

After reading the 5 pages of replies...(drum roll)...(symbol)!!! I see myself as out of luck for a new Dance game simply because the only console mentioned anywhere on this thread is Xbox. I am a sworn enemy of Xbox and I will destroy any copy I can't sell. If I at least see PS2 or PS3 somewhere, I'll get the home version if it comes out and I'll even get a new console I never planned on getting while ignoring all the cons of the game. Other than that, the rest of my fury goes to Bill Gates. Thank you for conceiving a great system with the worst control design ever!!! You could have even paid Sony enough money to use its design you cheap "bstrd" (eh-ehm) Sorry, Did that come out wrong? Ask me if I care!!

Back to the issue, I really hope this game is released on PS2 or PS3 regardless of what it lacks, the principle was impressive to me. I can't however, spend another penny on an arcade that I truly suck at until I get a CF. That's why I strongly advocate home console releases. Sorry for the biases but I have good intentions. To improve my game in every aspect and hear music from 1982 and beyond.
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CNLohr · Trick Member Joined: 02 Feb 2004

Rubi:

Well, the lawyers didn't say lawsuit free, just that it's nothing to be too worried about.

The cabinet and innovation has been from things in the works for the last 3 years by many people.

I can't even begin to understand why you are skeptical about what's already in StepMania. Internet Rankings are trivial, USB Support is in regular, vanilla StepMania. You should try popping open your StepMania.ini some time.

I hope no one said _significantly_ lower than ITG or DDR, just mildly. The two big reasons why the project should be cheeper than those games is because most of the staff is working for very little. That and the cabinet is obviously produced in China. You would be suprised how much less parts and labor costs over there.

neothe0ne · Trick Member Joined: 19 Aug 2005

So long as it doesn't break or meltdown after moderate use or have a large percentage of faulty units being shipped at launch

We don't want something like a PlayStation launch, not exactly...

CNLohr · Trick Member Joined: 02 Feb 2004

Trayball: This thread is solely about the arcade release. We do not want to discuss console releases.

neothe0ne: That is why we will not be selling units off the bat. We want to catch any obvious problems. As you pointed out: accidents happen in engineering. No amount of work can completly prevent them.

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Edible Bondage Tape · Trick Member Joined: 26 Jan 2002 Location: Kerri

if for whatever reason your told you cant put joint premioum in the game atleast do what beatmania does and let it so you cna buy in to a half game of doubles
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Liquid Zero · Trick Member Joined: 11 Apr 2003

Very cool music (Though the Toxic one bugs me). Egyptian Rhapsody is probably my favorite one of that sample list. I'd surely play this game if/when it gets off the ground.

Reenee · Trick Member Joined: 21 Nov 2003

Whoa whoa whoa, disliking Toxic (The Trance-Speedo Remix)? Where's your head at?

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Reenee · Trick Member Joined: 21 Nov 2003

You misread me. I never said I disliked ITG.

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Obsessive · Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2005 1:46 am Post subject:

I reccommend you extensively playtest this game. ITG had a billion bugs, and with what the staff looks like (college kids, high school kids, etc) on this game...and using Stepmania as a basis...I would expect several months (at least 4) of testing every little thing. From the timer countdown to the holding a button the whole game. Make sure everything is foolproof.
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ddr_hero · Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2005 4:59 am Post subject:

this game looks totally awesome. the cabinet is the best i've seen yet.now, all i have to know is how the songs are stepped, then i can make a judgement. but the song selection is awesome. i espically like the 500 miles remix. i always wanted that in a music game.

i have a feeling that this game is going to suck, because it looks totally sweet. ITG looked dumb. DDR looked dumb the first time i saw it, and so did pump. but sonic heroes looked totally sweet, and we all know how that turned out.

on the other hand, it will have dm ashura in it, so it can't be too bad and the music dosen't sound too bad.

DJ Kakarotto · Trick Member Joined: 18 Jul 2003

First off, about this whole Moonlight Sonata thing... ANYONE can cover a classical piece. After a certain age, musical pieces loses its requirement of a technical license (like, 100 years or something post-death of the composer). I forgot the CERTAIN detail, but trust me its true (for those of us in the Field Show marching band scene, we all know how other bands sometimes cover classical pieces such as Candide or the Four Seasons for their shows).

I know we just went public, but this game has been worked on for nearly a YEAR; bugs are all being worked on. Remember guys, we play DDR and ITG too... we know the pros and cons of both games. 1/3 of the staff are DDR fans, the other third are ITG fans, and the other third are fans of both games (this includes me). I'm dedicated to making this game the best of both worlds, completely balanced ratios of EVERYTHING. So expect a WELL balanced game.

And thanx for all this feedback, especially about the doubles, I'll look into that...
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Cutriss · Staff Member Joined: 24 Jan 2002

Oh - I suggested something to Plaguefox a while back that I think would be awesome to apply here too.

If the game supports USB memory devices, then it'd also be nice if you could set some custom options on the devices to turn on features that other people might find distasteful or ignore. Specifically, I'm referring to stuff like the audience/announcers. ITG doesn't have it at all, and I can understand why - some players feel like it's a distraction. I'd like it to be available, and *optional* - if you're hardcore enough to want it turned off, you're probably hardcore enough to have a thumbdrive in which you could set the option yourself.

Other little things like that could be available too, like...maybe...KARAOKE LYRICS?

That feature *so* needs to come back.

Slightly more controversial would also be support for emulating paint mode. Both for the arrows and the arrow bar. Just musing here. I'm a lot more interested in seeing the announcer thing work out.
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