Hi @everyone! We have a list of some improvements and features that we missed from the last release

Fixes and improvements:

• YUR.watch control options to turn off the display while playing, or to turn off the watch.
  
• Halo note modifier now available in Normal mode.
  
• New audio latency calibration tool, with an audio indicator chart.

Multiplayer:

• To help you find a good match, rooms are automatically tagged based on song selection (eg. “Advanced” when you choose Expert / Master songs)
  
• You can now hand control of the room to another player by selecting the crown icon next to their name
  
• Joining player avatars will no longer appear on your platform.

Twitch integration:

• With the !rainbow command, chat can enable prismatic notes. You’ll only see the note color for a moment before it changes to a beautiful rainbow!
  
• With the !color command, chat can randomize your left and right hand colors.
  
• New animation to show who used each command - flying cars are the future!
  
• Improved !ssr search which includes search by artist, song name and mapper.

As always we welcome your feedback and bug reports on our Official discord server (Invite: http://discord.synthridersvr.com). Please use #bugs-report to make sure that we see your feedback.

Dear Riders,

Trying to #stayhome and #stayfit is about to get a lot easier with our fitness update! This major release includes many features that have a fitness focus - encouraging you to move more and get active, all while having fun in Synth Riders.

We also introduce improvements to the Multiplayer Mode to help you connect with others and enjoy time together without leaving your house.

This update marks the start of a number of announcements to be revealed in the coming days, so follow us on Twitter & Instagram (@synthridersvr) for up to the minute news!

Features
- In-game calorie counting with YUR.watch Fitness Tracker
- Non-Stop pack play for a continuous workout
- Ability to scale up the play area for bigger movement
- Multiplayer limit raised from 5 to 10 players per room
- Players are represented by avatars in the room lobby
- Set bigger scores with a faster Multiplier

New Music & Maps
- Brand new song for the FiXT pack, “Phoenix” by Raizer
- FiXT pack update with easy, normal and hard maps for “Code War” by Nutronic
- Synthwave Vol 1 gets an update with a new master map for “Neo Tokyo” by Scandroid

Design Changes & Bug fixes
- Updated look for in-game Controllers
- Note size modifier bug fixed

As always we welcome your feedback and bug reports on our Official discord server (Invite: http://discord.synthridersvr.com). Please use #bugs-report to make sure that we see your feedback.

We made some improvements that we found over the week:

Bug fixes
- Note jump speed icon is fixed on normal leaderboards
- 3X NJS is back!
-Issue with particles has been fixed

Improvements
-On multiplayer, we added a countdown timer of the song for players that lost or joined a lobby
-On multiplayer, you can now see other player's current score on your score panel, along with their position
-"Game Over" effect got a small visual fix

As always we welcome your feedback and bug reports on our Official discord server Please use #bugs-report to make sure that we see your feedback.

• Users can now select their own stage in multiplayer
  
• Connection fixes and updates
  
• Oculus floor fix
  
• Water break timer fix
  
• Small visual fixes
  
• Nutronic's Code War song is now available on Master and Expert (more difficulty levels coming next week)

As always we welcome your feedback and bug reports on our Official discord server Please use #bugs-report to make sure that we see your feedback.

Today we are VERY excited to announce our largest single update yet!

Players can now meet and play together in the brand new Multiplayer Mode and enjoy a completely redesigned, streamlined user interface. Additional updates include a brand new song, a new stage, new avatars, and new sound effects. Our map editor has also received some updates. Let’s break this down!

The first new feature is the cross-platform Multiplayer Mode. Get ready to challenge your friends and make new ones from around the world, all while playing your favorite OST and custom songs together! The multiplayer mode lets you join up to four other players at a time and race for the highest score. As you’re soaring through each song, you’ll be able to check the leaderboard in real-time to see how you are performing, (confirming that you are, crushing the competition and keeping that number one spot, right?). Multiplayer adds a whole new adrenaline rush to playing for our competitive players, and adds a fun, laidback way, to connect with fellow Synth Riders inside an amazing music environment. We can’t wait to actually meet some of you and chat as we battle and connect together!

Before each multiplayer battle, players can further spice up the competition by choosing from a collection of modifiers such as “Prismatic Notes,”“Sudden Death,” etc. The new mode also supports voice chat in the game and in lobbies so you can trash talk —err, I mean, encourage— your opponent, decide what song you want to play next, etc.

The second major update you’ll notice in this release is the brand new UX and visual updates to parts of the game. You’ll notice the new menus are smoother, quicker and more intuitive when picking modes, songs, browsing music packs or just moving around the menu. We spent a lot of time listening to feedback for this and we’re excited to see what you think of the new changes!

and… that’s not all

To celebrate the multiplayer release, we have also added a bonus free song called “Code War” by Nutronic that’s a blast to play, and a new stage called “Abstract.” Lastly, we’ve created brand new, custom-designed avatars and sound effects for the game.

Let us know what you think of the update. As always, this would not be possible without our community, and we cannot wait to speak with you guys in our Synth Riders rooms. This game would not be what it is without you!

Game Change Log:

• Performance improvements throughout the game (starting the game is now a lot faster)
  
• Frame rate improvement in the gameplay
  
• 27 songs from the OST have been remapped to improve audio sync issues and improve overall playability
  
• Cross-platform Multiplayer Mode for up to 5 players
  
• New visual style and design of the menus
  
• Restructured and simplified UX
  
• Brand new custom-designed avatars
  
• New sound effects and a new Stage, “Abstract”
  
• A bonus free song “Nutronic” by Code War (FiXT Label)

Map Editor Change Log

• Support for Undo and Redo
  
• Walls now can be moved and rotated
  
• New input manager where the user can set/edit their custom key combinations
  
• Custom color selector for notes
  
• Draft mode

As always we welcome your feedback and bug reports on our Official discord server Please use #bugs-report to make sure that we see your feedback.

Ways to double your profit:

1. Build a time machine, go back to the 80s, live there for a while (because the 80’s were awesome), invest in Apple or Google, then come back.

2. Take advantage of this limited-time Synth Riders BOGO sale and get two copies of the game for less than the price of one! Only this weekend, when you purchase one Steam Synth Riders copy, you'll also receive an extra Steam key for free!

One feature we’re VERY excited about releasing soon is the much anticipated multiplayer mode. This sale is perfect even if you already have the game to get a couple copies for your friends as gifts. Multiplayer will be cross-platform compatible and so you’ll be able to challenge your friends on Steam, Oculus Rift, and Oculus Quest!

1. Buy Synth Riders on Steam before Monday morning ($13.39 / 33% Off)
   
2. Send proof of purchase to giveaway@synthridersvr.com
   
3. In reply, you’ll receive a free Steam key
   
4. An extra key is yours to do whatever you like, no questions asked!

Let your friends know about the Special :-]

As we enter into 2020 with a whole new set of exciting Synth Riders features, and with so many huge things planned, we thought it would be fun to look back at the past year’s accomplishments and get a little nostalgic.

You guys have been the most amazing community we could ever ask for and we couldn’t have gotten here without you! Let’s start this 2019 rewind by looking at some of the top Synth Riders songs that you most enjoyed playing this past year.



The most played song was "Lazer Pink" by Sunset Neon. This is a great EDM song with “synthwave” influences that also broke the mold beyond this very genre. We want to give a huge shout out to Omotea for their fantastic video featuring this Sunset Neon classic, and getting a quarter of a million views while at it!


https://youtu.be/rrUQHC-8D6Y


Your second favorite map this year was another Sunset Neon classic, “Tonight” which has become Synth Riders’ very own 80’s rock n’ roll anthem. ). Nobody captures the essence of this song on the game better than Touge, who nails the appropriate costume for this song on his underrated video masterpiece.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQsR9kFC09g

Your third favorite song was "Enemy" by Blue Stahli, one of the harder electro-rock songs in the original Synthwave essentials pack. Xoxobluff really shows off getting her leg and core workout for the day playing below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bl-IQnL2Rhg



As far as difficulties in the game, “Expert” was the most commonly played difficulty in 2019, followed closely by “Hard,” which we feel is just about when the game starts to get interesting.

It’s really important to us that Synth Riders is fun for everyone, regardless of their skill level, but we know that it is in the higher level of difficulty, such as Expert or Master,
that really cause you to move your body, experience some of the finer game mechanics and truly feel the music when you play. We’re glad so many people have been experiencing it at these levels

If you’re not there yet, make a resolution that 2020 is the year that you get there! You got this, we’re all behind you! (join one of the Synth Riders Discord groups to meet players, get support and tips)




Lastly, we just wanted to highlight a few of the major features we added in 2019. We’ve been working around the clock to make Synth Riders the best game possible and we think you’ll be very impressed with our 2020 roadmap. Coming up in the pipeline are new song packs, a complete overhaul to the UI, a more robust music discovery system, new features, game modes, and our much awaited multiplayer version, which is already being tested Get ready because in 2020, Synth Riders is about to become a whole new game!

Thanks again for making this year so special for us! We can’t wait for 2020, where we’ll actually get to meet some of you in the new multiplayer mode when that releases very soon!

Hi riders!

Just in time for the holidays we are excited to announce an early version of Friends Leaderboards

We also have a few extra updates:
- Party mode leaderboards by difficulty
- Loading performance improvements
- Bug Fixes

We have loved to hear your feedback and are working hard to optimize the game to its fullest potential.

As always we welcome your feedback and bug reports on our Official discord server Please use #bugs-report to make sure that we see your feedback.

Here are the fixes and improvements:
- Loading time improvements
- Party Mode is now available, you can find it at the bottom of the song selection menu
- UI improvements
- Mods interaction improvement

As always we welcome your feedback and bug reports on our Official discord server Please use #bugs-report to make sure that we see your feedback.

Hi everyone!

We are proud to announce that we are leaving early access! Our community has been integral in getting us here and we’ll continue to lean in on your support to move forward. This is just the beginning.

We will continue to improve the game, build new features and add new songs. Our immediate focus will be to bring multiplayer to life, with more features forthcoming, such as new power ups, stay tuned!

it doesn’t mean that we finish the journey, it means that we actually started, we have great plans for the near future and we are excited one of our main focus will be multiplayer in companion with a bunch of power ups, Synth Invaders and new music will come as well. Stay tuned!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f65-KEXgZGI


Visuals:
- New stage called “The Monolith”
- Graphic improvements in all the stages
- Dynamic lights improvements

Development:
- Performance improvements

Music:

A new music pack with 5 songs from Ninety9 Lives:

1. “Underdog” by Kastra
2. “Paris Night Walk” by Roy
3. “Id” by Ben Lepper
4. “Spectrum” by Axtasia
5. “Outburst” by Never Modern Talk


New song over the FIXT Essentials Vol 1 Music Pack:

1. “Into the Void” by Celldweller (Exclusive early release)
2. “L.O.V.E.” by PRIZM
3. “All Night” by PRIZM
4. “Phoenix” by Scandroid


As always we welcome your feedback and bug reports on our “Official discord server” Please use #bugs-report to make sure that we see your feedback.

Your energy moves us forward, thank you to all of you for making this happen!