Hey Riders,

We are very proud to share with you that Synth Riders is now part of a brand-new "VR Fitness Bundle" along with BOXVR and Until You Fall!

This is a cross-publisher collection of games that combine fast-paced action, intense movement, and electrifying soundtracks, aiming to bring back the fun of exercise and make burning calories more exciting than ever before!

Thanks to the bundle, you can grab all three games with a 20 percent discount. The bundle is flexible, so if you own one or two of the games included, you can still complete your collection saving 20 percent on the missing games.

https://youtu.be/poL7lLj31sI
We are big fans of BOXVR and Until You Fall and believe these are perfect titles for the fans of Synth Riders. We are super grateful for all the support we receive from the Synth Riders community. We wouldn't have made it this far without you!

>>Here's a link to the bundle<<

About the other included games:

BOXVR is the award-winning VR fitness game where you jab, weave, and uppercut your way through workouts in time to adrenaline-pumping music.

Until You Fall invites you to battle through an awesome neon environment and strike down magic-infused monstrosities. Fantasy and synthwave collide in this physically active VR hack-and-slash roguelite.

CHANGES TO GAMEPLAY

• Additional play area scaling options added: 1.4x, 1.5x
  
• Standard height of duck walls has been modified to make sure you’re really squatting!

BUG FIXES

• Notes in close proximity to the ends of rails are detected correctly (community effort).
  
• Missing the first single handed special with Sudden Death modifier now takes you to Game Over correctly (thanks Sage).
  
• When rails cross over through a two handed special, haptics no longer drop on one of the hands (thanks Wirrel).
  
• “Play All” for the Electroswing DLC now works correctly for purchased content (thanks RNGFiesta, akSCOOBY).
  
• Fixed colour selector issues (thanks Jessi) and corrected the default colour choices for new players.
  
• Fixed behaviour when using the random button while in Favourites (thanks kevguid).
  
• Improved behaviour when navigating in and out of playlists (thanks Xoanon).

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

Put on your pinstripe suit and your best dancing shoes, because the "Electro Swing Essentials" DLC pack is here! It’s the perfect blend of vintage swing and Jazz with EDM, House, and Hip-Gop. Great vocals, catchy melodies, and a swinging beat that makes you want to dance!

What’s in the Electro Swing Essentials Pack:
We’ve put together 10 top tracks from some of Electro Swing’s big names and mapped each song from Easy to Master difficulties to ensure everyone gets to swing.

To get your party started, we’re giving everyone five new tracks for free!

• “Imperfection” by Wolfgang Lohr & Balduin (feat. Zouzoulectric)
  
• “Empires” by The Electric Swing Circus
  
• “It Ain't Right” by PiSk
  
• “I Loved You Then” by Luke & The Belleville Orchestra
  
• “Light Up The Night” by Jamie Berry (feat. Octavia Rose)

Extra bonus: Look the part with new avatar “Violet” a 1920s cyberpunk flapper!

Then either purchase individually or as part of the Essentials Pack:

• “All Night” by Parov Stelar
  
• “Lost In The Rhythm” by Jamie Berry (feat. Octavia Rose)
  
• “No Strings Attached” by Swingrowers
  
• “Booty Swing” by Parov Stelar
  
• “Butterfly” by Swingrowers

Plus: Immerse yourself in a new stage, the art deco-meets-steampunk “Rise of the Golden Phoenix”

Here you can find the Essentials Pack Bundle: https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/14182/

Multiplayer DLC Shared Play
We don’t want anyone to be left off the dance floor! So we’ve enabled a “shared play” feature for our DLC so you can #stayhome and play together. If you’ve purchased the DLC and you host a multiplayer room, anyone who joins your room will also be able to play those songs with you!

New Game Features

• Playlists: Organize your song library into playlists to make it easy to find the right songs when you want them. Playlists are also accessible in Multiplayer, so you can plan the perfect playlist for when your friends drop in.
  
• Room Adjust: Need to move your platform so you don’t knock over that precious antique vase while you play? You can now make in-game playspace adjustments using the Settings - Room Adjust menu.
  
• Practice Mode: Having trouble with part of a song? Get into Practice Mode by selecting the teacher’s hat icon next to the Play button. Use the slider to jump straight to the part of the song you need to practice. You can even set loop points to repeat a section and change the speed to help you perfect it.
  
• Playable Tutorial: If you’re new to the game, get started with the playable tutorial to learn the skills you’ll need to be a Synth Rider. Experienced play who wants to improve? There’s also an accuracy meter for rhythm mode and force gauge for force mode! You’ll find the Tutorial on the main game menu.

Design Changes & Bug Fixes

• Improved Multiplayer voice chat audio quality for PC-based players.
  
• Some changes around multiplayer room names, including simple filtering.

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

Make new friends and burn those calories during weekly Synth Sundays fitness workout classes!

Meet Carize and HeyFalcon, pro Twitch streamers and trainers, who will lead open training sessions in the multiplayer mode of the game (limited slots available!). You too can become a trainer and start your own class for other players to join.

Synth Sundays are streamed live at 1PM PST on: {LINK REMOVED}http://multitwitch.tv/carize/heyfalcon_

You can track your fitness progress in-game thanks to YUR.watch, a VR Fitness Tracker available for everyone in Synth Riders.

#stayhome and #stayfit with us!

Make new friends and burn those calories during weekly Synth Sundays fitness workout classes!

Meet Carize and HeyFalcon, pro Twitch streamers and trainers, who will lead open training sessions in the multiplayer mode of the game (limited slots available!). You too can become a trainer and start your own class for other players to join.

Synth Sundays are streamed live at 1PM PST on: {LINK REMOVED}http://multitwitch.tv/carize/heyfalcon_

You can track your fitness progress in-game thanks to YUR.watch, a VR Fitness Tracker available for everyone in Synth Riders.

#stayhome and #stayfit with us!

Join the first live fitness training in VR during the inauguration of weekly Synth Sundays workout classes! Meet Carize and HeyFalcon, pro Twitch streamers and trainers, who will lead training sessions via open rooms in the multiplayer mode of the game.


You can track your fitness progress live in-game thanks to YUR.watch, a VR Fitness Tracker now available for everyone in Synth Riders.


Join the trainers (limited slots!), host your own workout session, or watch the event live at 1PM PST on: {LINK REMOVED}http://multitwitch.tv/carize/heyfalcon_


#Stayhome and #stayfit with us!

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

Fixes and improvements:

• Corrected an issue with hit detection on the new controllers
  
• Added an extra stripe at the top of the controller to improve visibility
  
• Improved control for wall transparency
  
• Default wall color and opacity settings changed to improve visibility
  
• Fixed left handed selection in the color picker

Twitch integration:

• Rainbow command: fixed an issue where it didn’t deactivate correctly.
  
• Current song information (Song Status) is now available as a text file for import to OBS, SLOBS etc. Please see our Twitch Integration guide for more info: {LINK REMOVED}https://bit.ly/2JvfCbQ

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.

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.