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Archive for May, 2006

In The Groove for PC/Mac Demo RC2 available for download

Posted by Amanda on May 29, 2006

itgThe In The Groove demo for PC and Macintosh is now available (click “Demo”). This is a “release candidate” version, meaning that the game is almost finished.

Please be sure to leave any feedback you have about the demo over in the ITG message boards.

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Frappr map update: 1742 members, 554 user photos

Posted by Amanda on May 26, 2006

We’re quickly approaching 2000 Frappr pins!

globe If you haven’t added a pin for yourself, click over to the map and type in your zip code. You can use the Frappr map to find what other StepMania players there are near you, or just browse though the photos and see what other types of people play StepMania.

Check the status – http://www.stepmania.com/frappr_map.php
Full list of user photos – http://www.frappr.com/stepmaniausers/photos

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StepMix judging complete

Posted by Amanda on May 24, 2006

stepmixIt’s been a slow process and we’ve learned many things along the way about how to better run a song tournament. Thank you to all of the Phase 2 contestants for putting up with our embarassingly late judging results. As a way of saying “we’re sorry”, each Phase 2 contestent will receive a copy of the upcoming StepMix Complete CD-ROM with full-color label.
As you can see from the results below, the battle for #1 was very close.

#1 Blow Me Up      345 points
#2 ViennaCore      344 points
#3 Oceans of Time  339 points
#4 Burning Me Up   333 points
#5 Lost            323 points
#6 Snowbound       320 points
#7 32A5            318 points

Full, detailed results and links to the winning songs are posted here: http://www.stepmania.com/wiki/StepMix_Contest
I’ll be contacting the winners over the next week to arrange for delivery of prizes.

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StepMania 4.0 CVS WIP (5/13/2006) released

Posted by Amanda on May 13, 2006

smreleaseThis release marks the first in a very long time, as CVS outages and other things have kept me away. There’s a lot new, you can check the CVS logs for details.
Remember that these release aren’t “officially supported”, yet we encourage you to help us find bugs, as they have to get solved eventually.
Grab it from the SM 4.0 page: http://www.stepmania.com/wiki/StepMania_4.0

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