- Version 1.002 update - Controller fix, layout change - 7 September 2026
Hey All! Two small updates to start your week with: Fix: Stuck Hold Input when Playing with Controller Some of you have pointed out a mysterious issue when playing with a controller, but with your awesome detective work I finally managed to track it down! Apparently under two very specific circumstances (adding bluetooth input mid game, and/or using a wired controller connection) the hold input could get stuck. This update should take care of this issue and hopefully you can experience Beat Vector in its full glory using your favourite controller! Change: Level Selector Layout Changes From now on the artist name will be displayed directly below the track title so as to provide all the credit they deserve! That is all for now hope you have a good time and as always: ping me if something is cheeky and I will jump right on it! Thanks again for your input!! All yours, Sled
- Version 1.001 Update - 23 August 2026
Hey hey everyone time for the first update since the release!Quick shoutout to everyone new and old who have gotten Beat Vector since the release, it has been an intense week and you guys have been nothing but supportive all throughout. The reviews were insanely kind from you, can't believe that we are rolling live and that all of you have came along for the ride!Some of you have given some great feedback throughout the week so I tried to incorporate as much as I could to make Beat Vector even easier to play with and also to make editing a bit more comfortable. So let's go through everything that changed:Main Updates1 - The Accuracy Bar Early / Late feedback has been a topic brought on by the community for a while so I wanted to offer a solution that is not only useful but also fits the general design of the game.The accuracy bar that until now lived in the top left corner and only disp…
- It's Release Day! - 17 August 2026
Hey All!Today is the Big Day, Beat Vector is releasing tonight 19:00 CEST, so I just wanted to leave a few words for y'all:First of all I wanted to say a giant thank you to the discord community for your continuous feedback, you guys have been a big part of turning Beat Vector into what it is today.Working on this as a solo dev hasn't been easy but you guys always kept me pushing it a bit more and for that I am forever thankful.If you find any bugs, cheeky glitches or whatnot, do let me know and I will jump on it straight away so that you can continue enjoying Beat Vector as soon as possible.If you are the type of person who likes experimenting, I also included the level editor that I used for creating the levels across the game. I tried to make it as user friendly as I could, but given that ultimately it is a dev tool it has its own quirks. Nevertheless I tried compiling a little guide…
- Modifier Bonuses! - 5 August 2026
A long awaited request was to give a bit more meaning to the modifiers and to assign a score bonus to each of them. Well, today is the day that happens!From now on, modifiers will apply the following score bonuses upon completion of a track:Multikey: +10% SmallNote: +5% FullCombo: +2% SpeedyMode +5%The bonuses are added to your base score at the end of the level.You can view these numbers at the modifier panel in the level selector when preparing your round.Your grade and timing/angle percentages remain unaffected by the modifier bonuses.You will see an itemized list of all the bonuses you have acquired via the modifiers at the end of your run where the performance grade appearsSome additional UI changes were made to the modifier panel to make scrolling among them a smoother experience for those using a controller.Good luck on the leaderboard!
- Speedy modifier! - 3 August 2026
Upon popular demand, a new gameplay modifier "Speedy mode" has been added!Speedy mode adds a bit of extra spice by turning up the song to a 1.25x speed to give you a bit of extra challenge for tracks that you already know well!You can apply speedy mode under the "modifiers" and as always, completing a song with the modifier will award you the speedy badge on the leaderboard!Good luck and hope you have fun!
- Chart and Tutorial Adjustments - 25 July 2026
Hey all, just wanted to push a tiny patch to get the demo in sync with the changes I am making in preparation for the release in the full version. You will notice some tiny adjustments in:1, The charts for the demo levels got a few tiny adjustments. Probably the most prominent one will be Bread. After slowing down the song to 0.25 x and listening to it a few times I realized the underlying wub pattern is out of sync, hope the new one will feel more intuitive and closer to the actual wub wubs. I also ended up splitting Stone cold into two at the end. turns out there is a subtle tempo switch (about 3 bpm) towards the end. This was an area that a lot of you have mentioned earlier that just "doesn't quite feel right". While it is swingy and messy as swing supposed to be this should still feel closer to the actual beats even if the underlying song has a bit of a "tempo sneaking" under it.2,…
- July Update - 7 July 2026
Hey all! Still here still grinding it, just pushed out an update and while we are there I wanted to let you know what has happened, and what is in the pipes:With Steam Next Fest over you all have left a lot of feedback to work on especially with regards to needing more variety with the charting. We are now about 3 songs away from wrapping up the base game and in the process the editor has also gotten some sweet new features including:auto arrangement options (spreading notes further apart, or closer to one another so the person editing doesn't have to move the notes one by one)a bunch of convenience functions such as dragging notes with mouse, copy paste, ctrl+z revert up to 50 changes and so onbatch editing effects across different notesChart adjustments:Comin' up and Bread got some teeeeny tiny adjustments to make them a little bit more engaging. There is still a lot more button mashi…
- Demo Feedback No. 9 Hotfix - Target and Zeppelin Visibility on Mac - 20 June 2026
For all of you who are using mac: I got some feedback that certain versions didn't support a few graphics which resulted in the targets and balloons not being visible on Apple devices effectively rendering the game unplayable, this patch should resolve the issue, My sincere apologies for your troubles.For everyone else: Unfortunately I had to remove the sparkles from the targets until I find a better solution for this. The Miss note shatter animation is also affected, but thankfully isn't a breaking bug. Do bear with me, I'm on it.Have fun and as always, do let me know if you come across anything funky and I will do my best to fix it up straight away!
- Demo Feedback No. 8 - Option to Disable Mouse click, Updated Visuals - 11 June 2026
You can now disable the mouse click as an input method in the menu, useful if you are playing with a pen. Astro this one is for you~Leaderboards are now showing your direct neighbours instead of absolute topClub got some upgradesAlleyway got some visual upgradesNotes got a small particle FXFix leaderboard back button mouse detection issuesWishlist button for locked songsLighting adjustments for alleywaySubtle highlight in the level selector to make selected track more obvious
- Demo Feedback No. 7 - Combo Counter, Level Transition and Texture - 10 June 2026
Hey hey another small update based on your feedbacks~You can now add an additional combo counter to your HUD. You can enable it under "options/visual/show combo counter".Main menu objects got a bit of a texture upgrade.Aim and Timing accuracy are now displayed at the score count.Finishing a level got a bit of an extra juice and particle effects.As always if you have any recommendations feel free to hop on Discord and send it in will do my best to keep up! The gang is waiting for you to join us!Take care~
- Demo Feedback No. 6 - Design Updates, Accuracy Percentages and More - 8 June 2026
Hey all this has taken a bit longer than usual but hope it had worth the wait. Here are the key items that landed in this week's patch:Menu got a full 3D port for the remaining 2D assets to allow for a bit more magic with the lighting. Look around a bit maybe you find something ~The combo milestone animations can now be turned off under options/visualThe sun flares that indicate a successful hit can now be turned off via options/visualNew accuracy percentage marker available under options/visual. When turned on you will see your current angle and timing accuracy percentage throughout the gameplayAccuracy percentages are now submitted to the leaderboard along with your score and used modifiersJudgement line and hit feedback texts got a bit of a glowClub got some extra postprocessingBeatcharts data structure became a bit more human readable in preparation for level editorTune down the blo…
- Demo Feedback No. 5 - Menu Music Toggle, Filipino Localization Adjustment, Fluff - 1 June 2026
Menu background music can now be toggled off under settings/audio.Filipino localization tone adjustments. Big shout out to Clazette thank you homie!Additional fluff on the main menu to make it feel more busy.
- Demo Feedback No. 4 - Hold Sound Effect, Menu Looks polish - 31 May 2026
Swapped the hold note sound to something a bit less scratchy to keep your ears happier.Menu got some visual updates to match the background a bit better.Small fix to Menu layout to cover UI overlaps.
- Demo Feedback No. 3 - Secondary Hit Button, New Notification Zeppelin - 30 May 2026
You can now assign a second key under options/gameplay for standard play mode to give your fingers a break during trills.The Notifications zeppelin got a makeover, with little propellers and all (the feature you probably all waited for).Shaved off about a second and a half of waiting time from the transition from the level selector to the levels, still a bit too long for the wait but hey, it's progress!Removed some noise from the UI hover sounds to make them more crisp.More coming soon!
- Demo Feedback No. 2 - Stone Cold fix, Leaderboard Navigation, Button Nudges - 28 May 2026
Stone cold had a pretty unforgiving part and a double note. Replaced the section with a different pattern, same total score.Leaderboard is now also accessible via the level selector by clicking on the little side monitor on the right with the rank text.Added some highlights over some buttons in the main menu to make navigation more clear.Stay tuned and keep it coming! Will try to keep up the speed with the updates!
- Demo Feedback No. 1 - Instant Restarts and Menu Layout Upgrades - 28 May 2026
As always big thank you for all of you caring enough about the game to give feedback! Here is the first patch based on what you all told me could be better:Calibration option choices were moved under the settings menuMore click sound effects and little pulses to make it more clear which button is selected in the level selectorNear instantaneous restart for the levelsFixed the black overlay covering the pause panel for a brief second in the beginning of the level loadingDon't forget to join discord if you also want to shape the direction in which the game is moving!Stay tuned for more and as always thanks for playing!
- Demo is Finally Live! - 27 May 2026
Hey all long time no talk! Got some exciting news today! After running the playtests for a while, I think it is time to make this a bit more inclusive and open up the demo for everyone who wishes to jump in! Features are still being added as I write this so if you have ANYTHING you would like to see in the game, shoot a message here, on discord or anywhere else you see me posting and I will do my best to add it to the game!As a little additional update, I just wanted to add that after hearing all the feedback from you all, the level editor is officially going to be part of the final release so you will be able to chart your own custom levels!I hope you will like what you see and I am super excited to chat with you all via discord if you want to connect with the rest of the community or myself!Take care~
- March Dev Update - 1 April 2026
Hey all! Time for the March update!First things first, we got the playtests rolling so yay! Been a bit scary to open up the project but so far everyone has been insanely helpful so wanted to give a big big thank you again for spending the time not only playing the game but also giving so many cool tips!I've been working on adding them to the game ever since which is how we got now:Multi key mode --> you can now opt to play the game with 4 different keys to give a little extra challenge to your runsMouse hit compatibilitySpiral notes where you need to rotate the targets around to clear themCombo animationsA full tutorial revamp so you are thrown into the gameplay from the beginning instead of just having to read my boring instructionsA bunch of extra sound effects across the game let that be whooshes, clicks or countersOpt-in leaderboards so you can play either with your Steam public dis…
- February Dev Update - 2 March 2026
Hey all!First of all thank you so much for being here, it has been an incredibly busy month and it still feels very absurd that the Steam page is up and running let alone that so many of you have wishlisted Beat Vector. I wanted to leave a little update on what has been happening throughout the last one month, so I can keep you all in the loop about the progress of the game and what you can expect in the upcoming month!Social MediaWe now officially have a few pages up that you might have seen on the right side of the page, I will do my best to regularly update via all of those platforms so you can follow along on whichever platform you prefer! I hope to see you all over there too!These are:YoutubeX - @SleddingCloudRedditInstagramTikTokProgressIn terms of development Beat Vector received2 new maps for the club scene and 2 new maps for the Ballroom along with 1 new grime trackReactive par…
