[Blue Archive Stepmania] Steps of Kivotos Vol. 1: Abydos Shuffle Released!

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Gpop

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Published on December 25, 2023 11:06:11 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnoeKhLaHJg

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Blue Archive (2021)

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Downloads (ITG +9ms offset, need to copy + paste for now until links are enabled again):
https://bit.ly/mgsokvol1
https://bit.ly/gdsokvol1

Please note that you must play on SM5.1/ITGmania/Outfox to get the FULL experience. Mod charts will still be playable but will not have all effects available on SM5.0.12 or older (Bunny Bunny Carrot Carrot will not run mods at all due to its complexity that doesn't work in SM5.0.12).

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Merry Christmas everyone!

I was gonna submit this earlier today, but got distracted trying to set up my dad's new Smart TV lol...

Anyways, I'm glad I got this pack out. I'm still very much enjoying Blue Archive and I'm really happy CondorTalon and I got this done in a timely manner.

This pack was supposed to be a quick sidepack to release in half a year, so I was hoping to release by last summer. Unfortunately things got in the way, mostly wrsw's Vtuber pack which is also coming out very soon, so watch out for that! I will be releasing a couple quick videos on that shortly as well!

But yeah, I really like Blue Archive. The characters, the setting, the easygoing gameplay that requires little effort to play every day (which is great for my busy schedule). And it's extremely popular in Japan and in the anime communities.

But especially the music. It has A LOT of bangers, most of which are extremely steppable stuff which is why we made a pack out of it! Not only that, but the soundtrack felt perfect to take advantage of the new tech meta. However, we restricted ourselves to just songs that has official titles. Because 1, we don't have to worry about going back and updating the song titles and graphics later when they're given names, and 2, it makes it easier to restrict the amount of songs we can chart, because otherwise we'd have WAY TOO MANY song we'd want to step already. So it's a nice limiter to have.

I know you might be confused on what the tech meta is, but if you've been playing a lot of my older charts, you'll notice quite a change in my patterning this time around, specifically around brackets, footswitch, and more confusing patterns. This has been a big thing right now in the western charting community, and I love it. It gives charters a lot more freedom to chart songs, and it also gives players even more ways to play songs and have fun hitting hard-to-read patterns. Now, I will admit, the downside is that it does limit players to those with decent pads, either modded pads that make brackets easier, or those with modded L-TEK pads, which has gotten extremely popular as the cheap but very good alternative to full-on metal pads. But it's so worth it when you get them.

Btw, the pack includes a text file on what the tech notations means. You can see these notations if you play on a theme that supports chart descriptions, like Simply Love. I highly recommend playing on that theme.

But anyways, enough about that. I love Blue Archive, I love the music, I love the new tech meta, and all that. But I think I should finally get around to the long await 4th pack of something that I haven't touched in years...we'll see. Oh and don't worry, if you're concerned about the next pack being heavily focused on tech, I assure you that pack will also have quite a few charts that's more akin to the old-style I charted as well (aka less emphasis on tech).

Anyways, enjoy! And play Blue Archive! It's very generous on the players! (also my favourite characters are the gamer dorks, specifically the Saiba twins)

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