BeatShot

Released: Aug 1, 2023
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Last updated: 14 Sep 2026, 00:55 GMT

Updates & announcements

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07 Jun 2026Developer post
Full Release Plans: Free-to-Play, Built-In Stats, and Upcoming Changes
Hi everyone, I wanted to share some important information about BeatShot's plans for full release and a few major changes that will come with it. Upon full release, BeatShot will transition from paid ($5) to free-to-play . One of the reasons this is possible is that BeatShot will
02 Aug 2025Developer post
Patch Notes 0.7.5
General Updated engine to Unreal Engine 5.6. Updated Nvidia DLSS to 4.0.
General
Updated engine to Unreal Engine 5.6.
Updated Nvidia DLSS to 4.0.
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25 Aug 2024Developer post
Patch Notes 0.7.4
Bug Fixes Fixed a bug where the game would exit upon completing a song.
Bug Fixes
Fixed a bug where the game would exit upon completing a song.
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22 Aug 2024Developer post
Patch Notes 0.7.3
Bug Fixes Fixed a bug where mp3 and ogg files were not being accepted if they didn't contain metadata. The file name is now used as the title of the song if this is the case. Thanks to YogPoz, JaxxHunter, and anyone who submitted a bug report about this!
Bug Fixes
Fixed a bug where mp3 and ogg files were not being accepted if they didn't contain metadata. The file name is now used as the title of the song if this is the case. Thanks to YogPoz, JaxxHunter, and anyone who submitted a bug report about this!
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05 Jul 2024Developer post
Patch Notes 0.7.2
General Updated engine to Unreal Engine 5.4. Updated Nvidia DLSS to 3.7. Added new video setting for Nvidia DLSS Ray Reconstitution. Improved tooltips in the Custom Game Modes Menu. Improved GameUserSettings initialization. Created a more comprehensive validation system for custo
General
Updated engine to Unreal Engine 5.4.
Updated Nvidia DLSS to 3.7.
Added new video setting for Nvidia DLSS Ray Reconstitution.
Improved tooltips in the Custom Game Modes Menu.
Improved GameUserSettings initialization.
Created a more comprehensive validation system for custom game modes.

Bug Fixes
Fixed a bug where the game could crash when failing to receive an HTTP response from the BeatShot API after changing levels.
Fixed a bug where the game would not quit to desktop after saving scores if "Save and Quit" was clicked from the Quit to Desktop pop-up in the Pause Menu.
Fixed a bug where the setting storing if night mode was unlocked could have been overwritten. A fix is in place to restore this setting to its proper value.
Fixed an issue where no text would show upon failing to retrieve an access token from the BeatShot API when deleting scores from the database.
Fixed an issue where GameUserSettings.ini config variables were not correctly inheriting from the base GameUserSettings class.
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19 May 2024Developer post
Patch Notes 0.7.1
Audio Overhauled the audio system. Added footstep sounds. Updated the Audio Format pop-up window Removed the Output Device option. This has been moved to the Video and Sound Settings menu. When selecting a previously played song title, the duration information is now automaticall
Audio

Overhauled the audio system.

Added footstep sounds.

Updated the Audio Format pop-up window

Removed the Output Device option. This has been moved to the Video and Sound Settings menu.

When selecting a previously played song title, the duration information is now automatically filled out.

Small improvements to interaction with the Previously Played Song Title combo box and the New Song Title text box.

The volume from an audio device should be much less quiet than previously.

The menu music now continues playing during the loading screen at a reduced volume.

FAQ

Updated the Audio Analyzer section of the FAQ

Added information about how to use the Audio Device audio format.

Added information about the differences between Audio File and Audio Device audio formats.

Settings

Moved Video and Sound settings from a save game slot to a .ini file, which is locally stored for each machine.

This way, you can have separate video and sound settings for different computers.

The file is located in C:/Username/AppData/Local/BeatShot/Saved/Config/Windows/GameUserSettings.ini.
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28 Feb 2024Developer post
Patch Notes 0.7.0
General Added a new full body skeletal mesh to the character (you can see your legs now). Added new character and weapon animations. Adjusted the weapon viewmodel. Added a versioning system to custom game modes to help prevent breaking existing custom game modes when changes are
General

Added a new full body skeletal mesh to the character (you can see your legs now).

Added new character and weapon animations.

Adjusted the weapon viewmodel.

Added a versioning system to custom game modes to help prevent breaking existing custom game modes when changes are made.

Improved save and load performance.

Updated the FAQ page and increased the font size.

Bug Fixes

Fixed an issue where the Post Game Mode Menu was not correctly loading a newly selected game mode.

Fixed an issue where the QTable was not correctly saving in game modes with reinforcement learning enabled.

Fixed an issue where the ClusterBeat game mode at Death difficulty had invalid target spacing.

Fixed an issue where unrelated settings in the custom game mode editor could change the Target Distribution setting.

Fixed an issue where targets could spawn without activating even when Allow Spawn Without Activation was false.

The Headshot Height Only Target Distribution now functions correctly (not sure when it broke tbh).

The game mode preview in Creator View no longer frequently resizes the widget frame when targets are close to the top.

Game Modes

Reworked Dynamic Spread

Removed the Spread Scaling and Directions to Change settings.

Each spread setting (Horizontal, Vertical, and Forward) now has a checkbox to toggle constant or dynamic spread.

If unchecked, sliders for the minimum and maximum spread are shown.

The Start Threshold, End Threshold, and Decrement Amount will automatically show or hide based on the spread settings.

Removed the Persistent Deactivation and Destruction conditions.

These conditions will be removed from existing custom game modes when the game is launched.

Setting the Destruction condition to OnHealthReachedZero and the Maximum Target Health to infinite and will mimic the Persistent Destruction condition.

If an existing custom game mode has the Persistent Destruction condition as the only Destruction condition, it will be replaced with OnHealthReachedZero, and Maximum Target Health set to infinite.

The Headshot Height Only Target Distribution now forces the vertical spread to be constant at 50 (which cannot be manually chosen).

Custom game mode settings that are disabled or locked to a certain value will now show a tooltip indicating what is causing their behavior.

Slightly lowered the minimum allowed spread values.

Modified BeatGrid game modes to conform to setting changes.

Renamed some custom game mode setting categories.
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16 Jan 2024Developer post
Patch Notes 0.6.3
Bug Fixes Fixed an issue where multiple targets being spawned at the same time in non-grid modes could spawn intersecting each other. (again...) Fixed an issue where the "Spawn Every Other Target In Center" setting was not functioning properly.
Bug Fixes

Fixed an issue where multiple targets being spawned at the same time in non-grid modes could spawn intersecting each other. (again...)

Fixed an issue where the "Spawn Every Other Target In Center" setting was not functioning properly.
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13 Jan 2024Developer post
Patch Notes 0.6.2
Bug Fixes The "Bordering" Spawn Selection custom game mode option now works as intended. Fixed a bug where the game incorrectly stated there was an error connecting to the database when attempting to delete custom game mode scores with no saved entries. Fixed a bug causing custom
Bug Fixes

The "Bordering" Spawn Selection custom game mode option now works as intended.

Fixed a bug where the game incorrectly stated there was an error connecting to the database when attempting to delete custom game mode scores with no saved entries.

Fixed a bug causing custom game modes to not properly import from a string.

Fixed a bug where game modes similar to BeatGrid with reinforcement learning enabled could get stuck without activating any targets.

Fixed a bug where spawning or activation could be skipped if a higher priority setting failed.

Fixed a bug causing the audio analyzer threshold settings to not allow the intended selection range.

Fixed an issue where multiple targets being spawned at the same time in non-grid modes could spawn intersecting each other.

Fixed an issue where a black screen would briefly appear during a loading screen.

Steam

Added achievement icons for all achievements.

Added achievement progress notifications for game mode achievements requiring greater than 5 playthroughs.

Website Updates

Increased the maximum number of modes visible on the time played bar charts.

Added the option to filter by date range for all default and custom mode charts.

Added the option to delete score entries from the history page.

Fixed an issue where the location accuracy heat map was not visible in the in-game web browser.

Fixed an issue where an invalid row could appear on the history page in the in-game web browser.

Miscellaneous

Updated game mode descriptions.

Changed the "Targets Spawned" PlayerHUD stat to "Targets Activated".

The feedback widget no longer clears feedback upon an unsuccessful http request.

Saving scores to the database now happens asynchronously, so unsuccessful http requests should no longer cause problems.

The game will postpone exiting to the desktop until it receives an http response when saving scores from an in-progress game mode.

The wall menu text now pulses when changing the night mode setting until the time of day transition completes.
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24 Dec 2023Developer post
Patch Notes 0.6.1
General Updated engine to Unreal Engine 5.3. Updated various modules and plugins such as the audio analyzer, Enhanced User Input, etc. Custom keybindings are stored in a new way, but legacy saved keybindings should properly transfer over. Added an option to change the anti-aliasi
General

Updated engine to Unreal Engine 5.3.

Updated various modules and plugins such as the audio analyzer, Enhanced User Input, etc.

Custom keybindings are stored in a new way, but legacy saved keybindings should properly transfer over.

Added an option to change the anti-aliasing method.

Changed the default anti-aliasing method to Temporal Super Resolution.

Bug Fixes

Fixed a bug causing the reinforcement learning algorithm to access incorrect values of the QTable.

Fixed a bug causing invalid spawn areas to sometimes be chosen for activation.
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26 Oct 2023Developer post
Patch Notes 0.6.0
It's been a while since the last update, but there's quite a few changes in this one. All Default Game Modes have received a tuning pass, two "new" modes have been introduced, new custom mode options have been added, and various bug fixes and UI improvements have been made. Tunin
It's been a while since the last update, but there's quite a few changes in this one. All Default Game Modes have received a tuning pass, two "new" modes have been introduced, new custom mode options have been added, and various bug fixes and UI improvements have been made.
Tuning game modes is challenging without much feedback, so we'd really appreciate your thoughts. Your input is invaluable, and we hope you enjoy exploring the improvements!

Game Modes

BeatTrack has been reworked. Instead of a single persistent target, multiple targets are spawned with infinite lifespans. Targets deactivate after taking 50 damage, causing them to shrink in size and then reactivate. After a target takes 150 total damage, it is destroyed and a new one is spawned.

ClusterBeat has been updated to use the new Spawn Selection setting.

Added a new Default Game Mode, MultiBeat Precision: Focuses on precision with a smaller, static spawn area, smaller targets, and a wider range of target sizes.

Added a new Default Game Mode, MultiBeat Speed: Emphasizes speed with a smaller, static spawn area, larger targets, more frequent spawning, and a narrower range of target sizes.

Tuned various parameters for all Default Game Modes and difficulties (mostly nerfs tbh).

Location Accuracy now works for all game modes. Previously, game modes with Grid-based target distributions or Tracking-based damage did not record location accuracy data, so nothing showed up on the Location Accuracy Heatmap.

Massively improved the reinforcement learning algorithm and updated the tooltips for the parameters.

The max allowed Target Lifespan has been increased to 10 seconds.

The min allowed Target Health has been lowered to 10 and the snap size reduced to 10.

Grid-based target distribution

The number of horizontal and vertical targets no longer have to be in increments of five for reinforcement learning to be enabled.

The horizontal and vertical spread options are now disabled and automatically adjusted based on the number of targets, spacing, and target size.

Added a new menu option: Spawn Selection, which specifies the shape and location of targets including options like RandomGridBlock and BorderingGridBlock.

Targets spawned using RandomGridBlock or BorderingGridBlock will always be compactly arranged (e.g. 12 targets will be a 3x4 or 4x3 block).

Added a checkbox to the Target Lifespan menu option to allow for infinite lifespan.

Added a new Deactivation Condition: OnSpecificHealthLost

Added a new Deactivation Response: Reactivate

Added a new menu option: Health Loss Required For Deactivation

Added a new menu option: Allow Activation While Activated

Added a new menu option: Spawn Responses

Improved consistency of moving target velocity and direction after bouncing.

Improved the way multiple targets are spawned at once.

When the Maximum Number of Activated Targets is set to -1, the game mode will now fall back to other constraints instead of defaulting to one.

Fixed a bug where the Recent Target Memory Policy None would never remove targets from being recent.

Fixed a bug where the reinforcement learning parameters were mixed up with what they actually represented.

Fixed a bug where the custom game modes using tracking damage were not receiving the correct score.

User Interface

Dismissive actions (like cancel) are now always the leftmost button of any dialog box.

Clicking the Restart button from Post Game Mode Menu now shows the Audio Select dialog box instead of automatically using the same song.

The Game Mode Preview window now applies padding based on the target size, ensuring that targets no longer extend beyond the window boundaries.

Added the ability to delete scores associated with a Custom Game Mode when clicking the Delete Selected button.

Added a button to reset any reinforcement learning data for a Custom Game Mode.

Added a start button to the Custom Game Mode Creator View.

Added a new Settings Menu option: Tracking Target Color

Added a new Settings Menu option: Tracking Target Color While Taking Damage

Added and updated various tooltip descriptions.

Removed the Start Without Saving button. The game now prompts users based on the context when clicking the Start button.

Combined menu options that previously had a separate constant, min, and max option into one menu option.

Combined menu options with an infinite option into one menu option.

Moved all condition and response settings into one category: Responses

Moved all direction or velocity related settings into one category: Movement

Moved all target sizing related settings into one category: Target Sizing

Shortened the names of various Custom Game Modes settings.

Fixed a bug where changes to dynamic custom game mode settings were not detected, causing the game to suggest the custom game mode was already up to date.

Fixed a bug where Custom Game Modes would still show up after clicking the Remove All button.

Fixed a bug where changes to the Floor Distance were not properly updating the Game Mode Preview.

Fixed a bug where very high Floor Distance values were pushing targets off the Game Mode Preview area.

Miscellaneous

Fixed a bug where separate outline colors were not applying to targets.
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28 Sep 2023Developer post
Patch Notes 0.5.6
CrossHair Added the option to show a dot in the middle, along with the color and size. It inherits the outline settings. Outline Width is now called Outline Size and it now scales independently of Line Width. Video and Sound Fixed a bug where video quality settings were not corre
CrossHair
Added the option to show a dot in the middle, along with the color and size. It inherits the outline settings.

Outline Width is now called Outline Size and it now scales independently of Line Width.
Video and Sound

Fixed a bug where video quality settings were not correctly applying.
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26 Sep 2023Developer post
Patch Notes 0.5.5
Custom Game Modes Added new settings that allow tuning the Dynamic Bounds Scaling Policy: Start Threshold: The number of consecutively destroyed targets required to begin increasing the min spread to the max spread. End Threshold: The number of consecutively destroyed targets req
Custom Game Modes
Added new settings that allow tuning the Dynamic Bounds Scaling Policy:

Start Threshold: The number of consecutively destroyed targets required to begin increasing the min spread to the max spread.

End Threshold: The number of consecutively destroyed targets required to reach the max spread.

Min Horizontal Spread, Min Vertical Spread, and Min Forward Spread: the size of the spawn area before the Start Threshold is reached.

Decrement Amount: Instead of resetting consecutively destroyed targets to zero each time a target is missed, this value is subtracted from it.

Added new settings that allow tuning the Skill-Based Consecutive Target Scaling Policy:
Start Threshold: The number of consecutively destroyed targets required to begin decreasing the max target scale to the min target scale.

End Threshold: The number of consecutively destroyed targets required to reach the min target scale.

Decrement Amount: Instead of resetting consecutively destroyed targets to zero each time a target is missed, this value is subtracted from it.

Default Game Modes

Updated Single Beat and Multi Beat with the new settings discussed above.
User Interface

Adjusted the scale and text size of various elements.

Added tags beside some Custom Game Modes settings to help identify them quicker.

In the future, I would like to add a search function that works with these tags.

To prevent excessive tag usage, I did not tag each menu option with its category tag (i.e. tagging every menu option in Deactivation with the Deactivation Tag).

Miscellaneous

Fixed feedback/bug report sending.
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17 Sep 2023Developer post
Patch Notes 0.5.4
Animation Smoothed out the recoil animation. Custom Game Modes Target Scale Now shows a warning tooltip indicating the maximum allowed scale when the TargetDistributionPolicy is Grid and there isn't enough room for targets in the Spawn Area. Forward Distance Now shows a warning t
Animation

Smoothed out the recoil animation.

Custom Game Modes

Target Scale
Now shows a warning tooltip indicating the maximum allowed scale when the TargetDistributionPolicy is Grid and there isn't enough room for targets in the Spawn Area.

Forward Distance
Now shows a warning tooltip if the Moving Target Dirction Mode is Forward Only and one or more settings want to move the target.

Added caution and warning counters above each custom game mode category.

Game modes with targets that are never destroyed (Target Destruction Condition is Persistant):
When target health falls to zero, health is reset to Max Health.

Default Game Modes
Charged Beat Track and Cluster Beat
Changed Recent Target Memory Policy from Use TargetSpawnCD to Num Targets Based.
Max Num Recent Targets from -1 to 3, 4, or 5 (based on difficulty).

Effects
Fixed an issue where the tracer and muzzle flash systems were not attached to the gun's muzzle, causing desync during animation or recoil.
Settings
Added HDR settings.
Added Brightness slider (only affects in-game brightness and not UI brightness)
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01 Sep 2023Developer post
Patch Notes 0.5.3
This update enables players to preview game modes while editing them, modifies some custom game modes options, and adjusts lighting for different scenarios. Custom Game Modes Added a new window to the Custom Game Modes Menu: Creator View The top half shows a preview of the curren
This update enables players to preview game modes while editing them, modifies some custom game modes options, and adjusts lighting for different scenarios.

Custom Game Modes

Added a new window to the Custom Game Modes Menu: Creator View

The top half shows a preview of the currently selected game mode with all features you see while playing (besides forward movement).

The bottom half contains carousel which shows one custom game mode category at a time.

Make a change to any setting and quickly see the result by pressing the Refresh Preview button.

Every target in the preview is damaged during its activation window if possible.

The old Custom Game Modes Menu is still available, and is now called Property View.

Changing default game modes and difficulties in the Default Game Mode Menu no longer changes the Custom Game Mode options. It now requires pressing the Customize Selected button.

Combined the Game Mode Name and Base Game Mode combo boxes into Game Mode Template.

Added new Spawning option: Apply Velocity On Spawn

Added new General option: Infinite Health

Replaced the Save and Start button with the Start button. It will still prompt you asking if you wish to overwrite, but only if you've made any changes to the custom game mode you've selected.

Replaced the Lifetime Target Scaling Policy option with the Target Activation Response: Apply Lifetime Target Scaling.

Replaced the Move Targets Forward option with the Moving Target Direction Mode: Forward Only.

Renamed the Move Forward Distance option to Forward Spread.

The Target Activation/Deactivation Response: Change Direction is no longer explicitly required for velocity changing to have an effect.

Target Activation Responses:

Added: Apply Consecutive Target Scale, Apply Lifetime Target Scaling

Removed: Change Scale

Target Deactivation Responses:

Added: Apply Deactivated Target Scale Multiplier, Reset Scale To Activated Scale , Reset Position To Activated Position

Renamed:

Reset Position is now Reset Position To Spawned Position.

Reset Scale is now Reset Scale To Spawned Scale.

Moving Target Direction Mode:

Horizontal Only now forces targets to only move horizontally after bounces.

Vertical Only now forces targets to only move vertically after bounces.

Alternate Horizontal Vertical now forces targets to only move horizontally or vertically after bounces. Now alternates the starting direction between target spawns. Each subsequent activation of a target will also alternate, starting from the direction they spawned with.

A warning now appears if None is selected and any of the following options:

Apply Velocity On Spawn

Target Activation Response: Change Velocity or Change Direction

Target Deactivation Response: Change Velocity or Change Direction

Target Distribution Policy:

A warning now appears if Headshot Height Only is selected and AI is enabled.

When Grid is selected, the following options are now set to read-only and their values changed:

The Horizontal Spread and Vertical Spread are set to their max values.

The Bounds Scaling Policy is set to Static.

Since these settings have no effect on Grid, it makes sense to relay that information to the player. However, Grid will likely support Bounds Scaling Policy in the future.

When Grid is NOT selected, the following options are hidden:

Target Activation Selection Policy

Updated many tooltips.

The goal with these changes is to give players more flexibility when changing the position, velocity, and scale of targets at different points in their life cycle.

FAQ

Updated the Game Modes section.

Added content to the Audio Analyzer section.

Lighting

The spotlights on the ceiling have been replaced with a rectangular light provides better lighting coverage when in night mode.

A spotlight has been added that lights up the spawn area when in night mode.

The brightness when playing on low global illumination settings now better matches the brightness when playing on other quality levels.

Video Settings

Fixed an issue where the resolution scale was showing infinite values.
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13 Aug 2023Developer post
Patch Notes 0.5.2
This update enables custom game mode sharing, adds visual hit timing feedback, and addresses some video settings bugs. Custom Game Modes Custom game modes can now be imported and exported. Added new Target Deactivation Response: Hide Target Hides the target upon deactivation. Use
This update enables custom game mode sharing, adds visual hit timing feedback, and addresses some video settings bugs.
Custom Game Modes

Custom game modes can now be imported and exported.
Added new Target Deactivation Response: Hide Target

Hides the target upon deactivation.
Useful for game modes that spawn all targets upfront.
Still shows all spawned targets during countdown, but hides them once the game mode starts.
Example use: Hiding inactive targets during Beat-Grid.

User Interface

Added a hit timing overlay to the player HUD. It's enabled by default but can be turned off in the game settings menu.
Video Settings

Fixed an issue where DLSS settings were not properly initializing for graphics cards not supported by DLSS.
Fixed an issue where DLSS Super Resolution Auto Mode was not correctly finding the optimal DLSS settings.
Improved DLSS Setting functionality.
I will continue to provide Steam Event updates for any changes I make to the game, as well as publishing the changes on the BeatShot website.
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04 Aug 2023Developer post
Patch Notes 0.5.1
This is a small update, but it improves the gun viewmodel and animations, which is constantly in your field of view. Animation: New gun animations for idling, strafing, and landing after jumping. Removed the jump start and falling gun animations. They felt unnecessary in my opini
This is a small update, but it improves the gun viewmodel and animations, which is constantly in your field of view.
Animation:

New gun animations for idling, strafing, and landing after jumping.
Removed the jump start and falling gun animations. They felt unnecessary in my opinion.
The old animations were relying on IK bone updates on tick using animations created for a different weapon. You could tell the left hand on the handguard was not perfectly synced. The new ones should look much cleaner since they're custom made for gun and require no IK bone updates.
User Interface:

The audio file select window no longer requires breaking out of Fullscreen mode.
I will continue to provide Steam Event updates for any changes I make to the game, as well as publishing the changes on the BeatShot website.
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01 Aug 2023Developer post
BeatShot Early Access Release
If you played the demo, there's a few changes that have been implemented: You are now signed in through Steam automatically when you launch the game. If you have an existing account, you can connect it to your Steam account on your profile page on the website. Keybindings can now
If you played the demo, there's a few changes that have been implemented:

You are now signed in through Steam automatically when you launch the game. If you have an existing account, you can connect it to your Steam account on your profile page on the website.
Keybindings can now be remapped using the Input Settings Menu.
Weapon related settings have been moved from the Wall Menu to the Game Settings Menu, and a new setting has been added to hide the character mesh and weapon. Individual light visualizers can now be toggled on and off on the Wall Menu.
Some things to keep in mind as this is an Early Access game:

I believe the game is worth the price even in Early Access, but the full release will have more features and will be thoroughly tested.
This game isn't 100% fully-tested (mainly the custom game modes). You are likely to eventually encounter a bug. When this happens, please submit a bug report in the Bug Report Thread. If you encounter a crash and the crash reporter pops up, please submit a crash report to help with diagnosing what caused the crash. I will work to address bugs and crashing as quickly as I can.
Your feedback is important and will help shape the future of BeatShot. It's very possible I begin working on a new feature request or change an existing feature the same day the request is submitted. There's several ways to submit feedback, including the Feedback Forum Post, anonymous feedback in game, and through the community Discord server.
You can read more about BeatShot Early Access on the store page. I hope you enjoy the game as much as I'm enjoying working on it!
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