Dear players!
It’s done! We are super excited to announce that PowerBeatsVR has just made its full release with its largest update ever including a second music pack, a new environment, playlist support with shuffle, endurance, and endless mode, and much more! You can see the complete list of changes and new features further below.
But first, we would like to take the opportunity to thank you all for being part of this community so far! Your enthusiasm since our Early Access launch in April 2019 and all your valuable feedback have shaped PowerBeatsVR and have made it such a great experience as it is today. It really means a lot to us! We hope that we will get that amazing support in the future as well and would love to see you on our Discord channel with further great feedback.
And as always, comments and reviews on Steam are much appreciated and would make our day <3
Enjoy the update and thank you for making this happen!
Cheers,
the devs
All Full Release Changes and New Features
New Main Features:
- Second official workout pack with 12 songs
- Playlist support with shuffle, endurance, and endless mode
- All-new 'Sky' environment
- Various fitness statistics and analysis options
Further New Features:
- Live strength meter
- Best local score for custom songs
- Improved beat synchronization
- Female motivator voice
- 'How to Play' info panel
- Option to adjust playspace rotation and center
- Squat counter and overall fitness level as additional statistics
- Detailed analysis screen for playlists
- Configurable daily calory goal
- Volume slider in the 'Pause' menu
- Hit speed statistics on the scoring screen
- 'Play Again' option after a single song
New Modifiers:
- 'Small Balls'
- '100% Power Balls'
Additional Changes and Bugfixes:
- Added 'No Punch' sound variant
- Fixed SFX and music volume not going below 1
- Coupled 'PostProcessing' and 'Bloom' option with quality setting
- Removed the possibility to destroy balls with the head
- Fixed second controller not vibrating on some double hits
- Fixed laser pointer not being shown on the left powerfist
- Fixed shield remaining deployed after pressing the 'Pause' button
- Fixed local songs sometimes stopping mid-game
- Fixed game getting stuck when removing an Oculus headset during the scoring screen
- Renamed modifier 'All Balls Are Normal' to '100% Normal Balls'
Editor Improvements:
- Added 45 pre-defined patterns
- Added visual representation (waveform) of audio track
- Added grid on the floor representing the beats
- Added slider for fast movement within the song
- Added possibility to set flags on certain beats and show them on the slider
- Added distinct play/pause button to the palette in addition to the existing hotkey
- Added display showing the remaining song time
Performance Improvements:
- Fixed framerate drops during streams and when charging the powerfist
- Fixed leaderboard download lag
- Optimized textures and particle effects
- Reduced game startup time
Visual Improvements:
- More organic walls in 'Desert' and 'Medieval'
- Replaced pyramid in 'Desert' with a temple
- Changed the environment effect in 'Space' to lightning bolts
- Increased brightness and contrast in 'Space'
- Changed the sky in 'Medieval'
- Added water to 'Medieval' on High and Ultra quality
- Added more environmental details like birds and butterflies
- Added flare to light sources
- Moved the avatar camera slightly back
- Rearranged the in-song UI (larger and more central)
- Improved the scoring screen
- Replaced the PowerBeatsVR logo in the menu
- Increased the readability of the menu
- Rearranged the 'Fitness' menu panel