- Musical Range is now Released - 2 April 2024
Achieve Musical Mastery with the new campaign mode! We've design this campaign to be a progressive way for players to learn how to master the game. The levels start easy, and as you progress, more note types become available, as well as difficulties and world stages. We also added a new Song Modifier the Fade Meteors. For those who wish to go beyond and challenge their musical skills. When enabled, as you play, your combo multiplier can go beyond 10 and the notes fade out until you get a combo multiple of 15, after that, you must keep playing from memory and intuition! Full Change Log Musical Range Update 2.0.0 Added a new Progression system. The new progression system will offer a long term goal to players while introducing progressively more gameplay elements to keep players challenged through their Musical Mastery journey. Added Campaign Mode Play through 28 levels to achieve Musical…
- Update 1.12.0 - 12 January 2024
Hello 🤘 ✌️ 🖖 👆 🤘! Holidays are now over, and thus it is time for a new update. We added some new voicelines to Ottava for when players finish a song, based on the stars the player obtained. We also changed the Discord link to a button at all places it's shown to make it easier to join our server. We did some changes to the custom song menu. It will now display some basic information on how to get started with custom songs if your custom song list is empty. And while the game is looking for valid files, the menu will display messages of this process.
- Update 1.11.1 - 21 December 2023
Hello 🤘 ✌️ 🖖 👆 🤘! Today we bring you an visual update to the game. All 5 worlds have been adjusted visually, in order to improve gameplay visibility, environmental design and better performance. The final music pack has been re-enabled. 6 songs have been re-charted from the Video Game pack. And other performance improvements have been made to maintain a stable frame rate during intense scenes. Another milestone, the game is now also available for the Quest 2, Quest 3, and Quest Pro in App Lab. We put great effort into ensuring consistent visuals between both PCVR and Quest Standalone, while maintaining a high and consistent framerate through the game. If you still haven't join our Discord community. Whether you want to keep up to date with news, obtain close beta access, and/or find more music to play, there is something for everyone. Change Log Updated all Video Game Pack song char…
- Musical Range is 50% Off During The Steam VR Fest! - 4 December 2023
Hello Music Players! The long awaited celebration of VR just arrived to Steam. And we are very excited to take part in the event with a discount of 50% to the game. With the recently added music, updated gameplay elements and improved new user experience, now it's a fine time to KNOW what it is like to really play music in VR in a way never experienced before! So, grab your pair of guns, and get ready to shoot some tunes and start your path toward musicianship and gain the love of the adorable crowd! Fast track to the Steam Store. Check out our latest HUGE Update 1.10.0. And be sure to join our Discord for more upcoming news.
- Update 1.10.0 - 28 November 2023
Hello Music Players We bring finally, after a long time in the works, a huge update to Musical Range. We reworked the charts for 13 songs. Added lyrics to the game, improved the punch gameplay (Visuals and feel), and improved the tutorial to be more streamlined for new players. Be sure to join our Discord channel to keep a close eye on development as we near a full release of the game. It's also your chance to join our beta players for closed access to development builds, and you can find more content to play in the custom song channel. Below is the full change log. Change log Updated ‘Big Indie’ song charts for all difficulties Al Moses - Gutter Rock Moxie The Bots - Easy Said Vigilantes - Fear & Loathing Glossi - Runaway Rockaway Update ‘Original Volume 2’ song charts for all Difficulties. PDK - Floating Viking Guitar - Clash Of Iron World Making Machine - Pusher Jeremy WIlliam - New…
- Update 1.9.3.188 - 19 October 2023
Hello slingerstars! We are pushing a small update today. The advanced tutorial now should do it's job better, as it has been re-ordered, with new steps and musical prhase, as well as finally adding the Ottava voice lines. We also are pushing a few minor fixes and tweaks Change Log Updated Advanced Tutorial Re ordered the tutorial steps Tutorial Slinger now displays Note Names, a note icon, and a preview of the note model. Added Ottava Voice lines Added new musical phrases Changed the number of notes Fixed crowd not starting with big size. Changed Aim Assist logic to take into consideration multiple parameters to improve Note Selection when a shot trace hits multiple possible target notes. Updated some Wasteland stage visuals Fixed Basic Tutorial not loading on default for new players. Known Issue Aim assist can make you ignore some shots that should have hit, when shooting at a any hand…
- Update 1.9.2.187 - 15 October 2023
Hello! This time we bring you a small update to lower the requirements to finish the basic tutorial. Updated Basic Tutorial Removed Fill Bar stage Changed charts for Meteor Tutorials Players need to hit at least one of each note type in last music phrase, instead of having to hit all of them After a failed third attempt in the last music phrase stage, the tutorial will proceed forward to prevent players from not progressing. Updated UI Art assets for various Buttons Optimized Bleacher Crowd for Arena Rock
- Power Shot Update 1.9.2 - 2 October 2023
Hello Musicians! After many weeks of preparation and working we are finally ready to release our newest and probably best update to the game so far! Update 1.9.2 finally releases the Power Shots to all players. With these new game mechanic, that lets to play multiple notes with one simple movement, we now feel that all base game-play elements are in the game. You can shoot, punch, bend, do vibratos, play dead notes, smash the notes, play chords. So all these available meteor types, allow for a lot of experimentation and exploration. We feel that playing music in VR is now not only interesting and simple, but really fun and with a lot of depth. This update also brings a change to the tutorial system. We've split the tutorial in two, Basic and Advanced. The goal is to get players to playing songs as soon as possible. The first tutorial covers the basics, shooting, punching, the whiplash.…
- Open Beta 1.9.0 - 1 September 2023
Hello! We have opened up access to the 1.9.0 BETA version of the game. We are finally enabling access to a new gameplay feature we've been working for quite a while now, which truly enhances the way you can play music and feel the power of rock! Power Shots Power Shots are a new gameplay mechanic, where by shooting and punching a note at the same time, you will perform a Power Shot which plays a Power Chord. This allows you to play fuller and richer sounds. Power Shots can the me manipulated just like any notes, sustain, bends, vibratos, punch note. We also updated the tutorial with a new phase to introduce the Power Shot. As a consequence, all players must replay through the tutorial before being able to access the Main Menu. All songs currently enabled in the game already have Power Shot meteors. You can identify these by the circle surrounding the meteor as it falls. We also updated…
- Update 1.9.0 Alpha - 17 August 2023
Hello! We are forced to push an update earlier than we'd like to the Public Branch. We need to keep track of player progression during the tutorial for new players, so we are releasing an update. Now the game will push a standardize leaderboard score when the player passes certain phases in the tutorial. We want to use this information to detect where players are struggling to progress the tutorial, in order to change and improve it. As a consequence, we are pushing to the game a bunch of changes that we wanted to wait until version 1.9.0, so we are calling this push an Alpha version. Specially, since many song charts need to be updated. Bellow is a changelog detailing the changes since the previous update. Tutorial pushes player progress to a hidden leaderboard so we can track player progress and identify if players are getting stuck in a specific part of the tutorial Updated Human Lov…
- Small Patch 1.8.2.155 - 23 July 2023
Hello! Today we bring a small update fixing some issues that have plagued the game for a while. We have fixed the Default bindings for Gun Shooting missing the keys for the Valve Index controller and the Mixed Reality controllers. Due to the urgency to push the fix for Valve Index controllers, we are forced to push some changes that we were going to include until the next big patch. Some of the more notable changes are the following. We also updated the expert charts for the following songs as well as crowd and Auto Tones charts. She's On Fire by Brandon from the Anara Pack The Future Is Now by DORRR from the Anara Pack Easy Said by The Bots from the Big Indie Pack Visual representation for Note Punches updated. As well as many internals on how the game works, which leads to better gameplay smoothness. We are working on a new gameplay feature which we are ready to share soon with you. I…
- Update 1.8.0 LIVE Beta - 11 July 2023
Hi Rockstars! Our original plan was to push the beta 1.8.0 to ensure the build is stable, while we updated the tracks for the songs to bring them up to parity with the new features added. However, we have started work on a new key feature, which while not ready yet to showcase, means we have to wait until we start updating all song tracks for the game, so we can cover the upcoming feature. While we don't have a true new version to what the Open Beta was, we still greatly prefer for the 1.8.0 beta build to be the version players play than version 1.7.0, as we feel its a richer and fuller experience, even if not all the song tracks aren't making use of the crowd, sound tones, and note type features currently available. We hope you enjoy playing this new version, and we are very excited to be able to show more news soon! Key Features Re-enabled Electric Lava and Arcade Wave stages. Updated…
- Update 1.8.0 Open Beta - 29 June 2023
An open Beta for the work in porogress 1.8.0 is now available. Right click the game in your library, go to properties, Betas, then select Open Beta. If the branch is not available, simply restart your Steam client. Key Features Re-enabled Electric Lava and Arcade Wave stages. Updated Crowd system. Many gameplay tweaks and improvements to how the game handles various logic, resulting in a smoother experience. Refreshed the tutorial, including new voice for Ottava. In order to push this to the live branch, we still have to do some work, mostly updated at least the Anara songs to meet the standards of Today. As well as some visual bugs that have managed to creep in while working on this update. The greatest way you can help, is by playing the game, making a video and share your thoughts on how enjoyable and smooth of an experience the game is, so we can iterate and make sure the user exper…
- Update 1.7.0 - 24 April 2023
Hello VR Musicians! Update 1.7.0 is now available for all to play and we are super excited to finally bring forth this change to you. We tweaked a bunch of the internal system of how the game works, enhancing and ensuring that playing music in VR is easier than ever, while at the same time adding a new mechanic, to make VR performing music more dynamic and expressive. We don't have a chance to get into detail with every change that was made, as many of these were made in order to bring new functionality, as well, as to adjust various elements that in the end affect how you sound in the game. To get started, everyone playing the new update for the first time will have to go through the tutorial to ensure proper understanding of the new mechanics. The tutorial is a first iteration, so please let us know your feedback so we can further adjust the new player experience. New Gameplay Mechani…
- Update 1.6.0 - Anara Publishing Music - 7 February 2023
Hello Music Shooters! Our latest major update is now available to download on Steam! Become a Rockstar and Popstar with 6 new incredible songs from Anara Publishing, included with the base game! From Grunge-Rock to 80's pop music, these new songs by Brandon ft. SJBRAVO, DORRR, The Bullseyes offer new challenges and movements to dominate. We updated the base world to have some personality. We found that having a full black world was problematic for some users, so we created updated this world and the tutorial world, to have a basic environment, so players can have a horizon line of reference, while still being light to support users with low PC specs. This update also includes changes and tweaks to the internals of the game, to ensure a better flow of the music and player inputs. And the Bend Miss system was adjusted to be clearer when a bend is not correctly bent enough. We still have p…
- Update 1.5.1 Available - 6 January 2023
Hello VR Music Shooters! This new update brings an extensive change to the sound system. We've added new sounds and changed the sound mix of the gun shots, the music, and your sound to provide a better sound experience to experienced and new players. A big change you'll notice, is that when you miss a shot, your sound and the Music sound will be muffled until you go back to playing correctly again. This should offer a more arcade experience to the game, while ensuring that if you are playing the game correctly, your sound will sound incredible. We still have work to do with bends, as those can be problematic, so we are planning out some internal changes to the bend system, to help out those in need to sound good in pitch, while offering total freedom to experienced players to create the sound they want to make. We've improved the gun shot sounds, so your shots will be much more powerful…
- Update 1.4.0 Beta - Part 2 - 29 November 2022
Hello Musicians! We are back with a small update in preparation for the full release of 1.4.0 on Steam and Quest 2! In this weekly update we are adding back in the Volume 2 music after redesigning the tracks to handle handedness. We also took the time to redesign the User Interface of the Gameplay and Song Finish. These should be much clearer, cleaner. We also did some internal changes to how the game expect bends and scores you based on pitch. Overall, bending notes should feel better, with an indicator to tell you if you need to bend a bit more, and the scoring reflecting your current pitch. We hope you enjoy the patch and the updated music! Don't forget to stay in touch in our Discord to find out new music, tips, tricks, and discuss on our future features to implement in the game!
- Update 1.4.0 BETA now Available! - 14 November 2022
Hello Musicians! We are very excited to finally removed from the closed beta the version 1.4.0 of the game. This is a huge update we have been working for the past few months now and it's only the beginning of the latest vision for Musical Range. In Musical Range we don't want you to feel like a musician. We want you to BECOME one for real! We believe that playing music in VR can transform the way you express yourself, and our main challenge is to create and design a musical instrument for virtual reality that takes full advantage of an immersive experience. While being easy to understand, but with massive depth to explore and to find your sound. With this objective in mind. We made a huge change to the game mechanics of the game. Your hands are now Color Coded, and the game will tell you to play certain notes with a specific hand. This will make the game flow better, as we can guide yo…
- 1.4.0 Beta Coming Soon - 8 November 2022
Hello musicians! We've been working this past few months on core redesigns of the game. We are implementing handedness to the guns, as well as making preparations for future features we have in mind. We also have been working on a tutorial redesign, to be more intuitive, and effective in teaching players how to play the game and what each element of a note meteor means. This has been a long challenge as we had to rework some elements of the game to work with the new system. We are very proud of the changes and very excited to share with you. We truly think it will make the experience of playing the game more fun and easier to engage with. We've been pushing updates to a Beta branch every Monday for the past month. You had to opt in to the beta, but we are now at a point where we are confident on the new build, and playing the new build is much better than the previous, and the content i…
- Update 1.3.0! Sound Tones and Worlds! - 27 September 2022
Hello VR Musicians! In this new update we are finally releasing a new world to play music. Electric Lava is our first step in exploring multiple worlds! We have more worlds in the work at the moment and we can't wait to share them with you over time. With this change, the default world is an Empty map. This will help new players get started as there is less visual clutter and doesn't require too much from your PC. To travel to the new world, simply select World Change option in the main menu, and select one of the 3 options. Once you select one, please wait a few seconds for the world to fully load. At the moment, the game doesn't remember which world you had selected, so every time you launch the game, you need to chose a world. Alternatively, you can change the world any time by turning backwards from the notes, and selecting the World Change from there. We also are releasing our firs…
