Beat Matrix

Beat Matrix is a rhythm game where you use visual cues, known as Beat Bugs, to time key presses to the beat of the music. Some Beat Bugs will move faster or slower than normal. Each level in the game utilizes settings to either require one hand or both hands to play them, as well as to change the difficulty between "Simple" or "Advanced". This rounds out to 4 difficulty options per level. Rack up a high combo and a high score! In some levels you can use the Beat Mixer after scoring enough Beat Bugs to transition from one level to another. This feature is new to 0.4.0, so only 2 levels let you do that.

The change list here reflects all the changes made from Beat Matrix 3.7 - Beat Matrix 0.4.0, not counting the April Fool's Updates from 2024 - 2025 as canon.

+ Added a Splash Screen to help elements load and be ready for the title screen.

/ The epilepsy warning now shows up after the splash screen instead of before you play certain levels.

+ Changed the font used for most of the game to a unique, pixelated font.

+ Added the version number to the top left corner of the Title screen.

+ Added a credits menu to make the bottom of the title screen less cluttered.

- Removed the Metronome toggle.

/ Sound Effects are on by default now

/ Remapped the default pause and restart keys to LShift and ` respectively.

/ Cleaned up the "Other Options" menu and split all those options into their own categories.

+ Added the ability to tell the game which hand is your dominant hand in the Controls menu.

+ Added the Preferences menu, which contains options to help with accessibility.

/ Moved the "Color Effects" option to the Preferences menu.

+ Added a toggle to make Beat Bugs move like they did before Beat Matrix 3.6 to the Preferences menu. (This game's levels are designed around how Beat Bugs move nowadays, though.)

+ Added a "Color Options" menu to the Preferences menu. Change the color of Beat Bugs, as well as set a static color for the background and lines during gameplay. A toggle to feature Button Slats is also in this menu to help with seeing the buttons better during gameplay.

/ Resprited all pre-existing Beat Bugs to make them work with the new color system.

/ Revamped the tutorial to include hints and tips about how the game currently plays.

+ Added the levels "Cruise in the Night", "Danger at the Club", "Boppy Fight Song", and "Hoppy Love Song". The 3 latter levels are unlockable.

/ Revamped the difficulty across all levels. 

+ Added completion marks for levels you have cleared and gotten all Beat Mixes in.

+ Added Beat Mixing to "The Fancy Bug Club" and "Danger at the Club". This is the primary way to unlock levels.

/ Changed the song and name of "Emerging Into Flames" (from Beat Matrix {working title}+) to "How We Forge".

+ Added a Fancy Bug to gameplay. This fella's unlockable, though.

+ Added a boss to "Danger at the Club" and "Boppy Fight Song".

+ Added an unlockable way to rematch the Beast.

+ Added an ending sequence after you beat "Boppy Fight Song"

/ Changed the charting of levels when played in Vibe Mode. There won't be a torrent of stars flying through the sky like there was in versions before "April Fool's Update 2025"

Beat Matrix 0.4.1 Hot Fix

/ fixed charting of "Cruise in the Night" to include/exclude certain Beat Bugs

Credits:

Created by Teh Quiper 

Tested by Courtney Kleefeld, Evan Willis, Staten Island, & Toasty DJ 

Special thanks: Evan Willis 

Made in Construct 3 

Other programs used: Paint.net, Musescore Studio, & Audacity 

Additional sound effects: Adam Pietruszko, Artlist Studios, BOOM Library, Cinemear, Carmel Quartet, DB studios, Ferreira the Sound Guy, Marcello Del Monaco, RZ Post, Thomas Herudek, and Udi Zisser

A list of older versions of Beat Matrix