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!

This update is the April Fool's 2025 update! This is basically an almost finished version of Beat Matrix 0.4.0, which I want to release by this summer. That said, there's a lot of changes in this update! Listing them off:

+ Re-implemented the epilepsy warning; it is now after the splash screen instead of before you play certain levels.

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

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

- Removed the Tutorial button. There's no tutorial for now.

/ Changed the "Nothing" button to "Beat Mix". It still doesn't do anything at the moment.

+ Added the levels "How We Forge", "Submerged in Hypothermia", "Cruise in the Night", "Danger at the Club", "Boppy Fight Song"*, and "Hoppy Love Song".

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

+ Added the April Fool's joke to "Boppy Fight Song". This probably won't last past this update. 

/ Changed the charting of levels when played in Vibe Mode

Changes made for the 2nd April Fool's Update for 2025:

/ HTML versions can now play the "Fancy Bug Club" and "Danger at the Club" levels. This fix temporarily removes the "..." from the end of "Danger at the Club's" title.

+ The results music for when you play Boppy Fight Song on unfinished difficulties will now play in the HTML version of this game... also by removing the "..." from the end of that song's title in the files, too.

+ "Boppy Fight Song" now has a (Single Handed, Advanced) difficulty! It's diabolical!

Credits:

Director and Producer: Teh Quiper

Testers: Staten, Toasty DJ, and Your Favorite Cupcake

Special Thanks: Your Favorite Cupcake (promotional art)

Made in Construct 3

Other programs used to make this game: Paint.net, Musescore 4, and Audacity

Thunder Sound effect from RZ Post on artlist.io

Known Issues:

*Only two difficulties have been implemented so far in Boppy Fight Song: (Single Handed, Simple) and (Single Handed, Advanced)