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Brace Yourself Games
''Crypt of the NecroDancer'' is a 2015 roguelike rhythm game created by Brace Yourself Games. The game takes fundamental elements of a roguelike dungeon exploration game and adds a beat-matching rhythm game set to an original soundtrack written by Danny Baranowsky. The player's actions are most effective when moving the character set to the beat of the current song and are impaired when they miss a beat, so it is necessary to learn the rhythmic patterns that the various creatures follow. The mixed-genre game includes the ability to import custom music, and the option to use a dance pad instead of traditional controllers or the keyboard. The game was released for Linux, OS X, and Windows in April 2015, being co-published by Klei Entertainment, for the PlayStation 4 and Vita in February 2016, for the Xbox One in February 2017, and for Nintendo Switch in February 2018. ''Crypt of the NecroDancer Pocket Edition'', developed for iOS, was released in June 2016. A crossover title, ''Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Klei Entertainment
Klei Entertainment Inc. ( ) is a Canadian video game development company located in Vancouver, British Columbia. Klei was formed in July 2005 by Jamie Cheng. Their best-known titles include '' Don't Starve'' and '' Oxygen Not Included''. On January 25, 2021, Klei became a subsidiary of the Chinese holding conglomerate Tencent. History Jamie Cheng founded Klei Entertainment in July 2005. Prior to the formation of Klei, Cheng worked as a specialist AI programmer at Relic Entertainment, formerly owned by THQ. Cheng acquired seed funding for Klei by selling his THQ shares earned at Relic and getting a $10,000 loan from his brother. With the initial funding secured, Cheng partnered with Jeffrey Agala to become co-founder and Creative Director at the studio. In 2009, Klei had 11 employees and as of May 2013, it had grown to 35 employees. Their first title, '' Eets,'' was first released on March 27, 2006, for Microsoft Windows, then for Mac OS X on December 9, 2010. Between those t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dance Pad
A dance pad, also known as a dance mat or dance platform, is a flat electronic game controller used for input in dance games. Most dance pads are divided into a 3×3 matrix of square panels for the player to stand on, with some or all of the panels corresponding to directions or actions within the game. Some dance pads also have extra buttons outside the main stepping area, such as "Start" and "Select". Pairs of dance pads often are joined, side by side, for certain gameplay modes. Popular arcade games such as ''Dance Dance Revolution'', ''In the Groove (game), In the Groove'', ''Pump It Up (video game), Pump It Up'', and StepManiaX use large steel dance platforms connected to the arcade cabinet, whereas versions for home video game console, consoles usually use smaller (often flexible) plastic pads. These home pads are specifically made for systems such as the GameCube, Wii, Dreamcast (Japan only), PlayStation, PlayStation 2 and Xbox (console), Xbox, but can also be used in Pers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spelunky
''Spelunky'' is a 2008 platform video game created by independent developer Derek Yu and released as source-available freeware for Microsoft Windows. It was remade for the Xbox 360 in 2012, with ports of the new version following for various platforms, including back to Microsoft Windows. The player controls a spelunker who explores a series of caves while collecting treasure, saving damsels, fighting enemies, and dodging traps. The caves are procedurally generated, making each run-through of the game unique. The first public release was on December 21, 2008. The source code of the Windows version was released on December 25, 2009. An enhanced version for Xbox Live Arcade was released on July 4, 2012. The enhanced version was later released for Windows and PlayStation 3 in August 2013, and for PlayStation 4 in October 2014. The remake was also made available on Xbox One via backward compatibility in December 2015. A fanmade, ChromeOS version of the original game was made as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
US Gamer
Gamer Network Limited (formerly Eurogamer Network Limited) is a British digital media company based in London. Founded in 1999 by Rupert and Nick Loman, it owns brands—primarily editorial websites—relating to video game journalism and other video game businesses. Its flagship website, ''Eurogamer'', was launched alongside the company. It began hosting the video game trade show EGX in 2008. ReedPop acquired Gamer Network in 2018 and sold it to IGN Entertainment in 2024. History Gamer Network was founded under the name Eurogamer Network in 1999 by brothers Rupert and Nick Loman. It was formed alongside the opening of its flagship website, ''Eurogamer'', which itself launched on 4 September 1999. Nick Loman left the business in 2004 to pursue a career in medicine and "competitive BBQ". In February 2011, Eurogamer Network acquired American publishing house Hammersuit, alongside its IndustryGamers.com and Modojo.com websites. On 1 March 2013, in line with the international ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Game Programmer
A game programmer is a software engineer, programmer, or computer scientist who primarily develops codebases for video games or related software, such as game development tools. Game programming has many specialized disciplines, all of which fall under the umbrella term of "game programmer". A game programmer should not be confused with a game designer, who works on game design. History In the early days of video games (from the early 1970s to mid-1980s), a game programmer also took on the job of a designer and artist. This was generally because the abilities of early computers were so limited that having specialized personnel for each function was unnecessary. Game concepts were generally light and games were only meant to be played for a few minutes at a time, but more importantly, art content and variations in gameplay were constrained by computers' limited power. Later, as specialized arcade hardware and home systems became more powerful, game developers could develop d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lute
A lute ( or ) is any plucked string instrument with a neck (music), neck and a deep round back enclosing a hollow cavity, usually with a sound hole or opening in the body. It may be either fretted or unfretted. More specifically, the term "lute" commonly refers to an instrument from the Family (musical instruments), family of History of lute-family instruments, European lutes which were themselves influenced by India, Indian short-necked lutes in Gandhara which became the predecessor of the Islamic music, Islamic, the Sino-Japanese and the Early music, European lute families. The term also refers generally to any necked string instrument having the strings running in a plane parallel to the Sound board (music), sound table (in the Hornbostel–Sachs system). The strings are attached to pegs or posts at the end of the neck, which have some type of turning mechanism to enable the player to tighten the tension on the string or loosen the tension before playing (which respectively ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dead Ringer (idiom)
''Dead ringer'' is an idiom in English denoting a person or thing that closely resembles another. It dates back to the 19th century. In criminal slang, the practice of substituting a cheap item for a valuable one was known as ''ringing the changes'' (a phrase derived from campanology). Those who practised this confidence trick, con were known as ''ringers''. The term ''ringer'' was also used in horseracing, where it denoted someone who fraudently substituted one horse for another, as well as the horse that had been substituted. Subsequently, it came to be used for anything that resembled something else, often with the addition of the adjective ''dead'' (meaning "exact"). The idiom is sometimes said to derive, like ''List of sports idioms#saved by the bell, saved by the bell'', from a custom of providing bell-pulls in coffins so that people who had been Premature burial, buried alive could call for help, but this is a folk etymology. Citing the ''Manitoba Free Press'', October 1882 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The A
''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pronoun '' the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beat (music)
In music and music theory, the beat is the basic unit of time, the pulse (regularly repeating event), of the ''mensural level'' (or ''beat level''). The beat is often defined as the rhythm listeners would tap their toes to when listening to a piece of music, or the numbers a musician counts while performing, though in practice this may be technically incorrect (often the first multiple level). In popular use, ''beat'' can refer to a variety of related concepts, including pulse, tempo, meter, specific rhythms, and groove. Rhythm in music is characterized by a repeating sequence of stressed and unstressed beats (often called "strong" and "weak") and divided into bars organized by time signature and tempo indications. Beats are related to and distinguished from pulse, rhythm (grouping), and meter: Metric levels faster than the beat level are division levels, and slower levels are multiple levels. Beat has always been an important part of music. Some music genres such as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rift Of The NecroDancer
''Rift of the NecroDancer'' is a 2025 rhythm game developed by Brace Yourself Games and Tic Toc Games, and published by Klei Entertainment. It was released for Microsoft Windows on February 5, 2025 with a Nintendo Switch version released on March 27, 2025. It is a spin-off of Brace Yourself Games' previous title ''Crypt of the NecroDancer''. Gameplay ''Rift of the NecroDancer'' is a rhythm game that has the player press specific buttons in time with the music. The player controls Cadence, the returning protagonist from ''Crypt of the NecroDancer'', as she progresses through a series of stages in 3 different game modes. In the main game mode "rhythm rift" enemies advance towards Cadence down 3 lanes, and the player must press the corresponding button for each lane when an enemy reaches the front. Different enemy types have different behaviors such as moving between lanes, or requiring multiple button presses to defeat. If the player fails to defeat an enemy, Cadence will lose he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pinball FX (2023 Video Game)
''Pinball FX'' is the newest main release in the long-running pinball game series from Zen Studios, succeeding the original ''Pinball FX'' (2007), Pinball FX 2, ''Pinball FX2'' (2010), and Pinball FX 3, ''Pinball FX3'' (2017). ''Pinball FX'' features a growing collection of tables that includes recreations of classic WMS Industries, Williams/Bally tables from the 1980s and 1990s, original designs with licenses from Marvel Comics, Marvel, Star Wars, Universal Pictures, Universal, other popular sources, and entirely unique unlicensed creations. Many tables from previous titles have been remastered and included. Tables unsuitable for the age rating of ''Pinball FX'' are released in ''#Pinball M, Pinball M''. There is a separate release for VR and mixed reality using Meta Quest, Quest headsets, called ''#Pinball FX VR, Pinball FX VR''. Many tables from ''Pinball FX'' have been released on #AtGames FX Legends 4KP, AtGames Legends Pinball 4KP cabinets, physical cabinets running dig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
