#rhythm doctor custom level

[crimsondestroyer]

got a new rhythm doctor custom level!

this time on the bird chronicles, down in the basement of middlesea hospital, while ian types away at his computer, a little bird struggles with a little loneliness

[claire--delune]

I'm a creator for the Rhythm Doctor Sight Reading Tournament 3 (RDSRT3), and I made the level "For The Goat" by one of our wonderful in house musicians, 3xp0 (song link)

I'm very proud of it, and I'm excited to share it with you all.

You can find this level, and many other great levels at rhythm cafe and the Rhythm Doctor Lounge discord, and future RDSRT3 streams (and VODs) on the Rhythm Doctor Lounge youtube channel.

recording by Random Guy JCI (twitter)

Super rambley levelmaker commentary and other wacky stuff below the cut

So this was originally going to be a story driven level. I some dialogue planned but i didn't like how it sounded and no one else was particularly interested in helping me write

The general story was as following: Cole would be telling Hailey (who's doing an interview for school) about a friend of his that he met on an old music production forum he frequented when he was younger. They were this niche internet microcelebrity called ballfart2001. They became friends, and generally just hung out and whatnot. At some point though, Cole would do some shit that pissed ballfart off, and they stopped talking to each other. At the end, there was originally going to be rank text, being a message that ballfart sent to Cole before the messageboard went down. If you did well, it would be the two exchanging discords so they could keep in contact, and if you did poorly, it would be ballfart telling Cole off, or even blocking him.

Now for what's actually in the level, starting with ballfart themself.

I worked hard ballfart's custom character (raw sprites below). Their neutral and missed expression are based on (new) Cole's neutral and barely sprites. I was trying to give the implication that these mannerisms of ballfart rubbed off on him (though i realize it may have been a bit subtle). I designed their outfit to be simple, but "cool" (but also like. a bit slobbish (they're wearing sweatpants and a half tucked shirt for fucks sake))

Now the vfx part.

Depending on how familiar you may be with rd, you may be familiar with the kaleidoscope from 2-2, 2-2n, and 2-x. You may also have noticed that I have something similar in the level, but it's a different color, a different amount of divisions, etcetera. These are done through custom methods, an advanced technique which allows you to do a lot of really cool stuff. Most of the custom methods I used for this (kaleidoscope roll, offset, repeat, symmetry, and color iirc) were released relatively recently (aside from the colors, that method has existed for ages). IN FACT, this level was created BEFORE those custom methods were released, I added kaleidoscope specifically so I could use them (because they're awesome)

Anyways the rest of the vfx yeah fuck. The custom hitstrip was added because I thought it looked cool. ditto... most of it really.

Now, for the gameplay. Act 5 had recently released, this song was unveiled to the rdsrt levelmakers as a priority song, and while listening to it, I noticed that sometimes there would be a second snare, but earlier then the regular snare. And I thought "oh dope kinda like subdivision beats. but like reverse". (Normal subdivision beats require you to hit after the snare). That's where the whole gimmick came from, and the rest of the charting sorta stemmed from trying to compliment that and fit the song as best as possible.

FINALLY, we can get to the notorious ballfart incident.

So for clarity, since I removed the dialogue, no one would normally know that that character is named "ballfart" unless they heard it from me or went inside the level folder.

HOWEVER.

I did something really stupid.

I left the placeholder thumbnail in.

[wolfplayztt]

i probably should advertise myself more on here

I WON 3RD PLACE IN RHYTHM DOCTOR LOUNGE COMPETITION TWENTY LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOO

check it out at https://codex.rhythm.cafe/real-XqCSN1wKYH8.rdzip

[clone-fighter]

IT'S GREAT the only real thing that's throwing me off is the triplet triangles at the end but otherwise the cues are all good

Oh yeah, I realize I probably should have asked, and this is why it's a reblog, but I also made an ADOFAI chart with one of your other songs (didn't record it yet, but I could do that right now if you wanna see it!) It isn't public yet (it's only a chart, I've yet to make the visuals--) but I'm kinda proud of how it came out

Okay here is the final level i was gonna add more stuff and double check to make sure the cues are all correct and readable but i Did Not Feel Like It, so if the cues are wrong Don't Worry About It

[sirwow]

sillay coffee boy

[herosplatling-replica]

jay sprites i made for my Visiting Hours custom level! it was a lot of fun getting these together 🧡

[mochiiniko]

rhythm doctor jumpscare

[fufupng]

YURI?????

[m3dz3r0]

wasn't really gonna post anything about it but its been cooking on the backburner for *checks* months now so now all of you will know about this

phighting x rhythm doctor au.. hgrgh-

[scribblesoup]

hello rd tumblr

have whiteboard internsona doodles + bonus ader

[m3llowm1sh]

cw for flashing lights tw for (slight?) ab*se mentions in the lyrics!

ok so ever since i saw this post (specifically the last pic) i could not stop thinking about how the first glass beach album is kind of cocole coded which led to me thinking about it for like almost a week which led me to start progress on this custom level of glass beach by. glass beach which. is far. VERY far from finished (7 FUCKING MINUTES ARE YOU KIDDING ME) but i wanted to share what i have of it it anyways bcuz. i need ppl to see my vision.

this post got longer than i thought it would so. More ramblings under the cut

ik the song is supposed to be about a girl’s parents being shitty and the guy wanting his lover to run away from them and stuff, but i have a plot in mind about how instead of parents its nicoles smoking addiction which keeps on hurting her and how cole is tired of it. i think its nice to explore their journey of cutting away from their addiction (even though its mostly talked about in the game… idk i still think its interesting) and how everyone else in the hospital helps them idk. also including some pining because that's always wonderful

theres also this little mini comic i drew w the first couple of lyrics of classic j dies and goes to hell part 1, theres not really a story its just random moments but i still think its decently alright? i am. not a storyteller. IDK

but anyways i just want people to get that they are so. glass beach coded and i could NOT get them off of my mind for the life of me. i hope i can muster up the motivation to finish the level because i really really want to and i think itd be cool idk RAMBLE OVER

[steeloptic]

i know we're supposed to ask permission from artists before using their songs in custom levels but i couldnt resist the idea of my favourite song with my favourite character (and nicole too i guess [jk i love you nicole]) so dont tell dad (kyle)

[mayordeas-clone]

incredible video. any song is enhanced with a loud slap noice every other beat

[centarian]

I said the same thing. Now I've gotten every blue gold and red lantern and have almost every pure perfect metal on the DLC. I HUNGER FOR MORE! I even recorded me beating a custom level before I found out you can't post a video on a reblog.

Uh oh

[onlyhereforghosttrick]

Watched my friend stream rhythm doctor custom levels over discord earlier

and wow the shit they can do is positively unhinged

There's a thing you can use to make it so that you hit the note not on the 6th beat, not on the 7th beat, but on the 6.5th beat.

This can't be legal.

[herosplatling-replica]

my bread was burnt to a crisp