Upcoming simfiles
Posted on: October 12, 2008, at 09:17:24am

The pipeline is filled to the brim with new files I've got planned.

First off, many people who read this will be well aware that I am a massive Dream Theater fan. In honour of that, I have decided to make simfiles of their 3 longest (and, coincidentally, my 3 favourite) songs: In the Presence of Enemies, Octavarium (in progress), and Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence (in progress). The latter, being 42 minutes long, will be done in much the same way as Disconnected Marathon PLUS! (currently 24 minutes long); it will be available as a single file, and each of the 7 movements will be available for individual download by request. The second movement (About to Crash) is finished, and the rest of the song will be charted movement-by-movement in some order I decide while I make them. More Dream Theater songs may also be coming along (a few other favourites of mine), so don't think I'll be done at those 3; I just might chart the entire discography before I die.

Readers of this message may also be aware that I am a huge fan of the Beat Max series of songs by Geo, and, after having made the official chart to the fifth song, I decided to make more charts to the other 4 (along with new artwork made in the image of the originals). Currently in progress is the chart for the 6th song (the finale) and, once it's finished, the entire set will be oploaded at once. I'm hoping a seasoned modified course writer can make a great course to go with these exceptionally hard files, as it would be a great honour to Geo and me, I'm sure.

A good friend of mine is getting into trance music artistry, and is writing some pretty great stuff (either for fun or for other purposes (like the background music for sweet video games that we conjure, for instance). He has given me permission to make charts to any of his music that I see fit, so don't be surprised if you see some original trance music coming along in the future.

I also occasionally find myself in the mood to make another PSO chart, so, again, don't be too surprised if you see more of those coming out of me.

Of course, there will always be other charts coming, so don't think this is the full extent of what I will make for the rest of my FFR tenure. Be prepared for anything.

I'm trying to strike a good balance between difficult, highly specialized keyboard charts and more basic (though, still difficult) paddable r21 charts. Dream Theater, Beat Max, and PSO all tend to fall well inside the former category (with some exception, including some in my latest batch of files), but the aforementioned trance music may be made paddable just to strike that much sought-after balance.

If you are really so interested in my work that you read that entire thought, please leave a comment with your thoughts; I'd love to hear for you.

1. 1: Virus881
   Posted at 3:33am on July 2nd, 2009

   Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence?? I want to step it too!!
2. 2: Notae
   Posted at 12:45pm on July 3rd, 2009

   You're more than welcome; it's not uncommon for many songs to have more than one stepfile, and I may not get around to finishing it, because I recently lost my data for all my simfiles, including that work-in-progress.