WRTL Newsletter #14 - December 2015

by rabid squirrel Tue Dec 01, 2015 10:08 pm

It's that time of year! ...when we remember Line Rider is a thing after three months of school. Right?

December 2015

Site News

The Tournament of Legends is looming! Entires are due on December 16th, so get them in!
Two of your moderators have started Quick Reviews with OTDE & Rabid, a livestream/video series where we review and critique tracks for about 20-30 minutes. So far we've done Don't Worry, We'll Keep in Touch by @gaoyubao and Booty Swing by @Anton.

Track Releases

Valence 3: The Outer Shell by @Sheldon and @rabid squirrel - Sheldon takes fling quirk to a whole new level using LRJS, the new version of Line Rider being developed by @Conundrumer.
Booty Swing by @Anton - An energetic potpourri of mostly-fling-quirk synced to electro swing by Anton. Created in @LoneVampire's new version of Line Rider, Line Rider: Advanced.
Kenopsia by @Yobanjojoe - A scenery track with a nature theme by Yobanjojoe, also created in Line Rider: Advanced (25,000 lines with very little lag)
Phunky Scened by the WRTL CSP - The fifth release from the WeRideTheLines Community Scenery Project. 28 parts, 15 scenery artists, and over 65,000 lines added since the project began in 2013.
Midnight Adventure by @shua - Shua pretended to be a newcomer to the site and released this surprisingly awesome track with a hilarious intro.
Forbidden by @Kramwood - Kramwood is back with over 2 minutes of hardcore quirk that he made "out of boredom".
Mill 2 by @Commandercoke - Commandercoke releases an old scenery short.
Right Round by @mmtunligit12 - A short quirk by mmt made in Line Rider: Advanced.
Also, Wizzy has re-released Mountain Technology: Age of Creation with a better recording.

Engaged Riding

@Orthuss is running our December 2015 Contest of the Month - Ornamental. Quickly collect ornaments on the Christmas tree! Entries are due on Christmas.
Congrats to Conundrumer for winning the Weirdest Track Contest 2 (as well as the first weird track contest)
OTDE is still working on the results video for the Upwards Low Linecount Maze Contest. It is partway done and he hopes to finish it soon!
The next Community Scenery Project, Triumph is in search of people interested in scening a part!
Blackheart, Forest Scenery, and Gigaquirk projects are all moving forward again. If you're interested in any of these, contact @rabid squirrel for the first two or @Dapianokid for the third.
@Sheldon beat his own 2011 record in the Height Challenge of 123 with a new height of 475 (that's not a typo). Unfortunately for him, @Anton then beat his height record with a height of 580 The distance record of 132 still remains unchallenged from 2011...

Version Development

Conundrumer's version, which he has decided to call LRJS (Line Rider JavaScript), is now backwards compatible, meaning you can export tracks as .sol files and load them in Beta 2. @Conundrumer continues to listen to feedback, add features, and patch issues on the project's Github.
@LoneVampire has just released revision 1.4 of Line Rider: Advanced! It is now fully compatible with Mac OS X! Major added features include varying intensity of red lines, different scenery line thicknesses, refined scroll-zooming, preview mode, one-click scenery dots, and some more advanced contact point features. Also added hotkeys home, end, Z, and X that function like Beta 2.

Upcoming Stuff!