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sm-ssc v1.0 Public Beta 1 released!
Okay, I guess I was off by one day. If this was a leap year, I'd still be on time, lol.

sm-ssc v1.0 Public Beta 1 has been released! (for Windows only at the moment)
You can get the files from the sm-ssc homepage or the Google Code project.

optical released!
shakesoda has released optical for sm-ssc! Check out the official forum thread for more information.

it's real. It's damn real.
sm-ssc.
A fork of the current StepMania codebase started in April 2009.
Talked about for months, beta tested through December and January.
And now it's available for cloning via Mercurial. Hope you can build the StepMania source code. The reason it's no available publicly is because I don't trust people who don't know how to use StepMania already. sm-ssc REQUIRES AND ASSUMES prior knowledge of StepMania at this point. So yeah, no public build just yet. Soon, though.

...
So yeah, StepMania 4 Alpha 5's been out for a bit now. Hopefully, you all have shakesoda's build if you're running on Windows. If not, you might want to visit the moonlight devblog.

20091228 edit: moonlight public alpha 6 has been released. :)

sm-ssc private beta wave 1
By now, the first few emails have gone out, and some people may already be enjoying sm-ssc. That's not to say that we're done giving it out. If you haven't gotten a form in yet, you can submit one by December 8th, 2009. If you've already submitted a form, just be patient. If you don't make private beta wave 1, your entry makes you eligible for future beta waves.

The form can be found on the sm-ssc homepage.

sm-ssc private beta wave 1 signup form
No, it's still not HTML. However, I needed to post this on the main page or else no one else would see it.
Over on the sm-ssc homepage, there's a link to a beta form. You should fill it out and send t in before December 1st, 2009. You have just over a week to get the applications in, and the sooner the better.

Again, if you want to beta test sm-ssc before the general public, now is the time to act.

Other projects (moonlight, SSC-004) continue to be worked on... moonlight won't be released until StepMania 4 alpha 5

Cerulean Skies 2 (SM4 Alpha 4 ver.) Public Beta 1 released!
Since I've decided to wait things out before releasing another public version of moonlight, I'm going to release a public version of a different theme instead.
I started the Cerulean Skies 2 port job a few months back, and I feel that this version is usable, albeit with some small bugs. From what I've found, nothing is too serious. However, I conducted the test on my preferred rules, so I'm sure there's some bugs and oddities I've missed. That's what the StepMania forums are there for.

Enough talk, you probably want the theme. Download it and enjoy!

important reminder
IF YOU'RE NOT USING EVENT MODE (and especially if you're using StepMania 4 alpha 4), YOU SUCK
edited 20091121: seriously, I'm getting sick of people reporting the OnCommand crash for stupid Credits screen crap when playing on Event Mode can cause that error to not show up at all.

random updates
I went back and clarified the August 12, 2009 update. Additions are underlined.
There really isn't much new on the SSC front. The current sm-ssc code currently doesn't build on shakesoda's computer (with an unknown cause). This does not effect the PARASTAR build, which is a forked version of sm-ssc (haha a fork of a fork that hasn't been released yet). Seriously though, if you want to play with early sm-ssc tech, grab PARASTAR v0.4 when it comes out.

moonlight public alpha V a released!
The fifth moonlight public alpha has been released. Much like the public alpha IVa install, I'd recommend removing older versions before installing. Alternatively, one can rename/copy their older version of moonlight.
If you downloaded before 16:00 CDT (UTC-5), please redownload the theme.

and the 4th member of SSC is...
...Deluxe! For those not familiar with Deluxe, he is the creator of ParaStar, a project which I provide help with. :) After much deliberation (less than a second), I decided to make him a member of SSC. :D

important decision
moonlight is the last theme that I will be releasing that is compatible with baseline StepMania 4 for the forseeable future (until StepMania 4 Alpha 5 is released). I've come to this decision after some thought, and I've decided that with the state everything is in, it's not worth it to deal with regular StepMania and the community that comes with it right now.

(new themes) ONLY FOR SM-SSC.
oh and now would be a good time to introduce sm-ssc, but we don't have a completed default theme yet. :D

moonlight public alpha IVa released
moonlight public alpha IVa is released. Please remove any versions of moonlight public alpha IV from your computers before installing public alpha IVa.

(ssc-004)
IF I told you the name of it, that'd be spoiling it.
[a mockup of ssc-004's evaluation]

moonlight public alpha III released!
It seems I'm keeping mum about enhancements and such. I'm not even really updating the moonlight devblog with information.
However, I always update it when a new release of moonlight is available! :D

Go grab public beta 3 from the moonlight devblog.

moonlight public alpha II released!
Are you checking the moonlight devblog?

There's a new public alpha out... :)

dubaiOne por sega master system
dubaiOne for sega master system is dubaiOne for StepMania 3.9.
Don't say I never took care of you. l o l.
*waits for the hate mail and messages*

moonlight public alpha!
Hi this is a public alpha release of moonlight for StepMania 4 alpha 4. I don't guarantee it will work 100%; check the readme. If you use it on anything before StepMania 4 alpha 4, I reserve the right to hit you.
see also: the moonlight devblog, Twitter (above)

no ports to 3.9 or 3.95; they would be missing the point.

preview of moonlight
Hey here's what happened to dubaiOne for SVN.

moonlight is dubaiOne for SVN with a whole lot of customization options for some weird reason. Theme color, for example. Interactive cover controls as well. This will push back release of the theme, but I think it'll be worth it. Besides, the delay is shared with making the theme work in multiple gametypes as well, with a multi-gametype noteskin also in the works.

p.s. Dreamwoods did some of this (namely the filter/cover) first, and Midiman did theme color a while ago; all I'm really doing here is making new interfaces, though the filter/cover implementation in moonlight is all my own.

dubaiOne v1.5 released
Well, here it is, the last release of dubaiOne for StepMania 4 CVS. That is to say, THIS THEME WILL NOT WORK ON THE STEPMANIA 4 ALPHAS, PLEASE DO NOT CONTACT ME ABOUT IT IF IT'S BROKEN. I think the best part is that even if someone is boneheaded enough to try to put the theme in a SM4 alpha install and try to use it, on boot it will come up with a warning message. However, this doesn't apply for switching to the theme for the first time.

Anyways, you can find the release in Projects → AJ.

Cerulean Skies 2 v1.0 released
Three months later and we have a release of something!

This time around, it's Midiman's Cerulean Skies 2 for StepMania 4 CVS. Check it out by going to Midiman's section, found on the left side.

dubaiOne v1.4 released
Late Christmas present. Go get it on the left. Last version to be released for SM4CVS. (disregard that, dubaiOne 1.5 will exist and be for SM4CVS)

dubaiOne v1.3 released
So yeah that was a long time to wait for v1.3 wasn't it?

Site Opening
Welcome to the opening of the spinal shark collective website.
Since I couldn't think of a good design for the SSC website, I just stole the KKI Labs one and modified it until it looked better.
Content's bare right now since I don't know what to put for everything.