Pulsarc is a community-focused and open-source omni-directional rhythm game. Notes (also called "arcs") fall from the edges of the screen towards a crosshair in the center of the screen. This crosshair is equivalent to a judgement line in other rhythm games. The gameplay is directly inspired by Intralism.
This layout allows for interesting gimmicks to be introduced to the gameplay. For example, manipulating the size of the crosshair during the middle of gameplay (also known "Zooms"). Currently only basic Intralism-based zooms are implemented, but as time goes one we would like to introduce more control over zooms, and other mechanics such as crosshair rotation and movement.
The goal with Pulsarc is to take the unique gameplay of Intralism and bring it to the next level. A better editor with more control over the gameplay of maps, better competitive features, and good developer-community relationships to foster further growth.
Pulsarc development is currently inactive. Check our discord for more information.
Pulsarc is in an early Alpha state. The core gameplay is here, but most features haven't been realized yet, and there are many bugs.
Head over to our Releases Page and download the most recent version. Find and launch Pulsarc.exe to get started. If you want to play the current development build, check out the Contributing section below.
Play Game launches the song select. Use the scroll wheel to move the song select up or down. Click on the map you want to start playing. Default binds for gameplay are D - Left, F - Up, J - Down, K - Right.
Settings will send you to the settings menu, where you change different options. Note: The settings menu is a little glitchy at the moment, and settings don't save past your current play session. For more consistency and permanence, go into the Pulsarc folder, and find "config.ini" Here you can see different options you can change. Comments have been included in the release version to help explain each option. You'll need to restart Pulsarc after saving any changes made in the config file.
Currently Multiplayer and Editor are disabled. As these are developed and added to the game they will be enabled.
And Quit shuts the game down.
Right now releases comes with one map to play, but currently there's no editor or map-hosting service to get more. However, Pulsarc can convert osu!mania or Intralism maps into a pulsarc beatmap for you to play.
To convert a map, find and open config.ini in your text editor of choice. Put "Intralism" or "Mania" after Game = . Find the path to the folder of the map you want to convert. Copy the path address and then paste it after Path = . If you're converting an Intralism map, and want to import a specific background image from teh map, copy and paste the image name in front of BGImage = Save config.ini. You do not need to restart Pulsarc if it's currently running. In the Pulsarc Song Select screen, press the convert button (Default is "F1"). If you gave the correct path, the map data should be converted to a new beatmap folder in the /Songs folder, and the Song Select screen should update to include the new map.
You can also convert multiple maps at once. If you provide a path to a folder filled with either Intralism or osu!mania maps (i.e., your intralism workshop folder or your osu library folder), Pulsarc will detect it and convert every map in the folder. THIS WILL FREEZE YOUR GAME FOR A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME, especially with a large amount of maps. It is recommended that you set Pulsarc to be in windowed mode before you batch convert many maps at once.
To build and run Pulsarc, follow these steps:
- Install the .NET Core 2.2 SDK
- Clone the Pulsarc repository and its submodules
git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/PulsarcGame/Pulsarc.git - Build & Run Pulsarc with
dotnet run --project Pulsarc
If you are interested in contributing, it is strongly recommended that you join us on our Discord Server. Here you can chat in real time with other contributors, testers, and other community members.
It is also useful if you talk about a feature you want to develop on Discord or open a new issue before development starts. We will discuss whether it's something we want in Pulsarc.
You can make a contribution through a pull request. Don't make requests for the master branch, use the develop branch. Please have one branch/pull request per feature, and keep pull requests short and sweet. We will let you know if we want to discuss more, or you can bring up a discussion on the Discord server.
When contributing, please follow our code style. If you have any issues with the code style feel free to discuss on the issues board or our Discord server.
Pulsarc uses multiple submodules and third-party dependencies which are subject to their own individual licensing. To see the dependencies and their licenses, visit DEPENDENCIES.
The code in this repository is released and licensed under the Mozilla Public License 2.0. Please see the LICENSE file for more information. In short, if you are making any modifications to this software, you must disclose the source code of the modified version of the file(s), and include the original copyright notice.