Frets on Fire
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| Frets on Fire | |
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 A Frets on Fire game. |
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| Developer(s) | Unreal Voodoo |
| Designer(s) | Sami Kyöstilä |
| License | GNU GPL (source code, tutorial files, graphics) Proprietary media (included fonts and songs)[1] |
| Engine | Pygame |
| Version | 1.2.512 Windows and Linux, 1.2.451 Mac OS X |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows, Linux, Mac OS X |
| Release date | 3 August 2006 (debut release), 20 October 2007 (latest version) |
| Genre(s) | Music video game |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
| Media | Download |
| System requirements | 128 or 256 MB RAM, OpenGL graphics card |
| Input methods | Keyboard, joystick/guitar controller |
Frets on Fire (abbreviated 'FoF') is a Finnish music video game created by Unreal Voodoo in which players use the keyboard to play along with scrolling on-screen musical notes to complete a song, and is a clone of the Guitar Hero video game series.[2] Frets on Fire was the winner of the Assembly (demo party) 2006 game development competition.[3]
Frets on Fire is free and open-source software. The game is written in the Python programming language and is licensed under the GNU General Public License, though the game incorporates other free and open-source code under other licenses. The game's included song files and some internal fonts are proprietary, and their redistribution is not permitted.[1]
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[edit] Gameplay
The gameplay of Frets on Fire is similar to Guitar Hero - the player emulates playing a guitar. Frets on Fire is meant to be played by picking up the keyboard like a guitar, with one hand pressing the fret buttons and another pressing the pick button. There is support for joysticks however, meaning that the Guitar Hero controllers (with the appropriate adapter and/or software) can be used as well.[5]
Colored markers appear on the screen, synchronized with the song, and are played by holding the fret buttons of the correct color (F1 through F5) and pressing one of the pick buttons (Enter or Shift) at the correct moment. Every ten correct hits increase the score multiplier, which multiplies the points for every hit by up to four times. The multiplier is reset in case of a miss.
Since version 1.2.438, the game features hammer-on and pull-off notes(commonly abbreviated to HOPO(The game refers to them as "tappable notes")). A HOPO note allows the player to press only its fret button to play if the previous note was played correctly. Bugs were found in the new gameplay element, and version 1.2.451 fixed them, along with adding an option to disable HOPO notes.
[edit] Features
- A tutorial
- A built-in song editor that allows editing and creating songs
- Three songs by Tommi Inkilä are included; one can also import songs from Guitar Hero, Guitar Hero II (PS2 version only), and Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s, and add songs made by other players
- "World Charts", an official online high score list; the ability for players to host their own[6]
- Compatibility with joysticks and guitar controllers[5]
[edit] Modding
- Song creating - The Game itself comes with song editor, where you can choose background music (the song) and create notes that player plays. The game then save it in a special Midi file. There are more and better programs for creating song files like Feedback (tutorial link) or Freetar Editor.
- Custom made songs - For custom made songs visit Official Wiki
- Modding - The Game is programmed in Python programming language. You can access to the game source files by extracting Library.zip in your game data folder.
- Mods - For user created mods visit list of mods on Official Wiki, or index of official wiki.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ a b Frets on Fire license. Frets on Fire Subversion repository. SourceForge.net. Retrieved on 2007-04-20.
- ^ Mika Äärilä, Jouni Utriainen. "Assemblyn satoa (Assembly's harvest)", Pelit, 2006-09, pp. 76–77. Retrieved on 2006-09-11. (Finnish)
- ^ Results for ASSEMBLY '06. demoparty.net.
- ^ Frets on Fire graphics guide. “pose.svg - Elvis Costello look-a-like posing with keyboard.”
- ^ a b Frets on Fire "about" page.
- ^ Charts Server source code released. SourceForge.net. Retrieved on 2007-05-19.
