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ReRave Arcade

Kyle Ward — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 22:11:11 +0000

It’s been very difficult for me to keep this site updated and respond to message recently. My apologies to anyone who has been trying to contact me recently.

A lot of stuff going on recently which made me remember that I hadn’t mentioned ReRave Arcade on this site yet. (sheesh – too many things to keep update these days!)

I can’t emphasize how excited we are about ReRave Arcade!

Do you Remember In The Groove, In The groove 2 and Pump It Up Pro 1? Well if you enjoyed those titles you are likely to be excited about this one as well. Finally – working on another arcade based project!

We will be demoing the game at IAAPA 2011 in Orlando with our partners Coast to Coast Entertainment and Chris Cotty. Our team is working hard building a lot of features that users have enjoyed from the mobile version. Be sure to keep an eye out on www.rerave.com for updates

———————–original announcement———————————

Step Evolution announces plans for ReRave Arcade. ReRave Arcade will be a collaboration between Coast to Coast Entertainment, Chris Cotty and the members who developed successful titles such as In The Groove and Pump It Up Pro. Chris is also responsible for the realization of notable titles: DJ Max Technika, and Friction.

ReRave combines music rhythm, as well as accuracy, to create a patent pending and innovative experience that is fun and challenging for all ages and skill levels. Game-play breaks the barrier of old fashioned “scrolling” and “matching symbols” that are typically found in rhythm games. Revolutionary movement is the name of the game!

ReRave is the first music interaction/reaction based entertainment title to feature a 42 inch multiplayer touchscreen and a global interactive ranking network.
We are excited about ReRave’s Arcade introduction and hope you will be too!

ReRave will be available at IAAPA 2011 in Orlando Florida for show attendees to check out for the first time. Be sure to stop by the Coast to Coast Entertainment booth and check it out!

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ReRave reaches #1 iPAD music game in Japan!

Kyle Ward — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 21:36:04 +0000

ReRave is off to a great start! In just a week of time we’ve already achieved what was never thought possible. You can get the game HERE

ReRave has reached number 1 Music Game iPAD status on the Apple App store in Japan and is currently 4th grossing Music game. (as of 3/26/2011)

ReRave is being featured in 3 different categories: Games (overall) , Games (Music) , Games (Top Paid)

This is actually a very outstanding accomplishment to have in almost 1 week after the game release. We have OVER 2,000 registered users in Game Center! The release continues to build as we share excitement from our past involvement with In The Groove, Pump It Up Pro, and Positive Gaming iDance2. We never thought we’d see the day of success in Japan. It’s a great feeling to see and a reminder that hard work does pay off. WOOOOO!

In addition to the Japanese success we’ve accomplished other notable charts such as #1 iPAD in USA and even top grossing in other countries. All of these small successes continue to build and help spark our development in both Amusement and Android platforms that we hope to announce at a later date. We hope to have more advancement in these areas soon and will keep everyone updated. Big thanks to all of our friends and family who have supported us along the way with this HUGE project. It’s nice to see the world starting to respond so well!

We look forward to the future of ReRave.

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The Imminent “Future”

Kyle Ward — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 18:37:59 +0000

Recently posted to my facebook and certainly applicable to what is to come…

What?

It’s fun for me to see what “ITG” & “Stepmania” players have accomplished in step sequences from the original “mine” and “rolls” concepts back in the ITG development days. I guess it was actually a good idea eh? There was a time in the past when people were negative at these innovations… Glad to see the times have now changed!

Every person in the community is responsible for making it what it is… People will always continue to innovate and change the future that sometimes deviates from what others envision before us.

The exciting part of being an “innovator” is sitting back and seeing people thrive off these original ideas… You can’t possibly describe how amazing it is to see something change the future and mark a standard for people globally.

I’m extremely excited to soon be able to bring another “spark” that could excite people and impact the market once again. The days of my excitement are hard to contain as this new “innovation” comes to light.

I’m not trying to create “hype” or an empty promise by my words – I’m just extremely excited to be doing my part to keep the “rhythm game” community migrating thriving into the future.

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ITG in the mountains!

Kyle Ward — Sun, 31 May 2009 05:00:19 +0000

We decided to have some fun this weekend. CHECK IT OUT!

Facebook photo album is available HERE

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Vote For Your Favorite Songs!

Kyle Ward — Fri, 22 May 2009 21:36:20 +0000

I’d like everyone to participate in an exciting new study! READY?!
Ok, so it’s really just a poll…

Please participate and tell your friends to cast their votes! You can choose up to 10 songs from each list. Vote directly and supply additional comments (if you desire to do so). Maybe you liked the step(s) concept/style with the music. If you don’t specify, it is assumed that you appreciate the song for the music/sound.
Thank You to everyone who supplies their input

HERE: http://www.kyle-ward.com/2009/05/22/vote-for-your-favorite-songs/

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Kyle Ward – Best of FFR Compilation Album

Kyle Ward — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 18:45:13 +0000

So, have you always wanted your favorite KaW songs from ITG or FFR to listen to anywhere? Now is your chance! SCI Recordings and Flash Flash Revolution are now working together to supply you with all your favorite hits of the past! The first FFR compilation album features 12 of your favorite songs across all of the aliases AND 2 bonus tracks from Oscillator-X. All yours for $8.99.

Track list:
Banzai – Anubis
Banzai – Zodiac
Inspector K – Disconnected
Inspector K – Infection
Inspector K – Tension
KaW – Kagami
KaW – Take Me Back
KaW vs Smiley vs Inspector K – Duality
K-Bit – Robotix
Smiley – Delirium
Smiley – Destiny
Symphonious – Tell (Extended Mix)
Oscillator-X – Dance All Night
Oscillator-X – Style On My Speed Dial

Flash Flash Revolution users can purchase the album immediately! To activate the token and download your purchase, go to this page.

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Disconnected – (Disaster Remix)

Kyle Ward — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 21:32:57 +0000

Yes, It’s once again time to enjoy another great Disconnected remix from the community.

Be sure to check out the new “Disaster Remix” in a hardcore style.
You can find it posted here!

http://www.acidplanet.com/artist.asp?PID=1069772&t=3722

Thanks goes out to Joseph Degarmo for his high quality work on this one.
Enjoy!

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ITG European Championships 2008 & SCI Recordings Performance

Kyle Ward — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 21:30:38 +0000

March 14, 2008
6:00 pm

The ITG spirit continues to live on throughout our European friends. It is with great honor that I share the announcement of the 2008 Machine Dance European Championship in The Netherlands. Do you think you have what it takes to be the next ITG Champion? Please checkout the latest information from www.positivegaming.com

Tournaments will feature ITG2 Arcade and ITG Multiplayer.

When:

March 14th, 2008
March 15th, 2008
March 16th, 2008

Location: (close to Amsterdam)

Silverstone Partycentre
Weerenweg 21-23 1161 AE
Zwanenburg, The Netherlands
(site) www.silverstone.nl

Prizes:

1st place – EUR 1000
2nd place – EUR 750
3rd place – EUR 500
4th place – EUR 300
5th place – EUR 150

In addition to all of this:

Chris Foy and I will be attending the event and helping organize tournament activities. Yes, it’s that time once again!

John Mendenhall and I (SCI Recordings) will be performing live at the event. Don’t miss the show!

This event should be very satisfying for anyone still involved with ITG.
We all look forward to seeing who will bring home the title!

(Please note that this tournament is for European countries only!)

ITG PC spotted in Japan! (on a DDRSN2 cabinet)

Kyle Ward — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 19:58:17 +0000

This was brought to my attention a few days ago. I figured I’d share it here with all the ITG players.
(This video was later removed)

EDIT – I’ve been asked to remove this sensitive video. Sorry for the confusion…

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Machine Dance Communities?

Kyle Ward — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 23:02:58 +0000

After posting a comment on a forum, I thought I might bring up a much larger issue among the machine dance community.

I encourage everyone, whether you are active in 4 panel, 5 panel, Roxor, Konami or Andamiro dance game titles: Please look this over and consider giving your thoughts or opinions? Try do so without any bias towards what you do appreciate

“Communities” seem to be very different from the machine dance communities 5-8 years ago. We now live in a time where people feel the need to over analyze materials and/or recreate with possible hurtful intentions. Maybe ego related? Why now when this wasn’t as much the case then?
For example – When something new is known or released (youtube) you immediately are presented with opinions whether you want them or not. While this isn’t wrong, it seems to start off negative quickly. Much more then it use to in the past years.

While this is common today, it’s just hard to see these differences effect everyone today. The communities seemed to be different in good ways many years ago. What creates this need for such verbal emotion today?

Has it become harder for somebody to accept something for what it is rather then how they think it should be? Does a person feel the need to makes others agree with their opinions more now than previously? Maybe the internet has created this “safe-bubble” for people to be more vocal then before?

Why are people often different in person from the opinions they post about on forums?

As the future progresses for”Machine Dance” videogame titles, everyones involvement in their community key and very important. Please take just a moment to comment on your memories and/or involvement that brought you to enjoy these games and this concept for what they are. As a community, let us all come together share the potential future together!

What do you want to see change? What did you like that attracted you originally? Where do you hope that these games can take us all in the future?
Thanks!

(your comments can help make a difference)

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