PadManiacs

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A pocket-sized cross-platform pixel art StepMania clone.

About

PadManiacs is a lightweight rhythm game that brings the StepMania experience to web and mobile devices with a retro pixel art aesthetic. The game features core rhythm gameplay mechanics from StepMania, a popular open-source rhythm game.

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Play Stable Version on Itch.io

Keyboard Controls

Directional Inputs:

Arrow Keys: Primary directional inputs (Left, Down, Up, Right)
D/F/J/K: Primary dance pad layout
C/V/B/N: Secondary dance pad layout

Action Buttons:

Z or J: A button / Right column
X or K: B button / Down column
Shift, Tab, or Space Bar: Select button
Enter, Escape, or P: Start button

Gamepad and touchscreen are supported

Loading Your StepMania charts

Desktop/Local Files: Place song folders in: Path/To/PadManiacs/data/Songs/

Android Devices: Place song folders in: Internal Storage/PadManiacs/Songs/

Then go to user songs menu and hit “Load External Songs”

You can add as many songs as desired.

Note in browser you can’t load songs this way. Use “Load Single Song” instead

Character System

You can customize and level up your own avatar with RPG-style progression. Create characters with unique appearances, unlock items, skills, and watch them grow as you play.

Chart Editor

The game includes a very complete chart editor similar to Arrow Vortex. You can easily create/import, edit, playtest and export charts in StepMania format or project file format.

Editor controls:

UP/DOWN: Navigate in time
LEFT/RIGHT: Change column
A: Add note under cursor to selection
B: Place/Remove not
Hold A + UP/DOWN: Area selection
Hold A + LEFT/RIGHT: Change beat snap
Hold B + UP/DOWN: Place hold note, release to create it
SELECT: Toggle playback
START: Show context menu

The editor is accessible from Extras menu

Modding & Add-ons

PadManiacs supports community-created modifications through an add-on system. Add-ons can:

Replace game assets (arrows, backgrounds, UI elements)
Add new behaviors and gameplay mechanics
Extend the game with new features

See Modding API Documentation for complete modding information.

The Add-on Manager

Accessible from the main menu, the Add-on Manager allows you to:

Install add-ons from ZIP files
Enable/disable installed add-ons
Hibernate add-ons to prevent loading
Toggle safe mode to disable all add-ons

Known Limitations

SSC chart format support is not implemented
Background videos work, but .AVI format is not supported by HTML5 video players
Web version requires manual song loading
Doubles charts are converted to Singles format
Most mobile file browsers may require selecting individual files one by one
Input mapping is not implented
Recordings have extremely low quality

License

This software is provided under the PadManiacs License. See the LICENSE file for complete terms.

Third-party components:

Uses StepMania chart format specification
Includes Phaser CE, Eruda.js, and Terser.js libraries
All third-party content remains under their original licenses

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