PkGam's Profile

Yeeeello and welcome to my profile!

You may know me from Youtube, DeviantART, Tumblr and other places. I've been playing dance games since DDR Mario Mix on the Gamecube (two days after it's U.S. release as copies were scarce) and kept trying to improve since. As per my completionist nature in gaming, I've got the itch to pass as many (single) ranked charts as I can here. Well, except maybe marathons and Jackhummer because... Just... Arceus... lol!

-----My Main Accounts-----
http://www.youtube.com/PkGam
http://www.deviantart.com/PkGam
http://PkGam.tumblr.com
http://www.facebook.com/PkGam
https://pkgam.tumblr.com/OtherAccounts

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-----Packs I Passed All Ranked Charts In-----
*$$ MONEY MiNiPACK $$
*138 Is Great
*Animal Crossover
DaSquid's Easy Quads
Dragonforce
*ExJam09 Jams
*Holiday Hoedown
Koreyja
*Koreyja 2
Lindsey Sterling
*Mango's MicroRave SamplUr
Mudkyp Korea
Mudkyp Korea 2
Mudkyp 4th Gen
Mudkyp 5th Gen
Mudkyp 6th Gen
Mudkyp 7th Gen
Mudkyp Remastered
Rhapsody of fire
*Short Snack Simfiles
Subluminal
Swedish Fika
TLOES Chapter 1

*First to post a passing score on everything.

-----Progress on Hold (Need more skill!)-----
Barely Playable (Ridiculously fast "17")
Comiket 95 (20-26ers)
Disbalance Episode 3 (16-18s higher than 18)
ExJam09 Jams 2 (fast 18-20)
Resistance Device (19 & 22)

-----Would' Rather Not Play-----
Cirque Du Jackhummer (Cramping jackhammer lips)
French Coast Stamina 3 (Marathons)
Xynn's Inferno (More marathons)

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-----4 Panel Dance Game Software-----
Given that all the resources to play stuff are scattered across the web, I thought I'd compile a list of the main stuff to make it easier to get into this game. Directions on how to set it up can be found on their respective pages too.

-----ITGMania-----
My Preferred fork of Stepmania 5 because it fixes bugs and integrates Groovestats:
https://www.itgmania.com/

-----Stepmania 5.0/5.1-----
You'll need this game which is the base to the below themes:
https://www.stepmania.com/

-----Themes----
Stepmania alone doesn't have the timing windows that match In The Groove's to be able to submit stuff here. So it's recommended to just use a theme/fork which will change the timing windows automatically. Namely one of these three:
Simply Love: https://github.com/Simply-Love/Simply-Love-SM5
Digital Dance: https://github.com/Hayoreo/Digital-Dance
Waterfall: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-13VfHKUM_b2WHZpQodrdLu3Pe-IWqrgJBBIHFq6y_Y

-----Groovestats Launcher-----
Why is it recommended to change the theme rather than edit the game's timing windows? Because those themes are compatible with this:
https://github.com/GrooveStats/gslauncher#readme
...Which will submit your scores (Dance Pad only of course) on ranked stepcharts to Groovestats automatically after you set it up!

-----Simfile Packs-----
Stepmania comes with 3 songs by default, but you'll no doubt want more. So try these places to find the sorts of things you're looking for:
https://perfect.full.com.bo/
http://www.itgpacks.com/
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15lSsPzFJgsGHMxv4CFVB_2_QYyknqwCsQvXOanYGD1Q
https://etternaonline.com/packs
https://search.stepmaniaonline.net/?page=downloads
https://zenius-i-vanisher.com/

(You can see the current list of ranked charts on Groovestats' "Song Scores" page.)

-----Button Mapper----
If your OS detects your dance pad but it doesn't work right in Stepmania, try using a button mapper like this which will convert it to keystrokes:
https://joytokey.net/en/