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Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger

really fun

The skeletons are facing a different side , when I notice this I cant concentrate

Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it!! I agree with other criticisms that there is a lack of variation, but to me it is almost meditative in its repetition and I enjoy playing it myself.

This is an INCREDIBLY good chart, I really liked it!

a bit light on meaningful pattern variation and enemy variety which i think is the main way to make otherwise identical parts of the song interesting to play

Thanks, that's good advice.

For "Harder Better", I was probably too much of a purist -- every time they say "Work It" there is a dragon in Lane 3, every time they say "Faster" there is a skeleton in Lane 1 and a shield skeleton in Lane 3, and these rules continue into the outro. I thought it was fun to assemble a chart in this way, but maybe it's less fun to play than it was to assemble. Personally I still have fun playing it -- but possibly just because I've memorized the chart.

Lisa Simpson once echoed a similar sentiment, "You have to listen to the notes she's NOT playing!" ... I think it's easy to make a chart which hits every note in a melody, but difficult to make a chart which selectively omits notes to not overwhelm the player or to give them a unique experience. It's something I need to work on!

You know, my music improvisation teacher used to say: "Complexity is achieved not by adding, but by removing." I try to apply this method in my charts as well (without overdoing it, of course). :)

First and foremost, I’m referring to the section in Hard mode starting around measure 384. That’s the most difficult part, and since the monsters follow a broken rhythm, they constantly overlap, making the chart hard to read without practice.

I also meant a few untidy moments, like around measure 333, where apples frequently overlap with skeletons in the middle lane. The same issue appears in Medium mode around measure 349 and similar spots. I wouldn’t say I’m a purist who rejects all overlaps, but I just don’t see the need for them here, especially since there are empty spaces on other lanes where you could shift the monsters.

To be clear though, are you referring to stuff like having consecutive green slimes on consecutive on beats on the "Hard" chart?

I don't see very many overlaps, except for on the Impossible difficulty.

Thanks for your feedback -- you're the second to comment on overlapping notes in my charts making things too difficult to read. It's possible I should double-speed some of these charts to avoid overlapping notes, or it's possible I am overcharting them too much.

As far as getting fractional BPM to work, the secret is to put a "BPM change" on the first beat of the song. The BPM change element supports fractional BPM -- otherwise, the editor will play at the correct BPM, but the game will not.