Kyle A Ward 1 Comment March 26th, 2011 News, ReRave

ReRave reaches #1 iPAD music game in Japan!

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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Kyle A Ward 5 Comments February 24th, 2011 Life, News

Rant :: Negative Music Game Community

Recently I’ve noticed a small amount of comments in the music gaming industry that seem to target products or are used as negative pathways for debates.

Comments like “This game is like that game so it’s a rip off!”

But why? What does this solve? Is that the worst feedback you can come up with?
Why does this problem seem to specifically target the music game genre but not others? When is the last time someone tried to prevent Unreal Tournament from existing after id Software’s Quake3? What are your thoughts on this?

Let’s make some comparisons to these other titles. (Past favorites – 2d side scrolling)

Super Mario Bros.
Sonic the Hedgehog
Crash Bandicoot
Kirby’s Adventure

Are these games similar? Absolutely… What’s your point?
Are they fun? Yes …
Do they all have reasonable following? Yep
Are they able to coexist in the market? It seems so… I can’t remember the last time a fan of the Kirby series tried to make negative comparisons towards Mario Bros. for being “first” or being a similar type of game.
Did fans of Kerby try to prevent others from enjoying Crash Bandicoot? No… Not at all. Why would they?
With Regards to this issue, comparisons seem to be a common occurrence of debating and negative vocal ammunition towards products. So what is the purpose?

For the small amount of people that prefer to sit back and do this (on private forums) by all means, have fun with that. You can continue with this behavior as long as you like, but it won’t have an impact on the market or the sales numbers for a new product. You don’t have to “like” a new product, but it seems silly for you to try to prevent others from enjoying something that they might enjoy. You should consider offering constructive feedback that helps benefit the community and the products in the future.

This topic wasn’t directed towards a specific person/reference… It’s just a gentle reminder to not be so close minded towards new products that may (in your opinion) seem similar to others. You should consider trying something before having a complete opinion.

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Kyle A Ward 3 Comments January 19th, 2011 News, ReRave

3rd ReRave video released

We’ve just released another video preview of ReRave on Youtube. This 3rd video demonstrates advanced tap types and sneak peeks at our alpha iOS build. ReRave is a new “reaction based” game by Step Evolution.

What makes ReRave different? One key difference being that we don’t use 2 “timing circles” or ANY scrolling imagery with “mating” relationships. This aspect alone is what makes us very different to any other title available to the market now. ReRave’s design is so unique that we consulted one of the best law firms in the industry before production began. ReRave is trademarked and PATENT PENDING with Miller Nash Law LLP

You will be able to make even further assumptions as we reveal more details in future posts.

Please feel free to contact us via our website http://www.rerave.com or facebook page (www.facebook.com/rerave). We love to hear your comments!

ReRave will be available March 2011 in the Apple App Store!
www.stepevolution.com

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Kyle A Ward 4 Comments January 10th, 2011 News, ReRave

New Music added to ReRave Weekly!

Development continues with ReRave in the 2011 year. Our team is back to work and it’s hard to believe we are just WEEKS away from having our first internal betas of ReRave. ReRave will make it’s first appearance on iOS devices and will be Step Evolutions first release of several other platforms to follow. The iOS release of the game is projected for the 1st quarter of 2011. We appear to still be on schedule!

New music is being added weekly! Be sure to keep an eye out on www.rerave.com for updates and new arrivals. Leave us your comments, suggestions, hate messages, and everything else! Are you following us on facebook or twitter yet?!

We continue to get emails, facebook messages and contacts from people all over the world concerning ReRave. It seems that people are as excited as we are! Big thanks to everyone for their support and being a part of the next evolution in reaction games. Haters beware… ReRave will be released and we aren’t stopping production for the small negative comments that we see!

Do you have comments, questions or concerns? Don’t be afraid to leave them for us! We’ll do our best to respond when we can!

We look “FOYWARD” to providing you with something new to enjoy in the 2011 year.