Speculation is already rampant.
This week developer Beat Games teased a new block type on the way to its ultra-popular VR rhythm game Beat Saber. In a tweet posted yesterday to their official Twitter account, the company shared a picture featuring a classic Beat Saber block sliced into even layers. The post was accompanied by the message, “What’s this? Wrong answers only.”
What’s this?
Wrong answers only
pic.twitter.com/os6XweQBks
— Beat Saber (@BeatSaber) January 12, 2022
Since then, Beat Games Lead Level Creator Josh ‘Freeek’ Joynes has confirmed that the block show is, in fact, a new type, saying, “It’s a new type, not a conversion. Old maps will be untouched. It was thought about but ultimately this was the best decision. :).” While this may sound like a relatively small addition, Joynes claims that this latest feature was over 40 months in the making.
That said, we still know little to nothing about this new block type. Since the reveal, a good portion of the community has begun speculating that this could be a new type of “slider” block designed to create more fluid VR movements, such as those featured in other VR rhym games like Synth Riders and Supernatural.
It’s a new type, not a conversion. Old maps will be untouched. It was thought about but ultimately this was the best decision.
— Freeek (@freeek323) January 12, 2022
Since its early access launch on PC VR headsets in November 2018, Beat Games has supported the title with regular game updates and downloadable music packs but has overall refrained from tampering with the original game mechanics. If proven accurate, this could mark the first major alteration to the games’ core gameplay. This of course doesn’t include any unofficial mods developed and released by the community.
Hopefully, we’ll learn more about this mysterious new block type soon.
Feature Image Credit: Beat Games
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