site event Friendship Melody 2025

[Acinonyx 626]

1 minute ago, Rikifive said:

Teehee~ that's good to know then  No worries, that happens

It gets stranger even, actually. The controller controls work in the menu but not in the game itself which shows keyboard keys, poor game must be so confused. 

[Rikifive 24,458]

5 minutes ago, Acinonyx said:

It gets stranger even, actually. The controller controls work in the menu but not in the game itself which shows keyboard keys, poor game must be so confused. 

Hmm, if it shows keyboard keys, then perhaps steam deck assigns keyboard keys into some buttons, to help with navigation? Hmm if I had this majestic device I'd check it out  

Edited May 23 by Rikifive

[Totally Nyx 36,334]

I like all the new changes you put in this time @Rikifive. Difficulty being a global setting is nice. Being able to adjust the UI probably helps a lot, but I like the original look best.  And of course that sound effect for setting a new record is a very nice touch. I kinda want to reset my saves so I can hear the game tell me "new best" again.

The Magic of Friendship Grows was quite nice. It had some tricky parts and had me working on it for quite a while. This being one of the songs I'm not sure I've listened to before, it took me a while to get used to the notes accompanying the dialogue. Very satisfying once I completed it.

Rules of Rarity was definitely super fun. The beginning is quite exciting, and the rest of the song keeps that energy going. I can't play this one without tapping my foot along with the music.  This is definitely my favorite one so far. Favorite of these songs and favorite to play. Very well done on this one!

I'm surprised how well my fingers remember Shine Like Rainbows. I remember that taking me a long time the first time around, but it came back to me pretty quick.

Welcome to the Show took me a bit to get the hang of again too. It's not all that hard, but having that tricky bit right at the very end can be frustrating, especially when you do the rest of the song perfect only to miss one of the last notes again and again. That's not a complaint though, it's still a very fun song.

I still quite enjoy going back to Winter Wrap Up again, even if this is its third time around. It's a classic and still very fun to play. Am I crazy or did it used to have an option to have the video playing in the background on that song? I understand having the video in there probably had to go as more songs were added, but am I correct that that used to be a thing?

[Rikifive 24,458]

So that's what you were cooking @Totally Nyx  

EPIC! Congratulations on maxing all the songs!

 

Glad you liked the changes!  And thank you for feedback and sharing your thoughts on each song! It means a lot to me

Rules of Rarity is definitely a rather unique song compared to others, I had some dilemmas while mapping it.

18 hours ago, Totally Nyx said:

Am I crazy or did it used to have an option to have the video playing in the background on that song? I understand having the video in there probably had to go as more songs were added, but am I correct that that used to be a thing?

While I admit I was actually considering something like this during development, that was never a thing. 

Thank you for playing and achieving an absolute victory!

[Ishaan Tumber 13]

He’s my High Score of Rules of Rarity!

[Rikifive 24,458]

8 hours ago, Ishaan Tumber said:

He’s my High Score of Rules of Rarity!

That's a very nice score!

Thank you for playing!

Remember to also post the score of "Magic of Friendship Grows" to get a badge!

[Kirbyshy 28,671]

Here's my try on this challenge

[Rikifive 24,458]

59 minutes ago, Astralshy said:

Here's my try on this challenge

Nice! Thank you for playing!  

[Kirbyshy 28,671]

4 minutes ago, Rikifive said:

Nice! Thank you for playing!  

no, thank you for making this game and event <3

[Midnight Insight 287]

Even though Winter wrap up and The magic of frienship grows have a special emotional place in my heart, I must say Rules of Rarity has been the most fun to play. The start is frustrating the first 20 times I played it, but then became my favourite part when I realized how to play it.

 

I still have time to get better 

(I haven't seen EQG please pardon me)

[Eutychismenos 27]

When I first saw this picture, I remember the game osu!

I'm sooooo glad to try this game. And you know. It is just aweeeeeesome!!!

However, alright, I am not good at this type of games, so I try each song for several times, and put my screenshot down here.

Anyway, I like it. I am sooooooo appreciate to see you to bring such a delicate game to us.

 

[Rikifive 24,458]

15 minutes ago, Midnight Insight said:

Even though Winter wrap up and The magic of frienship grows have a special emotional place in my heart, I must say Rules of Rarity has been the most fun to play. The start is frustrating the first 20 times I played it, but then became my favourite part when I realized how to play it.

 

I still have time to get better 

(I haven't seen EQG please pardon me)

Winter Wrap Up has a sweet spot for me too, it was the first FiM song I've heard, and the first FiM episode I have ever watched.  The Magic of Friendship Grows though, heh, I still haven't watched two last seasons. 

Anyway, these are decent scores! Yeah it becomes more satisfying the better you get.

14 minutes ago, Eutychismenos said:

When I first saw this picture, I remember the game osu!

I'm sooooo glad to try this game. And you know. It is just aweeeeeesome!!!

However, alright, I am not good at this type of games, so I try each song for several times, and put my screenshot down here.

Anyway, I like it. I am sooooooo appreciate to see you to bring such a delicate game to us.

 

I played osu years ago. 

Not good? There are pretty decent scores if you ask me. I'm sure you could go pretty crazy with scores with enough attempts.  

I'm glad you liked the game, it means so much to me! Thank you for playing!

[Ishaan Tumber 13]

14 hours ago, Rikifive said:

Remember to also post the score of "Magic of Friendship Grows" to get a badge!

Well Here it is!

[Midnight Insight 287]

One mistap away from the full combo. 

I just want the full combo. 

Edited May 25 by Midnight Insight
mis-spell... yeah, the same way I miss the combo

[Nitobit 2,011]

THOSE LAST FIVE NOTES! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!! 

[Street Light 116]

i am laughably incompetent when it comes to rhythm games like this :333 osu and the like are basically "try once and never again" games for me ^^'

HOWEVER

i did my best uwu

THIS song. lemme tell you. as someone who has yet to even play this game, it threw curveballs left and right.

"oooh im meant to HOLD the button for those ones~"

As for the next song, I went into it thinking, "yeah i can do this, no problem, i did the rarity one @w@"

this is what we call the folly of hubris. my bravado. my kingdom come. my siren song. my WHITE WHALE.

i didn't do that bad :3 but still. woah nelly <3

as far as rhythm games go (haven't tried many but the ones i did play were meh) i actually enjoyed it ^~^ maybe it was the affection i have for pony-related things that gave it a rose tint, but even so, if it's an exploited weakness of mine then i do not mind that it was exploited. fun time! 

 

sneak peek of me trying to do a normal mode map.

good! apparently! i digress :3c

[Rikifive 24,458]

  

On 2025-05-25 at 4:54 AM, Ishaan Tumber said:

Well Here it is!

Epic! And this close to 100% too!  

 

17 hours ago, Midnight Insight said:

One mistap away from the full combo. 

I just want the full combo. 

AAAAAAAAAAaa that close!

16 hours ago, Nitobit said:

THOSE LAST FIVE NOTES! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!! 

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaa EVEN CLOSER!  

That's the worst possible thing! 

10 hours ago, Street Light said:

i am laughably incompetent when it comes to rhythm games like this :333 osu and the like are basically "try once and never again" games for me ^^'

HOWEVER

i did my best uwu

THIS song. lemme tell you. as someone who has yet to even play this game, it threw curveballs left and right.

"oooh im meant to HOLD the button for those ones~"

As for the next song, I went into it thinking, "yeah i can do this, no problem, i did the rarity one @w@"

this is what we call the folly of hubris. my bravado. my kingdom come. my siren song. my WHITE WHALE.

i didn't do that bad :3 but still. woah nelly <3

as far as rhythm games go (haven't tried many but the ones i did play were meh) i actually enjoyed it ^~^ maybe it was the affection i have for pony-related things that gave it a rose tint, but even so, if it's an exploited weakness of mine then i do not mind that it was exploited. fun time! 

 

sneak peek of me trying to do a normal mode map.

good! apparently! i digress :3c

Oh come on! These are actually pretty decent scores!   Especially as for first/few attempts. There's definitely potential, totally far from "laughably incompetent"!  To be honest I'm not great at rhythm games myself, and while I enjoy these games occasionally, I can't say it's my type of games, so yeah, I get 'ya.

In any case, I'm glad you had fun! Thank you for playing!  

Edited May 26 by Rikifive

[Snow 8,226]

If this isn’t a kick in the pants to get my computer fixed

I must participate!

Thanks so much for putting this together again Riki!!!!  

[Nitobit 2,011]

I think I broke my keyboard 

[Rikifive 24,458]

7 hours ago, Snow said:

If this isn’t a kick in the pants to get my computer fixed

I must participate!

Thanks so much for putting this together again Riki!!!!  

You have to!  

4 hours ago, Nitobit said:

I think I broke my keyboard 

LET'S GOOOOOO!!!

Let's have a break and drink some tea~

~you'll need some energy for the second half of the challenge after all 

I believe the other song should be easier though, so hang in there!  

[Lucky Fire 169]

i made yet another video of my gameplay it starts with both new songs, then i dive into nostalgia for the other three songs from October's event

[Midnight Insight 287]

FULL COMBO

I know this may not be very impressive, but it is for me since I've always been ridiculously bad at OSU!. 

This is already a victory for me. Getting a perfect would be awesome, but not required for my ego.  

[Rikifive 24,458]

13 hours ago, Lucky Fire said:

i made yet another video of my gameplay it starts with both new songs, then i dive into nostalgia for the other three songs from October's event

OoooooOOOOOOHH that's what I've been waiting for! Let's gooo!

Just like last time, I enjoyed the video, I love your vibe!  You're such a lovely person! 

And honestly, you're actually doing well if you ask me! These are very good scores for casual first tries, while also talking, so yeah!  

The new things you've noticed in the song select screen are indeed new, the previous version didn't track your best scores at all, so aside two new songs, I've added plenty of little other things to the game.

I'm glad you enjoyed the game, this event wouldn't be the same without you! Thank you for playing!

 

32 minutes ago, Midnight Insight said:

FULL COMBO

I know this may not be very impressive, but it is for me since I've always been ridiculously bad at OSU!. 

This is already a victory for me. Getting a perfect would be awesome, but not required for my ego.  

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO and not only a Full Combo, but actually SOOOoooooOOO CLOSE to 100% too!

I beg to differ! This is definitely something to be proud of!  

Congratulations on reaching your goals!

[Lucky Fire 169]

1 minute ago, Rikifive said:

OoooooOOOOOOHH that's what I've been waiting for! Let's gooo!

Just like last time, I enjoyed the video, I love your vibe!  You're such a lovely person! 

And honestly, you're actually doing well if you ask me! These are very good scores for casual first tries, while also talking, so yeah!  

The new things you've noticed in the song select screen are indeed new, the previous version didn't track your best scores at all, so aside two new songs, I've added plenty of little other things to the game.

I'm glad you enjoyed the game, this event wouldn't be the same without you! Thank you for playing!

 

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO and not only a Full Combo, but actually SOOOoooooOOO CLOSE to 100% too!

I beg to differ! This is definitely something to be proud of!  

Congratulations on reaching your goals!

i'm so glad you liked the video! and thank you, i'm glad i do well at making videos lol. and i am pretty observant sometimes, be it the Autism or ADHD lol. and of course i enjoy the game, it's SO much fun but weirdly, my browser keeps dropping the sound in the middle of the songs i wanna play the songs way more than i did in the video, but the game won't let me... i even close out the browser and re-open it and relaunch the game, but even that doesn't help

[Rikifive 24,458]

31 minutes ago, Lucky Fire said:

i'm so glad you liked the video! and thank you, i'm glad i do well at making videos lol. and i am pretty observant sometimes, be it the Autism or ADHD lol. and of course i enjoy the game, it's SO much fun but weirdly, my browser keeps dropping the sound in the middle of the songs i wanna play the songs way more than i did in the video, but the game won't let me... i even close out the browser and re-open it and relaunch the game, but even that doesn't help

Yeah, this unfortunately happens, it's not your browser. Does it happen when you load the game for the first time, or have you tried to load the game multiple times in a short time? MLPF server refuses to provide music files when requested more often than it would like, I guess the audio files are just too heavy. 

If it is really problematic on your end, you could try the other version of the game. At the bottom of the game page I added a link to it. That version of the game is exactly the same, except it uses a different, compressed audio format, which is much lighter. These files don't seem to trigger these security measures, and were loading fine for me even when I was spamming the loading screen.

That format isn't as widely supported by browsers though, I've been told it doesn't work on mac at all. So, unless you're on mac, perhaps try the other version and see how it works.  

 

Perhaps later, I may add a toggle button on the main game page to let players switch between different formats until finding one that works best.