Version Info

Falling Nikochanver.10.11(a979311)Build at Thu, 03 Apr 2025 16:06:22 GMT.

Added an option to limit the frame rate during play.
- The smaller the frame rate, the lighter the operation becomes.
- On devices where the screen frame rate exceeds 60fps, it is set to a value below 60fps by default.
  - If you have a high-performance environment such as a PC, you can manually change it to a higher value.

The UI has been changed for vertical displays such as smartphones.
The field for entering the chart ID and the list of recently played charts have been moved to the top page (Home tab).

Falling Nikochan can now be installed as a PWA app.
- On Android, you can install it by tapping the "Add to Home Screen" button displayed on the Falling Nikochan top page (or the What is Falling Nikochan? overview page).
- On iOS, you can install it by selecting "Add to Home Screen" from the share button in Safari.
- When launched as an app from the home screen, the browser toolbar will be hidden, allowing you to play comfortably in full screen.
- Also, when launched as an app, the entire app is downloaded before launching, so the page loads faster in slow internet environments.
  - However, you cannot play offline.
Implemented a tap sound when hitting notes.
- You can choose on/off in the options screen before playing.
- On Windows, Linux, MacOS (except Safari) and Android, the judgement timing is automatically adjusted by the delay in audio output.
- On MacOS (Safari) and iOS, the audio output delay cannot be detected, so you may need to manually adjust the judgment offset. Therefore, the tap sound is off by default.
You can now adjust the YouTube playback volume and tap sound volume during play.
Added a stop button at the top of the screen during play.

The animation of the chain count and score display moves smoothly even when the note interval is narrow.

The UI for selecting the level on the music details screen has been changed.
Added a feature to display the score records of other players as a graph when selecting the level of the chart and when displaying the results after playing.
- Only play records from ver. 9.0 (03/11/2025) onwards are collected.
Added a popular chart list that displays the charts in order of the number of recent plays.

The domain (URL) of Falling Nikochan has been changed to nikochan.utcode.net.
The management of passwords in chart editing has been changed, and passwords saved in your browser previously cannot be used. You need to re-enter them.
- The passwords of the charts uploaded to the server themselves have not changed.
The play count of each chart has been removed.
- May be changed soon
The terms of service have been partially updated. It has been clarified that the IP address is saved when the chart created is saved on the server.

Improved the loading process on the game play screen, so the "Loading..." message will not be displayed (unless your network environment is poor).
Various error messages have been localized.

When selecting a music from the Play page, the details are now displayed without switching to a new page.

Added a feature to share the results after playing.
- When you press "Copy link" or "Share" on the result display screen, the play result is displayed as a preview of the shared link.

When sharing a link for sharing with various SNS apps, a preview image is now displayed.

Change in chart data format (〜.fn8.yml)
- The file size when saved locally has been reduced compared to before.
- Chart data from ver. 7 will be automatically converted to ver. 8. This conversion is 100% compatible and does not change the behavior of the chart.
Implemented the display of speed changes in the notes during play as a hidden feature.
- Add &speed=1 to the URL to display it.
Changed the limit of the chart size that can be uploaded from 1000kB to 20000 events based on the number of events.

The layout of the chart list on the top page has been improved, adding YouTube thumbnail images for each chart and date display for the new chart list.

The color of the chain count display during play has been changed.
- Instead of suddenly changing color when reaching 100 chains as before, the color now gradually changes according to the chain count.
- If there is at least one bad or miss judgment, the color will not change regardless of the chain count.

The entire app now supports English. It automatically detects your browser settings, but you can also switch to English using the Language button at the bottom of the screen.
When the app is updated, the link to this update history page (the version number at the bottom of the screen) will be marked as unread.