Glossary: Game Modes

PARA
   This is the intended default game mode for EKS-D ParaMania

A dance game designed for para para routines, which is typically played with five infrared hand sensors in a semicircular layout, and uses a considerably looser scoring system. It is modelled upon the mechanics of the defunct arcade dance game Para Para Paradise.


beat

Supports 5-key and 7-key styles, and the ability to load BMS files. Full BME/BML support is coming soon.

dance

The default game type. Similar to games such as Dance Dance Revolution and In the Groove, it uses four lanes in the cardinal directions (left, down, up, right). It also contains a 6-lane style (solo) adding up-left and up-right directions, and a 3-lane style using only up-left, down, and up-right.

ds3ddx

A dance game whose format is common among Chinese arcade dance games, which uses four diagonal foot panels, and four hand sensors around the pad in the cardinal directions.

ez2

A game type based on the defunct arcade dance game EZ2Dancer, which uses three foot panels and a pair of hand sensors.

gddm

A drum mode supporting six-part (five drums and one pedal) and nine-part (seven drums, bass pedal, hi-hat pedal) styles, modelled upon the mechanics of the arcade rhythm game DrumMania. 5 and 10-part with full DTX file support coming soon.

gdgf

(formerly guitar prior to 5.3.0-alpha-4.9.8) – A guitar mode supporting three-fret and five-fret styles, modelled upon the mechanics of the arcade rhythm game Guitar Freaks.

gh

A five-fret guitar mode modelled upon the mechanics of once-popular console games originating from North America.

kb7

A seven-lane game type designed primarily for keyboard play, with two sets of three keys flanking a centre column (usually mapped by default to the SDF, JKL, and space keys). This is a StepMania-specific game type that does not emulate any specific game.

kickbox

Obscure lash-a-soft dance pad-to-a-punching-bag mode (four, six, and eight-sensor modes).

maniax

A game type based on the defunct arcade dance game Dance Maniax, which uses four hand sensors arranged into two columns (upper and lower).

popn

A PMS player mode, supporting 3, 4, 5, 7, and 9-button styles, and the ability to load PMS files.

pump

A five-lane dance game, which uses four diagonal directions and the center rather than cardinal directions. In terms of functionality and behavior it is in line with Pro/StepMania 4 CVS.

techno

A dance game type designed for pads with nine panels, including 4-lane (similar to dance), 5-lane (similar to pump), 8-lane (using all but the center panel), and 9-lane styles in single and double versions.


*Game Mode names and descriptions have been obtained from the Project OutFox Wiki and were last updated on 2021/07/14.