Neon Cadence

Neon Cadence is a keyboard rhythm game presented on a synthwave-styled highway. Notes travel toward the player across four lanes, which are mapped to the D, F, J and K keys. The game includes 30 original songs, covering vocal and instrumental music in J-pop, K-pop, English and instrumental styles. Every track has Easy, Normal and Hard charts, and each song is also assigned one of four intensity tiers (PULSE, SURGE, CASCADE or OVERDRIVE) to indicate how dense its charting is before play begins.

There are six note types: standard taps, gold notes that always register as perfect, wide notes covering between two and four lanes, hold notes, glide sweeps that are rolled across the lanes in sequence, and RUSH zones where repeated key presses earn bonus points. Scoring is open-ended, with each track having its own ceiling. Performance is graded from D up to SSS, and a FEVER state activates at a 50-note combo. Players can also choose lenient timing and a no-fail mode, or aim for full combos and full accuracy on the hardest charts.

Customisation options include colour themes, note skins, hit-sound sets, adjustable note speed, a calibration test and a live tuner, and any HUD element can be switched on or off. Clearing songs earns points that unlock further tracks; songs can be marked as favourites, arranged into playlists or played consecutively as a course. The interface is translated into 14 languages. The game has now been released, and at the time of writing it has a single user review on Steam.