osu!
osu! is a rhythm game made by Dean "Peppy" Herbert in 2007. It has gotten good reviews and has been recommended by professional gamers as a way of improving cursor aim and gaining advantage in other games.[1][2] A repository of the game, mostly written in C#, can be found in GitHub.[3]
Most of the levels (beatmaps) are made by the community, which are made with the game's level creator.
osu! has 4 game modes, osu!standard, osu!taiko, osu!catch and osu!mania. osu!standard, as its name suggests, is the most popular one.
osu! started as a PC emulation of the DS game Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan. Peppy made it during an all-nighter, and released the first version on July 1st, 2007 to a few of his friends. After receiving positive feedback, he worked more on the project, adding additional features to the game. Some features, namely a custom level creator and leaderboards, were not included in the original game, which further increased the appeal of the game. After the creation of a website osu.ppy.sh, multiplayer, and increased custom level quality and quantity, what was initially a small project eventually eclipsed the game it emulated. As of 2024, osu! has tens of millions of accounts considered active, and over 17 billion total plays.
Osu! Media
osu!'s logo since 2024
An audience watches two top players compete at the osu! Twitchcon Booth in 2018
Screenshot of osu!lazer, an open source rewrite of the stable osu! client
References
- ↑ Carpenter, Nicole (2019-07-16). "Gamers with godlike reflexes are racing to break world records in this rhythm game". PC Gamer. Retrieved 2021-04-26.
- ↑ Webb, Kevin. "Professional gamers like Ninja use this music game to practice their aim and improve their mouse skills — here's how you can play for free". Business Insider. Retrieved 2021-04-26.
- ↑ ppy/osu, ppy, 2021-04-26, retrieved 2021-04-26
