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Crypt of the NecroDancer, the Glossary

Crypt of the NecroDancer is a roguelike rhythm game by Brace Yourself Games.^[1]

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Brace Yourself Games games
Game Developers Choice Award winners
Rhythmic action games
Video games scored by Danny Baranowsky

Android (operating system)

Android is a mobile operating system based on a modified version of the Linux kernel and other open-source software, designed primarily for touchscreen mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets.

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Beat (music)

In music and music theory, the beat is the basic unit of time, the pulse (regularly repeating event), of the mensural level (or beat level).

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is a rhythm game developed by Brace Yourself Games and published by Nintendo. Crypt of the NecroDancer and Cadence of Hyrule are Brace Yourself Games games, music video games, Rhythmic action games, roguelike video games, video games scored by Danny Baranowsky and video games using procedural generation.

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Chipzel

Niamh Houston (born 23 September 1991), better known by her stage name Chipzel, is a musician from Northern Ireland.

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Cooperative video game

A cooperative video game, often abbreviated as co-op, is a video game that allows players to work together as teammates, usually against one or more non-player character opponents (PvE). Crypt of the NecroDancer and cooperative video game are cooperative video games.

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Crypt of the NecroDancer

Crypt of the NecroDancer is a roguelike rhythm game by Brace Yourself Games. Crypt of the NecroDancer and Crypt of the NecroDancer are 2015 video games, Brace Yourself Games games, cooperative video games, early access video games, game Developers Choice Award winners, music video games, PlayStation Vita games, Rhythmic action games, roguelike video games, video games scored by Danny Baranowsky, video games using procedural generation and video games with Steam Workshop support.

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Dance pad

A dance pad, also known as a dance mat or dance platform, is a flat electronic game controller used for input in dance games.

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Danganronpa

is a Japanese video game franchise created by Kazutaka Kodaka and developed and owned by Spike Chunsoft (formerly Spike).

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Danny Baranowsky

Danny Baranowsky (born April 5, 1984), also known as Danny B or by the company name dB Soundworks, is an American electronic music composer, composing music mainly for indie films and indie games.

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Dead ringer (idiom)

Dead ringer is an idiom in English.

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Destructoid

Destructoid is a website that was founded as a video game-focused blog in March 2006 by Yanier Gonzalez, a Cuban-American cartoonist and author.

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Digital Trends

Digital Trends is a Portland, Oregon-based tech news, lifestyle, and information website that publishes news, reviews, guides, how-to articles, descriptive videos and podcasts about technology and consumer electronics products.

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Downloadable content

Downloadable content (DLC) is additional content created for an already released video game, distributed through the Internet by the game's publisher.

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Early access

Early access, also known as alpha access, alpha founding, paid alpha, or game preview, is a funding model in the video game industry by which consumers can purchase and play a game in the various pre-release development cycles, such as pre-alpha, alpha, and/or beta, while the developer is able to use those funds to continue further development on the game. Crypt of the NecroDancer and Early access are early access video games.

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Edge (magazine)

Edge is a multi-format video game magazine published by Future plc.

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Electronic dance music

Electronic dance music (EDM), also referred to as club music, is a broad range of percussive electronic music genres originally made for nightclubs, raves, and festivals.

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Eurogamer

Eurogamer is a British video game journalism website launched in 1999 alongside parent company Gamer Network.

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Familiar

In European folklore of the medieval and early modern periods, familiars (strictly familiar spirits, as "familiar" also meant just "close friend" or companion, and may be seen in the scientific name for dog, Canis familiaris) were believed to be supernatural entities, interdimensional beings, or spiritual guardians that would protect or assist witches and cunning folk in their practice of magic, divination, and spiritual insight.

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FTL: Faster Than Light

FTL: Faster Than Light is a roguelike game created by indie developer Subset Games, which was released for Windows, OS X, and Linux in September 2012. Crypt of the NecroDancer and FTL: Faster Than Light are roguelike video games and video games using procedural generation.

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Future plc

Future plc is a British publishing company. It was started in 1985 by Chris Anderson. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. Among its many titles are Country Life, Homes and Gardens, Decanter, Marie Claire, and The Week. Zillah Byng-Thorne was chief executive officer from 2014 to 2023, when she was replaced by Jon Steinberg.

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Game Developer (website)

Game Developer (known as Gamasutra until 2021) is a website created in 1997 that focuses on aspects of video game development.

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Game Developers Choice Awards

The Game Developers Choice Awards are awards annually presented at the Game Developers Conference for outstanding game developers and games.

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Game Informer

Game Informer (GI) is an American monthly video game magazine featuring articles, news, strategy, and reviews of video games and associated consoles.

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Gamer Network

Gamer Network Limited (formerly Eurogamer Network Limited) is a British digital media company based in Brighton.

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GameSpot

GameSpot is an American video gaming website that provides news, reviews, previews, downloads, and other information on video games.

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GamesRadar+

GamesRadar+ (formerly GamesRadar) is an entertainment website for video game-related news, previews, and reviews.

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Hatsune Miku

, officially code-named CV01, is a Vocaloid software voicebank developed by Crypton Future Media and its official anthropomorphic mascot character, a 16-year-old girl with long, turquoise twintails.

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Heavy metal (or simply metal) is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the United Kingdom and United States.

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IGN

IGN is an American video game and entertainment media website operated by IGN Entertainment Inc., a subsidiary of Ziff Davis, Inc.

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IOS

iOS (formerly iPhone OS) is a mobile operating system developed by Apple exclusively for its smartphones.

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Jake Kaufman

Jake Kaufman (born 1981; also known as virt or virtjk) is an American video game music composer.

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Joystiq

Joystiq was a video gaming blog founded in June 2004 as part of the Weblogs, Inc. family of weblogs, now owned by AOL.

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Klei Entertainment

Klei Entertainment Inc. is a Canadian video game development company located in Vancouver, British Columbia.

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Kotaku

Kotaku is a video game website and blog that was originally launched in 2004 as part of the Gawker Media network.

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Level (video games)

In video games, a level (also referred to as a map, mission, stage, course, or round in some older games) is any space available to the player during the course of completion of an objective.

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Link (The Legend of Zelda)

is a character and the protagonist of Nintendo's video game franchise The Legend of Zelda.

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Linux

Linux is both an open-source Unix-like kernel and a generic name for a family of open-source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991, by Linus Torvalds.

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Lute

A lute is any plucked string instrument with a neck and a deep round back enclosing a hollow cavity, usually with a sound hole or opening in the body.

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MacOS

macOS, originally Mac OS X, previously shortened as OS X, is an operating system developed and marketed by Apple since 2001.

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Masafumi Takada

is a Japanese composer and sound designer, best known for his work on the soundtracks for killer7, God Hand, No More Heroes, and the Earth Defense Force and Danganronpa series.

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Metacritic is a website that aggregates reviews of films, television shows, music albums, video games, and formerly books.

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Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Windows is a product line of proprietary graphical operating systems developed and marketed by Microsoft.

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Necromancy

Necromancy is the practice of magic involving communication with the dead by summoning their spirits as apparitions or visions for the purpose of divination; imparting the means to foretell future events and discover hidden knowledge.

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NetHack

NetHack is an open source single-player roguelike video game, first released in 1987 and maintained by the NetHack DevTeam. Crypt of the NecroDancer and NetHack are roguelike video games and video games using procedural generation.

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Nintendo Switch

The is a video game console developed by Nintendo and released worldwide in most regions on March 3, 2017.

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OverClocked ReMix

OverClocked ReMix, also known as OC ReMix and OCR, is a non-commercial organization dedicated to preserving and paying tribute to video game music through arranging and re-interpreting the songs, both with new technology and software and by various traditional means.

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Paramount Streaming

Paramount Streaming (formerly CBS Digital Media, CBS Interactive, and ViacomCBS Streaming) is a division of Paramount Global that oversees the company's video streaming technology and direct-to-consumer services; including Pluto TV and Paramount+.

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PC Gamer

PC Gamer is a magazine and website founded in the United Kingdom in 1993 devoted to PC gaming and published monthly by Future plc.

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Penny Arcade

Penny Arcade is a webcomic focused on video games and video game culture, written by Jerry Holkins and illustrated by Mike Krahulik.

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Player versus player

Player versus player (PvP) is a type of multiplayer interactive conflict within a game between human players.

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PlayStation

is a video gaming brand that consists of five home video game consoles, two handhelds, a media center, and a smartphone, as well as an online service and multiple magazines.

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PlayStation 4

The PlayStation 4 (PS4) is a home video game console developed by Sony Interactive Entertainment.

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PlayStation Vita

The PlayStation Vita (PS Vita) is a handheld game console developed and marketed by Sony Computer Entertainment.

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Polygon (website)

Polygon is an American entertainment website by Vox Media covering video games, movies, television, and other popular culture.

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Princess Zelda

is a character in Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda video game series.

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Rhythm game

Rhythm game or rhythm action is a genre of music-themed action video game that challenges a player's sense of rhythm.

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Rock Paper Shotgun

Rock Paper Shotgun is a British video game journalism website.

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Roguelike

Roguelike (or rogue-like) is a style of role-playing game traditionally characterized by a dungeon crawl through procedurally generated levels, turn-based gameplay, grid-based movement, and permanent death of the player character. Crypt of the NecroDancer and Roguelike are roguelike video games.

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Single-player video game

A single-player video game is a video game where input from only one player is expected throughout the course of the gaming session.

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Spelunky

Spelunky is a 2008 source-available 2D platform game created by independent developer Derek Yu and released as freeware for Microsoft Windows. Crypt of the NecroDancer and Spelunky are PlayStation Vita games, roguelike video games and video games using procedural generation.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crypt_of_the_NecroDancer

Also known as Brace Yourself Games, COTND, NecroDancer, Rift of the NecroDancer.

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Crypt of the NecroDancer, the Glossary

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See also

Brace Yourself Games games

Game Developers Choice Award winners

Rhythmic action games

Video games scored by Danny Baranowsky

References