New update for you guys hanging out at Loudcrowd. There are some obvious things that you’ll notice right off the bat and some behind the scenes stuff that we’re really excited about too. It’s not ready for everyone yet, but if you’re in the Beta read on about the new stuff below.

New Music and Guest DJ Support

First off, we’ve added some great new tunes (if we do say so ourselves) and we have a whole bunch more that we are just about ready to unleash.

We’ve also started getting the site ready to host what we’ve been calling “Guest DJs”.  In the a couple weeks you will be able to login and dance to hand crafted, limited-play music lists and win special exclusive loot to commerorate the occasion!  More details will come as we get closer to our first Guest DJ appearence.  But basically – if you like things that are awesome, you will love these.

Social stuff – New Start Page and Whispers

Next time you log in to Loudcrowd, you’ll be greeted by our fancy new start page.  This is a great place to catch up on the latest happenings in Loudcrowd and will evolve over time.

You’ve asked for greater chat support, so for this release we added the ability to continue whispering outside of the dance game. Now you can pop out the whisper dialog from private chat, and continue your secret whispery conversation on the feed (that vertical bar on the left of the screen where all the song info pops up).

Technology! – EC2 /Multiserver Support

The internet is a pretty wild place with all sorts of magical things, like Amazon EC2. You can create virtual servers on the fly for however long you need them, for as long or as short as you like. Freedom! Getting all of our systems up and running EC2 took a lot of work but has enabled us to be able to handle a huge range of server load, have test environments that are exactly the same as our live ones, and save a fair amount of cash on operating costs – so we’ll have more funds to spend on sweet new features… and maybe also a few burritos. We gotta eat sometime!

Misc

Also, notice the groundbreaking new ability to adjust volume. There are also some new sounds in the dance game,  and a few performance tweaks. More coming soon, and your ideas are always welcome at GS.