We are excited to announce the release of Playground Sessions version 2.0! This version includes many improvements and bug fixes. Here are the details:
New Lesson Player
We completely revamped our Lesson Player to better use screen space and give users better visualization of their progress
- New Lesson Player Section Navigation
- Shows all sections in great detail
- Easily see which lesson & section you are on.
- Shows complete / incomplete status of each section
- Shows user’s best accuracy
- Has two modes: open and close, to allow users to better use Playground with different screen sizes.
- New Lesson Player Toolbar
- Newly designed icons / functionality.
- Easily see which lesson & section you are on.
- We moved all functionality into one easy to use toolbar – no more hunting to find a feature.
- Newly added Next / Previous buttons to easily navigate sections
- Can now set custom tempos.
- Shortcuts for quickly jumping into progress visualizations, settings, or printing.
- Can now record in practice mode and / or use metronome in performance mode.
- Sheet Music
- Now can zoom with ctrl / cmd + mousewheel.
- Larger display to fit more notation on the screen.
- Fixed issue with collapsing and expanding panels.
- Piano Demo is no longer played with high velocity & staccato
- Slow accompaniments no longer have issue with start position
- Improved performance.
- Scoring
- Now users can earn a max of 3 stars per song.
- Performance mode no longer has very high scores.
- New “level reached” prompt.
- New “badge awarded” prompt.
OGG & FLAC Accompaniments
- Users can now select from 5 different bit rates:
- OGG (44 kbps)
- OGG (128 kbps), this is the new default
- OGG (320 kbps)
- FLAC (lossless)
- WAV (lossless)
- Dramatically smaller disk requirements per lesson.
- Dramatically faster downloads.
Installation / Login
- Multiple users can now log in on the same computer.
- No more license key required.
- No more slow sync process, making login time very quick!
- Sound Effects!
Dashboard
- New offline mode display.
- New level / point display in top right corner.
- New “return to lesson” display in bottom left.
- Removed banners from features.
- Reorganized tabs, including new in-app forums tab.
Scoring / Badges
- Rebuilt badge system to more accurately award and record badges.
- New leveling system.
- Performance mode now gives similar points to practice.
- 3 stars instead of 5.
Bootcamp Tab
- Improved navigation between Rookie, Intermediate, Advanced Bootcamps.
- Now displays number of completed sections in tile.
- Now shows check mark when lesson is complete.
- New left side menu shows all sections and allows user to pick which section they would like to enter.
My Songs Tab
- Now displays number of completed sections in tile.
- Now shows stars when full song has been performed.
- New left side menu shows all sections and allows user to pick which section they would like to enter.
- Now shows greater detail about lesson difficulty.
Song Store Tab
- We now accept PayPal!
- New song layout page.
- Can now select billing profile.
- New “select a membership” page.
Let us know what you think about the update in our forum: https://playgroundsessions.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=5547
And keep an eye out for more updates coming in the near future!
