Basics when playing Osu!

Osu! - Basics

Basics

Mods

Mod Features

Mods allow users to play beatmaps whilst a difficult feature or a feature that makes the song easier. Difficult mods also increase the score multiplier of whats normally given when playing a beatmap without mods and also allow users to achieve high ranked scores that are displayed depending on their result from the beatmap completed.

HighScores

Highscores

High scores are what make the game competitive both locally and globally whether setting personal bests or competing against world class players. High scores are determined by the difficulty of the beatmap, how many mods are played with the beatmap, the amount of circles, sliders, spinners hit consecutively (combo) and the accuracy of hitting each object which is determined as 300 being exact, 100 being close to exact, 50 being almost a miss and X completely missing the object.

Beatmaps

Beatmaps are the songs that contain objects categorized as circles sliders and spinners. Circles are a simple press of the default button (z or x) while sliders are a hold of the default button whilst guiding the cursor to the end destination of the object. Spinners are when the default button is held down while spinning the cursor around a circular motion as many times as possible. Each spinner has a spin requirement to determine whether you score a 300, 100, 50 or X. Going above 

the spinner requirement will add an extra 

1000 points for every additional circle 

made.

Beatmaps also contain health bars which 

are lowered for every mistake made.

Beatmaps with Star difficulty

Each beatmap is rated by stars out of 10, the higher the stars the harder the beatmap is.

Spinner

Downloading Beatmaps

All beatmaps playable on 'osu!' come from the official website which are downloaded via logging in to your account. Each song will contain multiple beatmaps that contain easier or harder difficulty versions of the song downloaded. Beatmaps that are submitted to the site are reviewed by users and admins of osu! to determine whether the beatmap made by the user can be officially published as a verified song in which users can compete in ranked wise. After downloading a beatmap, the beatmap is installed via opening 'osu!' and ready to play.

 Official Website: https://www.osu.ppy.sh/

Enjoy! :)

By Emil