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{{short description|2001 rhythm video game}} {{primary sources|date=April 2023}} {{Infobox software | name = StepMania | logo = StepMania-logo.png | logo alt = | logo caption = Advanced rhythm game | logo size = 300px | screenshot = StepMania 5.0.5 Demo.jpg | caption = A screenshot of StepMania 5.0.5 gameplay | screenshot alt = | collapsible = | author = Chris Danford | developer = | released = 2001 <!-- {{Start date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|df=yes/no}} --> | discontinued = | latest_release_version = 5.0.12<ref name="stepmania5012">{{cite web |url=http://www.stepmania.com/forums/news/show/11892|title=StepMania 5.0.12 released |date=30 Aug 2016 |website=StepMania |publisher=holo |access-date=1 September 2016 }}</ref> | latest_release_date = {{Start date and age|2016|8|30}} | latest_preview_version = 5.1 beta 2<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://github.com/stepmania/stepmania/releases/tag/v5.1.0-b2|title = Release StepMania 5.1 beta 2 Β· stepmania/Stepmania|website = [[GitHub]]}}</ref> | latest_preview_date = {{Start date and age|2018|07|24}} | programming language = [[C++]], [[Assembly Language|Assembly]], [[Lua (programming language)|Lua]] | operating system = [[Windows XP]] or later, [[Linux]], [[Mac OS X 10.6]] or later | platform = | size = | language = | language count = <!-- Number only --> | language footnote = | genre = [[Rhythm game|Rhythm video game]] | license = [[MIT License|MIT]] | website = {{URL|https://www.stepmania.com}} | standard = }} '''''StepMania''''' is a [[cross-platform]] [[Rhythm game|rhythm video game]] and [[game engine|engine]]. It was originally developed as a clone of [[Konami]]'s [[arcade game]] series ''[[Dance Dance Revolution]]'', and has since evolved into an extensible rhythm game engine capable of supporting a variety of rhythm-based game types. Released under the [[MIT License]], ''StepMania'' is [[open-source software|open-source]] [[free software]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://news.spong.com/article/12240/Rock_Bands_Guitar_Heroes_Recriminations_and_Comedy_Litigation?cb=767 |title=Rock Bands, Guitar Heroes, Recriminations and Comedy Litigation |date=2007-04-04 |work=Sprong |access-date=2008-11-02}}</ref> Several video game series use ''StepMania'' as their game engines. This includes [[In the Groove (series)|''In the Groove'']], ''[[Pump It Up Pro]]'', ''Pump It Up Infinity'', and ''[[StepManiaX]]''. ''StepMania'' was included in a video game exhibition at New York's [[American Museum of the Moving Image|Museum of the Moving Image]] in 2005.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.movingimage.us/site/screenings/content/2005/digital_play_reloaded.html |title=Museum of the Moving Image article |access-date=2006-12-26 |archive-date=2007-01-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070102151009/http://www.movingimage.us/site/screenings/content/2005/digital_play_reloaded.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.movingimage.us/site/screenings/content/2005/digital_play_reloaded.html |title=Museum of the Moving Image |date=2005-10-24 |access-date=2017-05-11 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051024022925/http://www.movingimage.us/site/screenings/content/2005/digital_play_reloaded.html |archive-date=2005-10-24 }}</ref>
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