Gameplay

:See Interface and Features for more general information about Arcaea's overall features.
This article describes various gameplay elements in Arcaea.
== Play Screen ==
* Information Pane: The pane at the top-right of the screen, which displays:
** Current score
** Song progress
** Song information
* Track: The scrolling plane comprising the 4 lanes.
* Floor Input: The solid purple horizontal line, spanning the track near the bottom, is the lower bound for notes.
* Sky Input: The striped horizontal line, cutting across the middle of the screen, is the upper bound for notes.
* Combo: The number of consecutive notes hit successfully, i.e. PURE or FAR judgements. A LOST judgement will break the combo and reset it to 0.
* Recollection Gauge: The vertical bar at the top-left of the screen, of which there are various types.
* FR/PM Indicators: Two adjacent dots; a purple one indicating Full Recall status and a blue one indicating Pure Memory status. These can be relocated or disabled under "Settings > Visual > FR/PM Indicator".
** Top: Indicators are displayed on the Information Pane, under the song's cover art.
** Combo: Indicators are displayed under the combo value.
** Disabled: Indicators are not displayed.
== Control Types ==
=== Touch ===
Most charts in Arcaea contain at most two simultaneous inputs, and are playable with two fingers/thumbs, with some exceptions.
Common playstyles are as follows:
* Thumb play: Involves play with the thumbs only. Works best on smaller devices such as phones that can be held during gameplay. Index or other fingers may be necessary for multifinger charts.
* Index finger play: Involves play with the index fingers only. Works on any device. Thumbs and/or middle and other fingers may be necessary for multifinger charts.
* Full hand play: Involves use of other fingers for chart sections beyond those that demand three or more inputs.
=== Joy-Con ===
== Note Types ==
Charts feature the following note types (Joy-Con is only applicable to the Switch version).
Touch
Joy-Con
== Recollection Rate ==
== Scoring ==
Main article: Scoring
Scoring in Arcaea is solely based on timing accuracy, and not on Combo or Partner skills.
On song completion, players receive a grade based on their Score.
Note that Score is calculated separately from Recollection Rate.
== Potential ==
Main article: Potential
Potential is a rating assigned to Players based on their best high scores overall and high scores from their most recent plays.
Category:Game Mechanics