Dancing Line/Timeline

This is a timeline of Dancing Line's 7 year history, from its pre-alpha release to its revival today.

* Early era (2016)
* New era (2017)
* EDM era (2018)
* Modern era (2019)
* End-of-life era (2020)
* Era of hope (2022)
* Rebirth era (2023-present)
* (2024)

## About

The early era introduced the pre-alpha stage and the release of Dancing Line, from being an APK to being officially released.

## 2016

### December 13 (Pre-Alpha Release)

* **Dancing Line** is unofficially released as an Android APK.
* The 3 unofficial levels in this version are: The Winter, The Desert, and The Storm.

### December 21 (Release)

* The menu UI (user interface) screen was severely modified.
* The Time and The Chaos were added.
	+ The Chaos was the hardest level, and The Beginning was the easiest one
* The collectible cubes were changed to Diamonds.

## About

* The New era introduced updates in the game, with the first major addition being the level The Piano in Update 1.

## 2017

### January

* January 21 (Update 1)
	+ The Piano was added.

### February

* February 24 (Update 2)
	+ The Autumn was added.

### March

* March 17 (Update 3)
	+ The Plains was added.

### April

* April 8 (Update 4)
	+ The Cathedral was added, beating The Chaos for the hardest level so far.

### May

* May 17 (Update 5)
	+ The Earth was added.
	+ Three Line Skins were added: Headphone, Zeus, and Paper.
	+ The Lucky Box was added. It is placed somewhere behind a scene of each level.
	+ From the lucky box, The Storm and The Desert nowadays can be unlocked permanently with Gems.
	+ The Beginning was removed.

### June

* June 14 (Update 6)
	+ The Crystal and The Winter (House Remix) were added.
	+ This is the first update that releases 2 levels.
	+ Stalagmite was added.

### July

* July 1 (Update 7)
	+ The Mountains was added.
	+ Mountains, Chaos, Jelly were added.

### August

* August 3 (Update 8)
	+ The Chinese Garden was added, beating The Cathedral for being the hardest level in game.
	+ The Beach (Dance Remix) was also added. This is the remix of The Piano.
	+ Chinese Brush is added.
* August 25 (Update 9)
	+ The Plains (Reggae Remix) was added.
	+ Snowball and Balloon were added.
	+ The menu UI is severely changed once again.

From this update on, each level will have an icon in the menu page.

### September

* September 29 (Update 10)
	+ The Sailor's Tale was added.
	+ Light and Flying Nimbus were added.

### October

* October 2 (Mini Update 2)
	+ Mountains was modified.

* October 14 (Update 11)
	+ All About Us was released, making it the first level to not have the word “The” in its title.
		- Technically, U-turns were also unofficially added, after the line falls into a box.
* October 27 (Update 12)
	+ The first holiday level, The Halloween, was added.
	+ The Time (then called The Beginning) was added, replacing The Beginning.
	+ Magic Witch was added.

### November

* November 29 (Update 13)
	+ The Maze was added
	+ Officially introduces the U-turn.
	+ Snake was added.

### December

* December 20 (Update 14)
	+ The Christmas Eve was added.
	+ Cheetah Teddy was added. However, you can only access it by completing an event.

## About

* The EDM era introduced levels made by a worldwide famous artists, like Alan Walker.

## 2018

### February

* February 1 (Update 15)
	+ The Savanna was added.
	+ Slither was added. You can only get it via real-world money.
	+ Hearts and checkpoints were added.

### March

* March 16 (Update 16)
	+ The West and Arrow were added.

* March 23 (Update 17)
	+ The Faded - Alan Walker was added. This is the first level featuring Alan Walker.

### April

* April 23 (Update 18)
	+ The Spring and The Storm (Blues Remix) were added.

### May

* May 18 (Update 19)
	+ Dream of Sky was added.
	+ Robot was added, but it can only be unlocked by completing another event.
	+ The Beginning was renamed to The Clock.

### June

* June 20 (Update 20)
	+ The Hip Hop Evolution was added.

### July

* July 5
* (Update 21)
	+ The Football was added to celebrate the World Cup 2018 event.
	+ Fireball was added.
	+ Perfect Crowns were added.
* July 27 (Update 22)
	+ The Faded Original was added, beating The Chinese Garden for being the hardest level.

### August

* August 10 (Update 23)
	+ The Ugly Duckling was added.
* August 29 (Update 24)
	+ The Legend of Assassin was added, beating The Faded Original as the hardest level.
	+ Dominoes was added.

### September

* Unknown Day (Mini Update 3)
	+ The Legend of Assassin was removed for bug fixing.
* September 20 (Update 25)
	+ Module is added.
* September 29 (Update 26)
	+ The Legend of Assassin was added back.
	+ Guidance lines were added.

### October

* October 12 (Update 27)
	+ The Despacito was added, making it the first copyrighted-music level not to be related to Alan Walker.
* October 16 (Mini Update 4)
	+ The Clock is renamed to The Time.
* October 25 (Update 28)
	+ The Halloween 2018 was added, making it the second Halloween level.

### November

* November 17 (Update 29)
	+ The Alone - Alan Walker was added.

### December

* December 8 (Update 30)
	+ The Racing is added, **beating** all past levels, making it the hardest level of the game.
* December 19 (Update 31)
	+ Christmas Party was added. Not only does it celebrate Christmas, but it celebrates the 2nd anniversary for Dancing Line in an alternative ending.
	+ The Cheetah Teddy event is back.
	+ The Earth (Color Remix) was added.

## About

* Modern era introduced more different levels, like the first fanmade level in the official game, and a level with multiple paths and an exclusive event still available today when unlocked.

## 2019

### January

* January 9 (Update 32)
	+ The only **fanmade level to become an official level**, The End - Theo5970, was added. The original creator and musician was Theo5970, as shown in the title.
* January 26 (Update 33)
	+ The Spring Festival is added, to celebrate the Chinese new Year.

### February

* February 15 (Update 34)
	+ The Ocean was added.
* February 27 (Update 35)
	+ The Spring Lullaby and The Alley were added.
	+ The results screen UI had changed.

### March

* March 21 (Update 36)
	+ Dream of Sky\_color was added.

### April

* April 3 (Update 37)
	+ The Cathedral (Rock Remix) was added.

* April 18 (Update 38)
	+ The Easter was added.
	+ The Faded Original was removed due to CM's rights to the song expiring.

### May

* May 19 (Update 39)
	+ The Taurus was added

* May 30 (Update 40)
	+ The Exodus was added.

### June

* June 13 (Update 41)
	+ The Basketball was added.

### July

* July 17 (Update 42)
	+ The War was added.

### August

* August 22 (Update 43)
	+ The Amusement Park was added.

### September

* September 6 (Update 44)
	+ Clown was added.
		- When Clown is equipped, the routes in The Amusement Park are opened, replacing the construction boxes in the past versions.
* September 26 (Update 45)
	+ The Indian Journey was added, replacing "Come and Get It" by Selena Golmez, a cancelled variant.

### October

* October 11 (Mini Update 5)
	+ The Despacito was removed due to the rights for the song expiring.

### November

* November 22 (Update 46)
	+ The Romance was added.

## About

* Started Dancing Line end-of-life event after the last level released.

## 2020

### January

* January 16 (Update 47)
	+ The Third Anniversary and The Video Game were added.
	+ Magic Cloak was added.
* **This is the final update released in the Google Play Store.**

### April

* April 2 (Update 48)
	+ The Samurai is added.
	+ The level menu UI was severely changed again.
	+ **This is the final Android update officially released worldwide (only available as an apk from Cheetah Mobile's official website). The final update was only released for Chinese app stores (such as Tap Tap Store).**

* April 21 (Update 49)
	+ The Love Gift was removed
	+ Faded - Easy Mode was added
	+ Bomb Skeleton was added as a Note Activity-exclusive Line Skin.

### June

* June 11 (Mini Update 6)
	+ All remaining Alan Walker levels were removed, namely The Alone - Alan Walker, The Faded - Alan Walker and Faded - Easy Mode.

## About

* Some signs that Dancing Line might come back have appeared!

## 2022

### June

* June 27 (Mini Update 7)
	+ Players can now delete their data.

### December

* December 11
	+ **We have great news! Dancing Line has announced that it will come back officially!**

Comment in Dancing Line wiki.Announcement for Dancing Line.
* + - Even tho there was a popular belief Dancing Line would have new developers, we could see in 2023 and later that some of the developers of the new levels are the same from before. An example would be Dream of Sky’s designer, that developed The Journey. [1] [2] [3]

## About

* Started releasing levels again, starting with The Journey.

## 2023

### May

* May 31 (Mini Update 8)
	+ Dancing Line was updated with version 2.9.6 with the following features:
		- “More Games” button is now added. Its function is to show the players interested in playing more games by Cheetah Games be able to check them out more easily, without needing to close the app and check the Cheetah Games’ developer profile.
			* This button is available both on the levels menu and the level death or completion screen.
		- Minor changes to some of the levels.
		- Changes in the User Interface.
		- Bug fixes.
	+ Even featuring the items above, the update text only says “Fix bugs”.
	+ This can be unofficially called as an “pre-update” to the upcoming major update.

### November

* November 10 (Sneak Peek 1)
	+ A Sneak Peek of the level, The Journey, is released on BiliBili, and posted on YouTube by a developer’s representative known as Noah 99556 is his YouTube channel. The level is near of the release date.
		- YouTube link: Dancing Line “The Journey” Teaser YouTube
		- BiliBili link: Dancing Line “The Journey” Teaser BiliBili
		- No other features are previewed in the video, only the level itself.

* November 13 (Sneak Peek 2)
	+ The soundtrack for The Journey is released. Check it out here!

* November 15 (Sneak Peek 3)
	+ The icon for this level is leaked by Cheetah Mobile.

* November 16 (Update 50)
	+ The long-awaited The Journey was released!

## 2024

### January

* January 15 (Sneak Peek 1)
	+ The soundtrack for The Wizard Of Oz was released.

* January 23 (Sneak Peek 2)
	+ A Sneak Peek of the level, The Wizard Of Oz, is released.

* January 25 (Update 51)
	+ Update 51 released, featuring:
		- New level: The Wizard of Oz.
		- New music delay adjustment: you can now adjust the music delay either up to 1.00 or down to -1.00. The adjustment is per level and does not revert automatically back to default.