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Dance Central Definitive Documentation

This documentation covers the full build and content workflow for this repository.

If you only want to install and play the game, start with Play the Game.

Use it as the source of truth for:

  • preparing your environment,
  • building patch output,
  • managing source data changes,
  • testing in Xenia,
  • troubleshooting common issues.

Scope

The project is centered around converting and packaging game data from src/ into a deployable output tree in out/.

The build system supports:

  • multiple XEX variants (deluxe/vanilla, retail/debug),
  • platform-specific tool binaries (Linux/macOS/Windows),
  • optional include overlays,
  • optional Xenia patch generation and launch.

Read this first

Start with Getting Started, then continue to Build System.

If you are changing gameplay data or assets, review Modding Workflow.

If something fails, check Troubleshooting.

For licensing and IP scope, read Legal and Licensing.