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The development or possible updates of this mod have been canceled, so a release of its new content is not expected. The reasons for this vary, such as: controversies, lack or loss of interest, the disappearance or lack of passion for the mod, or simply a lack of ideas.
Reason: https://twitter.com/mamonksnk/status/1688683929715331072
According to Mamon (Dev of the mod), the mod was dead months before.
Also, due to Chris's departure from the internet, it's very likely that the mod won't get the update.
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Starlight Mayhem is a mod created by TheMaskedChris. The week features two new original opponents, CJ and Ruby who are members of the band On Command created by TheMaskedChris.
Recently, the mod got an update known as Starlight Mayhem: Rebooted. In this update, there are many new features such as CJ & Ruby's new vocals, a new background character, 4 new songs, and a full extra week.
Development History
During the 3rd week of March 2021 (March 15-21) when the Tricky, Hex, Mid-Fight Masses, and Zardy mod released, the director, TheMaskedChris, decided to make the Starlight Mayhem mod because of their influence.[1]
Story
Boyfriend takes Girlfriend to a Starlight Mayhem concert for their date, only to be recognized by CJ who asks for a friendly song battle. After which, he congratulates BF, but reveals he wasn't the best vocalist in the band anyway. Ruby then runs in, apologizing for being late, but CJ tells her she's just in time and encourages her, despite her shyness, to sing against Boyfriend. The week then concludes with a final duet number where Boyfriend and Girlfriend (who joins in due to thinking a 2v1 battle isn't really fair) face off against CJ and Ruby.
There's no story in the bonus week, just a friendly little rap battle.
Gameplay Mechanic - Burst Bar
The Starlight Mayhem Rebooted adds in a new "burst bar" mechanic, which fills up when players his notes in succession with each other. Once the bar is filled, it can be activated by pressing the Space Bar. While it's active, it grants the player 2x score points, and your health bar regenerates twice as fast. The bar will run down at a fast pace while it's active, and once it's empty it can only be reactivated once it's filled up again.
Characters
CJ
Not to be confused with his appearance in Vs. Luna and The Puppet Master
“ I never thought that I'd be getting to meet up with the big dudes so soon.”
ā CJ, in Inverted Ascension cutscene
CJ is the first and main opponent of the mod.
Appearance
CJ is a young man with short dark hair, cyan eyes, and pointy canine teeth in his mouth that resemble fangs. He wears a blue and black hoodie as well as black pants and white shoes. He also wears black earrings. In one of the dialogue portraits, you can just about notice a tongue piercing in his mouth too.
When using his old vocals, CJ's head is replaced with a "transparent" image of slices of bread, and his shirt is replaced with a .jpg of a Homer Simpson T-shirt. Text pops up nearby for all of his poses beside his solo left pose.
Personality
Not much information is given about CJ's personality, but from what we can piece together, CJ seems to be a fairly confident, outgoing, and energetic person, and can sometimes be overconfident. His heart is clearly in the right place, however, as demonstrated by his support of Ruby through her issues and insecurities. He admits to things he has some trouble with, such as that he's not the best at vocals. He is resistant to rejection when Ruby rejected his offer to mimic BF and GF's. It's implied he has high intellect as he does very well in school. Besides singing, he also plays the guitar.
Trivia
- When CJ was first created, he was originally going to be a My Hero Academia OC and had a superhero alter-ego called Ink Punisher, but this concept was dropped later on and he became a character not related to MHA at all.
- CJ canonically has a twin sister, called Faith.
- CJ even has his own sellable marketable plushy, the same one which Your Painfully Average Self Insert Mod has promoted on.
- TheMaskedChris revealed in a Twitch live stream that before CJ started dating Vade, he used to be in a relationship with Olley.
- Despite what people think, CJ's name isn't Carl Johnson (aka the same as the CJ from Grand Theft Auto).[2]
Gallery
Ruby
Not to be confused with her appearance in The Puppet Master
“Man, there's so many people watching. I hope I don't screw this up..”
ā Ruby, before Echoes
Ruby is the second opponent of the mod.
Appearance
Ruby is a young girl with short, puffy white hair and a pink eye. She wears a grey and black hoodie along with a black beanie and some black ripped jeans. She also wears grey shoes.
When using CJ's old vocals in Artificial Lust, Ruby's face becomes one of worry and fear, bearing her teeth in her idle, and constantly sweating. Her eyes are always looking at CJ, instead of looking ahead.
Personality
Not much is given about Ruby's personality, but from what we can put together, Ruby is very shy, as shown in Echoes' dialogue. Despite this, she is a very good vocalist.
Backstory
Ruby was heavily abused as a child by her stupid parents, to the point where they gouged her eye out in a fit of rage. She was usually 'punished' by being cut with a knife, leaving many deep cuts/scabs around her body. When she was 16, she had enough, and when she finally got her license, she ran away. After traveling all night in a car she saved up for months to rent, she finally met up with her one online friend, and soon-to-be boyfriend, Mark. Where she was kindly accepted by his parents, and now she's able to live a normal life, but she's struggling to move on, even 4 years later.
After some time, after they graduated high school, Mark and Ruby moved into a house with CJ and the rest of the friend group, where they all paid rent together. But they all met in high school. She is a pretty good singer, but she always kept it to herself. She loves writing songs and making melodies, but one day, CJ suddenly listened to her singing in her room across the door, and he burst in screaming āAYO CAN YOU BE PART OF THE BANDā and the rest is history. TheMaskedChris said that the story isn't finished but this is what it is right now on Ruby's side.
Gallery
Abel
Abel is a background character and is the bassist of the band.
Appearance
Abel is a young man with curly, razor-cut black hair. He wears a blue jacket over a striped grey shirt, black pants, and grey shoes. He also has a blue and silver electric bass with a rainbow as a decoration. Although the main week depicts him with black eyes, the character sheet in the gallery depicts him with blue eyes.
Gallery
Max
Max is a background character and is the drummer of the band.
Appearance
Max is a young man with blonde hair. He wears a red and black hoodie along with black sunglasses. Not much else of him can be seen as he is sitting behind a drumset.
Gallery
Olley
Olley is a background character and is the keyboardist of the band.
Appearance
Olley is a young woman with black hair tied into a yellow bow and freckles on her face. The front of her hair is put into small ponytails tied with yellow rubber bands. She wears a white t-shirt, a jacket tied around her waist, jeans, and white shoes with a yellow bow on her head. She has sky-blue earrings and a bandage on her nose. Her keyboard is silver with a linear galaxy gradient heart as a decoration. Although the main week depicts her with black eyes, the bonus week and character sheet in the gallery depict her with blue eyes.
Gallery
Vade
“ Yeah! It was great. Good job baby!”
ā Vade, Ending cutscene
Vade was an upcoming opponent for Week 2[3]. So there is not much information about her on the mod.
Sadly, Vade's appearance could not be made as the final update was cancelled entirely.
Appearance
Vade is a young woman with long, chocolate brown hair with her bangs covering her right eye, red eyes, and glasses. She wears a violet shoulderless, long-sleeved shirt, black shorts, and black knee-high chunky heel boots with white straps.
Gallery
Trivia
- In v1.0, CJ and Ruby lacked winning icons, unlike the rest of the characters in Mic'd Up. They were edited to include them in the Rebooted update, which runs on Psych Engine, which notably doesn't come included with them.
- Icons of IceyPie exist, they can be found in the mod's icon grid.
- CJ's old voice originates from Sho Minamimoto's voice lines from The World Ends With You and Sonic's voice lines from Team Sonic Racing.
- CJ's "It's showtime!" line also comes from Sonic, this time from his voice lines from Puyo Puyo Tetris 2.
- In an earlier version of the mod, in the first cutscene, CJ is singing Counterstrike from Persona 5 Strikers.
- Olley and the Burst bar are absent in all songs.
- CJ's head is now a .png file of bread and he is now wearing a .png file of a yellow Homer Simpson shirt.
- Ruby is seen as very confused in Artificial Lust.
- There is also a secret bonus song in Freeplay called "It's Complicated". It is the same song from Week 3 in the Soft mod. TheMaskedChris said in the dialogue of the song, that it shouldn't go without mention.
- This was most likely said and answered due to the Friday Night Funkin' community coupling up characters who are seen with each other or have the same similar sort of traits.
- TheMaskedChris himself stated in the same Q&A that he doesn't mind if people still ship them, however.
- Ruby and CJ are canonically dating in the Soft mod universe.
- It's also worth noting their personalities have swapped, meaning that Ruby is now the outgoing and eccentric type, while CJ is the one who is shy and timid.
- You can also find characters from Wii Deleted You, another series by TheMaskedChris and IceyPie. The characters include Eteled, Corrupted Mii, Henry Morris, Austin Sanders, and Samantha Coleman.
- It is worth mentioning that when this mod was released, there was no mod on the creepypasta.
Cameos in other mods
Note: None of these cameos is canon to CJ or Ruby's story.
- In Vs. Bob and Bosip, due to TheMaskedChris being the head animator, CJ and Ruby can be seen in a car driving by in Swing. They also run over Ron post-Ronald Mcdonald Slide. CJ is also in the files and can be seen on the menu and will laugh when pressing specific keys. CJ was also going to replace Boyfriend in Jump-out (a window) but the team switched to Anders.
- In The Date Week, CJ & Ruby have a chance to walk by in the background of Perfume and Heartbass.
- In VS. Void, CJ & Ruby appear in the crowd.
- In Vs eteled, A Ruby plushie is seen on the shelves of the TV area in the intro, as well as a CJ figure.
- In Friday Night At The Club!, CJ stars as the guest opponent in the new song "Neoteric", replacing Bob's place.
- In Your Painfully Average Self Insert Mod, the entire mod is sponsored by the CJ Plushie.
Music
2.1 (Normal) 2.5 (Hard) |
2.4 (Normal) 2.6 (Hard) |
2.4 (Normal) 2.6 (Hard) |
2.4 (Normal) 2.6 (Hard) |
2.6 (Normal) 2.8 (Hard) |
2.4 (Normal) 2.6 (Hard) |
2.4 (Normal) 2.6 (Hard) |
2.1 (Normal) 2.5 (Hard) |
2.2 (Normal) 2.4 (Hard) |
2.4 (Normal) 2.6 (Hard) |
Dialogue
Note: We won't be showing the Pre-Rebooted (old) dialogue. The rest of the Rebooted dialogue needs every audio, with voice acting. Just like Date-Night Masses. Because every cutscene in the mod has voice acting.
Inverted Ascension Dialogue
- Narrator
One day, you decide to take your Girlfriend to a local music festival, and a local band is currently performing..- Girlfriend
These guys are really good!- Boyfriend
Beep boop!- Girlfriend
Thank you for bringing me to this festival, Boyfriend!- Girlfriend
Too bad this is the last show, I was really enjoying it!- Boyfriend
Boop!- Singer
Thank you, thank you, everyone! It's awesome to be having all of you he-...- Singer
Huh?- Singer
Hang on a second. Is that...!?- Singer
You there! Yeah, you! Blue dude in the white tee, step up right here!- Boyfriend
Boop!?- Girlfriend
Does he know you? Should we go up?- Boyfriend
Boop!- Girlfriend
Welp, why not. Come on, let's go!- Singer
Heh, sorry bringing you up here all of the sudden, but I just need to know...- Singer
Sooo... you're Boyfriend, right?- Boyfriend
Boop!- Singer
Hah! I never knew I'd be running into you here, especially after what I've heard about you.- Singer
You're the one that beat DD and MM in their own game, right?- Singer
Hell, you even managed to defeat that one up and coming robot dude.- Girlfriend
Yes he was!- Singer
Sick!- Girlfriend
You know us?- Singer
Why, of course I do, silly! The music scene has been going nuts about you both!- Singer
Never thought that I'd be getting to meet up with the big dudes so soon.- Singer
And you must be The Girlfriend, right? The Dearest's daughter, yeah?- Girlfriend
yep- Singer
Heh, what a duo you both are. The name's CJ by the way, but I bet you already knew that! And now that you're both here...- Boyfriend
Beep Boop!- CJ
I'll quit the rambling. Sorry to interrupt your date over here little dude, buuut... what do you say? Up for a friendly match? Just the two of us?- CJ
(Since we are really not that famous yet, battling you might up our social status.)- Girlfriend
I don't know.. Don't you have, like, a schedule planned for your show?- Boyfriend
Beep!!!- CJ
Sick. Just warning you ahead, I ain't going easy on you!- Girlfriend
(He didn't answer my question!)
Echoes Dialogue
- CJ
Hehe, not bad bud! You managed to out-perform me somehow.- CJ
That blue hair of yours really has something going for it.- Boyfriend
Beep ba boop!- Girlfriend
Not bad, that was funky indeed!- CJ
Buuut, if I were to be honest with you both, I was never really the best vocalist... of the group.- Boyfriend
Beep...?- ???
Ah...! I'm so sorry that I'm late! I ran into traffic and, and, Huff-huff...- CJ
Don't worry! You came here right on time!- Girlfriend
Huh!?- CJ
Ah... it looks like you two haven't met her yet. This is Ruby, a good old friend of mine. She's kinda timid, but don't let that make you underestimate her! She's killer at vocals, that's for sure!- CJ
Say, you wanna go at them, Ruby?- Ruby
W-What now..!? Are you... asking me to challenge t-them...?- Ruby
Uhm, are those the...?- Boyfriend
Boop beep.- Girlfriend
She doesn't seem so sure of herself..- Ruby
D-Don't worry... I- I can do it. I-I need to prove myself to them, and I won't fail that now...! To show them that I can be strong...- CJ
Well, if you say so Ruby! I knew I could count on you, don't even sweat it! Go on and break a leg out there! (But, not literally...)- Boyfriend
Beep!- Girlfriend
(So this is the stage fright my parents were talking about..)
Artificial Lust Dialogue
- CJ
Now that was a sick performance, Ruby! You keep on improving more and more every time.- Boyfriend
Boop!- Girlfriend
I wasn't expecting that, You're definitely better than my mom.- Ruby
Huh? You... mean that?! T-thanks...- Ruby
Especially since it's coming from the daughter of MM herself. It's a big honor..- Ruby
Yet... you still beat me to it...- CJ
And that's where I come in! Haha!- CJ
So, what do you say Ruby? How about we step our game up together?- Ruby
Pardon...?!- CJ
Me and you both, taking him on 2V1!!- Boyfriend
Beep!?!- Girlfriend
That is so totally against the rules, But you can take them on, right?- Boyfriend
Boop!- CJ
Alright now, let's rock on for one final performance!- Girlfriend
Wait!- CJ ...
- Ruby ...
- Boyfriend
.......beep?- Girlfriend
You know, on another thought..- Girlfriend
A 2 versus 1 isn't really fair, is it..?- Girlfriend
Let me join you in a duet my love!- Girlfriend
I'm a little rusty, but remember, my genes are no joke!- Boyfriend
Beep boop!- CJ
Hmm... not bad, not bad. Come on Girlfriend, show us what you've got!- Girlfriend
I'll do my best!- Boyfriend
Beep boop beep!- CJ
So Ruby, do you want me to carry you just like they do?- Ruby
N-no thanks, I'm fine standing up here.- CJ
Sweet. Alright my dudes, let's end this mayhem right here, right now!- Ruby
Y-yeah!- Girlfriend
Loser buys dinner!
Post-Artifical Lust Dialogue
- [Applause in the background]
- CJ
Man, We put on quite the show!- Ruby
Even after all that, we still lost..- CJ
Well, that doesn't matter!- CJ
What matters is that we gave them a run for their money,- CJ
And the audience loved it!- Ruby
Y-Yeah..- Girlfriend
You two did great!- Ruby
We can say the same about y-you..- CJ
We should definitely do this again sometime!- CJ
You up for it?- Boyfriend
Beep!- CJ
Great! This match was really fun!, and everyone, Give one great applause for The Boyfriend! And thank you for coming!- [Applause in the background]
- CJ
Man, that was sick!- CJ
I can't imagine how amazing our next show is gonna be with this new rep!- Ruby
Y-yeah, you were pretty amazing out there, Leader.- CJ
It couldn't have been done without ya.- [Reveals Vade]
- CJ
Hey babe, did you enjoy the show?- [Zooms in on Vade]
- Vade
Yeah, it was great! Good job, baby!
Parallax Dialogue
- Chris
Heya, it's me, TheMaskedChris, the creator of the mod you're playing.- Chris
And first, thank you so much for playing the mod, all your support means the world to me and the team, and I'm very glad you all enjoyed it.- Chris
Second, this is not Week 2, we are currently working hard on the second week for Starlight Mayhem, so give us some time, good things come with time and hard work.- Vade
Then, why did you put effort into this bonus week instead of my week sweetie?- Chris
Honestly, I don't know what happened, there was only supposed to be one bonus song, and then I passed out and suddenly there were 2 more songs.- Vade
*Sigh* Whatever you say, big boy, I just hope you and your team are putting the hard work to make my week delightful!- Chris
Yea, yea, whatever you say...- Chris
As I was saying, these bonus are going to be just freeplay songs.- Chris
So, don't expect any dialogue or story out of these.- Chris
Anyways, that you for playing Starlight Mayhem, and please enjoy these funky songs!- Chris
Oh, and check the freeplay menu after you're done, kay?
It's Complicated Dialogue
- Ruby
Thank you for coming out here CJ, I know you're busy... but this request I have for you is a bit important.- CJ
Yeah, what's up Ruby, ready for some 1 on 1 practice?- Ruby
Not quite, you see, I have been writing a song... a song for Mark!- Ruby
Something special for our anniversary, to thank him for everything has done for me.- Ruby
I want to write something sentimental and happy, but I'm not sure if the song is going in the right place though.- Ruby
The feeling of the song is all... complicated.- CJ
So, you want me to help you with it?- Ruby
Yeah... I want this to be perfect... just for him.- CJ
I see, well Ruby, you called the right guy for the job!- CJ
Let's make this the best song ever! Just for Mark! Now, show me what you've got!- Ruby
A-Alright.
Post-It's Complicated Dialogue
- CJ
Not bad Ruby, that was pretty good!- Ruby
Really??- CJ
Yeah, I quite liked it, I think you're going in a good direction with this song.- CJ
But, you brought me here to give you some of that good old constructive criticism, so, let me lay it on ya.- CJ
You are right, the feeling of the song is all messed up, it sounds too sad to be an anniversary song.- CJ
It almost sounded like you were trying to break up with me, even though we aren't a couple, haha.- Ruby
*Sigh*... Yeah, figured.- CJ
Don't worry Ruby! We will work on this together, and make this a great song just for your boyfriend!- Ruby
T-Thanks CJ! Let's do this!- Chris
"It's Complicated" is originally a song from FNF Soft, it shouldn't go without mention.- Chris
Thank you for playing Starlight Mayhem, and see you in Week 2!
Gallery (General)
References
- ā @TheMaskedChris (January 18, 2022). "The best week ever, i decided to start making starlight mayhem on this same week thanks to all of these amazing mods" (Tweet). Retrieved January 19, 2022 - via Twitter.
- ā https://twitter.com/TheMaskedChris/status/1571726790753914883
- ā https://twitter.com/TheMaskedChris/status/1475239923686862848
- ā https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxB5Y73ejfITiXmb-RshUsD4OzQLqVI9Lr?ocd=1