Hello everyone! Today we will be learning about how to create a chart on Bestdori. In case you're wondering, Bestdori is a website that is used to create custom charts based on the popular Japanese rhythm game Bandori. Now, without further ado, let's begin!

Step 1: Step 1: Picking a Song and Difficulty

(Sorry for the tabs on top of the screen.) First off, the best thing to start off with is picking a song to use. I would recommend you pick a song with a consistent beat that is around 2-3 minutes long. In order to upload your song to the website, you will need to convert it into an MP3 file. If you search up "Youtube to MP3 converter" there should be plenty of websites that you can use. After that, you will need to pick a difficulty for the chart. This can be done either before or after you finish creating the song, just depending on if you like to work with restraints or not. I personally like to put a difficulty on the song prior to the creation of the chart. You can pick a difficulty between EASY, NORMAL, HARD, and EXPERT. As well as this, you need to put a number label on the difficulty with 30 being the hardest and 1 being the easiest. Once you have this set up, you can add a description if you would like. After that's done, you're ready to start the chart-making!

Step 2: Step 2: Setting a BPM

Once you go into the chart section of your creation, you will see an assortment of notes on the left side as well as a long bar on the right. This bar is what you will be using to chart out your notes. First off, you have to figure out what the BPM of your song is. If the BPM of your song is wrong, then the notes will not be on the rhythm, therefore taking away all the fun of playing the game. Same as the last step, if you look up "BPM finder" on Google, you will be able to find several viable websites that will give you the BPM of the song (can either be through the file or the Youtube URL). Just to double check that the BPM is accurate, I would recommend skipping to about halfway through the song and placing a single note on every beat to see if it matches up.

Once you check that, you're ready to start placing your notes!

Step 3: Step 3: Placing Notes on the Chart

There are several different notes that you can place on the chart, these are called just normal tap notes, hold notes, and flick notes. Normal tap notes are blue, hold notes are green, and flick notes are pink. There are also notes called side flicks, but those can be saved for another time. In order to place down notes, you simply select the note you want to place from the side and drag it onto the chart, like I did in the image above. Hold notes are a special case, though. In order to place hold notes, you will have to place two normal notes based on where you want the note to start and end and then select the green option on the side. You drag your cursor upwards until it highlights the start and end of your note, then let go. Once you do that, it should turn into a hold note.

Step 4: Step 4: Final Touches

It may sound redundant, but you pretty much just have to continue doing that until the very end. It's good to pace yourself and constantly play the chart to make sure that the notes match up and feel organic. Once you have finished, you can post the chart online for the rest of the community to play! I'm sure that you all will make amazing charts. There are always optional flourishes like adding a detailed description or a cover image, but those aren't necessary. All that matters is that you're proud of the chart that you've made.