Trombone Champ

2022 - 9 - 23

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Trombone Champ is the internet's new favorite video game. The ... (NBC News)

The game, which was released Sept. 15, went viral this week after people online — ranging from video game reviewers to actual trombone players — began posting ...

Almost all of the music is classical and in the public domain. The game, which costs $14.99, is available on PC via Steam. He came up with the idea for Trombone Champ four years ago, inspired by traditional arcade cabinets. "I'm obviously super happy about it and a little relieved," Vecchitto said with a laugh. Dan Vecchitto, the game's developer, said he never expected it would turn into the internet’s newfound source of laughter. A lot of tooting, to songs like the national anthem and Beethoven’s Symphony No. Vecchitto said he’s planning to release a Mac version and, eventually, a version for consoles. [it's] trombonist!" "C’mon ... The result? The mouse movements are inverted, adding another level of difficulty. "Also, 'tromboner?'" he added, referring to what a player is called in the game.

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The internet's new favorite video game is like 'Guitar Hero' but with ... (CNN)

New York (CNN Business) If you liked "Guitar Hero" but wished it had more brass instruments, you're in luck. A new rhythm game called "Trombone Champ" has ...

"[A]t the moment, Holy Wow is mostly a one person operation. "I was also concerned that real trombonists would complain about how unrealistic the trombone controls are -- it plays more like a slide whistle than a trombone." The game was released last week on Steam for PC ($14.99), with a Mac version expected soon. The game itself is remarkably straightforward: slide the mouse up and down to very quickly to adjust the pitch while holding down a button for the right length of time to play along with music. ("Did you know that early trombones from the Renaissance and Baroque eras are sometimes called 'sackbuts?'") "I thought it would take around six months, but the entire start-to-finish process took four years (with lots of starts and stops)."

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Look Out Guitar Heroes. Trombone Champ Is Taking Over the Internet (Bloomberg)

With a similar game design to Guitar Hero, players command a virtual trombone with their computer mouse in an attempt to follow the melody of classical music ...

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Trombone Champ's triumph is making failure fun in a rhythm game (Rock Paper Shotgun)

Smash hit rhythm game Trombone Champ isn't just about farty noises, but those silly sounds do make it a rare rhythm game where failing is actually fun.

Play badly and the crowd might boo, and if you play badly enough the game might end the song and kick you off stage. Some games rile you into rising to the challenge. It opens with a cinematic cutscene parodying Dark Souls, and has a hidden story with secrets and mysteries and unlockables and baboons for you to discover. It wants you to discover silly things and laugh along the way. It awards your tooting with points to buy shiny trading cards of musicians and musical concepts (and a surprising number of hot dogs). As notes scroll in along the timeline from the right, moving your mouse up and down changes the pitch of your trombone, and clicking or hitting a keyboard key blows it.

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