Trombone Champ is an indie rhythm game that just keeps blowing us all away(opens in new tab). When Chris Livingston first started posting videos of his attempts at the game, the PC Gamer chat was full of laughter. Those hilarious bad notes coupled with his over enthusiastic avatar and a screen that flashes up 'NASTY' to mock your attempts is simple comedy brass.
But of course it gets better. We're by far not the first people to fall bell over slide for Trombone Champ as fans have been getting in on the action. Recently, one skillful fan showed off their VR implementation(opens in new tab) which really looks like it takes the game to the next level. Naturally, a trombone peripheral would be the next step here, and once again the ingenuity of people delivers.
You may have heard of Rudeism, the hardware madlad who loves to play games in unconventional ways. We've seen him stream his way through Sifu with punching controls(opens in new tab), played Untitled Goose Game as a goose(opens in new tab), beat Hades with a pomegranate(opens in new tab), and just heaps more. He's the king of controller shenanigans, and he's working on the next step in Trombone Champ's natural evolution.
Rudeism posted video of his trombone controller working on Twitter(opens in new tab), explaining that an ultrasonic sensor controls the slide part of the trombone, while the microphone controls the toots. Normally this would be moving the mouse for the slide, and clicking or pushing a keyboard button for the toots, so you can see how this translated across.
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