Trombone Champ is a brand new PC rhythm sport from indie studio Holy Wow that’s charming, foolish, but in addition painfully caught within the flatscreen land of mouse and keyboard. Lower than two weeks since its 1.0 launch on PC, the sport already has already garnered its first VR mod.
The mod, referred to as BaboonVR, is dropped at you by itinerant modder ‘Raicuparta’, who’s additionally identified for having introduced retroactive VR help to Firewatch, The Stanley Parable, and Outer Wilds to call just a few.
In BaboonVR, the sport display is proven as a projection whilst you use hand controls to play the digital trombone, sliding motion and all. That’s it for now, nevertheless Raicuparta says the mod remains to be in early entry, obtainable as a one-time buy on Itch.io, or by being a subscriber to his Patreon.
Raicuparta says that the present model is “nonetheless fairly easy,” because it calculates pitch primarily based on the relative distance from one controller to the opposite.
“So that you don’t really have to put the mouthpiece in your mouth but, but it surely positively feels cooler if you happen to do,” Raicuparta says.
In fact, you’ll want just a few issues to begin “boning”, or “troming right down to bone-town” as is commonly stated within the trombone neighborhood, relying upon the extent of ritual required:
- Trombone Champ on PC (Steam).
- VR-ready PC (see if yours is prepared right here)
- SteamVR headset or Quest 1/2 by way of Hyperlink or Air Hyperlink
- VR controllers — no mouse/keyboard required
The mod by itself is priced at $2, which is about proper for an expertise that doesn’t embrace power suggestions respiratory controls, optically-tracked trombone slide, lifelike haptics replicating bell vibration, or a spit valve. Nonetheless, it’s not a foul deal.