Trombone Champ developer explains the hit game's viral appeal

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Trombone Champ is such a hit that its lead creator is quitting his day job in web design — and embarking on a year of full-time work updating and expanding the game.

One of the year’s best video game success stories is Trombone Champ, a lark that’s become a genuine, note-warbling hit.Big games from big game companies hog a lot of players’ attention, but titles about the unlikeliest of topics can still break through.is a fairly simple proposition: play the virtual trombone by tapping buttons and sliding a mouse.

The game’s hook is its humor. It went viral on social media late last month because gameplay sessions of Trombone Champ — all that honking and tooting —“The game is generally more entertaining when you perform badly,” Trombone Champ lead developer Dan Vecchitto, told Axios over email. Trombone Champ, however, lets its players gleefully blunder through a tune, and emits all the right and wrong sounds, accordingly.

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