The Uke Guy
This game is from the old Ludum Dare platform. You can try viewing the original page on Web Archive
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Gameplay and controls show - https://youtu.be/xuwcVbgKTHU
The game is about a musician, who sits by the street and plays his instrument.
However, he is not an ordinary musician - he is The Uke Guy! He uses ukulele
as a weapon to fight with sadness!
You have to play a part of someone's happy song before he reaches you to make him happy. If you the sad guy will get to you before, you will lose!
After hearing a part of the song he will run to you and the whole song will be played by your ukulele!
However, he comes in with a sad song playing around him, so it's not easy to break this sad mood. But ukulele can do this!
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Controls:
There are 4 basic sounds, as there are 4 strings in uke. The controls to trigger them:
G string - [Shift]
C string - [Enter]
E string - [Backslash]
A string - [Backspace]
An additional sound:
DRUM - [Ctrl]
For each string there are 5 frets you can push before picking the string - this will
make a different sound! If a Sad Guy wants you to play a sound on a string with
a fret, the number of the fret will be displayed with the string name.
Buttons on your keyboard corresponding frets (sound modifiers) for different strings:
G string - [z], [x], [c], [v], [b]
C string - [a], [s], [d], [f], [g]
E string - [q], [w], [e], [r], [t]
A string - [1], [2], [3], [4], [5]
So, to play a sound displayed as G1, that is on first fret of G string, you have to press and hold [z] and then press [Shift]
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You can play around with sounds in the main menu!
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BTW, you can try playing some chords and strumming up and down. To play F chord:
1. press and hold [q]
2. press and hold [x]
3. "strum" down or up by sliding your finger from [Shift] to [Enter] to [Backslash] to [Backspace].
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CHANGELOG:
- 2015-04-25: sad guys are now slower and second song is easier to play
The game is about a musician, who sits by the street and plays his instrument.
However, he is not an ordinary musician - he is The Uke Guy! He uses ukulele
as a weapon to fight with sadness!
You have to play a part of someone's happy song before he reaches you to make him happy. If you the sad guy will get to you before, you will lose!
After hearing a part of the song he will run to you and the whole song will be played by your ukulele!
However, he comes in with a sad song playing around him, so it's not easy to break this sad mood. But ukulele can do this!
===
Controls:
There are 4 basic sounds, as there are 4 strings in uke. The controls to trigger them:
G string - [Shift]
C string - [Enter]
E string - [Backslash]
A string - [Backspace]
An additional sound:
DRUM - [Ctrl]
For each string there are 5 frets you can push before picking the string - this will
make a different sound! If a Sad Guy wants you to play a sound on a string with
a fret, the number of the fret will be displayed with the string name.
Buttons on your keyboard corresponding frets (sound modifiers) for different strings:
G string - [z], [x], [c], [v], [b]
C string - [a], [s], [d], [f], [g]
E string - [q], [w], [e], [r], [t]
A string - [1], [2], [3], [4], [5]
So, to play a sound displayed as G1, that is on first fret of G string, you have to press and hold [z] and then press [Shift]
=====
You can play around with sounds in the main menu!
=====
BTW, you can try playing some chords and strumming up and down. To play F chord:
1. press and hold [q]
2. press and hold [x]
3. "strum" down or up by sliding your finger from [Shift] to [Enter] to [Backslash] to [Backspace].
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CHANGELOG:
- 2015-04-25: sad guys are now slower and second song is easier to play