Tutorial Section for the Game

The number one point of contention in our game has been the controls. Everyone plays guitar hero differently and when a player picks up a guitar hero guitar for a brawler, they have a certain way that they want to play the game.

As we talk about control schemes, the controls that make sense for our team are the controls that match their play style for Rock Band. This makes almost any control scheme not "intuitive." I am a believer in simplicity of games and I think a player should be able to  pick up any game and play it instantly. If you need to explain the controls, it probably means your controls aren't very good.

That being said, we are making a weird game and we have to retrain people to understand the control scheme of our game. We are combining two types of games and two types of control schemes.

We believe that if we have a strong tutorial players will accept our control scheme better. I think that the tutorial will dramatically help the understanding of our game and the transition from guitar hero to brawler.

Here's the tutorial script Nick just sent me:

1. Movement explanation

Guitar: you can move by strumming up/down

Controller: you can move by pressing left/right

Completion: A move here icon appears on the right of the screen

2. Dashing explanation

Guitar: you can dash by pressing green or orange and strumming in the direction you want to go (is this changing?)

Controller: you can dash by pressing left shoulder or right shoulder based on the direction you want to go

Completion: A move here icon appears in the middle of the screen

3. Hud explanation

Guitar/Controller:  This is your rock level, it goes up as you attack enemies, but goes down when you aren't attacking, or when you take damage.  If it goes below 1, you die.  Keep it high to get a better score. Press B to continue.

Completion: Player stays in place, enemy spawns.

4. Attack explanation

Guitar: You can attack by holding Red/Yellow/Blue and strumming in the direction you want to attack.

Controller: You can attack by pressing A/X/Y/B

Completion: Player stays in place.

5. Chord explanation

Guitar: You can perform chords, which are more powerful moves by holding any two buttons and strumming.  Try pressing Red+Yellow and strumming now

Controller: ???? idk how chords work on the controller

Completion: Player stays in place.

6. Slam explanation (should have a cooler name than slam)

Guitar: If you press Red, Yellow, and Blue at the same time, then strum you will perform your slam.  Strum rapidly to charge up your slam.

Controller:  If you press B you will perform your slam.  Press b rapidly to charge up your slam.

Completion: Enemy dies, player can move, go to end level trigger to finish (could possibly just end the game)