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Ocarina: Songs of Hyrule
The ocarina on the stump in Link's house: play the songs from Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask on your keyboard, and each one you get right goes into a songbook.
ocarina.thibaut-lefrancois.com ↗
OUR TAKE / EDITORIAL
Why it's on the wall
Playing Zelda's Lullaby on the arrow keys and seeing it recognized is five good minutes, longer if you go for all 12.
Written by Neon Gamewall. An opinion, not a player rating.
GAME BRIEF
What's the game?
Thibaut Lefrançois built a small 3D scene of Link's treehouse, with the Ocarina of Time resting on the tree stump and fairies flying around it. Press Start, and Space and the arrow keys play the five notes, laid out like A and the C buttons on the N64 controller, with the original sounds. Play a song right and it's recognized: we played Zelda's Lullaby and got "You learned Zelda's Lullaby!". The songbook keeps the ones you've learned, with a tab for Ocarina of Time's 12 songs and one for Majora's Mask, and shows the notes for each. He made it a few days after the remake's trailer and wrote up how on Codrops.
BEFORE YOU PLAY
What to expect
Free, no account, and light: about 1.5 MB loaded when we checked. Best with sound on, since the songs are the point. Unofficial: the credits call it a fan tribute, not affiliated with Nintendo. It's a music toy: no enemies, just the songs.
Controls: Keyboard: Space for A and the arrow keys for the four C buttons, the same five notes as the N64 game. The buttons in the bottom corner open settings, the songbook and the credits.
QUESTIONS PEOPLE ASK
Common questions
Can you play the ocarina from Ocarina of Time online?
Yes. Songs of Hyrule at ocarina.thibaut-lefrancois.com lets you play it on a keyboard, with the five notes on Space and the arrow keys, and it recognizes the songs from Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask.
What are the notes for Zelda's Lullaby?
Left, Up, Right, Left, Up, Right on the arrow keys (C-left, C-up, C-right, twice). That's what we played to get it recognized.
Is it official?
No. It's a fan tribute; its credits say it isn't affiliated with Nintendo.
SOURCE & CREDIT
Meet the maker
Thibaut Lefrançois is a freelance full-stack developer in France who works in Java, Kotlin, TypeScript, Vue and React and likes creative web, Three.js and WebGL. His X bio says he likes getting the details right on things nobody asked for.
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