YARG (a.k.a. Yet Another Rhythm Game)
YARG (a.k.a. Yet Another Rhythm Game) is a free, open-source, plastic guitar game that is still in development. It supports guitar (five fret), drums (plastic or e-kit), vocals, pro-guitar, and more! YARG is still in active development, so there may be bugs and missing features.
Important
YARG stands firmly against all forms of piracy. We neither support nor endorse piracy, as it is a violation of copyright law with serious legal consequences. Our platform's importable content—designed for creators to share their work and for educational purposes—does not justify or excuse piracy.
YARG itself does not use any ripped/pirated assets or music and never will. By using YARG, users agree not to promote or endorse piracy in any way through our platform. Upholding these principles ensures a community that respects copyright, creativity, and legal standards.
YARG stands for "Yet Another Rhythm Game" and NOT for pirates.
- 👉 Disclaimer
- 📃 Table of Contents
- 🥽 VR Support
- 🛡️ License
- 🧰 External Licenses
- 📦 External Assets and Libraries
Todo
- Add openXR and XR interaction tool kit
- Convert all UI into world space
- Venue support - limited until venues can have a custom VR spawn point
- Toggle 2D/VR switcher
- Grab controller to track guitar (support vive tracker as well)
- Visual guitar input on guitar model (Kinda there it a hack method)
- Custom guitar, drum and mic models (Only show guitars atm)
- Use hands to play guitar (see if this can work on hand tracking devices)
- rumble support
- Uses vr drums (virtual drum in the game environment.)
YARG is licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 (or later) - see the LICENSE file for details.
Some libraries/assets are packaged with the source code have licenses that must be included.
| Library | License |
|---|---|
| NuGet for Unity | MIT |
| Unity Standalone File Browser | MIT |
| Discord GameSDK | Licenseless |
| Lucide | ISC |
| Unbounded, Barlow, and Red Hat Display | Open Font License |
| PolyHaven | CC0 |
| BASS | Proprietary (free for non-commercial use) |
Please note that other libraries are not directly packaged within the source code, and are to be installed by NuGet, Unity's packaged manager, or via a Git submodule.
These are assets that are installed by NuGet, Unity's packaged manager, or via a Git submodule. These have varying licenses, but can all be downloaded/accessed by the links given.
| Link | Type | Use |
|---|---|---|
| YARG.Core | Library | Provides most of YARG's backend (engine, replays, etc.) |
| PlasticBand | Reference | Controller Support Info |
| GuitarGame_ChartFormats | Reference | File Format Documentation |
| PlasticBand-Unity | Library | GH/RB Controller Support |
| HIDrogen | Library | Linux HID Controller Support |
| EasySharpIni | Library | Parsing song.ini Files |
| DryWetMidi | Library | Parsing .mid Files |
| Minis | Library | MIDI Input for Unity |
| DOTween | Library | Animation Utility |
| UniTask | Library | Async Library |
| unity-toolbar-extender | Library | Unity Editor Utility |
| SoftMaskForUGUI | Library | UI Utility |
| Unity-Dependencies-Hunter | Library | Unity Editor Utility |
| tmpro-dynamic-data-cleaner | Library | Prevent Git Change Spam |
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