Audio Games: Investigation of the Potential Through Prototype Development

Beksa, Jaroslaw; Fizek, Sonia; Carter, Phil

doi:10.1007/978-1-4471-6708-2_11

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“…Players need to interpret the meaning of the spoken words, in order to find the right path and pursue the game's objectives. An interactive audio story with both historical and fantasy elements can thus be shaped via monologues and/or dialogues, which are often binaurally recorded to enhance player's immersion in the audio-represented world [2,33].…”

Section: Speech In Ag Designmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Their evolution differs significantly from that of video games, in which ocularcentrism has to a great extent limited sound to a merely ornamental role. AGs have managed to exploit the benefits of ever-changing new media, from text-to-speech computer software to handheld electronic devices, and from arcade consoles to mobile applications and augmented reality environments, thus shaping novel game mechanics and in some cases producing popular titles [2]. Yet, AGs are still a long way from addressing a wide audience as their visual counterparts do.…”

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Speech Puzzles (Spuzzles): Engaging the Reduced, Causal, and Semantic Listening Modes for Puzzle Design in Audio Games

Rovithis,

Papadopoulou,

Komianos

et al. 2024

Applied Sciences

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This paper proposes a novel approach to audio game design by introducing the concept of speech puzzles (spuzzles) to describe the utilisation of recorded voice for the creation of audio puzzles in ways that challenge players’ different listening modes. In the fields of audio games and audio-interactive applications, speech serves instructive, descriptive, narrative, and in some cases—in the form of hints or quizzes—gameplay purposes by addressing users through language. The suggested approach of spuzzles extends this potential by including, besides encoded meaning, the acoustic properties of sound, thus engaging the user’s causal and reduced listening modes in parallel with the semantic listening mode. An audio game consisting of four inherently different spuzzles was designed as proof of concept and tested by seven third-year students of Audiovisual Arts, who elaborated on their experience through a focus group semi-structured discussion. Despite their difficulty, the spuzzles were well accepted by most of the participants (5/7), whereas all participants agreed on their acoustic richness, need for concentration, and independence from pre-existing musical knowledge. Therefore, the authors suggest that the proposed design approach could serve as a paradigm for future research in the design of complex audio-based game mechanics.

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Section: Speech In Ag Designmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Speech Puzzles (Spuzzles): Engaging the Reduced, Causal, and Semantic Listening Modes for Puzzle Design in Audio Games

Rovithis,

Papadopoulou,

Komianos

et al. 2024

Applied Sciences

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“…The exclusion of the visual in favor of the auditory channel results in more subjective interpretation and thus boosts players' fantasy [12]. Furthermore, turning graphics off to rely on purely audio stimuli can result in increased immersion in the virtual environment: one such research compared playing AG with visual aids turned on and off [13], while another suggested that players gain physical freedom in their spatial behavior within a 360 • field of actions when no longer confined by looking at a screen [14].…”

Section: The Evolution and Characteristics Of Audio Gamesmentioning

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Audio Legends: Investigating Sonic Interaction in an Augmented Reality Audio Game

Rovithis

Moustakas

Floros

et al. 2019

MTI

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Augmented Reality Audio Games (ARAG) enrich the physical world with virtual sounds to express their content and mechanics. Existing ARAG implementations have focused on exploring the surroundings and navigating to virtual sound sources as the main mode of interaction. This paper suggests that gestural activity with a handheld device can realize complex modes of sonic interaction in the augmented environment, resulting in an enhanced immersive game experience. The ARAG “Audio Legends” was designed and tested to evaluate the usability and immersion of a system featuring an exploration phase based on auditory navigation, as well as an action phase, in which players aim at virtual sonic targets and wave the device to hit them or hold the device to block them. The results of the experiment provide evidence that players are easily accustomed to auditory navigation and that gestural sonic interaction is perceived as difficult, yet this does not affect negatively the system’s usability and players’ immersion. Findings also include indications that elements, such as sound design, the synchronization of sound and gesture, the fidelity of audio augmentation, and environmental conditions, also affect significantly the game experience, whereas background factors, such as age, sex, and game or music experience, do not have any critical impact.

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Fiadotau

2024

Encyclopedia of Computer Graphics and Games

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Audio Games: Investigation of the Potential Through Prototype Development

Cited by 8 publications

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Speech Puzzles (Spuzzles): Engaging the Reduced, Causal, and Semantic Listening Modes for Puzzle Design in Audio Games

Speech Puzzles (Spuzzles): Engaging the Reduced, Causal, and Semantic Listening Modes for Puzzle Design in Audio Games

Audio Legends: Investigating Sonic Interaction in an Augmented Reality Audio Game

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