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Inducing Emotional Response In Interactive Media, Keenan M. Reimer
Inducing Emotional Response In Interactive Media, Keenan M. Reimer
Master's Theses
Video games, and entertainment media have been developed for many years, and eliciting emotional experiences is an integral part of that process. Producing and editing game content in order to affect desired emotional experiences can be expensive and cumbersome to developers. This paper presents a study intended to show that such experiences can be affected with simple after-the-fact audio-visual effects. As subjects of the study, participants experience three different emotional states, fear, peace, and none, over three rounds and in three different game environments. They are given a simple narrative in each environment that directs them to gather various objects. …
Understanding The Relationships Of User-Selected Music In Video Games, Memphis Wong
Understanding The Relationships Of User-Selected Music In Video Games, Memphis Wong
Liberal Arts and Engineering Studies
Music has been an integral part of video games in its contribution to users' gameplay experiences. Varying from simple sound effects to elaborate scores, music helps shape the reactive environment of each video game. In particular, video games that generate unique levels and scenarios based on music has become more popular as its own genre. Games such as Audiosurf take this further, with having the game revolve entirely around levels generated to custom tracks. The aim of this study is to analyze the impact of such games, when it allows a user to select his or her own music.