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Understanding the World
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“Life and Sound" is an immersive VR adventure game where players will immersively explore a dark, sound-filled world. The game relies on a highly realistic sound experience and collects various sounds to unlock new areas, new partners and puzzles, ultimately leading to a new world breathes life into this new world.
Inspired by
Cognitive Psychology
Characters, by identifying sounds in the darkness and associating them with their brain’s memory, allow players to distinguish objects even when they lose their vision. And in the end, when players regain their sight, they use the collected ‘sounds’ to infuse these ‘sounds’ into the environment to alter the player’s inherent perception of objects.
Refer to the perspective of life and the way of understanding the world in the Soul movie
In-game sounds will be the player’s primary source of information. Includingenvironmental sounds, character sounds, special sounds, etc., through stereo soundand spatial audio technology, players can accurately perceive the direction and distanceof sounds, thereby better navigating and solving puzzles and enhancing the player’ssense of immersion.
Environments
(Before new world)
Before entering the new world, all are played in the dark, and all models will not be seen. There are only sound triggers and a small light source flashing when the collection prompt appears (the kind that cannot illuminate objects).
All kinds of messy sounds are mixed together. If there is no specific partner, some sounds can only receive mixed sounds.
Here, players will hear the wind blowing through the leaves, the songs of birds, and the sound of distant water, which are keys to unlocking puzzles in the natural environment.
Various sounds in the room, including sounds from the kitchen, living room, bedroom, and toilet
(Dark. All objects above are invisible but have collisions)
Environments
(Enter the new world)
Different scenarios (New world below -Scenery but no sound):Natural world (In-game scenarios):
Characters
Characteristics
Her personality and emotions are introverted and sensitive, with a bit of social fear. She will always run into rooms where no one is around and do various things indoors. She can hear some small sounds because these sounds will be amplified here.
Interaction
Players can influence their emotions and trust by choosing different dialogue options. It can make him willing to stay in the same space with the player and move freely or try to go out. If the trust level is not enough, Roka will keep running away. In addition, if you interact with her using different voices, it may cause screaming, heavy breathing, etc., to wait.
Appearance
Gray purple
Characteristics
His personality and emotions are outgoing, easy-going, and calm. He loves nature and will always run to nature and enjoy the sounds of wind, streams, insects birds, etc. in nature.
Interaction
Players can influence their emotions and trust by choosing different dialogue options. It can make him willing to slow down and take the players with him.
Appearance
Green light
Characteristics
His personality and emotions are rational and organized, and he is susceptible to sounds and good at analyzing sounds. If he is there, almost all sounds will be distinguished.
Interaction
Players can influence their emotions and trust by choosing different dialogue options. This allows it to assist the player in distinguishing sounds rather than receiving a mixed sound of various sounds.
Appearance
Blue
Characteristics
Her personality and emotions are rich and passionate, and she is particularly sensitive to the sounds of musical instruments. She can find the sounds of different musical instruments at will, and if she is happy, she can play a piece of music.
Interaction
Players can influence their emotions and trust by choosing different dialogue options. Allows players to engage in voice collaboration with him or act alongside her.
Appearance
Orange
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Game play
Sound navigation
Players use sound navigation to explore the world in the dark.
Real sound simulation
The sounds in the game are designed and recorded to enhance the player's sense of immersion, including echoes of empty environments, footsteps, animal sounds, waterfalls, firewood, rain, voices, vents, typing, and elevator sounds. etc. to increase the realism of the game.
Highly interactive
Players can trigger, record, and emit sounds when encountering certain areas to unlock areas or puzzles.
Partner role interaction
Team up with partner characters who are sensitive to certain sounds to unlock hidden areas and solve puzzles cooperatively.
Emotional interaction
The player's choices and emotions affect the interaction and character direction of the partner character (the partner continues to accompany, betray or leave).
Dynamic storyline
Players' choices and behaviors will affect the development of partner characters in the game and the game ending (the appearance of the new world), providing a variety of different game experiences.
Listen
Players can accurately hear sounds from different directions through the headphones to navigate and sense their surroundings.
Exploration
Players are able to trigger and record sounds in the environment, which are used to unlock areas, solve puzzles, and interact with companion characters.