Project by Jura Miniotaite and Teun Loeffen
Abstract In this report we present our interpretation of an auditory game for the Sound Forest installation. The Sound Forest is a multimodal interactive installation in the Swedish Museum of Performing Arts. It consists of 5 large strings that can sense when being pulled, and can give feedback to the user via sound, light, and haptic vibrations. As most Sound Forest applications so far have focused on abstract soundscapes, it seemed an interesting challenge to focus this project on audio game design. From an audio only game design perspective, the goal was to create a novel experience by not focusing on environmental exploration, but on material exploration. Inspired by various browser based physical simulation games, we set out to create an auditory game based on discovering possible interactions between elements that can be dropped in a virtual space. A prototype has been created in Python and Supercollider, which allows players to experiment with the materials on one string. Combinations of the available materials Wood, Water, and Fire, lead to various auditory effects such as Burning, Boiling, or Splash.