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Adapting personal music for synesthetic game play

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George Tzanetakis,

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FDG '10: Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games

Pages 163 - 170

https://doi.org/10.1145/1822348.1822370

Published: 19 June 2010 Publication History

Abstract

Music can significantly effect game play and help players understand underlying patterns in the game, or the effects of their actions on the characters. Conversely, inappropriate music can have a negative effect on players by creating additional difficulties. While game makers recognize the effects of music on game play, solutions that provide users with a choice in personal music are not forthcoming. We design, implement and evaluate an algorithm for automatically adapting an arbitrary music track from a personal library and synchronizing play back to the user, without requiring any access to the video game source code.

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DOI:10.1145/1822348

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Guo ZThawonmas RRen X(2024)Rethinking dynamic difficulty adjustment for video game designEntertainment Computing10.1016/j.entcom.2024.10066350(100663)Online publication date: May-2024
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Silpasuwanchai CRen X(2017)A Quick Look at Game Engagement TheoriesThe Wiley Handbook of Human Computer Interaction10.1002/9781118976005.ch29(657-679)Online publication date: 28-Dec-2017
https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118976005.ch29
Silpasuwanchai CMa XShigemasu HRen XFoth MJu WSchroeter RViller S(2016)Developing a Comprehensive Engagement Framework of Gamification for Reflective LearningProceedings of the 2016 ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems10.1145/2901790.2901836(459-472)Online publication date: 4-Jun-2016
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2901790.2901836

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