A influência das trilhas sonoras da era 16-bits sobre a percepção da imersão em jogos eletrônicos

• Autor(a) principal: Silva, Diego Curcio de Borba da
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Tipo de documento: Trabalho de conclusão de curso
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC)
• Texto Completo: http://www.repositorio.ufc.br/handle/riufc/55070
• topic: Trilhas sonoras; Imersão; Jogos eletrônicos; 16-bits; Super Nintendo

Sound, in the context of electronic games, has grown in importance every day, from its first uses, to becoming one of the most important components in today’s games. At every generation of games and equipment, different applications and aesthetics were presented, and the relationship between sound and player deepened. The purpose of this research is to investigate, in the games attributed to 16-bit era, the influence of sound on one aspect of this relationship: immersion. Based on studies that address immersion in electronic games and the use of sound, a test has been developed. Participants were invited to play two games of the Platform genre, on the Super Nintendo, for 20 minutes each. After each game session, two questionnaires were conducted. The first questionnaire, “Immersive Experience Questionnaire”, quantitatively measures the intensity of immersion experienced by the participant, and was developed in a research on immersion and games. The second, which evaluates the influence of sound tracks on immersion, was developed during the research considering the studies presented on immersion in games. The results suggest that the soundtracks of these games were able to produce immersive experiences in the players. The application of sound in game elements, generally less complex than how it is used at present days, has not prevented players from understanding and adapting to the different situations during the game. The influence of sound aesthetics was also considered positive, contributing to the immersion and the interest of the participants. It was also evidenced in the results, occurrences in which the aesthetics of the soundtrack was classified as coherent with the general style presented by the game. This fact indicates that further studies can be conducted in order to verify the influence of this type of soundtrack on games that break the player's expectation, or in other words, games out of the 16-bit era.