Immersing Deeply In Gameplay Through Sound

From time to time, I like to replay games so I can have new points of view and (re) discover aspects and elements of game design, gameplay, narrative or creative process. Last weekend, checking my Apple Cloud to verify some old downloads, I found this very unique game: Dark Echo.



Created by RAC7 Studio the game offers an experience to "explore a mysterious world through sound". And "sound" is the core and keyword of this game. Using only a black interface with minimal white sound waves ricocheting around the scenario, the player is invited to explore a kind of a dungeon filled with monsters. Check the gameplay:



It operates by touching the screen to walk and generate the sound waves. The important detail is the fact that the sounds of your steps will attract terrible "monsters" (again, you will only hear the creatures' grunts) and sometimes you need to run into the darkness. Anxiety is an important game design component in this example. The whole game is based in it, and all fear/horror/terror reactions derive from it.

Sound is strategically built in this case, the perfect blend between the minimal interface and the sounding experience. This is a great example of how we can construct a game using few elements to create big impact.

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STAR TREK: ARMADA

Many a gaming genre has worn the Star Trek license, but out of all of them, the Real Time Strategy perhaps fits Gene Roddenberry's egalitarian concept the best. Shooters are arguably too violent for the peaceful goals of the Federation while narrative-driven adventures don't always delve into the complexities of diplomacy, telling distinctly one-sided stories. So let's talk about Star Trek: Armada, Activision's 1999 attempt to do the cult phenomenon justice.

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Christmas 2018

Thank you all so much for everything this year. It means so much to me that you are all enjoying and contributing to the show. Sarah and I wish you all the best holiday season ever.

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UCLAN Games Student Selected As A Winner Of The Women In Games Student Competition 2018.

GREAT NEWS FOLKS!

UCLan Games Design are pleased to share the news that one of our recent graduates,
Judith Ormerod, has been selected as a winner of the Women in Games Student Competition 2018.

As a result, Judith has won a free ticket for Tuesday and Wednesday 11th/12th September
2018 to the European Women in Games Conference 2018 at City University, London,
this also includes entry to Trapeze Nightclub.

WIGJ are delighted to be able to support Judith in attending The European Women in Games Conference 2018. They are including reimbursement of travel expenses and an overnight stay!

There will be an awards ceremony at 3.30 pm on Wednesday_ where she and other winners will be asked to the stage to publicly receive recognition for their work.

After the conference WIGJ will continue to support Judith by promoting her website through the main WiG Website.

https://www.womeningamesconference.com/wigj-student-awards-2018/

Huge congratulations to Judith.






 

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STAR TREK: GENERATIONS

Three years after Captain Kirk passed the torch over to Jean Luc Picard in the seventh Star Trek motion picture, MicroProse finally gave us the movie tie in. Released in 1997, Star Trek: Generations adds a heavy dose of adventuring to the first-person-shooter but is it any better for it?

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A Word About The Brazilian Gaming Market

(NOTE: this content is a teaser from my HCI's 2019 paper and the last post of this year)

The Brazilian gaming market is full of opportunities and peculiarities. The country is well-known abroad for being an emergent field where new game ideas can be explored, andalso for its high levels of piracy, unfortunately. In a certain way, the country is a unique "ecosystem" where different business models and creative processes can be explored, given the size and the diversity of its population, of almost 220 million people.

The gaming industry in Brazil is not consolidated though, and under many aspects it is still in an initial stage. As a first step into our discussion, we can highlight some attributes of the Brazilian gaming market, using as reference the data collected in an important survey named Game Brazil Research 2018 (Pesquisa Game Brasil 2018, in Portuguese), conducted by the company Sioux Games.



In its fifth edition, the research comprised interviews with 2853 people, in an attempt to investigate some demographic, consumption and behavioral aspects of the Brazilian gaming field. The first information we need to highlight is the fact that 75.5% of the Brazilian population plays games in a wide range of platforms, like smartphones, tablets, computers, consoles, portable consoles, etc.

According to this research, the gamer audience in Brazil is mainly cross-platform,with 74% of players experiencing games on more than one device. Smartphones lead the numbers as the most popular gaming platforms in Brazil (37.6%), while consoles occupy the second place (28.8%), followed by computers, in third place (26.4%).

Another interesting piece of information from Game Brazil Research 2018 concerns the self-image of the Brazilian gamer audience: only 6.1% of the respondents considered themselves to be "hardcore" gamers. Most of the interviewed people identified themselves as casual gamers.

It was also remarkable, in the research about mobile games, that 60.7% of respondents said they played while in transit (bus, subway or car).

Finally, it is noteworthy that 53.6% of Brazilian gamers are women, and among the female audience the favorite platform is mobile (59%), in which they spend an average of one to three hours a week playing games.

From these preliminary data, it is possible to understand that Brazil is a fertile ground for mobile games and a place with high potential for new gaming business in this field.

There are no massive game publishers in Brazil yet, and mobile platforms like App Store (Apple) and Play Store (Google) constitute interesting opportunities for game designers, indie studios and small gaming companies to showcase their work, in Brazil and abroad.

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Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator [V1.5 + MULTi2 + Proper Crack] For PC [2.6 GB] Highly Compressed Repack

Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator - is a battlefield simulation game from the year 2017. Here is a sandbox like no other. Create massive battles with absolutely no limits. Want to see 10,000 chickens fight an army of Romans?

Featuring: There are simply no limits to the carnage you can achieve in Epic Battle Simulator. Mess around with a massive variety of units. Everything from, Roman Centurions, Medieval soldiers, Knights, Orcs, Trolls, and yes, chickens! The main focus in this game is giving the player no restrictions to what he can do and that is why we decided not to limit the amount of units in battle. Want to see what a battle of 100,000 units looks like? Plus we don't recommend going past 10,000 for most machines but its your CPU, do what you want.

..:: Purchase the game here and support the developers ::..

1. FEATURES OF THE GAME

• Play as any one of the units in the Game and getting up close plus, Personal to help change the tides of a battle.
• Unfortunately, there aren't many engines that you can chuck 10,000 characters in and Expect good performance.
• Each individual in this video game decides his own path plus, navigates or react in Massively open environments.
• Plus some multiple troops are available to choose from and more to come it is totally up to you to build your army.
• Mess around with variety of units. Everything from, Roman Centurions, Medieval soldiers, Knights, orcs and trolls.

Game is updated to latest version

Important Notes

▪ Proper crack by Codex or Reloaded + game fix by viciomnia.

2. GAMEPLAY AND SCREENSHOTS

3. DOWNLOAD GAME:

♢ Click or choose only one button below to download this game.
♢ You need μTorrent program to download torrent files, download here.
♢ View detailed instructions for downloading and installing the game here.
♢ Use 7-Zip to extract RAR, ZIP and ISO files. Install PowerISO to mount ISO files.

ULTIMATE EPIC BATTLE SIMULATOR [v1.5 + MULTi2 + PROPER CRACK] - DOWNLOAD LINKS

      

PASSWORD FOR THE GAME

Unlock with password: pcgamesrealm

4. INSTRUCTIONS FOR THIS GAME

➤ Download the game by clicking on the button link provided above.

➤ Download the game on the host site and turn off your Antivirus or Windows Defender to avoid errors.

➤ When the download process is finished, locate or go to that file.

➤ Open and extract the file by using 7-Zip, and run 'setup.exe' as admin then install the game on your PC.

➤ Once the installation is complete, run the game's exe as admin and you can now play the game.

➤ Congratulations! You can now play this game for free on your PC.

➤ Note: If you like this video game, please buy it and support the developers of this game.

Turn off or temporarily disable your Antivirus or Windows Defender to avoid false positive detections.

5. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
(Your PC must at least have the equivalent or higher specs in order to run this game.)

• Operating System: Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows 8, Windows 10 | requires 64-bit
• Processor: Intel Core i5 4590 or AMD FX 8320 or any kind of higher processor
• Memory: at least 8GB System RAM
• Hard Disk Space: 5GB free HDD Space
• Video Card: AMD Radeon HD 5770 1024MB, NVIDIA GTS 450 1024MB or higher graphics

Supported Language: English and Simplified Chinese language are available and supported for this game.
If you have any questions or encountered broken links, please do not hesitate to comment below. :D