Quest Driven Spatial Songs - Exploring how narrative structures of Quests in Games can be mapped onto songs.

SessionDoctoral Consortium
DescriptionThis paper examines the relationship between music recordings and narrative structures found in video games.The paper explores the potential of spatialised music experiences, particularly in the context of Dolby Atmos and the concept of degrees of freedom (3DoF and 6DoF). It investigates the application of spatial algorithms and game engines' middleware to create spatially adaptive music experiences. The paper proposes a "Quest-Driven-Spatial Song". This structure adopts "quest structures from video games maps these structures to songs..The research is practice-based. It includes a song named Empires that reveals different lyrics and musical arrangements depending on where the listener is in space-time.
Event Type
Doctoral Consortium
TimeFriday, 15 December 202310:00am - 10:30am
LocationMeeting Room C4.3, Level 4 (Convention Centre)
