Aesthetics
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Synopsis
| Defining artistic characteristics common to all sounds. |
Relationships
Calls for:
Acoustic Ecology 
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Description
Aesthetics, in the scope, refers to the qualities of the sounds used in a particular design, namely the artistic qualities. Defining the sound Aesthetics in a game implies, for instance, that all sounds share the common characteristics inherent to such Aesthetics. Being so, it augments the coherency of particular decisions. In that vein, it may call for a study on the Acoustic Ecology of the game.
The Aesthetics of sound can reinforce that of the other elements in the game (as it can defy it, should that be the purpose). Aesthetical decisions may be based on a multitude of motivations. They usually convey an artistic option and may serve the intention to create an association to a context (such as time, place, technology, culture, ...), support a mood (by being dark, cartoonish, childish, silent, intense, …), explore a particular approach to the composition of sounds being used (minimalist, subjective, musical, non-musical, realistic, …), etc.
Examples
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External Resources
Establishing an Aesthetic in Next Generation Sound Design, by Rob Bridgett and Leonard Paul, 2006
Towards Understanding the Audio Aesthetics of Videogames: Genre, by Guillaume Roux-Girard
"The Value of Aesthetics" in Jesse Schell [1], p.347
Amon Tobin and the Music of "InFamous"[2]
References
- ↑ Schell, J. 2008. The art of game design: A book of lenses. London: Morgan Kaufmann.
- ↑ Amon Tobin and the Music of “Infamous.” (2009). Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqWvheuVf6w
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