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| ex1=<mt p="SoundPlaces" g="MGS4" altg="Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots" w="{{R16by9W}}" h="{{R16by9H}}">[[Cutscenes]].</mt>
| ex2=<mt p="TitleScreens" g="Heavy Rain" w="{{R16by9W}}" h="{{R16by9H}}">[[TitleScreens]]</mt>
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| ex2=<mt p="TitleScreens" g="Heavy Rain" w="{{R16by9W}}" h="{{R16by9H}}">[[Title Screens]].</mt>
| ex3=<mt p="Menus" g="Uncharted" altg="Uncharted: Drake's Fortune" w="{{R16by9W}}" h="{{R16by9H}}">[[Menus]]</mt>
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| ex3=<mt p="Menus" g="Uncharted" altg="Uncharted: Drake's Fortune" w="{{R16by9W}}" h="{{R16by9H}}">[[Menus]].</mt>
| ex4=<mt p="Gameplay" g="Ocarina Of Time" altg="The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time" w="{{R4by3W}}" h="{{R4by3H}}">Sound being used as part of the [[Gameplay]]</mt>
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| ex4=<mt p="Gameplay" g="Ocarina Of Time" altg="The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time" w="{{R4by3W}}" h="{{R4by3H}}">Sound being used as part of the [[Gameplay]].</mt>
 
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Revision as of 21:20, 20 August 2012

The card's front face The card's back face

This design pattern has been classified as
an Aggregator Pattern after version 1.0
Consequently, it is no longer represented as a card
(i.e. ceased being part of the deck) since version 2.0

Synopsis

Components of a product where sound may appear.

Relationships

Context:
Sound Design in Games .
Parts may include:
Title Screens , Menus , Cut-Scenes , Gameplay .
Makes use of:
Acoustic Ecology .

Description

This pattern refers to the design decisions regarding the reach of sound to the different components the game may include.

Often, expressions such as "the sound of a game" are used to refer to the sounds heard during Gameplay and possibly in the Cut-Scenes. Yet, sound may extend to other moments of a game's usage, including the Menus and the starting Title Screens.

Addressing the sound design of these components as a whole as the advantage of enabling them to fit in the same Acoustic Ecology.

Examples

Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots: Cutscenes.
Heavy Rain: Title Screens.
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune: Menus.
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The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time: Sound being used as part of the Gameplay.

Additional Comments

This classification is based on (Marks & Novak, 2009; Marks, 2009, ch. 8).

External Resources

(Marks & Novak, 2009; Marks, 2009, ch. 8). [pending link]

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