Signature

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Sound is prevalent in many of the most recognized Signatures in games. A Signature supports a strong link between players and on what they keep in memory from their experience while playing. Not only, it evokes a memory but it also works as a token that allows different players to communicate their common experience.

Building a Signature is both relevant in emotional and commercial terms.

A Signature is, almost by definition, achieved through singularity. Music or particular Sound Effects are common ways to achieve it, but aspects of the Characters' Soundprint also constitute a vast space of opportunities.

Examples

Super Mario: The Music in Super Mario is one most recognized Signature in the history of games.

Sonic the Hedgehog: This is one of the patterns included in our seminal collection [1] but it was presented with another name: “Entrainment”. Meanwhile we realized three things: • In this pattern, entrainment is the “means”, not the solution. Considering that the name of a pattern should reflect the solution (not the means), “Entrainment” was not adequate name. • We are not aware of any explicit reference to the iteration of phases this pattern addresses, so we don’t know of a name that is already used to express it. Consequently we had to define it ourselves (“R-A-E-D Iterations” as it stands now), which in this particular circumstance was a challenge that still remains open. • Entrainment is indeed a pattern – another pattern. (A pattern that this one makes use of.)