Hurry Up!
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Synopsis
| Contributing for the sense of urge in completing something. |
Relationships
Context:
Emotional Script 
, Awareness 
, Window of Opportunity 
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May relate to:
Imminent Death 
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Often uses:
Sound Effects 
, Music 
, Entrainment 
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Description
The urge to complete some goal is usually supported by sound. Considering that time is the dimension that needs to be emphasized in these scenarios, common solutions involve augmenting the perception of time ticking or accelerating some sort of pulse, in a tentative to induce arousal through Entrainment. Intense and accelerated Music is also a common ingredient.
In Tomb Rider Underworld, we find a situation when Lara has to escape from a particular scenario, and sound has a predominant role in providing a clear message of relevance on urgency. There is the astonishing Foley of the scenario falling apart and of a very loud alarm, Dialogue from a repeating voiced message, and a overwhelming Music. In conjunction this composition leads the player to urge to the exit. <spoiler>Interestingly enough, this is not an actual time dependent quest [pending: double check this]; that is to say, nothing would happen if the player did not urge -- which even puts more merit on sound design, that provides such illusion.</spoiler>
In Assassin's Creed 2, there is a particular quest in which Enzo has to activate a lever to open a remote door. The fact that a ticking sound starts to be heard is easily recognizable as an indicator that that door will be open only for a limited amount of time.
In Katamari quests are explicitly time based and consist on collecting as much items as possible. When closer to the given time an alarm-like Sound Effect augments the Awareness for the pertinence of making the best out of the remaining time.
It is common that the pulses used during Hurry Up! to elicit the sense of urge through Entrainment resemble the Heartbeat. In Buzz! we find examples of timed answers which are signaled by an Heartbeat, with increasing beating.
In Far Cry 2 Hurry Up! is found in association with Imminent Death. When facing such situation, the PC has a limited amount of time to perform some self-healing action. In this case the Heartbeat (along with visual cues) is used to signal the emergency.
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