Menus
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Contents
[hide]Synopsis
| Sounds in game menus. |
Relationships
Context:
Sound Places File:M385px-SoundPlaces-front-v20.png.
Peers:
Title Screens 
, Cut-Scenes File:M385px-Cut-Scenes-front-v20.png, Gameplay File:M385px-Gameplay-front-v20.png.
Often uses:
Music 
, Contextual Music 
, Sound Effects 
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May use:
Foley 
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Description
Sound in menus augments players' Awareness for their actions. Frequently it is possible to feel at least three kinds of semantics in menus sounds: navigation ('neutral' sounds), acceptance ('positive' sounds), refusal ('negative' sounds).
In same games, sound in menus is also playful. Sometimes it is a matter of Aesthetics, other times it relates to the game design that extends the Gameplay into the menu. In particular cases there is even a feeling that when accessing the menus the user does not leave the Acoustic Ecology of the game world.
Examples
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