Re-sequencing the Ludic Orchestra: Evaluating the Immersive Effects of Dynamic Music and Situational Context in Video Games

摘要

A growing number of video games utilize structural and expressive methods to implement music dramaturgy 'dynamically' into a non-linear and immersive format. Nevertheless little is known about these musically supported immersive experiences and their processing at the user end. Accordingly, this paper studies the effects of dynamic music on attention allocation and subsequent cognitive-emotional involvement. Self-report data is presented from 60 subjects playing an action-adventure in dynamic as well as static music conditions with low and high arousal expression. The dynamic condition systematically affected imaginary components of immersive experience. Design recommendations for flow and self-location are given with regards to task context and regulatory effects of emotion experience.