The document discusses how sound can be used to create emotions in computer games. It explains that emotions arise from evaluative processes and relate to survival-based goals like success and failure. While fictional events in games are not real, sounds can help the player invest emotionally by facilitating understanding of the narrative and gameplay. Specifically, sounds that support the story or gameplay can trigger unconscious, pre-cognitive emotional responses. The document also notes tensions between prioritizing story-driven versus goal-driven sound design and discusses implications for highlighting different aspects of games.

1. Psychologically Motivated Techniques for Inger Ekman Department of Media Technology Helsinki University of Technology Emotional Sound in Computer Games

8. Sound and Emotion Emotions Influencing perception Emotions from story and playing Game: Goal-related evaluation Story: Empathetic evaluation Game goals match Character goals Moods Bodily states Non-attentional evaluations Unconscious emotion Emotional events Jolly mix of everything