Adaptive Survivor (Cat 'n Fshh)

Hello everyone! My name is Hannu and I am a computer science student at the University of Turku. I am currently working on my master’s thesis and I would need your help!

I have chosen to conduct research on games, specifically focusing on adaptive music in games. With that in mind, I have created a game for you to play, and afterward, I would like you to complete a questionnaire based on the experience. The questionnaire is completely anonymous and no individuals can be identifiable from the responses.

Game is simplified Vampire Survivors style that I thought would be perfect for creating music that responds to gameplay and player actions. The game is designed to be finished in under 5 minutes, and answering the questions takes approximately 10 minutes. This means you should be able to complete the entire test session in 15 minutes and it can be done in one sitting.

I tried to make the experience as smooth as possible, particularly in terms of the music and its adaptiveness. The purpose of this test is to demonstrate how the music can respond to player actions, create a more immersive experience and make the music overall less repetitive.

The changes in music during this game test are more pronounced and abrupt, which may not accurately represent real-life applications. This is because I wanted to keep the gameplay length manageable for this research purpose. In actual game scenarios, music changes are typically more subtle and gradual, which can vary depending on the specific game and its design.

I am not a professional game developer or music composer. This is my first time creating a game of this scale and learning to use Wwise. The game may contain bugs, the primary focus is in the game music, rather than in the game mechanics, so please keep that in mind while playing. Graphics, the style of the game etc. are not to be considered when answering to questionnaire.

Game is made with Godot and the adaptiveness of the music is made with Wwise

Game works only on Windows (Sorry Linux and macOS users)

Control options

• Keyboard (WASD) + Mouse for manual targeting
• Keyboard-only mode with automatic targeting (can be enabled in options)

If you have any questions or comments, feel free to contact me by email at hapsal@utu.fi

You can find the questionnaire here (optional, but would help me a lot! It takes only about 5 - 10 min to fill the form):  Adaptive Survivor Questtionaire

Thank you!