RealTalk

Role

Manager | Researcher | Audio production

 

Production time: 6 weeks (Oct-Nov 2014)

Description

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Dialog selection and delivery in video games sometimes is perceived as unnatural. Via user-test research, the team (Realtalk) experimented with a new dialog mechanic for videogames. This mechanic adapted an ‘emotional valence chart’ to control dialog selection.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My Contributions

 

• Contribute to co-ordinate brainstorming sessions.

• Oversee project tasks and completion status.

• Project and research documentation.

• Dialog theory and visual language research.

• Sound recording and voice actor direction.

• Sound editing & mixing.

 

What I learned

 

• Planning a project scope to guarantee main objectives while managing obvious time constraints.

• Prioritization of tasks to maximize execution.

• Balancing work hours and ensuring alignment of team members.

• Testing assumptions in videogames by using AB-testing.

• Basic video game dialog trees.

• Different uses of dialog in interactive experiences.