Impact of Visual and Sound Orchestration on Physiological Arousal and Tension in a Horror Game

Horror games represent a very specific genre specifically designed to elicit fear. These provide tremendous emotional experience balanced between stress and satisfaction. Yet, over time, the player acquires further insight of mechanisms game, dissipating creepy climate that reduces impact intended. This article hypothesises exploring existing facets within game such as visuals sounds might establish good approach renew gaming experience. To understand players' reactions toward context alteration, an adaptation published (P.T. by Konami 2014) was used. refers mainly light effects, sounds, in-game events. learn which effects induce strongest physiological reactions, experiment conducted, correlation data, collected through measure galvanic skin response, perceived emotion provided participants, investigated. Results show order in are arranged can produce extensive responses. They also suggest psychological be increased not only visual horror itself, but process slowly builds up it, particular usage sounds.