Hi Dark, Good point. The movement is very important in defining what is first-person verses side-scroller etc so I do take your point below in terms of audio games.
Obviously, in a graphical game there is a huge difference between first-person and third-person perspective. In first-person games like Doom, for example, all you see is a hand with perhaps a gun in it as you would if you were actually present. In third-person games you actually get to see the character on screen as well as other aspects of the current area from a third-person perspective. It is difficult to define such a difference from the perspective of audio only so therefore some other aspect like movement needs to form the basis of what we mean by first-person. Cheers! On 5/1/15, dark <d...@xgam.org> wrote: > Hi Tom. > > While I take your point about first person perspectives, and in fairness in > > my e-mail to Ishen I was slightly using short hand, at the same time I do > think "first person" is a tad harder to define in audio without talking in > terms of movement. > > An audio side scroller like superliam for example in one sense does have a > first person perspective, sinse your viewpoint (hearing point? audiopoint?), > > is from the central location of the character. You hear what is ahead of > them in the direction of travel, left or right, and what is behind them in > the other direction, and what you hear changes according to their position > relative to the enemies. Imagine you were making your way sideways along a > wall with sound sources ahead and behind you and how they would rise and > fade relative to your 1D movement towards or away and you'll see what I > mean. > > In a graphical side scroller like marrio brothers, you see a great many > things that your character would not from his/her current location. For > example, in the first level of Marrio when you come up to a pipe, you see > > Marrio's position to the left, but also you can see the top of the pipe and > > what is on the other side of it. That is not true of an audio side scroller, > > though interestingly enough it can be true of games where you can run in > four directions, up down left and right such as airic the clerric, sinse you > > can there often here stuff that is in game terms quite a distance from your > > character, or behind walls etc. > > This is why i always tend to think "first person" in audio needs the > clarrification of the movement in addition to just mentioning the > perspective as well. > > Beware the grue! > > Dark. > There is always more to know, more to see, more to learn. The world is vast > > and wondrous strange and th ere are more things benieth the stars than even > > the archmaesters of the citadel can dream. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
