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That said, one of the killer features of the tactical fps game Valorant is the sound you hear when defeating another player. It’s incredibly pleasant and satis
by antiterra 5y ago
That said, one of the killer features of the tactical fps game Valorant is the sound you hear when defeating another player. It’s incredibly pleasant and satisfying in a way I haven’t experienced before, to where it feels a bit like a psychological conditioning reward. Despite being a somewhat similar noise, the effect is the polar opposite of the Windows string hit.
If done in quick succession it builds to a little sting at the fifth kill and if that wins the round, an announcer declares “ACE!” in a way that players clearly find extremely gratifying.
I’m not sure how to pull this off in an app. People have certainly tried, but, as an example, the ‘woosh’ noise when sending an email in Outlook isn’t something I look forward to.
However, I think I’d file this under ‘great UX inspires great UX,’ as there are plenty of games with bad or frustrating UX.
Also, is it a common thing now to call any complex branching hierarchy ‘fractal’?
- NemuriBaku 5y agoJeff Goldblum visited a game developer for his eponymous TV show. Even as a musician, he was surprised and enchanted by the idea of an "audio reward".
- breakfastduck 5y agoIt's not just about the sound but the timing. Valorants sounds hit at precisely the most satisfying moment.
- throaway46546 5y agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfu_WZ6p51U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfu_WZ6p51U
- zubspace 5y agoThis reminds me of Unreal Tournament '99. Would be cool if there were announcer sounds in Outlook, if you send many mails in a short timeframe like this: https://youtu.be/C3_ToT14lt0 https://youtu.be/C3_ToT14lt0
- matheusmoreira 5y agoNothing beats Unreal Tournament announcer! In UT2004 it goes even further and you can even configure it with different voices! https://youtu.be/UPIxHddkNgc https://youtu.be/UPIxHddkNgc https://youtu.be/pJeSwlmhoPw https://youtu.be/pJeSwlmhoPw
- ComputerGuru 5y agoApple pulled it off with the audio notification for Apple Pay payment complete sound. Reminiscent of The Good Place.
- paulmd 5y agoBattlefield 1 has a rather excellent one as well. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2QxpSoYF18 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2QxpSoYF18
- hoyd 5y agoI always enjoyed the sound notification from logging into the chat client Pidgin on Linux years ago. There was something comfortable with those three notes, in an echo.