Some music students sat in during our phase four presentations. Two of them showed interest in my game idea and I got the chance to discuss it further with them. Below are some notes from our conversations.

Jing Xin -

• Provide her with some references
• Provide her with asset list for sound - ui, ambiences, bgm (background), voices e.g animals, sfx e.g wings moving
• Layering could be an option
• Unity - she will be implementing it herself, has experience in this
• An example of one of the games she has worked on:

Pronty on Steam

• An example of the music she suggests:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ztfRZc6DDU&ab_channel=REDPsycho

Ruby -

• Strong focus on music psychology
• Advised that the child might feel misunderstood if the music is too happy as they are upset to begin with
• Different themes for different animals>
• Children want to feel acknowledge - progression three stages
• Jealousy might be difficult
• Music therapy might be good to consider
• Could have one main game theme that changes for the animals or different themes for different animals that change when animals change
• Theme variation?