Pitch Black: A Dusklight Story - Accessible Audio Game
Published: 2019-10-22 - Updated: 2020-03-17
Author: Pitch Black - Contact: https://twitter.com/dusklightpro
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Synopsis: Pitch Black is a binaural audio game, entirely accessible to blind and partially sighted people, featuring a fully traversable 3D environment with compelling story, created entirely through sonic environments. Pitch Black is set in a fully developed alternate world, and this narrative takes place in and around the densely populated City of Dusklight. Pitch Black is set to release in October 2020, for PC/MacOS/Linux, and for iOS/Android.
Main Digest
Get ready to usher in a new era of audio games.
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The Game
Pitch Black is a narrative driven, 3D binaural audio game (entirely accessible to the blind and VI community), featuring explorable, immersive sound worlds, a complex dramatic story and multiple innovative audio mechanics based on psycho-acoustic principles.
It's an ambitious project, that has a scope larger than anything of its kind. It's set to release in October 2020, for PC/MacOS/Linux, and for iOS/Android.
The Kickstarter campaign, nearly funded after 5 days, is in full flow right now.
Features
A 5-6 hour, fully voice acted narrative
- A Story told through characterful, wonderful voice acting. From market sellers in the City, to Guards at the gates, to Ghouls in the sewers.
An Expansive and Richly Developed World!
- Pitch Black is set in a fully developed alternate world, and this narrative takes place in and around the densely populated City of Dusklight. (see the narrative overview below!)
Unique Audio Mechanics Based on Psycho-acoustic and Physical Principles
- Auditory Focus Mechanic (enhanced cocktail party effect)
- Audio Sign-Posts (aiding cognitive mapping)
- Activated Distance Sonar (for use when navigating confined spaces)
- Cognitive Biasing (directing attention through evolutionary importance)
- Audio Occlusion Puzzles (using partial and total occlusion)
and many more...
3D (Binaural) Audio
- Complete 3D Audio featuring state-of-the-art spatialisation.
Dynamic Replayability Model
- Three fully voice-acted versions of each main character in the game!
- Unique, emergent soundscapes at each play due to randomisation.
- Procedural generation of occlusion puzzles in-game.
- Audio-based arcade mini-games, featuring audio versions of classics like pong, and space invaders.
- Dense, and rich, fully explorable sound worlds, with hidden world building to those that venture off the beaten-path.
- Additional Soundscapes within Soundscapes through in-game simulations.
Who is Purple Jam Ltd?
Upon reassessing our omni-directional lives, we decided to gather our intellectual resources and create the game of all games; Pitch Black: A Dusklight Story. Harry Cooper, commonly known as 'The Mastermind' in a flash of inspiration, had the idea of creating a binaural based audio game. Naturally, Connor and Jordan were instantly on board. Using our experience in sound design, composition, game development and narrative construction, we combined forces to create the company that we are today. With an unprecedented desire to excel in creative industries, we set upon our journey to create a diverse, deep and exciting journey through our dark and eccentric world.
- Kickstarter
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pitchblackgame/pitch-black-the-aaa-audio-game - Tech Demo Gameplay by YouTuber 'Illegally Sighted'
https://youtu.be/pLGWFGdn_e0 - Binaural Trailer
https://youtu.be/ZDvv7O-LD7U - Character Trailers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClPlJqS3bqM&list=PLPKODfyzE5oJHTD0mH2_B0fEwZyN5ggHg - Narrative Overview
https://youtu.be/QJbNNGLuGx8 - Development Vlogs
https://youtu.be/h2yKZTmTd8M?list=PLPKODfyzE5oKldssJcw5Q9npg2q7-RuxC - Twitter
https://twitter.com/dusklightpro - Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/PitchBlackADusklightStory/ - Discord
https://discordapp.com/invite/mvaxWrj
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This quality-reviewed article relating to our Accessible Games and Gaming section was selected for publishing by the editors of Disabled World due to its likely interest to our disability community readers. Though the content may have been edited for style, clarity, or length, the article "Pitch Black: A Dusklight Story - Accessible Audio Game" was originally written by Pitch Black, and published by Disabled-World.com on 2019-10-22 (Updated: 2020-03-17). Should you require further information or clarification, Pitch Black can be contacted at https://twitter.com/dusklightpro. Disabled World makes no warranties or representations in connection therewith.
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