If You Hold Me Without Hurting Me: Pathways to Designing Game Audio for Healthy Escapism and Player Well-being
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| author | Nunes, Caio Borges, Bosco Cruz, Georgia Darin, Ticianne |
| author_facet | Nunes, Caio Borges, Bosco Cruz, Georgia Darin, Ticianne |
| contents | Escapism in games can support recovery or lead to harmful avoidance. Self-regulation, understood as combining autonomy with positive outcomes, is key to this distinction. We argue that audio, often overlooked, plays a central role in regulation. It can modulate arousal, mark transitions, and provide closure, yet its contribution to well-being remains underexplored. This paper identifies methodological and accessibility gaps that limit recognition of audio's potential and outlines ways to address them. We aim to encourage researchers and developers to integrate audio more deliberately into the design and study of healthier escapist play. |
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| spellingShingle | If You Hold Me Without Hurting Me: Pathways to Designing Game Audio for Healthy Escapism and Player Well-being Nunes, Caio Borges, Bosco Cruz, Georgia Darin, Ticianne Human-Computer Interaction Multimedia Sound H.5.5; H.5.2; J.5 Escapism in games can support recovery or lead to harmful avoidance. Self-regulation, understood as combining autonomy with positive outcomes, is key to this distinction. We argue that audio, often overlooked, plays a central role in regulation. It can modulate arousal, mark transitions, and provide closure, yet its contribution to well-being remains underexplored. This paper identifies methodological and accessibility gaps that limit recognition of audio's potential and outlines ways to address them. We aim to encourage researchers and developers to integrate audio more deliberately into the design and study of healthier escapist play. |
| title | If You Hold Me Without Hurting Me: Pathways to Designing Game Audio for Healthy Escapism and Player Well-being |
| topic | Human-Computer Interaction Multimedia Sound H.5.5; H.5.2; J.5 |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.14691 |