SoundTown
Alexander Horowitz · 2023 · Family Friendly, Sandbox, Rhythm, Cute, Relaxing
PC
Positive100% · 10
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About SoundTown
An accessible one-button music game for children with complex needs.
Born out of my PhD research at the Glasgow School of Art, SoundTown is a game designed for - and with - children and young people with complex physical and cognitive needs.
The initial brief for SoundTown was developed through consultations with several appropriate organisations, including schools and charities with knowledge of accessible play. Built in the Unity game engine and powered by the Wwise audio engine, SoundTown consists of six minigames that are accessed directly through the Main Menu.
Players interact with SoundTown using a maximum of two buttons or switches. One button navigates the menus, whilst the other is used to select a minigame or play. Thus, SoundTown is explicitly accessible to players only capable of interaction with a single input device such as a switch, foot pedal, or the Xbox Adaptive Controller.
SoundTown is completely free to play and always will be. A huge thank you to:
- Menphys
- Birkett House School
- Kinnaird Primary School
- Hazelwood School
Created by Alexander Horowitz, with artwork by Carol Studzinski, and voiceover by Susannah Horowitz.
Born out of my PhD research at the Glasgow School of Art, SoundTown is a game designed for - and with - children and young people with complex physical and cognitive needs.
The initial brief for SoundTown was developed through consultations with several appropriate organisations, including schools and charities with knowledge of accessible play. Built in the Unity game engine and powered by the Wwise audio engine, SoundTown consists of six minigames that are accessed directly through the Main Menu.
Players interact with SoundTown using a maximum of two buttons or switches. One button navigates the menus, whilst the other is used to select a minigame or play. Thus, SoundTown is explicitly accessible to players only capable of interaction with a single input device such as a switch, foot pedal, or the Xbox Adaptive Controller.
SoundTown is completely free to play and always will be. A huge thank you to:
- Menphys
- Birkett House School
- Kinnaird Primary School
- Hazelwood School
Created by Alexander Horowitz, with artwork by Carol Studzinski, and voiceover by Susannah Horowitz.
What Steam players say
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⠀10 found this helpful
The first line says it all: it is a very accessible game. The game consists of a number of minigames where each of them has a slightly different mechanism for generating sounds. The atmospheric music is pleasant and calming, and the art is lovely (I am personally a fan of Carol Studzinski's art style, and got to try the game after she posted about it). The only two buttons needed are space bar and escape key, and any controller that can be mapped to these two keys can be used to play. Even though the game is not Steam Deck verified (yet?), it is fully playable on the Deck, with the standard mapping being Pause button as the escape key, and A as the space bar.2 found this helpful
I sure do love sounding
this perhaps is meant for toddlers BUT that means im viable to play. CUTE though in all seriousness would be a good game to introduce a smaller child to PC games, etc :)
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