Welcome to Eden
Hey people! So after a long few months of working on both the essay and artifact, I have finished and come up with a peaceful, relaxing walk simulator, Eden. It's hard to pinpoint any one thing in particular that determined what was to go into the game, and in fact, I don't thi nk it was any one thing but a combination f all the research I have done. But if I had to pick, Effects of Denotative Congruency on Audio-visual Impressions by Ichikawa and Masakura (2017), Efficacy of Applied Relaxation and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy in the Treatment of Generalized Anxiety Disorder by Borkovec and Costello (1993, and Applied Relaxation by Ost (2003), played very large roles in providing examples of techniques and visual/audio cues that help relax people. Ichikawa and Masakura's piece revolves heavily around the experimentation of various sounds and visual scenes and their effects on people. Long story short, their research found that people who listened to n...