Orpheus’ Journey

David A. Plecher; Leonie Wargitsch; Christian Eichhorn; Gudrun Klinker

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-35930-9_24

Orpheus’ Journey

David A. Plecher, Leonie Wargitsch, Christian Eichhorn, Gudrun Klinker

Informatics 16 - Associate Professorship of Augmented Reality

Technical University of Munich

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Abstract

Informing oneself about the content of an opera is essential before visiting a performance. For this reason the Serious Game Orpheus’ Journey was developed as an preparation tool for watching Monteverdi’s opera l’Orfeo, offering an alternative to more traditional methods of preparation like text or video summaries. The game features both adventure scenes and music sequences. It teaches the player main musical themes as well as the story and characters of the opera. The story is centered around the myth of Orpheus, a musician who wants to rescue his deceased wife from the underworld. He succeeds in reaching Hades, the god of the underworld by playing a lyre. This means that the music acts not only as means to convey the story but is an integral part of the plot. This provides an In-game justification of the inclusion of music sequences in the gameplay and creates a bridge between gameplay and story. This way gaming world and serious content can reasonable be combined via fitting gaming elements, which is an important factor for user acceptance and therefore knowledge transfer. In a small user study the game’s effectiveness as a preparation tool and the impact it had on the players’ opera experience were investigated.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	HCI in Games - 5th International Conference, HCI-Games 2023, Held as Part of the 25th HCI International Conference, HCII 2023, Proceedings
Editors	Xiaowen Fang
Publisher	Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages	360-369
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Print)	9783031359293
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-35930-9_24
State	Published - 2023
Event	5th International Conference on HCI in Games, HCI-Games 2023, held as part of the 25th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2023 - Copenhagen, Denmark Duration: 23 Jul 2023 → 28 Jul 2023

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	14046 LNCS
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Conference

Conference	5th International Conference on HCI in Games, HCI-Games 2023, held as part of the 25th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2023
Country/Territory	Denmark
City	Copenhagen
Period	23/07/23 → 28/07/23

Keywords

Cultural Heritage
Opera
Orpheus
Serious Game

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Plecher, D. A., Wargitsch, L., Eichhorn, C., & Klinker, G. (2023). Orpheus’ Journey. In X. Fang (Ed.), HCI in Games - 5th International Conference, HCI-Games 2023, Held as Part of the 25th HCI International Conference, HCII 2023, Proceedings (pp. 360-369). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 14046 LNCS). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-35930-9_24

Plecher, David A. ; Wargitsch, Leonie ; Eichhorn, Christian et al. / Orpheus’ Journey. HCI in Games - 5th International Conference, HCI-Games 2023, Held as Part of the 25th HCI International Conference, HCII 2023, Proceedings. editor / Xiaowen Fang. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2023. pp. 360-369 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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Plecher, DA, Wargitsch, L, Eichhorn, C & Klinker, G 2023, Orpheus’ Journey. in X Fang (ed.), HCI in Games - 5th International Conference, HCI-Games 2023, Held as Part of the 25th HCI International Conference, HCII 2023, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 14046 LNCS, Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, pp. 360-369, 5th International Conference on HCI in Games, HCI-Games 2023, held as part of the 25th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2023, Copenhagen, Denmark, 23/07/23. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-35930-9_24

Orpheus’ Journey. / Plecher, David A.; Wargitsch, Leonie; Eichhorn, Christian et al.
HCI in Games - 5th International Conference, HCI-Games 2023, Held as Part of the 25th HCI International Conference, HCII 2023, Proceedings. ed. / Xiaowen Fang. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2023. p. 360-369 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 14046 LNCS).

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Plecher DA, Wargitsch L, Eichhorn C, Klinker G. Orpheus’ Journey. In Fang X, editor, HCI in Games - 5th International Conference, HCI-Games 2023, Held as Part of the 25th HCI International Conference, HCII 2023, Proceedings. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. 2023. p. 360-369. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-35930-9_24

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