ECHO

ECHO is a first-person shooter and an exploration game. Developed for my Master’s thesis with a final grade of 19/20. Made with Unreal Engine 5.

You play as the grandson of an archaeologist, and with the clues he left behind, you pick up where he stopped. The main objective is to explore forests, ruins and caverns and try to recover the artefact he was after.

The main feature of ECHO is its audio system: you can switch between two sound modes in real time. One highlights exploration sounds (nature and important objects), the other emphasises combat (shooting mechanic, enemies' footsteps and voicelines). 

ECHO was developed for my Master’s thesis on Adaptive Game Orchestration. In the study, players performed tasks in the game and could adapt the audio based on what they were doing. The results showed that those who changed the sound according to their actions experienced stronger emotional intensity in certain emotions.