Pentap: a Novel Rhythm Game with Innovative Pen-Based Input and Audio Recognition

Chan, Darren Yan Zhi (2024) Pentap: a Novel Rhythm Game with Innovative Pen-Based Input and Audio Recognition. Final Year Project (Bachelor), Tunku Abdul Rahman University of Management and Technology.

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Abstract

Rhythm games have always been a popular genre of video game throughout the history of gaming. Rhythm games developers have always been striving to combine the joy of music and the intractability of games together. If we take a closer look at the games that have succeeded in this, we would find that many of these games succeeded because they were able to pull and immerse the player into the music in different unique creative ways. One apparent example is Taiko no Tatsujin, a drum rhythm game that requires a physical electronic drum that would be connected to the device as an input device to the game. This was a genius idea as it was able to easily pull the user into the game by having a physically tangible input method that is interactable in real life. The only problem with it is that it requires specialized dedicated hardware for it to be played. Unfortunately, this exact problem was the reason its popularity is limited by its accessibility. Now imagine a game where we are able to immerse the player by giving them a physically tangible input method while using hardware that is widely accessible like a simple office pen. A smartphone will be used as the main device to run the game while a pen will be used to hit the surface of a table to create different beats. The sound produced by hitting the pen on the table will then be picked up by the smartphone’s microphone to be used as input into the rhythm game as different music notes by using audio recognition technology.