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"Projectile Data Lab" is an educational simulation in HTML5, by PhET Interactive Simulations.
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Audio preference and query parameter: Play launch sound based on angle #205

Closed matthew-blackman closed 5 months ago

matthew-blackman commented 5 months ago

In the 2/27 sound design meeting, @emily-phet @Ashton-Morris and I felt that it would be helpful for learners to be able to choose if they want to map the launcher sound to the angle or speed. Allowing this option would allow users to hear all of the differences between the launchers, and would improve the sim's accessibility.

We felt that this would be a good addition to the Audio tab of the preferences menu. Let's use the same launch sound, but take this new preference into account when mapping the pitch.

matthew-blackman commented 5 months ago

This was reviewed in the 3/1 sound design meeting. It's an excellent feature.

We also decided to hold off on implementing a similar feature for the projectile landing sound, which is very central to the learning goals of the sim. However, the sound design team felt the discussion could be revisited after the next round of interviews.

This issue can be closed. Nice work all!