The Dead Are Speaking -Audio Drama on Yle
The Dead Are Speaking is a voice-controlled, non-linear audio drama for Google Home smart speakers. In the game, the player takes a role of a newspaper journalist in Helsinki of the 30s, asked to investigate a notorious Tattarisuo body part mystery. The story is inspired by a real life events, but also by juicy rumours around the event.
The game, an interactive audio experiment, was funded by Yle Beta and implemented by a group of three students from Aalto University during a course of six months.
The Media Lab students behind the audio drama are Mirka Oinonen (script, MA in New Media, Game Design & Production major), Rauli Valo (sound design, MA in New Media, Sound in New Media major) and
Otso Ollikainen (programming, MA in Computer Science, Sound in New Media minor).
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