Night Parade of 100 Demons : adapting Japanese folklore to game musicking research

This paper presents Night Parade of 100 Demons (Oliva, 2024), a research-oriented mobile game designed to foster musical improvisation, here identified as an under practiced form of game musicking (Oliva, 2019, 2023). It consists of four minigames each starring a different yōkai, mischievous creatures of Japanese folklore. Each yōkai is the protagonist of a musical, playful vignette, inspired by popular yokai legends.

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OAR@UM (University of Malta)
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2025-04-01
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Music Technology and Sound Studies
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Night Parade of 100 Demons : adapting Japanese folklore to game musicking research

Costantino Oliva, Games and Literary Theory Conference
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Night Parade of 100 Demons : adapting Japanese folklore to game musicking research

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This paper presents Night Parade of 100 Demons (Oliva, 2024), a research-oriented mobile game designed to foster musical improvisation, here identified as an under practiced form of game musicking (Oliva, 2019, 2023). It consists of four minigames each starring a different yōkai, mischievous creatures of Japanese folklore. Each yōkai is the protagonist of a musical, playful vignette, inspired by popular yokai legends.

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