Melodia: um modelo de jogo sério para o ensino de música a pessoas deficientes intelectuais

Abstract

Music is one of the oldest arts and is capable of impacting in several spheres, including cognitive development. Through music, intellectual disabled people can acquire several benefits, such as increased attention, concentration and creativity. Considering the aspects involving music theory and the great impact that a serious game for teaching theoretical music can have on the lives of people with intellectual disabilities, the Melody was built. The modeling of the game proposed in this work was performed using the Scrum agile methodology as a reference. The purpose of Melodia was to create a game to insert literate people with ID in the musical universe, acting as an incentive to the journey through the world of music. For its construction, minimalist aesthetics, elements of gamification, serious games and characteristics of people with intellectual disabilities were used. The game has 7 levels and 3 difficulties (easy, medium and difficult), addressing the main elements that make up the musical score: clefs, staff, musical scale, rhythm, melody and harmony. In addition to assessing musical knowledge, the game aims to assess the attention of players with ID, using a variation of the Cancellation Attention Test. The prototyping of the project was carried out in Adobe UX and the implementation on the Unity platform with the C # language. As a result, Melodia is a serious game for adults with intellectual disabilities, bringing music theory objectively and intuitively across levels. Its simple aesthetic, based on the psychology of colors, and its organization of the game by levels and difficulties allows the player to acquire musical knowledge in a fun, gradual and efficient way. The Melody is capable of evaluating the player's attention.