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Bug 532341 - Losing sound in Gnobots could scare younger children
Losing sound in Gnobots could scare younger children
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: gnome-robots
Classification: Applications
Component: general
git master
Other All
: Low enhancement
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Assigned To: gnome-robots-maint
gnome-robots-maint
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2008-05-09 13:41 UTC by David Kolossa
Modified: 2015-05-14 02:06 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.21/2.22

Attachments
New player death sound (75.52 KB, patch)
2015-05-14 02:05 UTC, Michael Catanzaro 		committed Details | Review

Description David Kolossa 2008-05-09 13:41:32 UTC 
When losing a game of Gnobots, there is the sound of a sharp
"Aieee!", as if the shouter was in horror. I think this could
scare younger children because of the sharp long cry.

In my opinion, the games shipped with Gnome should be usable by people at every age, also by smaller children.

Since Gnobots's gameplay is basically non-violent, I think this sound
should be replaced with a more comical and harmlass one to avoid kids
being scared.

Other information:
This suggestion has already be made in Launchpad and I was asked to report it upstream.
This is the URL of the original bug report:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-games/+bug/228644
Comment 1 Andreas Røsdal 2008-05-12 12:09:51 UTC 
I agree, that sound is really horrible. Can anyone suggest a new sound for this event?
Comment 2 Michael Catanzaro 2014-06-21 17:30:23 UTC 
I don't think anybody's planning to work on this, and you can always disable sound effects in preferences. But I do agree that this sound could be improved.
Comment 3 Michael Catanzaro 2015-05-14 02:05:09 UTC 
Created attachment 303340 [details] [review]
New player death sound

Someone decided to work on this D:
Comment 4 Michael Catanzaro 2015-05-14 02:06:04 UTC 
Attachment 303340 [details] pushed as 49103ce - New player death sound