--- key: mechanic/voice-audio--family-14 type: mechanic id: voice-audio--family-14 lang: en title: 'Reaction, timing and prediction' summary: >- The player recognizes a sound cue and acts at the right moment. Repeating patterns allow anticipation of the next cue. updatedAt: '2026-10-22' status: active url: 'https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/voice-audio--family-14/' jsonUrl: >- https://gamemechanics.pro/api/v1/knowledge/en/mechanic/voice-audio--family-14.json markdownUrl: >- https://gamemechanics.pro/content/knowledge/en/mechanic/voice-audio--family-14.md aliases: [] tags: - Voice and sound - Hearing as perception sourceIds: - source-1d7348475e94799f - source-0ae3ecd831aa3143 - source-2d05ad449c749c75 - source-80237a48bc835f80 - source-d5b7ed9f3ea34a9b sources: - id: source-1d7348475e94799f title: A Blind Legend url: 'https://www.dowino.com/realisations/serious-game-ablindlegend/' verifiedAt: null - id: source-0ae3ecd831aa3143 title: 'The Vale: Shadow of the Crown' url: 'https://falling-squirrel.itch.io/the-vale' verifiedAt: null - id: source-2d05ad449c749c75 title: Blind Drive url: 'https://blinddrivegame.com/press/sheet.php?p=blind_drive' verifiedAt: null - id: source-80237a48bc835f80 title: AudioWizards url: 'https://store.steampowered.com/app/1215350/AudioWizards/?l=dutch' verifiedAt: null - id: source-d5b7ed9f3ea34a9b title: One Hand Clapping - OHC url: 'https://apps.apple.com/us/app/one-hand-clapping-ohc/id1524426643?uo=4' verifiedAt: null relations: [] placements: - catalogId: voice-audio id: family-14 title: Voice and sound url: 'https://gamemechanics.pro/en/mechanics/voice-audio/#family-14' categoryIds: - hearing supersededBy: [] attributes: preview: updatedAt: '2026-10-22' title: 'Reaction, timing and prediction' description: >- The player recognizes a sound cue and acts at the right moment. Repeating patterns allow anticipation of the next cue. image: src: images/mechanics/sensor-one-hand-clapping-1.webp width: 1280 height: 720 game: One Hand Clapping - OHC sourceUrl: 'https://apps.apple.com/us/app/one-hand-clapping-ohc/id1524426643?uo=4' originalUrl: >- https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple126/v4/f1/c4/ab/f1c4abe8-d24a-e0d7-173d-b2285473fa1a/60ee6b32-9e9f-4eca-ac38-820ffcaaa605_OneHandClapping_Screenshot_02_2208x1242.jpg/1280x1440bb.jpg credit: THQ Nordic Mobile GmbH rights: >- © THQ Nordic Mobile GmbH. Developer-distributed App Store screenshot. All rights reserved; excluded from MIT and CC BY 4.0. caption: 'One Hand Clapping: vocal performance follows a target contour' alt: 'One Hand Clapping: vocal performance follows a target contour' markers: - x: 52 'y': 30 label: The glowing points define the performance contour tips: - Check audio and input latency on the target device. examples: - title: One Hand Clapping - OHC url: 'https://apps.apple.com/us/app/one-hand-clapping-ohc/id1524426643?uo=4' endsAt: null provenance: >- Original taxonomy adapted from user-selected design discussions; linked sources support specific examples, not the whole classification. license: CC-BY-4.0 codeLicense: MIT attribution: gamemechanics.pro contributors catalogKey: catalog/voice-audio --- # Reaction, timing and prediction id: voice-audio--family-14 type: mechanic key: mechanic/voice-audio--family-14 lang: en status: active url: https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/voice-audio--family-14/ The player recognizes a sound cue and acts at the right moment. Repeating patterns allow anticipation of the next cue. ## At a glance ![One Hand Clapping: vocal performance follows a target contour](https://gamemechanics.pro/images/mechanics/sensor-one-hand-clapping-1.webp) [One Hand Clapping - OHC](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/one-hand-clapping-ohc/id1524426643?uo=4) · © THQ Nordic Mobile GmbH. Developer-distributed App Store screenshot. All rights reserved; excluded from MIT and CC BY 4.0. 1. The glowing points define the performance contour - Check audio and input latency on the target device. - [One Hand Clapping - OHC](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/one-hand-clapping-ohc/id1524426643?uo=4) ## How it works Recognize a cue and perform the appropriate action at the right time. ## Variants ### Action windows - Attack, block or parry after an audio warning. - Dodge an approaching danger. - Jump, stop or change lanes on cue. - Press a button or speak within a short time window. ### Waiting - Wait for the right phase of a repeating mechanism. - Continue counting after an audible beat disappears. - Predict collision time from an intensifying sound. - Act between noisy events or during a pause. ### Selecting a reaction - Respond to one cue and ignore another. - Select an action from combined warning sounds. - Suppress an early response to a false cue. - Switch response rules when the game phase changes. ## Context and limits A working design-space map: 27 families, 81 branches and 324 variants. Voice control, audio-based play and communication can combine or exist separately. Released-game examples support particular techniques; supplementary combinations are design proposals. ## Connected materials ## Sources and provenance Original taxonomy adapted from user-selected design discussions; linked sources support specific examples, not the whole classification. - [A Blind Legend](https://www.dowino.com/realisations/serious-game-ablindlegend/) (id: source-1d7348475e94799f) - [The Vale: Shadow of the Crown](https://falling-squirrel.itch.io/the-vale) (id: source-0ae3ecd831aa3143) - [Blind Drive](https://blinddrivegame.com/press/sheet.php?p=blind_drive) (id: source-2d05ad449c749c75) - [AudioWizards](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1215350/AudioWizards/?l=dutch) (id: source-80237a48bc835f80) - [One Hand Clapping - OHC](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/one-hand-clapping-ohc/id1524426643?uo=4) (id: source-d5b7ed9f3ea34a9b) CC-BY-4.0 · gamemechanics.pro contributors