SoundJobs

An application based on tasks designed to develop analytical listening skills. By correctly identifying changes in the signal – changes in sound timbre – the character controlled by the player completes a telephone connection to each subscriber and earns points in the process.

This educational tool is the equivalent of traditional ear training for sound engineers, sound designers, composers and music producers. The game features devices such as an equalizer, reverb, compressor, distortion, delay…

The user is transported back to the 1970s, when mobile phones did not yet exist. More than half of society had landline telephones – although phone calls were available, they were not cheap! The player takes on the role of a young inventor who, in the privacy of his room in Silicon Valley, creates a device called the Blue Box. This device makes it possible to place telephone calls to anyone for free. Naturally, our hero has many customers. Help him earn money and attract even more clients.

Music excerpts used in the puzzles:

• Anna Dobrucka, Lumière, Anna Dobrucka: piano,

• Jerzy Fitelberg, “Sept caprices pour violin et piano d'après Le Tambourin de Jean-Philippe pameau” (1944),

performers: Marcin Hałat: violin, Aleksandra Hałat: piano

• Marcin Hałat, „Vision 2”, Marcin Hałat: piano

• Binky – music by Michael League, from the album FUNKtastycznie! Cieszyńska Orkiestra Dęta Uniwersytetu Śląskiego conducted by Karol Pyka and Guests,

• Louis Couperin, Chaconne F, G.78, Maurycy Raczyński: harpsichord

• Szymon Mika Guitar Trio, excerpt from recordings made at the Radio Katowice Recording Studio, Szymon Mika: guitar

• Michał Wierba Jazz Ensemble, excerpt from recordings made at the Radio Katowice Recording Studio, Michał Wierba: piano

• FolkUŚ Interfaculty Folk Ensemble - University of Silesia

• Academic Baroque Orchestra of the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice, excerpts from the concert recorded on 9 June 2024, excerpts from works by: Antonio Vivaldi - The Four Seasons, John Stanley, Thomas Augustine Arne - organ concertos, soloists: Bartłomiej Fraś - baroque violin, Anna Firlus - organ, Marta Gawlas - flute

Sound director: Paulina Bielesz

Concept and sound design: Paulina Bielesz

Graphic design: Robert Lipka

Programming: Sebastian Brańka

The publication of the game on the Steam platform was financed by SPIN-US sp. z o.o. from the funds of Task No. 1 "Inkubator Rozwoju" of the non-competitive project entitled "Science4Business - Nauka dla Biznesu" (Science for Business), co-financed from the European Union funds under measure 2.5 of The European Funds for Smart Economy 2021-2027, grant agreement number MNiSW/2025/DPI/243.

Legal information:

The SoundJobs application (game) is a copyright-protected work resulting from scientific research carried out at the University of Silesia in Katowice. It has been officially registered at the University of Silesia in Katowice as an intellectual creation that is not an inventive design, and is listed in the university’s know-how register under number WSiNoE/2024/3. Furthermore, the name of the game is subject to legal protection within the European Union. Protection rights for the registered trade mark ‘SoundJobs’ (no. 019102300) were granted by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), with the date of protection being 6 November 2024. All rights to the game, its code, audiovisual content and name are reserved by the creators and/or authorised entities.

The SoundJobs application (game) is a work protected by copyright, which was created as a result of scientific research conducted at the University of Silesia in Katowice at the Institute of Musical Arts (Faculty of Arts and Educational Sciences).