The Fight is the Dance: Modding Chinese Martial Arts and Culture into Beat Saber

Ong, Y; Loban, R; Rauno, P

The Fight is the Dance: Modding Chinese Martial Arts and Culture into Beat Saber

Ong, Y

Loban, R Rauno, P

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Journal of Games Criticism, 2022, 5, (Bonus Issue A: Surviving Whiteness in Games)
Issue Date:: 2022-01-08

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dc.contributor.author	Ong, Y https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1554-357X
dc.contributor.author	Loban, R
dc.contributor.author	Rauno, P
dc.date.accessioned	2023-07-12T02:06:12Z
dc.date.available	2020-12-18
dc.date.available	2023-07-12T02:06:12Z
dc.date.issued	2022-01-08
dc.identifier.citation	Journal of Games Criticism, 2022, 5, (Bonus Issue A: Surviving Whiteness in Games)
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/171458
dc.description.abstract	The article explores the design process of a Beat Saber mod called Good Bag. In the Good Bag mod level, players perform saber-sword Wushu martial art moves to the rhythm of contemporary Wuxia-influenced (Chinese martial arts fantasy) music. The vocals version of the mod is also commentary on contemporary racism as well as on historical race-relations. The Good Bag project drew upon two expert cultural practitioners, a martial arts Grandmaster and a musician, from the Chinese diaspora community to strongly shape the mod design and output. The article also discusses the limitations of modding martial arts into Beat Saber. The article outlines the project team’s planned approach to further improve the mod via a dual expert and player design approach using both expert opinion and player feedback. In the next stages of the project, the mod project teams plan to access how effective the mod has been in teaching martial arts, as well as how this might influence attitudes in historical and contemporary race relations.
dc.language	en
dc.relation.ispartof	Journal of Games Criticism
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dc.title	The Fight is the Dance: Modding Chinese Martial Arts and Culture into Beat Saber
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	5
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology/School of Computer Science
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dc.date.updated	2023-07-12T02:06:10Z
pubs.issue	Bonus Issue A: Surviving Whiteness in Games
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Abstract:

The article explores the design process of a Beat Saber mod called Good Bag. In the Good Bag mod level, players perform saber-sword Wushu martial art moves to the rhythm of contemporary Wuxia-influenced (Chinese martial arts fantasy) music. The vocals version of the mod is also commentary on contemporary racism as well as on historical race-relations. The Good Bag project drew upon two expert cultural practitioners, a martial arts Grandmaster and a musician, from the Chinese diaspora community to strongly shape the mod design and output. The article also discusses the limitations of modding martial arts into Beat Saber. The article outlines the project team’s planned approach to further improve the mod via a dual expert and player design approach using both expert opinion and player feedback. In the next stages of the project, the mod project teams plan to access how effective the mod has been in teaching martial arts, as well as how this might influence attitudes in historical and contemporary race relations.

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