Voices from the Lagoon: An Interactive Experience for Climate Awareness

In this study, we developed Voices from the Lagoon, a narrative discovery game designed to explore ecological transformations in the Venetian Lagoon through voice-based interaction. The system enables players to engage in conversations with both human and non-human characters using speech. Player input is processed through speech recognition, while a large language model generates contextual responses that are returned through synthesized voice and simple character animations. This paper presents the design concept, narrative structure, and system architecture of the game prototype.