Why Your Gaming Environment Matters More Than You Think
Your gaming environment is important, it's not just there to give you a seat to play your favourite titles. The way everything is organized around you, as well how your setups looks plays a key role in creating the atmosphere for you to feel true enjoyment. Here's five reasons why your gaming environment matters more than you think.
Immersion & Focus
A world that truly pulls you in is what differentiates leisurely gaming and feeling the moment. Grabbing multiple different products and putting them in a room is one thing, but purposely designing a room just for you is another. We’re big on theme design so that your room isn’t just about looking good, but about feeling good as well. While aesthetics can influence how you feel, you can also achieve a higher state of focus known as flow which will vastly improve your performance in games.
Gamers often by default can quickly achieve this state by thoroughly enjoying whatever they play, however flow can be further achieved through single-mindedness as well as peace. Single-mindedness is your brain is fixated on one subject or task, having a strong gaming environment in tandem to feeling immersed will create the perfect conditions to achieve flow faster. Take this as advice for your next gaming session as well, you can’t experience attentional focus without giving your entire attention to something.
Mood & Motivation
Did you know that an environment specifically built for your preferences can vastly improve your mood? During the Covid 19 pandemic, global prevalence of anxiety and depression increased by a massive 25%. Designers concluded that interior designs that were lit and colourful were more likely to create positive and motivating spaces.\
Once such example, from The Tiny House Plans is that people were more likely to feel cheerful when looking at yellow or orange hues. Therefore, designing your gaming environment with thing with an abundance in color as well as being consciousness of lighting will result in your sessions being more enjoyable overall.
Personal Expression
On top of all the benefits we’ve highlighted so far of having a well-designed gaming environment, it’s also just stupidly cool to decorate your room! I mean, why wouldn’t you feel more excited and ready to pick up a controller and hop into your favourite games when you are surrounded by the stuff you love? A room is more than a place to sleep, its a space where you can let your guard down, shed your armor and just be yourself, Your room or really any gaming environment, be it TV, a desk or even your sofa (cough* cough* mobile gamers), can be changed to feel like, you. Don’t leave freedom of expression and those grand escapades just for the digital world, your real world can be what you want it to be as well.
Functional Aesthetics
Now then, we can’t talk immersion, mood, and personal fulfillment without touching on basic functionality improvements! While laser focusing on your gaming environment, you also need to get products that help you. We’ve got a few gems like mousepads, diffusers, and even LED lights. Aesthetically pleasing mousepads for example also ensure smooth and accurate mouse movements, preventing the cursor from jumping or lagging. Meanwhile, diffusers help create the immersion that Alumora values so deeply. Targeting all the senses is vital to creating the perfect gaming session. If you are into the PulseForge vibe then don’t even get me started with how you need LED lights. If you are building an immersive gaming session, you want both aesthetics and functionality. So that your world doesn’t just look like wonders but feels like wonders too.
The Trend of Aesthetic Gaming
You’ve likely seen it in the wild while you doom scroll through IG, twitter, or Facebook. A young (or old) individual surrounded by bliss and comfort. Their arms sleeping comfortably on wrist rests, or their chairs specially designed for ergonomics so they can lay while seated. The trend known as Cozy Gaming, isn’t just a social media genre, but a life style. A life style that can be achieved by anyone who wants to feel immersed in their worlds. Meditative games such as Stardew Valley, Minecraft, or Animal Crossing already jump headfirst into the trend of Cozy Gaming and enable people to merge their real worlds with their gaming ones. However, why stop at meditative games that already come prebaked with heap loads of immersion to begin with? With the right gaming environment, any game can become immersive and pull you in. Want to see the rhythm game move alongside you, perhaps LED strips with responsiveness to sound will help. Maybe you are thinking of jumping into a game of beauty and elegance, a mousepad with whimsical designs might help set the mood?
A gaming environment is more than just a place for you to game. It’s a place for you to feel immersed and truly dive into the platform you choose. From cozy fun to darkcore light, if you have a preference, there is a setup for you. Providing this experience to you is our mission at Alumora, to create a collection of various products in their own themed environments (realms), so that you can skip the hard part of searching and jump right into bringing your dreams to life. Thanks for sticking with me this far, you are amazing. Check out some of the realms below and see if you like our products!
