Integration of traditional music through mobile game in inspiring Malaysian youths' enthusiasm

Malay traditional music is a Malaysian heritage that needs to be preserved to maintain the identity of Malaysia. However, these kinds of music especially caklempong traditional music is still unfamiliar among the younger generation. Traditional music has facing an issue since generation nowadays is preferred on popular music rather than these kinds of music. Therefore, this research was aimed to preserve the caklempong traditional music by integrating it into a mobile game in instilling Malaysian youths' interest in traditional music. Before this research, the pilot study included pilot survey, interview and visual analysis has been conducted to measure the youths' awareness towards this music and to identify the most appropriate game design contents in designing this game. Based on data collected from the pilot study, the caklempong mobile game was developed. Three groups of students aged between 20–25 years old from three higher education institutions in Shah Alam; Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM,) University of Selangor (Unisel) and Management and Science University (MSU) have been randomly selected to test the effectiveness of the game in encouraging youth towards this music. The result showed that mobile game is an effective medium to entice youths' interest towards traditional music.