Methods and systems for processing audio signals to identify sentiments for use in controlling game assets

One or more non-transitory computer-readable media comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of an electronic device, cause the electronic device to perform operations comprising:

• receiving audio data while a game is being executed;
• identifying one or more keywords spoken in the audio data;
• determining, based at least in part on the one or more keywords, a sentiment expressed in the audio data;
• and
• controlling, based at least in part on the sentiment, an interaction between at least two non-player characters being rendered in the game.

A system comprising:

• a memory comprising computer-executable instructions;
• and
• a processor configured to access the memory and execute the computer-executable instructions to perform operations comprising:
• receiving audio data while a game is being executed;
• identifying one or more keywords spoken in the audio data;
• determining, based at least in part on the one or more keywords, a sentiment expressed in the audio data;
• and
• controlling, based at least in part on the sentiment, an interaction between at least two non-player characters being rendered in the game.