Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Sound in Games

In todays lesson we discussed the elements of Sound in Computer Games. We covered how sound is used to create ambience and set the feel for the game, we also discussed elements of sounds and how they are created either sythetically or with the use of real life objects, such as the job of a foley artist.

Sound is recorded for many elements, and referred to as samples, these samples are mixed and modified in a computer program and used in different areas of environments, such as floorboards squeaking and doors opening, bullets firing.

It helps in environments as well, such as when you are playing through an FPS, the sound of shooting helps to define the location of the enemy, or if you are being fired upon, the element of hearing the sound after the flash, aids the user in ambience and elements.

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