Tag: games
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Sound High Level Thoughts Pt. 2
Picking up from yesterday’s blog where we discussed part of my presentation on high level audio concepts in game audio. I got into a little bit of what each part of game audio can be utilized for on their own, and today we will explore more high level thoughts on how combining the elements can…
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Sound High Level Thoughts Pt. 1
A few months back I was given the opportunity to put together and present a talk to the whole studio about game audio. It was pretty fun to put together. However trying to not go over 20min meant that I had to keep it fairly high level regardless of how much I really wanted to…
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Applying Vonnegut To Gaming Pt. 2
(Blogtober Day 10) So picking up from yesterday’s Blogtober entry applying some creative writing tips from the late author Kurt Vonnegut and seeing if I can apply them to game development… “Start as close to the end as possible.” This is an interesting one to try to apply to game development as there can be…
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A Straight Line (The Most Direct Narrative Design Structure)
(Blogtober Day 3) I’ve been a several narrative design and writing for games talks, and I have read over a dozen books covering the same topics, and I’m always amazed how, in my opinion, how little narrative design is actually ever discussed in any of them. There is often focus on writing, and branching dialogues…
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Telling Micro-Stories With Sound Design
(Blogtober Day 2) Games tell stories. Some games allow players to be a part of stories. Other games even allow players to write their own stories. But while many games have an overarching narrative for players to discover and explore over several hours, there’s another kind of storytelling that tends not be identified as often.…
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What Is Voice Design
(Blogtober Day 1) First things first. What is Blogtober? Blogtober is a challenge to write a blog or article each day, every day in the month of October. 31 posts in 31 days. Please wish me luck! What Is Voice Over Design? Voice Over Design is a practice and/or discipline within interactive game development in…