Unit 73: Sound for Computer Games

Starter Exercise – Upload to your blog when finished

 

 

a.    Listen to at least 5 different pieces of gaming music/FX

 

Why did the game maker use this music and its sound FX?

Did it work? If so or not, Why?

Would you use different music/sound FX and why?

 

b.    Research (on-line/journals in library)

Why is music and sound FX so important within games development? it isn't as long as the game is intresting enuth I dosnt need sound I play most of my games without sound

 

c.    What is waveform, (wavelength, amplitude, frequency); pitch; Hertz (Hz); decibel level (dB); sound generator (loudspeaker)?

away to Messer sound and other things

 

d.    What is Foley?
a sound that has been recored to be used as relistik sound in a movie or game

 

e.    What is Timbre?
timbre is what makes a particular musical sound different from another when they have the same pitch and loudness

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGnkERYskGw
the start of oblivion they used this music to make you feel like something epic is coming up and it did work that music fits the game perfectly so I wouldn't replace it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A17oUv0E-N4
its the intro for age of mythology I makes you feel like a big epic battles going on first despair then the music changes when it starts to go there way to make you feel like yeah you winning I wouldn't replace it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uInmFU6JkU
its in a woods that you get lost in over and over again in the legend of Zelda it makes you feel like the game is trying to be playful with you even though you've probably spent 30 mins in this woods I wouldn't replace it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqbgncFCO0M
its the intro to borderlands it makes you feel like this isn't a safe place in a cowboy kind of world I wouldn't replace it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yptp1yCCRWk&list=PLBEDA635397C23509
the start of the starwars I makes you feel like something strange and space is going to go on I wouldn't replace it

list of top ten games

1.age of mythology

2.war craft 3 ( this has a great story that even made another game from it that became the go to mmo)

3.war hammer 40k

4. fallout new Vegas (this game has a really got story line or at least it has a lot of good story's with in the game and you also make your own)

5. star wars knight of the old republic 2 ( this has a really good story line)

6. star wars knight of the old republic (this has a really good story line and big plot changes that you would have never seen coming)

7. this war of mine

8. Mario cart 8

9. sonic transformed

10. civ 5



games without story's

Garry's mod

8 ball pool

counter strike go

counter strike

mine craft

call of duty black ops 1 multiplayer

call of duty black ops 2 multiplayer

call of duty modem warfare multiplayer

call of duty modem warfare 2 multiplayer

call of duty modem warfare 3 multiplayer

call of duty world at war  multiplayer

call of duty advanced warfare multiplayer

call of duty ghosts multiplayer

monopoly

wii sports

hearthstone

nearly all people who have played a game have play at least one of these because they are fun and don't need something to make you keep playing you just play them because they are fun or your playing with a friend


there is no different accept sometimes in game story's you can change what happens

my game videos

platform game play

platform game looking at sprites and objets and rooms

playing the maze game





https://docs.google.com/file/d/0Bwhg1mLOi4aRMjU3M21nTXQ5ZkU/edit

video of my game

exersize

BTEC Extended Diploma in Computer games design

Unit 1 PRE-PRODUCTION TECHNIQUES FOR THE CREATIVE MEDIA INDUSTRIES

 

The pre-production Procedure I will follow for wanes maze game

Identify finance available

There’s a budget that I’ve made but it goes over the £1000 what I was given but these are the things I need if I haven’t got a computer or software at college  I’ve got given a £1000 by josh to make this game

Identify personnel needed and whether they are available

 I don’t need any people other than myself to make the game because it’s only a small game

Identify resources available and book where necessary

 I will use the internet like sound liberty’s and watching YouTube videos to find things out so I don’t need any books but if I did need to get some book I could go to the library in college where they have a wide range of books and magazines that I could use to help me in my game development

Prepare schedule

 it I’ll take me 4 weeks to make it the first week I’ll be making sprits and find sounds for my game the other 3 weeks I’ll be making the game in game maker and find things out that I need to be able to make my game

Identify any Health and Safety concerns

 I need to make sure there’s no food or drink around the work place to make sure I don’t damage the computers I also need to make sure I rate it with pegi it will probably be a 7 - 12 age I also need to make sure that I back up all my work on my pen drive on my computer and on a sky drive so I don’t lose any and don’t have to remake anything

 

Thing I need for the project	Price
Game maker professional	£61.92
Powerful Pre built pc	£875.57
Photo shop	£329.95
Total	1267.44

 

game design

What does the customer want?

To learn maths

 

What does the design brief say?

To make a maths based maze game where your main char is called brain box

 

Who is the target audience?

For kids like the age 14-16

 

What sprites do we need?

A main char, bad guys, numbers, walls,

 

What sounds do we need?

Death sounds, victory sounds, back ground sounds,

 

How many levels do we want?

5

 

What other elements do we want?

Bad guys

 

What do we want to do by the end of this session?

To have written the games design ….design

How long do we have to crate this game?

4 weeks

How can we break down the task in making a game?

Make the sprites 1^st then get the sounds get everything ready then make the game

What do we want to do by the end of this session?

Working on the levels 4/11/2014

 

What do we want to do by the end of this session?
working on the levels even more 10/11/2014