Game Audio 1 - Audio for games and immersive environments

Instructor: Jean-Luc Cohen-Sinclair

Email: [email protected]

Objective/Description:

This course investigates aesthetic and technical aspects of sound for video games and interactive 3-D environments. Artistic implications of the technology are also explored, from the perspective of the electronic composer and performer. Students will work with a game engine to create and design an immersive interactive sonic environment. Other relevant technologies will also be discussed.Completion of a final project, class presentation, as well as several homework assignments is required.

Texts:

Jean-Luc Sinclair, Principles of Game Audio, Focal Press

Schedule (subject to change):

Format:

The first 20 mn of the class will be dedicated to discussion and reviewing weekly assignment, class projects.

The lecture portion of the class will follow.

Week I: Unity Review

• Review: Unity, Visual Studio and C#
• Sound in Unity: Audio sources, radii, Mixers
• Playing Back Audio
• Understanding the Order of Execution of events
• Beyond playing back audio, challenges of game audio scripting