Why Sound Design is Crucial for Your Game

hello there I'm UT bat musician and sound designer Wanga line and Jonas invited me here to talk about audio and sounds and video games many people often wonder rider we need sounds and should I even bother making sounds for my games well the answers yes definitely and here's why okay you can come closer now there's a little test so listen carefully what game are these sounds from I don't think I even have to say anything yet minecraft obviously and what about this one you probably think I'm joking right it's a this classic Mario game of cars but you see I kind of lied ten seconds ago this is not really a test to check if you are a true and hit game I'm trying to emphasize something slightly differently which is the memorability of sounds when we hear these sounds we instantly see these worlds and memories in front of us we search at these sounds with experiences feelings and emotions

and this is also how nostalgia works and that's not because these sounds and anyway special are more memorable than others but we remember these sounds just because they accompanied our experiences and journeys are the time when our headphones are speakers break and we can't hear these sounds and noises that were there with us all the time it feels lonely obviously but it also feels lonely because we need these sounds for imagine and this is actually a far more important point here imagine is what we call when we get drawn into these Vajra words imagine is what we call and we completely forget that we're actually not in a forest full of cannibals it's when our perceived reality gets completely overtaken by overhead so that actually Andrea to keep it brief to achieve a rich and immersive experience we game developers have multiple so-called sensory channels to make something feel more real and believable we currently mostly use two or three of them that being our eyes for visual information our yes for auditory

information and in some cases even our hands in the case of vibrating controllers for example all of these non-stop inputs of information constantly have a so attacked with these digital wires and when you can interact with something it's basically real according to many many people in the game development community and outside of it sounds are actually much more helpful for good immersive experiences then equally well crafted visuals and I must have as a sound designer obviously agree from all my years of experience in sound design and music making I can surely tell that well a game was badly done audio or no sounds at all just feels like a game and not a word you know but on top of helping to better believe the atmosphere sounds also have to give feedback to the player picking up an item hovering over buttons in a menu children with a gun and breaking a block all these things make sounds number laughed games and for a good reason to what the help of sounds and noises we simply get another layer of feedback which helps us understand the world around us and they make sure we always know what's going on the sounds

are also very nice way of telling the player that there's something happening outside of the view like gunshots from enemies knocks on doors at us the world around them so please embrace the lovely world of sound design experiment with audio and noises and and try to make your games more immersive and fun and it doesn't even have to be music for some games like perceptive existence a game I made a few months ago for Game Jam you don't even need any melodic contents Anna took was a few layers of ambience and Georgia wire polished sounds and there you go an absolutely atmospheric and immersive experience just the thanks to terrible graphics and lovely sound [Music] if you're interested in sound design for video games and soundtracks and how they're made and how I make them for example you can check out my channel over here and if you generally just enjoy game development related content just please subscribe to Jonah Sarala and thanks a lot to Jonas Tyrone of inviting me over to the channel and I hope you're not Arthas um bye