Utrecht School of the Arts

Listen! Improving the Cooperation Between Game Designers and Audio Designers

"Listen!

• Audio designers are frequently brought in late, lack implementation skills, and are often cut from features such as adaptive music when schedules tighten, with outsourced audio production often disrupting team cohesion.
• Communication breaks down most during crunch periods, and asynchronous channels like email are inadequate for describing sound.
• Mid-project design changes, such as shifting a game's setting, can render already-produced audio unusable, and these revisions disproportionately burden the audio workflow.