Game Design/HNC/HND

P2: Understand the methods and principles of sound design and production   Exercise 1 Sound formats The reason people would use an Uncompressed file format is to get more quality but it takes up a lot of space so it isn't ideal for portable music players like phones or MP3 players.   The reason people would use a Lossy Compression file format is to get the files on less powerful music players like phones or MP3 players but they have less quality.   Audio sampling   Resolution can constrain a file size by using more pixels to have higher quality which would increase the file size. Bit depth can constrain a file size by using more bits of information which would increase the file size.   Sample Rate means the number of samples of audio per second. Mono means that there is only one speaker. Stereo means that there are two speakers. Surround means there are multiple speakers around the listener.   Exercise 2   DSP (Digital Signal Processor

  Story telling in video games     Task 1) Top 6 games with stories 6) No More Heroes No More Heroes is a game with an even amount of emphasis on the story and gameplay. The story of No More Heroes is a man named 'Travis Touchdown' who works as an assassin, he kills an assassin called 'Helter Skelter' who was the eleventh ranked assassin in the UAA (the United Assassins Association) which makes Travis the eleventh ranked assassin in the UAA and he's told this by one of the members of the UAA Sylvia Crystel, so Travis sets off on his journey to kill the 10 remaining assassins that are ranked above him to become the worlds greatest assassin in the UAA.    5) Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trials and Tribulations Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trials and Tribulation is a game with a bigger emphasis on the story then the gameplay. This game uses the characters from the prior games to tell the story of Dalia Hawthorn's revenge against th

  Music Psychology in Gaming     Music in video games is used to convey certain emotions to the player and to inform the player of the tone of the scene.   Metal Gear Solid 4 Guns of the Patriots   Metal Gear Solid 4 is the game with the biggest emphasize on a certain emotion, sadness, the game had an overall sad theme to the game with all of the sad events in the game, so the game had a soundtrack that matches the tone of the game.   Last of Us   Last of Us is a game that has a generally depressing theme to the game so the game had an equally depressing soundtrack to fit the tone of the game.   Super Mario 64   Super Mario 64 is a game that has an upbeat feeling to the game and the soundtrack matches that by making the player feel happy like the game's overall vibe entails. 

  Music, FX and Legal consideration   Task 1) Music and FX sources   Asset Store https://www.assetstore.unity3d.com/en/#!/search/page=1/sortby=popularity/query=category:6   Flash kit http://www.flashkit.com/soundfx/   Free sound http://www.freesound.org/   Task 2) Examples of purpose of gaming music   1) Metal Gear Solid 4 Guns of the Patriots https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzgpY9Fx2xE Metal Gear Solid 4 is the game with the biggest emphasize on a certain emotion, sadness, the game had an overall sad theme to the game with all of the sad events in the game, so the game had a soundtrack that matches the tone of the game. 2) Super Mario 64 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgVUipXiqOc Super Mario 64 is a game that has an upbeat feeling to the game and the soundtrack matches that by making the player feel happy like the game's overall vibe entails. 3) No More Heroes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dp83Oufv9WM No More Heroes is a game that ha

  Sound in gaming     Task 1)   Sonic Heroes: Egg Fleet. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7e-nLWLprWg The song that plays during this stage is intended to make the player feel the intensity of the situation which matches the stage itself as you leap from airship to airship destroying them one by one while grinding on rails in the sky especial since it is the penultimate level of the game.   Xenoblade Chronicles: You will know our names. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooZyHLLQ5e8 The song that plays during battles against unique monster which is intended to make you feel pumped up for to battle that your fighting, it is also fills you with hope and shows you that you can win.    Metal Gear Solid 3 Snake Eater: Snake Eater. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sd3-RXgoNAM The song that plays during the intro of the game and during the final boss of the game, it is used to make the player feel the sadness because of how it shows the main conflict of the game thr