Hi!
There's been a lot of great changes for the school recently but unfortunately this has pushed back our news updates. My main priority has been getting a completely new version of the course site launched for our latest March-April term. I hope you enjoy the new system since it supports a huge amount of new features including offline course download via the Moodle App, better support for tablets and other web devices and individual student
customization to allow for a more tailored learning experience.
I've
also been spending time upgrading our custom integration of the 3D Game Kit for both Wwise and FMOD Studio. New features include new custom ambience areas, dynamic quality and performance controls, and combat levels for each monster type. We hope that this project helps give our students an with an attractive modern game with advanced audio features to showcase their
skills.
In global news, COVID-19 has had a large impact on many of our students and we hope that things will improve during these uncertain times. I've been chatting with several students about how things have been affecting them personally so feel free to let
me know how you're doing in the dialogues at any time.
Other updates from our community:
- Viviana was a mentor for the Hispanic Game Audio Jam: https://twitter.com/SchoolGameAudio/status/1226559705167740928
- We detail how to use spreadsheet pivot tables to generate an event list: https://twitter.com/SchoolGameAudio/status/1225818324023439360
- Zhenzhen is our latest featured grad with a technical audio demo reel: https://twitter.com/SchoolGameAudio/status/1227629095220985856
- New Wwise demo reel by Chris Wood: https://twitter.com/C_D_Wood/status/1229697040172691456
- Unity audio basics video tutorial by Joe Kim: https://twitter.com/SchoolGameAudio/status/1231982826138021888
More news from the past 2 weeks:
- Martin Stig Andersen on the Tonebenders podcast: https://twitter.com/martinstigand/status/1224698621960081409
- Lumote: Using Wwise to Drive In-Game Visual FX by Paul Ruskay: https://blog.audiokinetic.com/lumote-using-wwise-to-drive-in-game-vfx/
- How to break into the industry by Aaron Brown: https://twitter.com/aaronbrownsound/status/1229050005220155393
- Free cartoon sound effects library for charity: https://twitter.com/aaronbrownsound/status/1228522952460767237
- New audio documentation for Unreal: https://twitter.com/minuskelvin/status/1230941176322150401
- Reaper audio envelope sound design technique by Nikolaj de Haan: https://twitter.com/nikolaj_dehaan/status/1232933362928701440
- Unity quick start guide by Dave Raybould: https://twitter.com/TheNewTeed/status/1233146874502270976
Let me know if you have any game audio news!
-Leonard