GCAP 2022: Ambition

We’ll be generating and integrating sounds based on audience requests using FMOD to a Unity project live.
The goal is to cover how to rapidly prototype, integrate and iterate sounds within both FMOD and Unity, as well as demonstrating a workflow for rapid audio generation.

Explosions! Subwoofers! and Dolby Atmos!!! These are just some of the things the audio in Unpacking doesn't have, or need for that matter. Does this mean it's audio is just a few click sounds and a bwoop? Nup! This talk will go into the surprisingly complex technical audio implementation using Wwise, in the multi-award winning game Unpacking :)

Wayward Strand has more dialogue than many AAA games. Not only that, it’s fully voiced. So how does an Australian indie team manage to do that? Maize Wallin (Audio Director) and Georgia Symons (Narrative co-director) will talk through how the Ghost Pattern team planned, recorded and implemented one of the most ambitious video game voiceover projects in memory. From casting to actor direction to implementation workflow across Unity, Pro Tools, RX, Wwise (and an inconceivable number of spreadsheets), we’ll share our lessons from developing our own unique process to bring our unique game to life.

‘Games by Songs’ was a 6 month period of intensive experimentation (supported by Creative Victoria) undertaken by Jake about integrating music with lyrics into video games through collaborative songwriting and game design.

Jacob will talk through 3 prototypes and songs he created for 'Games by Songs' - a Creative Victoria funded project exploring the relationship between music with lyrics and video games. He will break down his design approach/creative process, successes and challenges, what he learnt from the project and collaborations, and what could be explored next!

This talk is for game designers, songwriters/musicians, and anyone with a passion for music games. The talk will leave you with a place to start with innovating in the games-music space, some tips on integrating music with lyrics into games, and questioning what a music game can be.

This session will discuss the synergies and divergences that exist when managing the audio pipelines for original and live service games being developed simultaneously. Topics will include feature planning, resourcing, risk mitigation and the general path to success when bringing audio to market across titles with varying production cycles.

“I know I need music for my game, but I know nothing about music licensing. I just want music in my game that I can use without any issues.”

I get it, you’re a game developer, not a music licensing expert. However, if you are developing a game and thinking about hiring a composer to create custom music you do need to be aware of a few basic music licensing options that need to be discussed when on boarding a music composer. If not, you could find yourself with a lot of problems later down the line when there is confusion over who owns what, who gets what, and who can do what with the music.

This talk is an introduction to music licensing from the perspective of a game developer and will cover basic music licensing options, typical composer rates, factors a composer considers when determining the cost of music, points of negotiation (especially if you are budget restricted indie studio), and a few other important questions that you need to considered that will help you feel more comfortable and confident when talking with music composers.