Sustain was a university project that I helped make as part of a team under instructions from Modern Wolf. It was a 3D isometric tower defence game and resource manager set on an alien planet, and I took the role of Audio Designer for it's development

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Working for an Industry client

The Development of Sustain was a practice of constant feedback from team members, lecturers, and an industry client. We opted for an iterative design process and started the process with rapid prototyping and testing from the get go.

As the Audio Designer it was my job to stay in the conversation with the artists and level designer to match the aesthetic, pacing, and core loop of the game to the music and sound effects, which meant constant prototyping on my end.

Once we decided on a floral, boggy, planet aesthetic, I got to work creating two types of effects. The first would be metallic and synthetic sound effects for the player's ship and it's functions, and the second would be natural, organic sound effects for the aliens that attacked the ship.

Both of these styles were taken into account for the main theme of the game, which began with 1 minute of synth build up (for one minute of preparation for a wave), and one minute of an orchestral crescendo (for the minute of aliens attacking).

Listen to the Sustain Soundtrack on my YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@DjacksGames

While the final game was a fairly short demo, it showcased each of the team's abilities well, and ended up pleasing our clients and lecturers.

It was the first time I used Ableton for my music and proved a stepping stone from my usual "Schoolboy tools" to industry standard software.

It was also an opportunity to work with some incredible people, whos work I still follow today.

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