Sound Designers

What This Team Does

Sound Designers and Composers create all the audio that brings our game's world to life: sound effects, ambience, and background music. Your work helps players feel emotion, understand actions, and experience each environment.

Storyteller Dependency

All sound and music must support the tone, style, world, and story created by the Storytellers.
Before starting any sound, check what environments, characters, and items exist.
If the Storytellers haven’t confirmed a feature (like magic, enemies, or shops), do not make sounds for it yet.

Tool Suggestions can be found here: Week 7

Full Audio Asset List

Core Sounds (Most Games Need These)

• Footsteps (grass, dirt, stone, wood)
• Item Pickup
• UI Click / Confirm
• Error / Cancel
• Ambient Wind
• Basic Music Loop (short repeating background music)

Multiple loops are welcome and can be used in different areas, moods, or times of day.

Environmental Ambience

(Use only if the Storytellers include these areas.)
• Forest ambience
• Cave ambience
• Town ambience
• Snow ambience
• Rain or storm ambience
• Water ambience

Gameplay and Interaction Sounds

• Footstep variations (snow, stone, grass, dirt)
• Door open / close (only if buildings can be entered)
• Switches, levers, buttons
• Puzzle solved chime
• Collectible sparkle or glow
• Inventory open / close
• Notification or subtle alert

Magic, Fantasy, or Special Effects

(Only if confirmed by Storytellers.)
• Spell or magic activation
• Healing or power-up effects
• Portal sounds
• Enemy alert or growl

Area Music Themes

Music loops for different locations and moods:
• Town
• Forest
• Mountains
• Snow area
• Cave or ruins
• Night or mystery
• Emotional or story moments
(Multiple students may create different loops; they can be placed in different parts of the game.)

Workflow for Sound Designers

Check the Storytellers’ latest world details.
Pick an asset you want to work on.
Tell your PM so the team avoids duplicates.
Create your sound using class-approved tools.
Polish and export as .wav (uncompressed/high quality), .ogg (compressed/balanced), and .mp3 (compressed)
Name your file clearly:
• sfx_step_grass.wav
• ambience_forest.ogg
• music_town_loop.ogg
Send it to your PM for review and upload.

Duplicate Rules

Duplicates Allowed

• Footsteps (different surfaces)
• Ambient variations
• Weather or magic variations
• Music loops (many can be used across the game)

Limit to One (per type)

• UI click
• Item pickup
• Puzzle solved chime
• Door sound (one per door style)
• Main menu theme

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