So You Wanna Make Games?? | Episode 8: Sound Design

What makes a good sound? In games, strong sound design effectively communicates what’s happening to and around you, provides feedback on the decisions you make, and helps immerse you in the game experience. In this video, a few sound designers discuss how to think about sound in games, cover some basics in sound terminology, and the sound designer’s toolbox.

[BasharA]

13:55 "It's ok to break rules. Whatever sounds good is gonna sound good". No joke, I was at game music event, and one guy was telling us how he made some sounds for AAA game using vibrator on the fridge, and a dildo on a guitar or something. I jokingly asked if he has behind scenes materials, and he actually showed us the video! He used it to make machine sounds, and it got accepted. That game my friends is Metal Gear Solid 5. Think of that next time you play it

[BF_enthusiast]

Sound design is one of the most underrated/ignored aspects of video games.
It contributes the most to the game's atmosphere and immersiveness, and yet when it comes to immersion, most people speak about the visuals and graphic design of the game; or they limit the scope of sound design to music only, and fail to notice literally everything else sound design is impacting.

[AndreMarques-pmum]

Great series, although, it would be cool to have an episode on voice acting

[Aisem_Illust]

Is no one going to mention how the first guy's name is bRYAN HIGA? It's like the laziest disguise name in the world

[Kidomaru]

This is so cool, how does it have so little views ? This is so interesting ! I hope Riot will keep doing it, i'm learning a lot through those ^^

[OhayoMacchiato]

As a side note, a glimpse of a sound effect's process from beginning to finish (foley -> processing -> finish) would have been incredible material.

[xkonekox]

I'm majoring in audio engineering and I'm doing so much research and little projects I can so I could intern for Riot and hopefully work for y'all one day. The commitment and hard work that y'all have gave us with Arcane, Valorant Champions, KDA, and many more has gave me the strive to become a Rioter.

[mariamakarova]

This was so awesome, thank you so much! I especially loved the advice section at the end. I am watching this video as part of my research for a university coursework and sound design isn't heavily focused on. It was amazing to hear the advice and that I could do this as a career :) Thank you!

[najmaht.a.]

man the sfx people seem more laidback than the other departments (?) xD

[SuperWeedPower]

These series are bloody awesome, keep it up the good work!

[LucasBere]

This was really great! I'm an aspiring game sound designer / composer trying to learn as much as possible about the industry, and this helped to reinforce a lot of the things I've been learning. Thanks for making and sharing this!

[nicholascouture]

What about music in games? Will you guys do a series on that??

[apeeatape]

Amazing series! Really put some things into perspective and context. Thank you very much for that.

[chillcatsoulmate]

This is such a cool episode, video editing is over the top. LOOOOVE IT!!!

[amuletgames]

Thank you for this amazing explanation vid about sound design, it really well explained many concept about sound design and i believe even people like me don't know anything about it before we have a clue of what it is now.

[OnlineRadioSchool]

Don't know how I got here but that was a super fun watch lol..i actually was a sound fx bloke on a few BBC African radio dramas at the World Service back in the day, was pretty fun recording them live. Games audio looks a lot of fun actually.

[OhayoMacchiato]

I'm currently navigating my way into sound design and the explanations were great! I feel like I can discuss sounds a bit better now. Thanks!

[_CMG]

Prob one of the best intros so far 😄 I love everything about this video. Thanks Riot games.

[Mdmangue]

Thx for this, that is rly good !! Good job 👍👌💖

[tehxperience]

02:19 POV: You just played the first 10 minutes of Ori and the Blind Forest