A Tool to Implement Adaptive Audio Techniques on Unity Games
Resumo
Developing an effective and simple audio system that can adapt to in-game events can take time and become complex, specially to beginner developers that don’t know how to use adaptive audio techniques. To make this less challenging, we developed a tool to implement adaptive audio into Unity games. The Adaptive Audio Manager tool for Unity is an accessible package that provides classes and methods which help developers implement a functional audio system in their games, using two popular adaptive audio techniques: vertical layering and horizontal re-sequencing. Along with the framework code, we provide documentation and a Unity prototype project with examples to keep the learning process on how to use this framework simple.
Palavras-chave:
adaptive audio, framework, unity
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K. Collins, “An introduction to the participatory and non-linear aspects of video games audio”, Essays on sound and vision, pp. 263–298, 2007.
Unity, 2016. Public relations. Acessado em 02 de dezembro de 2020. [Online]. Available: https://unity3d.com/public-relations
L. MENEGUETTE, "Áudio dinâmico para games: conceitos fundamentais e procedimentos de composição adaptativa", in 2011 Brazilian Symposium on Games and Digital Entertainment, 2011.
L. Kahara, "Producing adaptive music for non-linear media", 2018.
L. H. M. Alves, J. M. S. Junior, and C. S. de Araújo, “Desenvolvimento de áudio para jogos com unity e fmod", in Brazilian Symposium on Games and Digital Entertainment, Curitiba, 2017.
A. Gungormusler, N. Paterson-Paulberg, and M. Haahr, “barelymusician: An adaptive music engine for video games”, in Audio engineering society conference: 56th international conference: audio for games. Audio Engineering Society, 2015.
GRUMBLE LABS. (2016) Adaptive music player. Acessado em dezembro de 2020. [Online]. https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/tools/audio/adaptive-music-player-52023
PLATINUM GAMES. (2017) Acessado em 02 de dezembro de 2020. [Online]. Availiable: https://nierautomata.square-enix-games.com/en-us/age-gate/
VALVE CORPORATION. (2011) Acessado em 02 de dezembro de 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.thinkwithportals.com/
BRACE YOURSELF GAMES. (2015) Acessado em 02 de dezembro de 2020. [Online]. Available: https://braceyourselfgames.com/crypt-of-the-necrodancer/
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UBISOFT QUEBEC. (2009) Acessado em 02 de dezembro de 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.ubisoft.com/pt-br/game/assassins-creed-2/
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THE GAME BAKERS. (2016) Acessado em 02 de dezembro de 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.thegamebakers.com/press/sheet.php?p=furi.
Publicado
18/10/2021
Como Citar
RODRIGUES, Miguel F.; COUTINHO, Flávio R. S..
A Tool to Implement Adaptive Audio Techniques on Unity Games. In: SIMPÓSIO BRASILEIRO DE JOGOS E ENTRETENIMENTO DIGITAL (SBGAMES), 20. , 2021, Online.
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