Games Connect Asia Pacific 2018 The Walls We've Built Ourselves

Intricate puzzle games like Starseed Pilgrim, Sokobond, or A Good Snowman Is Hard To Build utilize a method of musical performance, but synchronize it directly to gameplay. There are a few simple ways to create meaningful player sonic performance that will keep them engaged while learning gameplay mechanics. This session will dive into the creative ways to give the player a performing voice while they are simply just playing the game. There will be examples from games like Guacamelee 2, Shoot Shoot Mega Pack, Soundself, and The Beginner’s Guide, to name a few.

Join two game audio designers as they demonstrate their practical workflows and pick apart the effects of art style, creative direction, player expectations, and technical limitations on their respective writing and production approaches. See how working with, rather than against these constraints shaped the sound and music for Hand of Fate II, Forts, Steppy Pants and more.

Presented by Michael Theiler and Trevor Dikes of Kpow Audio.

Dismembering 'The Forest' is an in-depth audio post-mortem discussing the design, implementation, and technical approaches taken to create the dynamic and meaningful soundscape for the highly acclaimed, open world multiplayer survival horror game.

Aimed at a medium to advanced level, the session will cover: Foley recording; asset design; the use of audio middle-ware; and the implementation methods taken to create a rich, and suspenseful in-game experience. While based primarily around the use of audio in The Forest, developers from all disciplines will benefit from project-based examples that can assist in the setting-up or improvement of their audio production pipeline.

This discussion is for game developers as much as it is for composers. Mechanical royalties are the backbone of a songwriter's financial growth. They're generated and owed to the songwriter every time a product embodying their musical work is reproduced. For instance: sold digitally, pressed into a vinyl record, or printed on a CD. Nearly all territories which sell music products are required to pay these mechanical royalties to the songwriter, except games. Until now. This panel will discuss with the audience the importance and gravity of mechanical royalties entering the game space, and how it will affect all game devs in the future. Featuring some of the music industry's key figureheads in game audio, publishing, record labels, artist management, and rights management.