Programming for Game Design: A Hands-On Guide with Godot

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W. Wang, T. WalcottProgramming for Game Designhttps://doi.org/10.1007/979-8-8688-0190-7_18

18. Playing Audio

Wallace Wang¹   and Tonnetta Walcott²

(1)

San Diego, CA, USA

(2)

El Cajon, CA, USA

 

While video games are largely a visual medium, don’t overlook the importance that sound can play in your project. Sometimes sound is essential in a video game such as hearing enemies nearby to alert the player or set the tone of a horror game. One type of sound might be background noise such as the wind blowing, rain falling, or background music playing. A second type of sound can give feedback such as when a player picks up a treasure where a beep confirms that the player ...