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Learning Unreal Engine Game Development

You're reading from   Learning Unreal Engine Game Development A step-by-step guide that paves the way for developing fantastic games with Unreal Engine 4

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Product type Paperback
Published in Feb 2016
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ISBN-13 9781784398156
Length 274 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Joanna Lee Joanna Lee
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Table of Contents (9) Chapters Close

Preface 1. An Overview of Unreal Engine FREE CHAPTER 2. Creating Your First Level 3. Game Objects – More and Move 4. Material and Light 5. Animation and AI 6. A Particle System and Sound 7. Terrain and Cinematics Index

How do we produce sound and music for games?


Many game productions have original music written for in-game scenarios; some also use actual songs sung by professional singers as theme songs. Music in games is a big thing and it's dearly remembered by fans of the game. Sometimes, the music itself is enough to trigger memories of the gaming experience. Thus, game studios need to spend time creating suitable music to complement their games.

If you are a huge fan of video game music, there are also concerts that you can go to where the orchestra plays music from popular games (check out Video Games Live at http://www.videogameslive.com/index.php?s=home).

Creating music for a game is very similar to composing music for a piece; it should trigger appropriate emotions when it's played. The choice of music needs to match the pace and situations of the game. Using a JRPG game as an example, you should be able to differentiate between in-battle music versus the music that's played when you are in a menu...

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