Game Dev Archives - The Sound Architect

TSAP S02E03: Anthony Hales – Technical Director, Global Audio at SIDE, Pole To Win

by Sam Hughes - 30/03/201919/02/2020 0538

Special Thanks to Callum Tennick for Editing Sam chats to Anthony Hales about the casting process, working on blockbuster video games, advice for actors auditioning for or recording at SIDE and more! Anthony Hales is Technical Director at SIDE and Pole to Win , which is an outsourcing company that

Dublin Games Festival 2018: Event & Audio Picks

by Willy McCarter - 25/11/201804/12/2018 2529

Written by: Willy McCarter Edited By: Jake Basten Event: Dublin Games Festival Date: 24/11/18 The Event This weekend I had the immense pleasure of attending the inaugural debut launch of the Dublin Games Festival (DGF) which welcomed a mass gathering of 2000+ guests for one whole day. Having attended previous

Now Play This Games Exhibition

by Alyx Jones - 13/04/201624/04/2016 0328

Review by Alyx Jones Edited by Sam Hughes Now Play This is a games exhibition held in the New Wing of Somerset House, as part of the London Games Festival. It's a 3-day event running from the 1-3 April, now in its second year. Now Play This, is particularly focused on artistic

How Much Exposure Buys You Food

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by Sam Hughes - 17/02/201617/02/2016 0346

OPINION PIECE: All opinion pieces are not representative of The Sound Architect as a whole, but of the individual writing the piece. Featured Image Credit: Inmybag.net 1 Article by Andrew Overfield Edited by Sam Hughes Keep in mind boys and girls, this is an opinion piece. My first for The Sound Architect and one

Sam’s PhD Blog #4 – Global GameJam 2016

by Sam Hughes - 01/02/201624/04/2016 0322

Sam Hughes recounts his personal experience of his first game jam, in this case the Global Game Jam. As this is a personal blog section all opinions are of Sam Hughes and Sam Hughes only, not of The Sound Architect. Prologue It's been a while since I wrote for this blog, so

Sam’s PhD Blog #3

by Sam Hughes - 15/11/201524/04/2016 0309

Another 2 week course finished for the IGGI PhD! This time was a programming assignment where we made our own game in a few days. Being from an audio background it was quite daunting learning C# with Unity, but I have to admit it was very satisfying making my very basic

EDINBURGH GAME SYMPOSIUM- PROTOPLAY EDITION ‘DARE TO BE DIGITAL’ VIDEO GAME COMPETITION

by Sam Hughes - 21/08/201524/04/2016 0673

Guest Article by Julian Surma Edited by Sam Hughes A guest article by student, Julian Surma, after his visit to the Edinburgh Game Symposium - Proto-Play Edition co-directed by Video game composers, Luci Holland and Jacob Pernell. Find out what he thought of the event's third year, and first appearance in Dundee. Normally the prospect