Last Updated November 7, 2013

FMOD/Ogre Assessment

Due Sunday 8th December 2013 5pm. Zip up the source for the project and add it to Blackboard (go to "Project Upload"/ "FMOD assignment " and attach the file there.

The requirements for this project should be implemented in your OGRE game project

Sound effects

1. Add two sound effects to your game (e.g. foot-steps, gun fire, pick-up action, out-of-ammo, score sound, ...). These should be short sounds which are played synchronously with the appropriate game action.
2. Include a key-board control to turn this feature on/off

Streamed background music

1. Find some appropriate music for your game. Use a FMOD stream for this and have the music continually loop.
2. Include a key-board control to turn this feature on/off

3D sound

1. Make you player character a FMOD listener.
• listener should have position & velocity of player
2. Create something in your game which makes a continual sound (e.g. engine running, monster growling, flame crackling etc.). Make this object a sound source.
3. Use the FMOD 3D functions to recreate the positional effects of the sound
   • character approaches sound, it gets louder
   • sound is directional in earphones
   • doppler effect
4. Include a key-board control to turn this feature on/off

Reverb

1. Set up an appropriate ambient reverb for your game environment.
2. Create a region with distinctly different reverb properties.
   • When the player enters this region, the quality of the sound noticeably changes.
3. Include a key-board control to turn this feature on/off

Notes

1. There will be some marks given for appropriateness of the audio used.

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