Friday, April 21, 2006

0 A.D Audio Development

I recently converted a journal that I was keeping at the now defunct SDR onto a personal blog and though I would share the trials and tribulations of the last year or so of development on the project.

0 A.D. Development Journal

Hopefully some good nuggets in there of interest including:

0 A.D. Audio Development - An Introduction to this Delevopment Log
So it Begins - Preliminary discussion
Getting the Ball Rolling - String to pull together threads
Sound Doc v.01 - A first peak at the soon to be sprawling spreadsheet
OpenAL Primer - A quick intro to some functionality
Readable OpenAL Specifications - Like it says
Sound Doc v.03 - The next step with decisions
Q & A - Questions on Design
Audio Implementation - Priority & Intensity A discussion on scaling sounds
Tools & Preliminary XML - A look at the potenial for tools
XML Strategy - Deeper down the rabbit hole
Interface Sounds - A look at interface audio feedback
0 A.D. Audio Summary - A bulleted list of target audio features
Programming Ambient Sound - Topics related to integration
GDC 2006 Wrap Up - Carsten wins big and we both bag a great experience
ISACT Integration - A discussion on ISACT for implementation

I welcome any feedback and/or guidance y'all might have to offer.
Keep em' peeled on the rss feed for updates once and awhile as things continue to progress.


Cheers!
LCL