How significant is sound in games?
Massively! Sound in games is just as important as it is in movies. Try watching any thriller or horror movie with the audio muted and it loses its edge dramatically.
Creating games is all about creating experiences and sound plays a major role in the whole process; it helps enhance the immersive qualities of any game environment and truly ‘transport’ the player to the game world. A pleasing soundtrack that evokes the appropriate emotional responses can greatly enhance player immersion, something which is even more important in slot games.
Carefully crafted and strategically placed sounds can also help guide the player by generating excitement and resolving tension where needed, providing cues as to what comes next or what the player needs to do next, among others. Sounds are also a big part of the reward in slot games nowadays, especially since online slots cannot dispense physical coins and win music has in a sense replaced the emotional high of hearing the “Ching-Ching-Ching” of coin after coin hitting the dispense tray after a big win.
Creating games is all about creating experiences and sound plays a major role in the process; it helps enhance the immersive qualities of any game environment and truly ‘transport’ the player to the game world. A pleasing soundtrack that evokes the appropriate emotional
responses can greatly enhance player immersion, something which is even more important in slot games.
Where do you find inspiration?
Great question! No matter how cliché it sounds, inspiration really does come from everywhere. But, if I were to try to pinpoint its ‘source’ when working on slot games, I would say that the
graphics, the concept and background story really do play a very important role. Working with a great team of people is of major importance. Being able to bounce ideas off each other and exchange references from larger- scale games or movies goes a very long way. I find that inspiration is quite a tough beast to tame and you cannot really sit back and wait for it to knock on your door. You work and work and work and at some point, it decides to show up and work its magic.
What are the most important elements when developing sounds for slot games? Is there a science behind it?
Not so much of a science but rather a set of challenges that we need to overcome in our quest for putting out high-quality experiences. One such challenge is the very short development cycle of slot games. While game developers would all love to have time to try out new things, pay attention to the smallest detail and reinvent the wheel with each new game, the reality is that we need to be fast and efficient since there is not always time for experimentation and true artistic innovation.
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