Roll-A-Ball-With-Audio

Roll-A-Ball, now with sound! For USC course CTIN 406L: Sound Design for Games.

Based on Unity's Roll-A-Ball tutorial, adapting the completed project files and adding newly implemented audio.

Week 12: Music & Gameplay, Effects, Spatial Audio

1. Download the week12-music-gameplay-effects-spatial-audio version of the project
2. The following may be helpful reference:
   • Unity:
     • Assets/Scenes/Week12_MusicGameplay_Effects_SpatialAudio.unity
     • Music & Gameplay:
       • Assets/Scripts/Audio/MusicManager.cs
       • Assets/Scripts/Gameplay/NonPlayerBall.cs
     • Effects:
       • Assets/Scripts/Audio/HelmetAudioComponent.cs
       • Assets/Scripts/Gameplay/Helmet.cs
   • Wwise:
     • Effects:
       • \Effects\Default Work Unit\FX_HelmetDistortion
       • \Master-Mixer Hierarchy\Default Work Unit\Master Audio Bus\SFX
       • \Actor-Mixer Hierarchy\Default Work Unit\SFX\PLR\MVT_BallRolling_LP
     • Spatial Audio:
       • \Master-Mixer Hierarchy\Default Work Unit\Master Audio Bus\RVB

Week 10: Interactive Music

1. Download the week10-interactive-music version of the project
2. The following may be helpful for Project 3:
   • Unity:
     • Assets/Scripts/Audio/MusicManager.cs
     • Assets/Scenes/Week10_Music.unity
   • Wwise:
     • \Interactive Music Hierarchy\Default Work Unit\MUS_BGM
     • \States\Default Work Unit\STA_GameState
     • \Triggers\Default Work Unit\TRG_MusicPickup

Week 9: Dynamically Driven Audio

1. Download the week9-dynamically-driven-audio version of the project
2. The following may be helpful for Project 2:
   • Unity:
     • Assets/Scripts/Audio/PlayerMovementAudioComponent.cs
     • Assets/Scripts/Audio/FirstPersonFootstepAudioTrigger.cs
     • Assets/Scenes/Week9_Footsteps_FirstPerson.unity
     • Assets/Scenes/Week9_Footsteps_ThirdPerson.unity
   • Wwise:
     • \Actor-Mixer Hierarchy\Default Work Unit\SFX\FLY\FLY_Footstep
     • \Switches\Default Work Unit\SWI_FootstepMaterial

Week 8: More Ambiences

1. Download the week8-more-ambiences version of the project
2. The following may be helpful reference:
   • Wwise:
     • \Actor-Mixer Hierarchy\Default Work Unit\SFX\AMB\AMB_DogBarks
     • \Actor-Mixer Hierarchy\Default Work Unit\SFX\AMB\AMB_CityForestBlend

Week 6: Middleware, Ambiences

1. Download the week6-middleware-ambiences version of the project
2. The following may be helpful for Project 1:
   • Unity:
     • Assets/Scenes/Week6_Part1_Middleware.unity
     • Assets/Scenes/Week6_Part2_Ambiences.unity
     • Assets/Scripts/Audio/DistanceBasedAmbienceZone.cs
     • Assets/Scripts/Audio/TriggerBasedAmbienceZone.cs
   • Wwise:
     • RollABallWithAudio-Spring2025_WwiseProject
       • \Actor-Mixer Hierarchy\Default Work Unit\SFX\AMB

Week 4: Implementation

Etude 3: Unity Audio Replacement

1. Download the week4-implementation version of the project
2. Open Assets/Scenes/RollABallWithAudio.unity
3. Replace all existing audio with new sound assets that you create
4. (Optional) Implement new audio where there previously was none
   • Some ideas:
     • VO for each pickup that matches the current pickup count
     • Adding background music (BGM)
     • Playing different audio clips based on ball velocity
5. Create a Windows build, zip it, and upload the zip using the form provided in class
6. Come to class prepared to share and discuss with everyone!

Dependencies

• Unity 6 (6000.0.36f1)