The Courtyard

This is my 2021 Intermediate Interactive Audio Assignment Project. It features the Unity Technologies level ‘The Courtyard’ and features other free assets from the Unity Asset Store. In this assignment I was tasked with replacing all the audio in this level and creating an immersive experience for the player using the audio middleware Wwise by AudioKinnetic. 

 

This task was broken down into 4 sections, sourcing audio (see below for Creative Commons crediting), editing in ProTools, Wwise editing and unity integration. For the first section I used the online Creative Commons resource freesound.org and also used midi instruments to acquire my sounds for the level. Once I had these it was time to tidy them up in Avid’s ProTools. This was a quick process mainly involving EQ high and Low Pass Filters.  

 

I started importing sounds into the Wwise session. I first created Work Units I would need on the project then I created States and switches I would need to make the level interactive. Next I created all my Actor-Mixer objects like blend and random containers for my ambiences. I also created any attenuations or custom blend tracks I would need to sync to the unity level.  

I then tested my sounds using the soundcaster. After this I placed in my music and associated it with the relevant RTPC or State that I wanted to use it for.  

 

Once I was satisfied with my work, I created all my soundbanks. I could then move into Unity. 

 

 

The first step was to integrate Wwise its self into the unity project and then disable any unity based audio listeners or emitters. Once this was done I began inputting my events using AudioKinnetic (AK…) scripts like AKAmbient or AKState. Once theses were in place I used scripts provided in class to enhance the experience by adding a dialogue triggered pop up with the mission objective. I then modified this script to give sound to objects in the level that couldn’t use simpler AkAmbient scripts with onTriggerEnter set as the activate condition as there are aspects that move around this level on their own which interfered with the script triggering the event upon level launch.  

 

I then worked upon my music level adding containers to activate my states for the the vertical music system using the AKState script. I also then set up my horizontal music system. This utilised the same distance to checkpoint script from class as the attenuation used in the previous level for the scary crate object, however, each instance required a new script with a new public identifier as using the same script more than once lead to crashes.  

 

After this all that was left was to tidy up and areas I felt could be improved then I created the above video for your enjoyment.  

 

Sound Sources 

CC0 - Creative Commons 0 

CCBY Creative Commons Attribution  

Na - Self Created

Desert Ambience  

Sound Required	Sound Chosen	Sound Creator	Sound Location	Copyright
Sand blowing	Sandfall1.wav	Wagna	https://freesound.org/people/Wagna/sounds/326303	CC0
Wind	wind-noise.wav	jorge0000	https://freesound.org/people/jorge0000/sounds/361053	CC0
Hawk in distance	Hawk.wav & red-tailed-hawk.wav	UncleSigmund & 1888software	https://freesound.org/people/UncleSigmund/sounds/42389 & https://Freesound.org/people/1888software/sounds/575524	CC0
Crickets	Cricket in the desert (close recording)	Felix.blume	https://Freesound.org/people/felix.blume/sounds/166176	CC0

 

Character sounds  

Sound Required	Sound Chosen	Sound Creator	Sound Location	Copyright
Walk & Run - Sand	Footsteps on sand and gravel	Fthgurdy	https://Freesound.org/people/fthgurdy/sounds/528948	CC0
Walk & Run - Water	R10-46-Running in Water.wav &  Water_Footsteps.wav	Craigsmith & D001447733	https://Freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/480632 &  https://freesound.org/people/D001447733/sounds/464610	CC0 & CCBY
Walk & Run - Stone	Footsteps Different Variations Street 2	Rudmer_Rotteveel	https://Freesound.org/people/Rudmer_Rotteveel/sounds/316919	CC0
Heartbeat - bpianoholic (CC0) simple-heartbeat.wav	Simple-heartbeat.wav	Bpianoholic	HTTPS://Freesound.org/people/bpianoholic/sounds/493132
Jump	Jumps start.wav	BehanSean	HTTPS://Freesound.org/people/BehanSean/sounds/422426	CC0
Land	Land3.wav	Deleted_user_10023915	https://freesound.org/people/deleted_user_10023915/sounds/478049	CC0

 

 

NPC 

Sound Required	Sound Chosen	Sound Creator	Sound Location	Copyright
Voice	Vocalisation	Self	Local	Na

 

 

 

 

Music 

 

Sound Required	Sound Chosen	Sound Creator	Sound Location	Copyright
Horizontal Stem 1	Midi track	Self	Local	Na
Horizontal Stem 2	Midi track	Self	Local	Na
Horizontal stem 3	Midi track	Self	Local	Na
Vertical Stem 1	Midi track	Self	Local	Na
Vertical Stem 2	Midi track	Self	Local	Na
Vertical Stem 3	Midi track	Self	Local	Na

 

  

SFX  

Sound Required	Sound Chosen	Sound Creator	Sound Location	Copyright
Coin Pick-up	Coin Pick up/Fall	Cedimedi	https://Freesound.org/people/Cedimedi/sounds/550289	CC0
Lightbulbs	Fluorescent Lightbulb Hum.aif	ftpalad	https://Freesound.org/people/ftpalad/sounds/119910	CC0
Generator	Generator.wav	Yin_Yang_Jake007	https://Freesound.org/people/yin_yang_jake007/sounds/406110	CC0

 

 Project Images