Image by 11333328 from Pixabay Soundtracks play a critical role in video games. A well-placed and timed piece of music can add significant tension, awe, or excitement to a game scene. When games first started, they were often silent or ...
Source Filmmaker: Edit Your own Game Animations
The SFM software – create your own game animations Washington based video game development company Valve Corporation recently announced “The Source Filmmaker” (or SFM for short) – movie-making tool built inside Valve Source game engine. SFM which is currently in ...
Modeling the Sound of Water
Researchers at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York are developing a method for real-time calculations of the sounds made by fluids as they flow, drip, and splash. While such sounds can be dubbed in after the fact, generating them within ...
LED Drumsticks
The California based Company TAC (The Ant Commandos), a provider of wireless video game music peripherals and accessories, has developed illuminated drumsticks for Rock Band and Guitar Hero World Tour Drum Sets. When a player strikes them, the entire body ...