Pre-Gold I (due 12/5) Audio Tasks

Pre-Gold II (Due 12/9 11am ET)

Crystal

• mixing
• ambience
• remix credits music
• apply lowpass filter to war drums for VNScene1 
• add reverb to narrative VO in Wwise
• make new tasks for morgan that are in audio

Emily

• Iterate on upgrade sound🥺
• Draft unpoppable enemy sfx

Morgan

• Volume normalize dialogue + reverb
• Reiterate on enemyDeath

Background ambience brainstorm

• river - done
• seacoast - done
• crickets - done
• birds chirping
• wind - done
• fire crackling

Pre-Gold I (due 12/5)

Crystal

• Draft unpoppable enemy sfx
• Iterate on playerDeath SFX
• Put crickets in the second level
• stretch: have associated real-world SFX in the narrative scenes (1st narrative scene is most important)
• upgrade/sell menu popping in/out SFX (different from tower select SFX) (might not need?)???

Emily

• Iterate on upgrade sound🥺

Morgan

• Iterate on background music for main menu - 12/1
• Iterate on background music for 1st narrative - 12/1
• Ceramic hit SFX - 12/1
• Ceramic break SFX - 12/1
• Alternate victory theme (more serious/courageous, with drums) - 12/3
• Background ambience - 12/4

Background ambience brainstorm

• river
• seacoast - done
• crickets - done
• birds chirping
• wind

Pre-Beta II (due 11/28)

Emily and Morgan recording next Monday or Tuesday.

Crystal

• Second narrative cutscene music
• record voiceover
• Iterate on playerDeath SFX
• Iterate on slider SFX
• Iterate on credits music
• Iterate on explosion shooter SFX (make thunder sound softer using volume automation)
• Game over - short
• Draft credits music
• Draft tower select SFX
• Iterate/find out how to implement explosion shooter SFX
• upgrade/sell menu popping in/out SFX (different from tower select SFX) (might not need?)
• Draft SFX for sliders
• Implement medium map, hard map music
• Implement ambient SFX (crickets)
• Implement sell sfx
• implement ghost ship being attacked

Emily

• Iterate on background music for second level
• Draft bulk enemy (ghost ship) "being attacked" sound - when the projectile hits the MOAB
• Draft spending $ sound
• Victory theme - short

Morgan

• Iterate on background music for main menu
• Draft background music for first narrative cutscene !
• Iteration on "popping" SFX !
• Draft (iterate) SFX for button clicking !
• Draft button hover SFX
• Ceramic hit SFX
• Ceramic break SFX
• decide casting by 11/21 (final), 11/18 (have a person who says they can do it)

Tasks

• Bulk enemy (ghost ship) "being attacked" sound - when the projectile hits the MOAB
• First draft of "break apart" SFX for bulk enemies (i.e. when a MOAB splits apart into multiple smaller enemies)
• Explosion SFX (for explosive shooter)
• Tower placement SFX
• Iterate on background music for all levels
• Background music for hard level
• Create background music draft for second level (similar tone, increased urgency?)
• Background ambience (torches, crickets, water, etc.)
• Iterate on background music for main menu
• Draft SFX for button clicking
• Draft credits music
• Campaign music
• Draft background music for first narrative cutscene !
• Iteration on "popping" SFX !
• Draft (iterate) SFX for button clicking !
• Iterate on background music for main menu

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Pre-Alpha Tasks (due 10/31)

all

• (old) flute, strings, harp, acoustic guitar, dulcimer, ice mallets, duduk, drums (????)
  • possible VSTs/AUs go here
  • BBC Symphony Orchestra Discover
  • Ample Guitar M Lite II
  • Check Spitfire Labs
  • SGM soundfont
• decided VSTs:
  • Guitar: (all spitfire labs) - moon guitar, mandolin, guitar harmonics
  • Flute, Strings (?), Percussion, Harp: BBCSO Discover
  • Harp: LABS Autoharp
  • Percussion: BBCSO Discover, LABS Percussion
  • Choir: real people, or LABS Choir 

Crystal

• write up list of sound fx in td bloons 6 and put into "all tasks" 
• edit first narrative scene dialogue, put into confluence and share with morgan
• Draft credits music
• Explosion SFX (for explosive shooter)
• Physical shooting SFX ask amber removed b/c Bloons TD 6 does not have them
  
• Magical shooting SFX removed b/c Bloons TD 6 does not have them
  
• Wwise tutorials

Emily

• Iterate more on background music for first level
• Create background music draft for second level (similar tone, increased urgency?) !
• Iterate on tower placement SFX
• Wwise tutorials?

Morgan

• First draft of "break apart" SFX for bulk enemies (i.e. when a MOAB splits apart into multiple smaller enemies) !
• Draft background music for first narrative cutscene !
• Background ambience (torches, crickets, water, etc.) !
• Iteration on "popping" SFX !
• Draft (iterate) SFX for button clicking !
• Iterate on background music for main menu
• Start Wwise tutorials 

Audio Tasks for Pre-Alpha II

• Iteration on "popping" SFX
• First draft of "break apart" SFX for bulk enemies (i.e. when a MOAB splits apart into multiple smaller enemies)
• Physical shooting SFX ask amber ????
  
• Magical shooting SFX
• Explosion SFX (for explosive shooter)
• Tower placement SFX
• Iterate on background music for first level
• Create background music draft for second level (similar tone, increased urgency?)
• Background ambience (torches, crickets, water, etc.)
• Iterate on background music for main menu
• Draft SFX for button clicking
• Draft credits music

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Due 10/17

all

• (old) flute, strings, harp, acoustic guitar, dulcimer, ice mallets, duduk, drums (????)
  • possible VSTs/AUs go here

Crystal

• write up list of sound fx in td bloons 6 and put into "all tasks" 
• do more wwise 301 tutorials
• implement received sfx

Emily

• First draft placing tower sfx
• Finalize first draft "easy" level music, upload stems
• Wwise tutorials?

Morgan

• Finalize first draft menu music
• Finalize first UI sfx
• Start Wwise tutorials

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Due 10/12

Crystal

• first draft "popping" (enemy death/layer pop) sfx
• wwise-unity integration test

Emily

• First draft "easy" level music
• First draft placing tower sfx

Morgan

• First draft menu music
• First draft UI clicking SFX
• Start Wwise tutorials