Foley: Any sound a human, animal or other creature makes while moving about and handling objects.

This can be anything from a peaceful meadow recording with leaves gently rustling in the background and birds chirping to a bustling medieval market or even the continuous humming and occasional beeping of a sci-fi control room.

Ambience: Also known as background, environment or atmosphere.

Keeping sounds organized by category is a major help, particularly with higher asset counts. However, loading a compressed file during runtime puts more load on the CPU than uncompressed formats, since they need to be decoded first. Generally, compressed files trade quality for a smaller file size and thus memory footprint. If your engine or audio middleware allows it, we recommend OGG over MP3, as seamless loops work just fine here.

OGG: Open-source compression format that’s more at home in the game development world.

However, it is also heavily patented, so many game engines don’t support it. Popular in the video and film industry, AAC provides better sound quality at similar bitrates. MP3s can also serve nicely as quick preview deliveries. Most people can’t distinguish the difference in quality with bitrates of 128kB/s and upwards.Ĭaution: MP3 files are not suitable for loops, as there will be gaps when jumping back to the start. MP3: The most widespread compressed audio format out there and, as of 2017, patent-free. With only a fraction of a WAV’s file size, it serves as an attractive alternative, particularly for smaller games or apps.However, as most platforms still use other formats, chances are that you will too. By default, around 50% of a WAV’s file size. Wwise, for example, uses uncompressed WAV during integration and later compresses to OGG when building soundbanks. In most cases, deliveries are made in this format, since converting to other formats later is always an option. WAV: Uncompressed audio file at maximum quality, but also file size.Find out, which file format is required or best suited for your target platform. Here are the most common:

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