Simon Haines

An exciting and informative dive into the audio design on LEGO Horizon Adventures; presented by Playstation Studios Creative Arts and Studio Gobo. The session will cover:

Creative direction

• Analysis of signature sounds from each IP
• What was and was not compatible between the two IPs
• Learnings from other LEGO games, how might we do it differently
• How best to envision our own audio world in a way that makes sense to a dispersed team

Sound design techniques

• The challenges of creating giant combat machines out of tiny LEGO bricks
• Recording techniques for source
• Sci-Fi processing for style and tone
• Implementation

Technical systems

• Emitter management
• Lister, panning, offscreen attenuation
• Single/multiplayer set up
• Wwise multi-position
• MIDI sync

Multi-platform considerations

• High vs Low spec, where to focus
• PIE Platform simulation
• Wwise Priority/voice limiting
• Rumble and haptics