A practical, straight-forward introduction to implementing sound in games - this book fills a gap in the marketplace for sound professionals and students who want to design, implement, and produce game audio, all covered in one essential guide - with 20 added video tutorials and several hundred sound files students can plug right into games!

Sound can make or break a video game's success, as it elevates the experience of the game. Imagine playing a video game, and pushing a button and hearing the click or pop (the motivating sound), or consider how much game music becomes just as much a part of the experience as game playing (think Halo). This book shows sound designers and composers how to get their first demo reel done, getting right into the heart of sound design and implementation, providing practical examples to learn from.This hands-on book guides students and professionals through the whole development process of how to create and implement sound and music for games. Stevens and Raybould offer a hugely effective teaching tool to engage students: a complete set of tools and interactive tutorials fully tested and proven to work in a University setting.

If you want to learn about game audio implementation, this is the book for you! Stevens and Raybould have written a thorough practical, hands-on guide to sound and music implementation in games and, by doing so, present the reader with an excellent introduction to the concepts of interactive game sound. Speckled with humour and written in an accessible style, this book is sure to find a home in many classrooms and homes of aspiring sound designers, composers and audio programmers.-Karen Collins, Canada Research Chair in Interactive Audio, University of Waterloo, author of Game Sound (MIT Press)