Sonic Days 2024

Getting started with game audio can be challenging, so let’s go through ways to quickly improve your workflow and talk about ways to solve or approach common obstacles in todays game audio productions.

Doing justice to an epic story, told in the cinematic universe of Avatar, presented the music team at Massive Entertainment with a huge challenge. How can an interactive game fulfill the expectations set by the popular films?
In the presentation Lasse will demonstrate how the team implemented the Pinar Toprak’s beautiful score for the highly realized narrative campaign of Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, which not only supports the moment-to-moment action on screen, but also enhances the mood and the narrative by highlighting both the player’s and main character’s emotions and expectations.
Outside of the narrative campaign, Lasse will show the extensive music system used to make the open world music feel scripted, deliberate, and cinematic, despite the complete lack of linearity in gameplay.

Join us for an inspiring panel where four game audio professionals share their journeys from starting out to establishing thriving careers. This talk is designed for students and emerging professionals and offers valuable insights into the challenges and rewards of freelancing in the game industry compared to working in-house full-time.

The panelists will discuss how they broke into the field of game audio, navigated the freelance world, and built lasting client relationships. Whether you're curious about the freelance lifestyle or seeking advice on how to get started, this session is packed with tips and personal stories to guide your future career!

Presented by Game Audio Denmark

Katrine Amsler is an audio designer currently working for IO Interactive on the 007 project. Since 2015 she has contributed as a sound artist for game-composer Martin Stig Andersen on games like Wolfenstein, Control and Back4Blood.
In her talk, Katrine will touch on topics like “Ineffective Investigations,” sharing how rethinking traditional methods can lead to unexpected discoveries. You’ll get a glimpse into her different DIY experiments and how to record and create a sound library from an abandoned oil tank. Gain some fresh inspiration to elevate your own approach to sound design.

We are all game developers first – working outside a strict discipline delineation model.
Working within a philosophy where your discipline is your area of craft expertise but not the only reason you are in the room.
Where we work closely together as developers and players and how this model of working has grown out of my long experience in audio.
As audio people we work in depth with every other discipline and gain a deep understanding of both the player experience and the process of working in game development.

Prepare for Richard Lapington’s keynote by joining this unique evening warm-up session. Guests can play Alan Wake 2 and ask Richard anything - from game design to the creative challenges behind its haunting audio. It’s an open session for fans and curious minds alike, setting the stage for the keynote with exclusive insights and firsthand gameplay!