Harry Nixon
The Chinese Room
Harry Nixon is a Sound Designer at The Chinese Room, part of the Still Wakes the Deep audio team and has since been working with other Sumo Digital studios on various titles.
Harry Nixon is speaking at the following session/s
Still Wakes the Deep: The Audio Design Behind the Oil Rig
In this talk we will explain how the audio team developed the sound design for the unique environment of the oil rig, one of the protagonists of Still Wakes the Deep.
We will describe the audio direction we followed, the design techniques we mastered and the implementation tools we developed in order to effectively support and enhance the game's narrative and atmosphere. Our strategies evolved throughout the game's production, and we will highlight how they adapted to answer to the game's shifting demands on the path to release.
Lastly, we will explain how the culture of cross-department collaboration at The Chinese Room allowed audio to effectively drive several visual and haptic systems to achieve a coherent and holistic experience for the player.
Session Takeaway
- Learn how the atmospheric sound design for the rig came together, and what were the main contributing elements to its effectiveness
- Learn how a realistic approach to audio implementation helped to ground the game experience and make it more believable
- Understand how audio can effectively drive other game systems, and how this can benefit the player's immersion
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