Games
Adaptive audio for games is a huge passion for Samuel Hollywood-Summers. Building on his interest in Generative Music, it offers the opportunity to make interactive music that can profoundly enhance the emotional impact of games, adding to their levels of immersion and elevating the overall experience and aesthetics of the game.
Bright Ideas (2021)
Bright Ideas is an interactive music experience made in Unity, using Wwise audio middleware. It was created over a week for a game jam. All audio, visual assets and game code was created by Samuel.
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Dreams, Incorporated (2020)
Dreams, Incorporated was made for the GMTK20 game jam in July 2020 over 48 hours.
Playing to the strengths of our team, we created a game that leant heavily on the creation of a very deliberate emotional aesthetic. The game is an interview with a mysterious organisation in order to 'shape your simulation'.
To me, the most exciting feature is the adaptive musical score. Pessimistic player responses cause the music to darken, mirroring the emotional state of the player, or the character they choose to role-play as. Similarly, positive, optimistic answers create a more ecstatic, joyful musical accompaniment.
Sound and music: Samuel Hollywood-Summers
Coding and procedural visuals: Jo Godfrey
Story: Jack Sanderson-Thwaite
High School (2019)
High School was made over a weekend for the Rhein-Main Jam in 2019.
The music and sound pay homage to the soundcards in old games consoles, bringing a chiptune aesthetic to the game.
The birdcalls were synthesised procedurally in Pure Data.
Sound and Music: Samuel Hollywood-Summers
Programming: Markus Nocon, Tobius Bück, Torben Wetter
Art: Viktor Heckle
Jam Games
I love game jams. Dedicating a short period of time to develop a complete game from scratch, alone or with collaborator, is an intense and rewarding way to exercise the creative muscles.
See the collection of games linked here for a selection of my recent jam game contributions. The list is always growing, and contains 12 games at last count.
Want to jam? Reach out.
