Music and Sound for Games

In the Music & Sound for Games course, you will learn the basic terminology and the general mindset of music and sound design in games. You will also become acquainted with the tools and conventions to make game sounds and music in practice. After completing this course, you will have learned the basics of game sound design through a practical approach.

Course competences:
Game production competences: You can produce content for a game project and can work with the tools in meaningful and systematic way. You can produce value for a game project while working in a specific specialist role.
Cross-disciplinary competence in games: You can apply skills and knowledge in a special field of game production, development or design, or other field of study with link to digital games.
Business competence: You understand the meaning of contracts, offers, licenses and copyrights in his or her own work.
Learning to learn: You take responsibility for group learning and sharing what has been learned.

The learning objectives of the course:

After completing the course, you will know the basics of using a digital audio workstation and other tools related to sound design. You are familiar with the basic conventions and creative processes of sound design in games. You have a general understanding of what kind of audio and musical elements there are, and how they affect the gaming experience.