Are you scared or anxious about using it on a game project?
Worried about any technical surprises that might come your way?
Nervous about being asked to implement a certain feature and responding with "i've never done that before"? 😬
One of the essential skills we need nowadays is knowledge of middleware.
And if you're reading this then you've decided to choose FMOD as your audio middleware of choice (Yay!) and now it’s time to dive deep into your learning of it.
First of all there's plenty of documentation on how FMOD works. The features that it contains and all the details about how they work. Just check out their introductory YouTube series as well as my FMOD in 2 mins series.
This is a great start, but what’s missing is context: what will it be like using it on a real game?
Understanding your tools is one thing. Diligently reading through documentation whilst we await our first paid opportunity or game jam to use it.
After reading the documentation, you open up FMOD ready to go and… you stare blankly at the Event Editor wondering how to start. Oh yes, that Blank-DAW-syndrome has conveniently transferred itself into a Blank-middleware-syndrome *shudder*.
You feel the motivation and hunger to practise your middleware skills but you lack the structure and context to base this around.
Now you may have looked for a game jam to solve this lack of context. Great idea! However, sometimes these jams are so short they don’t allow time for middleware. Or perhaps the game ends up being so simple in terms of audio that we’re never really challenged all that much. Also we have to hope that new game jams will present us with the unknown challenges we don’t know about yet.
Maybe you’ve gone through the FMOD + Unity guides from their website. Another great resource! However, once again the FMOD side of things is very straight forward since it’s focusing more on the basics as well as game engine integration.
You could get a mentor.
If you're subscribed to my newsletter you'll know this is something i encourage everybody to do. No matter what level or stage of your career you might be at. And you can check out the GAL portal to find one.
But of course, availability is a big factor to consider. Not every mentor will specialise in FMOD. And no other mentor has taken the time to create these many middleware exercises as we have.
So after all this, we’re still missing that creative confidence to solve the most common video game audio scenarios.
Introducing...
Imagine having the confidence to solve any game audio challenge presented in front of you.
Imagine having experience using all of FMOD’s most powerful features.
Imagine how great it would feel when your developer presents you with an issue and you can confidently reply “I know how to solve that!”
This is exactly why we’ve created FMOD Challenges.
What You Get With This Course
This is a self-paced video course full of unique FMOD challenges.
Once you enrol you will have access to 20 exercises that resemble real-life game dev scenarios that come up time and time again in pro work.
Each exercise goes something like this:
1. Read the text prompt describing the scenario
2. Attempt the challenge using our hints and tutorials
3. Once attempted, you can check out the solution walkthrough video
Here's an example
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Group chat Support! 🤝
** Premium Feature**
You will get access to an exclusive AirWiggles group chat only for course members!
In here you can ask us any question you might have and connect with other participants of the course.
It’s a great place to share notes with others and gain even more accountability for your learning (something my recent Game Audio: Year One students are now benefiting from!) so you can get the most out of this course.
Once you enrol you'll be given instructions on how to join!
Take A Peek At What's Inside 👀
Tailor Your Learning 🎯
As soon as you enrol, you'll get access to ALL the challenges immediately, so that you can prioritise the areas you most need help with right away.
We cover everything from ambiences, characters, weapons, music, mixing and more!
Currently working on ambiences for a game project? Jump straight to that module and exercise.
Designing a weapon system for a shooter game? We've got you covered!
Figuring out how to add occlusion and reverb systems? We have that too!
What this course isn't... ❌
If you're looking for a guide on how FMOD works, this isn't it! As mentioned above, there are plenty of resources out there already.
Instead this course is an active way of practising how to use and apply the features within FMOD with real-game scenarios.
This course DOES NOT teach audio scripting or programming inside of game engines. It focuses instead on the creative side of implementation before your game engine workflow.
You'll learn how to solve common game audio scenarios. By the end of it you will know not only how to use FMOD's most powerful features confidently, but you'll be confident enough to tackle any problem that comes your way in the future.
That's what we are after all, problem solvers. Who's skills are in audio and implementing adaptive systems.
What this course is ✅
A way to rapidly improve your learning and understanding of FMOD.
A way to gain confidence practising the most common game audio challenges we face on paid projects.
A chance to join an exclusive community of game audio people and hold your own learning accountable.
Your chance to ask questions and guidance from sound designers who work in games, every day.
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Both of us work at Double Jump Audio on indie games as full time game audio professionals. And in our spare time we teach at universities and create exciting courses like this.
The challenges have been designed around real-project scenarios that we have been paid to work on - so you know it's all going to be useful for your own careers!
🌟Course Features🌟
Here's how it breaks down 👇
You’ll get a written brief so that you can…
- understand the game audio scenario
- become familiar with common real-project scenarios
Then you’ll get a solution video so that you can…
- see one of the best possible solutions to the task
- start thinking about alternative solutions
- see what the professional standard for FMOD implementation looks like.
You can download our solution projects to...
- explore first hand what the solution looks like
- copy the solutions to improve your attempt
- fully understand each challenge by having access to our solution
You’ll get access to all the videos immediately so that you can…
- self pace your learning to fit around your schedule
- Jump to a particular section straight away: need help with ambience on a current project? No problem. Designing a weapon system? Sure thing!
You’ll have access to the group chat so that you can… **Premium Feature**
- ask any further questions
- stay up to date with any updates we add to the course
- hold yourself accountable but learning alongside others
You'll get access to all future updates so that... **Premium Feature**
- you can receive any new challenges we create
- stay up to date with latest FMOD features
- keep up with latest implementation trends
⏬ Downloadable Solutions ⏬
With every challenge comes a downloadable FMOD project containing our solution 😃
That's right! Aside from learning from our solution walkthrough video, you get to download the solutions project itself.
These are free-to-use templates that can be copied into your own FMOD project and modified to suit your game. Giving you hands on access to the solutions! 👏
FAQ’s 🙋
Who is this course for?
Beginners and intermediate alike. Ideally you would have already watched many of my YouTube videos and gone through the official FMOD basics too. But even if you haven’t there’s plenty of time to do so as you work through our course, throughout which we will be providing hints and reference videos to help.
I’m a composer - will this be useful to me?
Absolutely! The challenges are aimed at helping sound designers and composers alike. There will be a healthy mix of challenges that prove useful to both music and sound design.
How much time do i need to commit?
It’s totally up to you! Being a self-paced, lifetime access course, you can work at your own pace without having to worry about keeping up with your classmates. That said, we’d always recommend you attempt x1 challenge per week, which may take anywhere between 30-90mins depending on your skill level and how far you want to develop your work.
IF ALL THAT WASN'T ENOUGH 😱
Buying the **premium** version course means lifetime access to any and all updates we make 🤯
And trust me, there will be updates!
If you've been procrastinating learning FMOD and how middleware works, then this is your chance to hold yourself accountable. Surrounded by like-minded individuals and with guidance from experienced game audio pros.
Did i mention this is also risk-free? ⬇️
TRY FMOD Challenges FOR A FULL 30 DAYS, 100% RISK-FREE
Try the course and if you don't LOVE it, i insist you get 100% of your money back.
I know this material works. I only care about developing super high-quality and actionable strategies for my students to use.
So try the entire course. Attempt all the challenges. Use the group chat feature for extra support (if you choose the premium version).
And if you're not satisfied, then i have no intention of keeping your money.
But i also insist that you commit to taking action if you want to see results from this course.
Standard Version - €147
