SoundsNeeded - MarcelineVQ/endless-sky GitHub Wiki

As with the game graphics, my goal is for the sounds to be somewhat understated and simple. I also hope to use real sounds rather than synthesized ones to avoid having them sound artificial, silly, and toy-like. All the sounds are 16-bit mono 44100 Hz .wav files. The OpenAL library adjusts the volume, left / right balance, and pitch (i.e. doppler effect) of the sounds based on their location and velocity relative to the player. There is currently no music or other ambient noise.

This is a list of all sounds currently needed in the game. Sounds that currently exist are in italics, but many of those are either tacky and need replacing, or at least need better audio balancing. Many of the existing sounds have been reused for a wide variety of effects; ideally each of those would have a unique sound instead.

  • special:
    • hyperspace
    • jump drive
  • weapons:
    • Energy Blaster (firing sound)
    • Modified Blaster (firing sound)
    • Beam Laser (firing sound, looping)
    • Heavy Laser (firing sound, looping)
    • Electron Beam (firing sound, looping)
    • Particle Cannon (firing sound)
    • Proton Gun (firing sound)
    • Plasma Cannon (firing sound)
    • Pulse Cannon (firing sound)
    • Ion Cannon (firing sound)
    • Flamethrower (firing sound, looping)
    • Meteor Missile Launcher (firing sound)
    • Sidewinder Missile Launche (firing sound)
    • Javelin Pod (firing sound)
    • Hai Tracker Pod (firing sound)
    • Torpedo Launcher (firing sound)
    • Typhoon Launcher (firing sound)
    • Heavy Rocket Launcher (firing sound)
    • Nuclear Missile (firing sound)
  • engines:
    • X1700 Ion Thruster (looping)
    • X2700 Ion Thruster (looping)
    • X3700 Ion Thruster (looping)
    • X4700 Ion Thruster (looping)
    • X5700 Ion Thruster (looping)
    • Chipmunk Plasma Thruster (looping)
    • Greyhound Plasma Thruster (looping)
    • Impala Plasma Thruster (looping)
    • Orca Plasma Thruster (looping)
    • Tyrant Plasma Thruster (looping)
    • A120 Atomic Thruster (looping)
    • A250 Atomic Thruster (looping)
    • A370 Atomic Thruster (looping)
    • A520 Atomic Thruster (looping)
    • A860 Atomic Thruster (looping)
  • effects:
    • afterburner (looping)
    • ionic afterburner (looping)
    • tiny explosion
    • small explosion
    • medium explosion
    • big explosion
    • huge explosion
    • nuke explosion
    • small anti-missile
    • large anti-missile
    • pug anti-missile
    • particle impact
    • ion impact
    • plasma explosion
    • tracker impact
    • missile death
  • alien outfits:
    • Korath Grab-Strike (firing sound)
    • Korath Banisher (firing sound, looping)
    • Korath Fire-Lance (firing sound, looping)
    • Korath Ark'torbal Thruster (looping)
    • Korath Jak'torbal Thruster (looping)
  • alien effects:
    • quarg anti-missile
    • jump drive
    • grab-strike impact
    • korath warder
  • pug:
    • seeker impact
    • Pug Zapper (firing sound, looping)
    • Pug Seeker (firing sound)
    • Pug Akfar Thruster (looping)
    • Pug Cormet Thruster (looping)
    • Pug Lohmar Thruster (looping)