A pattern language for sound design in games

Proceedings of the 5th Audio Mostly - A Conference on Interaction With Sound, AM '10

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Alves, Valter ^a,b   Roque, Licinio ^c  

^a POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF VISEU   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

design patterns; game design; pattern language; sound design

Indexed keywords

BODY OF KNOWLEDGE; CURRENT PRACTICES; DESIGN PATTERNS; FAVORABLE CONDITIONS; FURTHER DEVELOPMENT; GAME DESIGN; KNOW-HOW; PATTERN COLLECTIONS; PATTERN LANGUAGES; PRACTICAL GUIDANCE; SOUND DESIGNS;

AUDIO ACOUSTICS; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

DESIGN;

EID: 78649436370     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1859799.1859811     Document Type: Conference Paper

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