Current problems and future possibilities of procedural audio in computer games

Journal of Gaming and Virtual Worlds

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 215-234

  Böttcher, Niels ^a,b  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b University College of Southern Denmark   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Audio middleware; Design approach; Game audio; Integration; Interviews; Procedural audio

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896266522     PISSN: 1757191X     EISSN: 17571928     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1386/jgvw.5.3.215_1     Document Type: Article

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