Hollow City

Initial release, Windows and Mac - 9/27/2023

Updated version, Windows - 2/2/24

This is a very short game/experience I created for my portfolio. I'm not a (video) game designer, I'm a sound designer and experimental musician. I took the opportunity to make this not only as a means of showcasing sound design, but also to show myself (somewhat) capable working in an engine and with programming. From what I understand, being capable or at least familiar with these aspects of game designs is a marketable skill for sound designers.

As is probably obvious after playing the game, I particularly love creating eerie and immersive sounds and ambiences that blur the line between diegetic and nondiegetic, between sound design and music.

LSD: Dream Emulator was the main inspiration for this, particularly the Violence District. One of the first things I made when learning Unity was a streetlamp flickering on a dark plane, and that was enough to get me to make this. 

I will be delving a lot deeper into the inspirations, process, difficulties, sound sources, etc. in a series of videos on my YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/@hyfudiar), be sure to check those out if you're interested.

Lastly, if you are looking for a sound designer - whether for a personal project, game jam, or a larger-scale game - and you enjoyed my work in this game, please contact me! I can be reached on:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/hyfudiar

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hyfudiarmusic/

Email: hyfudiarmusic (at) gmail (dot) com

And here's my website/blog, with my portfolio and much more!

https://hyfudiarmusic.wordpress.com/

Changelog:

2/2/24:

-Added Wwise splash screen and proper accreditation

-Added listener cone attenuation and filtering

-Added spread curve

-Made blood footstep and car screech sounds mono, made other changes to blood footstep sounds

-Changed the environmental reverb

-Fixed system that should have been checking if something was being triggered at the same time as something else was already running

-Created invisible wall so you can't get over to the left side of the first intersection

-Changed lighting

-Various minor mixing tweaks

-Unfortunately I may not be able to release a Mac version for a while, my Mac is dead and I need to have it repaired before I can test and prepare the Mac version