Gamemaker studio HTML5 export - Need help with the sound

Pillar_Of_Autumn

Hello everyone,

I have made a very simple top down ww2 shooter.
You can see the progress at: http://www.broken-skies.com/

(
Q rotates left
W rotates right
O (oh) shoots
)
I have tried to insert some sound when the planes fire. In Firefox, the sounds play for a while then there are gaps of silence.
In Chrome, they tend to play once and then they don't play again.

I am using mp3 with the old audio engine (when I try and use the new audio engine, the game does not load in Chrome).

Does anyone have any experience with these issues?

dislekcia

Is your GM up to date? I know that audio used to be a big issue with HTML5, although I thought it had been mostly fixed these days.

Pillar_Of_Autumn

Thank you Dislekcia, updating has gotten the sound to work much better in Chrome, but now the game wont work in Firefox.
Eish! I will post back here if I find anything enlightening.

karl182

Hi there! I just tried it in firefox and the game works.(or did I play the old version?) Well done i like how it controls! Feels nice! The sounds was a bit weird though. The firing sound would play a few times even i i fired only one shot. Is your firing sound a one shot sound or a multiple shot sound? anyway good luck and well done! I don't have any experience with html5 so I can't be of more help. :)

Pillar_Of_Autumn

Hi karl182, yup that must have been the older version (but the newer one works with better sound on Chrome :D ). The sound is supposed to be a burst (like 3 shots looped), so when you keep your finger on the shoot button it should in theory continuously loop. I need to find better sound clips and maybe a background track.

MCA

Hi @Pillar_Of_Autumn, I've a couple of sounds that might work nicely - Tiger Moth engine, running, and spluttering which might sound good for when you're trailing smoke; could come up with some wind ambience; and some machine gun fire - do you want the sound of 3 shots for one keystroke?

All I ask is to be shown how you add the sounds to the game - I'm trying to teach myself middleware etc for sound design.

-
Adam
http://www.playgroundsound.withtank.com

Pillar_Of_Autumn

Hi Adam,

I would be very grateful for those sounds indeed. I wanted a single shot for the guns and just keep playing the shot as the player holds their trigger down. I am not sure how much help I can be to you, gamemaker just has a functionality where you load the mp3 through an interface and its there for you to use.

MCA

OK, no problem. Maybe give me a list of sounds you're wanting - duration/format/max file size, and I'll see what I can do. I'm guessing you'd like fairly short, loop-able clips for engine noise and atmosphere? I'm new to this so please excuse stupid obvious questions :-/

MCA

@Pillar_Of_Autumn Here's some sound ideas:

https://soundcloud.com/aglinder/sound-design-broken-skies-sfx-reel

Panning and fades are just for effect.

Pillar_Of_Autumn

@MCA Don't feel bad about asking questions, we are all here to help!
Short loopable clips are ideal. Format is mp3 and size is small as possible.
I am looking for:
gun fire (single shot)
Laser
Explosions

Other than that, I am also open for sound suggestions.

Muchos gracias for the assistance, I see a beer in your near future.

PS I love your sfx-reel these are great!

MCA

@Pillar_Of_Autumn - Here are the clips used in the showreel, Gun shots, power up boings, engines, wind and an explosion, and a laser. Trying to find/make a good whistle sound for the nuke weapon…

https://www.dropbox.com/s/1gdba5mzgxgwsp3/Broken Skies SFX 128MP3.zip

If you like them and use then, do you mind if I use your game for show reeling?

Cheers
-
Adam

Pillar_Of_Autumn

@Adam, yes of course you may :) Thank you for the help.

MCA

No problem. Let me know if any issues arise.

Pillar_Of_Autumn

Hi Adam,

I have used some of your sounds in the game
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.companyname.BrokenSkies&hl=en
(for your showreel if you desire it)