Returnal (PC)

Role: Technical Sound Designer

Developer: Housemarque

Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment

Working at Climax Studios, I had the oppurtunity to bring Returnal to PC and ensure its excellent audio was upheld and championed on the new platform.

I implemented Auro-3D and Resonance Audio to match the PS5 3D audio experience, handling all steps from adding the plugins to Wwise, compiling the libraries with Unreal and adding options to the audio settings.

I added a curated haptics mix for PS4 and Xbox controllers, designing unique elements and tweaking existing haptics to fit.

For the Climax-created Benchmark, I designed unique cinematic sounds and implemented existing audio to finish the experience.

Finally, I created new sounds like the multiplayer pings.

3D Audio

Sound Design

Wwise Motion

Memory And Streaming Optimisation

Surround Sound

Audio Raytracing And Occlusion

Steam Page

Blog Post

Showreels

Sound Design

Programming

Game Audio Showreel

This showreel showcases both audio programming and sound design. Much of the showcase is shown through Wwise and FMOD implemented audio.

Games

Unannounced FPS Remaster

Audio Lead

I led and coordinated a team of audio designers, technical audio designers, and audio programmers on an unannounced AAA remaster.

Unreal Engine

Wwise

Sound Design

Programming

Exodus

Senior Technical Audio Designer

I embedded into the client audio team to create audio systems, design sounds for levels and player feedback, and improve performance to deliver a performant experience across three platforms.

Days Gone Remastered

Senior Technical Audio Designer

I provided additional technical support in late production, improving audio occlusion, fixing critical bugs, and assisting the assigned technical sound designer with proprietary technology and C++.

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 (PS5)

Senior Technical Audio Designer

For Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024's PS5 version, I created and implemented haptic and controller speaker content for the PS5 and PSVR2 controllers.

Essence Engine

Wwise

Mixing

Sound Design

Programming

Age Of Empires 4 (Xbox)

Technical Sound Designer

Working with Relic and Microsoft, I ported Age of Empires IV to Xbox One and Xbox Series platforms.

Unreal Engine

Wwise

Sound Design

Programming

Returnal (PC)

Technical Sound Designer

Working at Climax Studios, I had the oppurtunity to bring Returnal to PC and ensure its excellent audio was upheld and championed on the new platform.

Unreal Engine

Wwise

Programming

Sackboy: A Big Adventure (PC)

Technical Sound Designer

With a few months left till release, Climax Studios continued the work started by The Eccentric Ape.

Programming

Unreal Engine

Sound Bakery

Sound Bakery is an open-source audio middleware tool. It has the design of Wwise and the API of FMOD — merging the best of both.

Unreal Engine

Unity

Wwise

FMOD

Programming

Audio Wave Simulation

Inspired by Project Acoustics, my dissertation focused on audio wave simulation. In the end, I created OpenPL, a 2D wave simulation tool similar to Planeverb. OpenPL is not ready for commercial release but features a working simulation in Unreal Engine, Unity, Wwise and FMOD.