Attached is a video discussing the compositional process of Olivier Deriviere, a composer who is using Wwise in cool ways in the triple-A scene. I think about this video a lot, and I am still sort of stuck on how to proceed with an idea for this class. I'd like for my project in this class to be only slightly related, if not at all, to the project I am going to be engaged with for my GSAS Capstone. Some of the ideas I had for a game/interactive musical venture:
--Game where the player is a composer and interacts with puzzles/objects in their environment in order to gain ideas for their own compositions. The audio included in the game would be every musical idea the main character/composer hears in their head, as if the player is inside their mind.
--Game where the player is a conductor in charge of music organization in real time. A suitable scope for this class would be a Guitar Hero like game with levels preset, possibly adding difficulty later. I would like for the actual game to include motion on the player's behalf, so the controller would be something close to, if not exactly like a Wii controller. It may be better to design my own controller/conducting baton for this project, which is equally exhilarating and terrifying because I don't know the first thing about hardware (CLASS). This kind of project would look good in VR...
--Composition that includes Wwise integration. I don't know what this would look. As wwise is designed to be in the middle of two things, one being audio, I would still need and like to have an interactive component.
--Game/Interactive Space that includes emphasis on spatialization and procedurally-generated tracks based on player movement and action. This would be something close to Journey, where the player's sole mission would be to walk around for now, which would give me time to work on a solid score, but I worry this isn't enough music tech. I would like to draw from the ideas I had last time I took Music and Tech II, where spatialization and mapping out sounds in a "sound-walk" kind of manner would be the keys to making the project work. This idea specifically cannot be a game without something more to do than just walking around...