Following hot on the heels of the excellent interview with Reloaded Productions, the mighty VentureBeat has now covered Euphonious' new AudioSkins idea for Sonic Logos... Scottishgames.net even gets a tip of the hat as the source. We're very proud.
Speech Graphics Recruiting
One of the companies we were massively impressed by at the recent Engage-Invest-Exploit event in Edinburgh was Speech Graphics. Their technology, which synchronises lip movement with recorded speech is simply the best we've seen. To the extent that all of the Xbox 360 and PS3 games we played over the following weeks looked almost embarrassing …
Custom Sonic Logos – New From Euphonious
Like the cat flap, onions and gravity, the greatest inventions are simple and obvious once you see them. 'Why?' you wonder, 'didn't I think of that first?' Chances are you were tagging chums on Facebook, or queuing for chips. Thankfully however, there are clever, creative people out there who are making these obvious things real …
Dead Genius Gilliamesque Music Battle Fury Title
The videogames sector has given rise to many well loved characters. From Mario and Sonic to Solid Snake, Lara Craft and that lady from Mass Effect , the industry is replete with memorable and unique personalities. However, you rarely get to play as dead genius composers, locked in mortal combat with your peers. Thankfully Wigs …
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The Physical Effects Of Audio In Gaming
GamaSutra has just posted a new piece of research commissioned by Euphonious and carried out by the team at Abertay's H.I.V.E. facility, which looks at how audio in games physically affects players. It's an interesting read. Across the board, with very different types of game, players experienced heightened breathing and heart rates when playing games …
Pugs Love Beats – Bringing The Awesome
Ladies & gentlemen today, with only twelve days of the year left, we present what may be 2011's most adorable - and best sounding game. The constantly surprising team at Edinburgh's Lucky Frame studios today released Pugs Love Beats, a brand new game for iOS. Players take charge of a growing army of space Pugs. …
World Exclusive – AudioSkins – New Audio Solution For Every Developer
Audio experts Euphonious has launched a brand new service aimed at independent developers, animators, film makers and other creatives, in need of professional, affordable audio for their new game/film/animation/other. AudioSkins offers a range of complete 'packs', which can be browsed (by audio style or game genre, cleverly), previewed, purchased and immediately downloaded. According to the …
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Please Welcome – Lucky Frame
Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Lucky Frame, a new development studio based in Edinburgh. Focusing on "interfaces for music using games consoles and mobile devices' and "other fun stuff", Lucky Frame is the brain child of Jon Brodsky and long-time Scotishgames hero Yann Seznec. The company's focus on musical interfaces and interesting stuff based around …
Introducing Euphonious
Euphonious is a new company, headquartered in Dundee, created by industry veteran and long-time audio geek Raymond Usher, formerly of Realtime Worlds, Rockstar North and DMA Design. Euphonious is offering a comprehensive range of audio services to digital, broadcast, animation and of course, interactive companies. From sound effect creation to music composition, licensing, direction and …
Game In Scotland, Dundee, Sat 26th March
If you haven't come across the Game In Scotland recruitment fair before, it's fairly simple to explain. It's a recruitment fair, for the games industry in Scotland. See? The clues were all there. It tends to pull in all of the Scottish development studios, from the smallest to the largest, who have stands and accept …