The purpose of this challenge is to create your own collection of sound effects to be used a library of assets for your own retro arcade games.
We will use Python code online to create the sound file using EarSketch.
EarSketch?
A Digital Audio Workstation (DAW), is the main tool for producing music on a computer. A DAW is specialised computer software for recording, editing, and playing digital audio files. EarSketch is a DAW which let you place audio clips and effects into a DAW timeline using either Python code or JavaScript code.
Check the following sound effects that we have created using EarSketch. You can re-use and adapt the code for your own video game projects.
Cannon EffectRefill EffectAlternative Cannon Effect
#Cannon Effect by 101Computing.net from earsketch import * init() setTempo(120) clip = DUBSTEP_BASS_WOBBLE_018 clip = EIGHT_BIT_ATARI_SFX_001 # 0 starts playing a clip, - is a rest/silence, + extends the audio clip into the next sixteenth note sub-beat beat = "-0+0+-0+0+-0+0+--000000+-000000+" makeBeat(clip, 1, 1, beat) finish()
#Refill/Reload Effect by 101Computing.net from earsketch import * init() setTempo(120) clip = EIGHT_BIT_ATARI_LEAD_007 beat = "00000000000000000000000000000000" makeBeat(clip, 1, 1, beat) setEffect(1, PITCHSHIFT, PITCHSHIFT_SHIFT, 0, 1, 12, 3) # Finish finish()
#Cannon Effect by 101Computing.net from earsketch import * init() setTempo(120) clip = DUBSTEP_BASS_WOBBLE_018 # 0 starts playing a clip, - is a rest/silence, + extends the audio clip into the next sixteenth note sub-beat beat = "-00+-00+-00+-00+" makeBeat(clip, 1, 1, beat) finish()
Using Sound Effects with PyGame
To add sound effects, download some wav or mp3 files into a folder called “Sounds” and add the following code when you want to play the sound effect:
effect = pygame.mixer.Sound('Sounds/cannon_effect.mp3')
effect.play()
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