Game Development Reference
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Sound effects
To play sound effects within our game, we will make an event-based system so that
playing the sound effects will be very easy. Sound effects are what bring your items,
events, and characters to life! They give your gun the loud bang you would expect,
the grunt from your character as they climb a wall, and the notification sound that you
get when you hover over an option in the menu. Sound effects add to the immersion
of your game and playing them can be very easy.
Creating the script and variables
Our first step in playing sound effects will be to create the C# script and name it
SFX_Manager
. Next, we will need a few variables; add these to your script:
public float sfxVolume = 1.00f;
public AudioClip Run, Spell, Strike;
public GameObject RunSource;
The first variable should look familiar by now. We will use it for the volume. Next, we
create a few audio clips. For this chapter, we will use three specific sound effects for
testing purposes. The last variable is a GameObject that will be used to play the run-
ning sound effect. Next, let's assign the volume of our sound effects; add this to your
Start
function:
public void Start()
{
audio.volume = sfxVolume;
}
Now that we have the volume established, let's add the functions to play our sounds:
public void Run()
{
if(!RunSource.audio.isPlaying)
{
