Paul Weir
Hello Games
Paul is an audio director, composer, sound designer and voice director. As a freelancer working through his company Earcom, he's released over 70 games.
He's the audio director for Hello Games' innovative and multi-award winning procedural space game, No Man's Sky and the upcoming Light No Fire and is responsible for all of the sound design, additional music, audio tools development and overall creative audio direction across multiple platforms.
Paul Weir is speaking at the following session/s
A Decade of Audio for an Infinite Universe - No Man’s Sky Over Ten Years
Few games have continued to grow and evolve in such a dramatic way as the innovative and hugely popular procedural space game, No Man's Sky. Since its release in 2016 the small dev team have continued to pour love and dedication into this multi-award winning title, with audio being constantly updated and expanded. No Man’s Sky is massively varied - planetary exploration, battles in space, build your own ships, explore space wrecks, discover wild alien creatures, trade, craft, fight and cooperate - it’s a universe-sized sandbox.
As a truly independent studio, Hello Games has a strong DIY ethos which extends throughout the audio, with all sound in the game being fully bespoke and original. Audio director, Paul Weir, will highlight ways in which some of the key sounds were created and the need to retain focus on how the audio makes players feel, emphasising emotion over technology in approaching the sound design. He’ll also discuss how the many game-changing updates have forced the audio to evolve, and the value of maintaining strong discipline and organisation within the project.
Session Takeaway
- Learn how the game has developed over a decade and the impact this has had on the sound design and with hindsight, what approaches could have been different.
- Gain insights about how to prioritise feeling and emotion over process and technology.
- Be inspired by approaches to creating some of No Man’s Sky’s iconic sounds.
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