Sound Design Documentation

Done upon request from @WildX

Updating in 2020-09 upon request from @Ledmitz (with help of Le Mick, EleGen and SeDesign)

SDD Template

No milestone attributed - There is no dead line for SFX.

Sound Effects

Ambient Sounds

Not yet possible because ManaPlus, but planned. See the original template for a few suggestions but it is low priority.

Foley

Not yet possible because ManaPlus, but planned. See the original template for a few suggestions but it is low priority.

Weaponry

WARNING: INCOMPLETE

Melee 1H Weapons

  • Bare hands
  • Knife / Sharp Knife
  • Piou Slayer
  • Training Gladius
  • Wooden Sword
  • Axe
  • Artis Backsword
  • Dagger
  • Setzer
  • Hammer
  • Chopper
  • Cleaver
  • Shortsword
  • Longsword
  • Bone Knife
  • Rockknife

Note: We could have a "wooden swords" sound which uses multiple weapons but please rename folder for clarity.

Melee 2H Weapons

  • Scythe
  • Pickaxe
  • Torch
  • Spear
  • Halberd
  • Katana

Ranged Weapons

  • Slingshot
  • Wooden Bow
  • Short Bow
  • Forest Bow
  • Desert Bow
  • Champion Bow
  • Banshee Bow

Magic Weapons

  • Training Wand
  • Mana Torch
  • Staff
  • Warped Staff
  • Lifestaff

Note: There may be SFX already ready in GitHub, was not checked.

Monsters

WARNING: INCOMPLETE

  • Pious
  • Tortugas
  • Blubs and Slimes
  • Fluffy
  • Rattos
  • Bees
  • Bats
  • Crocs
  • PikPiks and Frostianas
  • Maggots
  • Squirrel
  • Pinkies
  • Butterflies
  • Scorpions
  • Log Heads
  • Flowers
  • Bugs
  • Mouboos (incl. Moubi)
  • Mushrooom
  • Snakes
  • Swordsmans*
  • Spiders
  • Halberdiers*
  • Cucos and Pumpkins
  • Bandits
  • Archers
  • Fire Goblin
  • Ghosts
  • Skeletons
  • Skulls
  • Tengu
  • Golem
  • Bifs
  • Plants
  • Trees
  • Frogs
  • Jack-O
  • Ice Goblin
  • Mister Prickel
  • Golem
  • Penguin
  • Reaper
  • Slime Mother
  • Spider Queen
  • Swampling
  • Terranite
  • Demonic Spirit
  • Wisp, Elemental Ball and such
  • Wolvern
  • Zombie

Note: Some SFX is already ready and available on GitHub. Also, feel free to make different sfx for monsters of same class; They were grouped here (eg. blubs and slimes) for sake of clarity.

Keep in mind the monster can have multiple attack/defend/spawn/die/etc sounds.

List (originally) sorted by monster level, and their implementation in monsters.xml was not tested.

*: No distinction between Legion and Brotherhood

System SFX

Not many useful here.

Other Sounds

  • Cooking Success
  • Cooking Fail
  • Crafting Success
  • Throwing stuff on sewers
  • Digging the ground

Skills SFX

  • Healing (can be drinking a pot sound)
  • Magical Healing
  • Bash (Brawling)
  • Full Throttle, Wind Walker
  • Mammonite
  • Sudden Attack
  • Accumulate Power
  • Detoxify
  • Backsliding
  • Charged Arrow Shot
  • Arrow Shower
  • Meteor Assault/Ground Strike
  • Sharp Shooter
  • Auto Counter/Critical Counter
  • Soul Strike/Magical Strike
  • Napalm Beat
  • Weapon Element Alteration
  • Fireball
  • Fireball Explosion
  • Lightning Arrow (SFX exists?)
  • Nature Wall (does not requires SFX?)
  • Fire Walk (does not requires SFX?)
  • Envenom
  • Stealing
  • Frost Diver
  • Frost Nova
  • Provoke (does not requires SFX?)
  • Holy Light

See also: Skill List

Not all skills need SFX, some might be better silent. Others could use the same SFX, like Frost Diver versus Frost Nova (biggest difference is range)

Items SFX

  • Drinking
  • Eating
  • Reading (flipping a page)
  • Hatching an egg
  • Grenades (TBA)
  • Opening a container (TBA)

Some of those might already exist and be incorrectly handled.

Music

TBD - To Be Done.

From time begin, we have enough music. It would be lovely if we could make music playlists but AFAIK this is not possible so. Our current selection shall do.

...This being said, the maps still do not have any music attributed for them, so - GO MERRY

TODO - Hooking

Some SFXs are not hooked to effects, monsters, skills, etc.

Thus must be reviewed later on.

Edited by Micksha