#10m4 Changing Worlds - Adding Music to Your Game

Lesson Objectives 

LO1 - To understand how to use GameMaker to add appropriate music into your game

Outcomes

Red - You will have found suitable music for your game
Amber - You will have loaded your music into gamemaker
Green - You will have music playing in your game

Starter

Why do games use music?
What kind of music would suit your game?

• You can find lots of tracks on my area on the read drive:

• Here are a couple of websites that might be of help

• YoYo Games Sandbox
• Video Game Music
• Retro Tracks

• Download and save the music you have chosen into your:
• Sites --> DA204SPB--> Products --> Game 

• Make sure that you update your Assets Table

Main

Task 1  - Load the Sound into your Game 

Task 2 - Create an object called obj_StartMusic, put it into the room where you want the music to start

Task 3 - Create an object called obj_StopMusic, put it into the room where you want the music to stop playing

Task 4 - Test It

• Play your game - does the music work as you expected?
• Fix any bugs and update your development log section A

Plenary

Update your progress on the 10m4 progress tracker by adding comments on to your sheet