A game world starts out silent. Sound is what makes players tense up before a fight, relax once it is won, and feel every footstep and explosion land. On the Sound Art path you learn to design and produce the music and sound effects (SFX) that build that atmosphere, for games and for other fields such as film and advertising.

You will record, edit and create sounds from scratch in Ableton Live, shape them with effects, processors and virtual instruments (VST plugins), and turn everyday objects, even vegetables like celery and lettuce, into the sounds of a fierce battle.

Then you connect your sounds to the game itself. In Unreal Engine 5 you make audio respond to gameplay, from a character's breathing that speeds up in a tense battle to the rising whistle of a grenade, using Unreal's built-in audio tools such as MetaSounds, and FMOD, an industry-standard audio engine.

To join this path you need some musical background, and experience at home counts: if you play guitar, piano or any other instrument at any level, you meet this requirement.