Question on Game Foley

swordofdestiny·11/12/2014, 2:58:11 AM·3 votes·5,336 views

Hello there, I'm swordofdestiny. I'm going to university for Audio Engineering and I hope to work on audio for games at some point. I've always been in awe of the sound design in League and I remember asking a question on what foley went into the making of Gnar (during the Kalista Q & A, I was in class all day [at least I got two hours of mixing in]) and got a really cool response about it from one of the guys on the audio team (I, for the life of me cannot find the post now and I'm annoyed at myself). Anyway, I was wondering (and hopefully I'm allowed to ask this question, read the rules and board guidelines and nothing seems to prohibit this), if you're willing to divulge this, what your general process is when you're designing the foley for new champions? Do you start out with a general idea of how you want it to sound and work backwards trying to figure out what you could do to create that sound?

10 Comments

RiotRiot Eno11/12/2014, 3:24:51 PM2 votes

Is this the question you're referring to?

RiotRiot Eno11/21/2014, 11:03:54 PM2 votes

Hey! I meant to reply to this sooner, but I feel like I've been too busy to write a thoughtful, detailed response.

Maybe to help me tailor my reply a bit, I want to clarify that we're on the same page in regards to what the word foley has traditionally meant. For me, foley is the art of performing sound to picture, recording that sound, and editing it in with other sounds. I just wanted to be sure you weren't talking about the entire sound design process, which more often than not is quite a bit more extensive than just foley recording/editing, (although a HUGELY key and integral part!!)

Lemme' know and I'll do my best to give you some useful info. =)

Cheers!

Rafael Merlo11/24/2014, 5:02:00 AM2 votes

Up because I'm interested too!

Composers and sound designers FORTHEWIN :D

And hey, about my dream of downloading / buying sheet music (mainly orchestral scores) from you? I'm eager to conduct Braum's and Lissandra's Theme with an orchestra and choir .

PhireFrost12/4/2014, 7:38:55 PM2 votes

Hey Riot Eno. I'm a professor of Design (albeit Scenic and Lighting and not Sound) at a University and I just wanted to say I appreciated your response in this post. The philosophy of design is extremely similar to the ones that I see and use in theatre all the time.