Raytraced Audio - Form Results

1468 people have filled out the https://vercidium.com/audio form so far - I'm blown away! I aim to use this data to improve the Raytraced Audio plugin. I'll also set up a new Discord Server for testers soon.

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Game Engines

Unreal is the most popular engine, followed by Godot and Unity.

Given the logical progression from Demo -> C# SDK -> C SDK, I'll be targeting Godot first and then Unreal. I shared the full roadmap in my last post.

Programming Languages

C++ and C# are the most popular languages, followed by GDScript and visual scripting.

I'm personally not a fan of C++ and I plan to create a C DLL instead. Steam / Epic Games / OpenAL Soft all provide C DLLs and they integrate with both C# and C++ games easily.

Audio Engines

FMOD is the most popular audio engine, followed by WWise / OpenAL. A lot of people are using existing engine's inbuilt audio systems, so the Raytraced Audio plugin will offer multiple integration options:

• Comprehensive - the plugin will manage everything for you - OpenAL / FMOD / WWise etc, devices, contexts, sources, playback, volume, low pass filters, reverb effects, etc.

• Statistics Only - you tell the plugin about your world and where your sounds are, and the plugin tells you how muffled they should be. The plugin doesn't produce any audio, you'll have to apply low pass filters to the sounds yourself. Same for reverb, directional ambience, etc.

Desired Features

It's a pretty even split here, and I'm glad to see the deaf visualisation getting some interest too! There were a few other responses like music / binaural audio / materials, which will all be supported as well.

Integration Method

A lot of people requested a drag-and-drop plugin, which means the Godot and Unreal plugins will need to do a lot of the heavy lifting.

In the interest of time and quality, I'll be looking for a handful of developers to help create the Godot and Unreal plugins. This will be a paid opportunity. More info to come soon.

That's all for now. I'm working on more features for the demo, and plan to have it available this weekend for everyone who filled out the https://vercidium.com/audio form. The new features I'm working on are:

• Microphone input - hear the echo produced from your voice

• Custom sound effects

• Favourite + edit reverb presets

• View all reverb properties in real time (decay, delay, diffusion, etc)

• Deaf visualisation