Adding music to your game

L/O - 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

Main

Red

1. Download and save the music you have chosen into your: Sites --> DA204SPB--> Products --> Game 
2. Make sure that you update your Assets Table
3. Take a look in this folder for music if you get stuck: \\files.wildern.hants.sch.uk\read\ICT\Miss_Rymill\Games_Music

Amber

Load the Sound into your Game





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





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


Green

Test It:

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

Plenary

Update your progress on the 11p6 progress tracker by adding comments on to your sheet by clicking the link HERE