Game & Interactive Audio

Futureworks Game & Interactive Audio Tutor

I am delighted to say that I have started a new role as a tutor at Futureworks!

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As part of Futureworks’ school of Sound & Music, I am teaching the Interactive Mixing and Engines and Middleware 2 & 3 modules of the Game & Interactive Audio degree course.

It truly means a lot to me that I have been asked to be part of Futurework’s teaching staff and help guide new and upcoming sound designers through the course. I thoroughly enjoyed my time studying game audio at Futureworks as a student, so to be able to contribute to the learning experiences of current students as a module tutor is a big personal honour.

Futureworks Graduation - 14/10/19

This week I attended the Futureworks graduation ceremony - the second part of my graduation process if you will! The UCLan graduation back in June was fantastic, exactly the sort of big, loud and fancy hat and gown affair you’d want from an academic institution at the culmination of your studies. However, it did feel a little strange celebrating on an alien campus that I’d never visited before, and a bit incomplete without the company of the diligent tutors who have helped guide me and my peers through our higher education journey.

Thankfully, those feelings of incompleteness were soon alleviated when this second graduation ceremony rolled around! The Futureworks graduation ceremony at the Royal Northern College of Music was more of a personal and homely event where me and my fellow graduates could catch up with our tutors and celebrate everyone’s hard work over the past three years.

Just typing that out last sentence feels really weird, can’t believe things have flown by that quickly! Time really does fly when you’re having fun and studying alongside awesome folks working on the coolest projects!

It was really fantastic to see all the various films, albums, animations and games my fellow students have produced during our time at Futureworks, and it felt great to celebrate their effort, grit and determination and see their hard work displayed up on the big cinema screen of the RNCM!

I was also incredibly honoured to be presented with an award for Best Student on the BSc Game & Interactive Audio course!

My certificates and award for Best Student on the Game & Interactive Audio course! I was absolutely over the moon when I got called up to the stage to receive it!

Congratulations and all the best to the Futureworks class of ‘19!

UCLAN Graduation - 16/07/19

The big day has arrived. I’ve finally achieved my honours degree in Game and Interactive Audio!

Yesterday, I attended the UCLan graduation event in Preston, where after three years of hard work and study, I’m extremely pleased to say that I graduated from Futureworks and UCLan with a first-class honours degree. Get in!

My on-stage appearance is at 59:07!

Futureworks Degree Show - 14/06/19

Yesterday I attended the Futureworks degree show, and had an absolutely fantastic time!

My banner and stand at the Futureworks degree show, just before doors opened at 4! I presented my audio showreel alongside my Honours project, a full audio re-design for the Unity 3D Game Kit that uses both Unity’s audio engine and Audiokinetic’s Wwise.

It was a really great experience talking to the various recruiters and developers who attended the event, as well as a being a good opportunity to catch up my very talented coursemates and see all the amazing work and projects they’ve completed over the past three years.

While it’s sad on one hand that our time studying together at Futureworks is coming to an end (save for graduation ceremonies), it’s of course very exciting to see where everyone from our year goes from here. With the high level of talent and string work ethic on show yesterday however, I’m sure the 2019 graduates will go from strength to strength and find really cool opportunities in the industry in no time. Hurrah!

Futureworks Year 3 Intro

Started my third and final year of studying Game and Interactive Audio at Futureworks today; I can’t believe these past few years have flown by so fast! I spent this week going over the various module handbooks I’ll need to refer to over the course of this semester, so that I’m ready to hit the ground running when tuition properly starts up next week.

This is it, time for one final effort! *Cue Halo’s epic warthog run theme*