SPARK ID
# 15
Senior Audio Designer
Sian Harris
I’m Sian Senior Audio Designer at Fuse Games. I like owls, metalcore, longboarding, crochet, D&D and games games games!
_favourite Game
Doom (2016)
_favourite BOOK
The Mistborn Trilogy
_Currently learning
Unreal
Questions & Answers
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Earliest gaming memory?
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Playing card games with my Granny - she would always cheat when playing Cheat and she would never let me win despite how young i was :smile:
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What was the game that triggered you looking at games as a career?
Answer
There wasn't a specific game, I thought my only career option was film, but then an internship at an indie developer in my second year of university really opened my eyes and i found my passion.
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What did you study at School or Uni that you feel was valuable for a career in games?
Answer
Studying MaxMSP and PD Extended whilst at university really helped me understand game engines especially as i didn't have a programming background.
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Game that has inspired you the most?
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In terms of inspirational game audio a couple come to mind, Doom (2016) was an absolute masterpiece, the soundtrack and sound design are excellent. Inside is also one of my favorites as well as The Last of Us series. Borderlands 2 really opened my eyes to how powerful narrative can be in a game.
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What is the first game you worked on?
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Need For Speed Most Wanted 2012
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Games you’re the proudest to have worked on?
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NFS Unbound, the Battlefield and Battlefront franchises and Jedi Survivor.
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If you weren’t making games?
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I’d be in the rainforest saving orangutans.
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Top 3 games of all time?
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#1 - Doom (2015)
#2 - Borderlands 2
#3 - Animal Crossing
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Hardest Game Boss?
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None. I play on easy/story mode and feel like a God.