Portfolio - Audio SFX Designer/Composer/Audio Programmer

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Hi!

My name is Matt Dear, I am a sound designer, composer and audio implementor. I've combined my two great passions of audio and gaming to create in-your-face, highly varied audio assets!

Portfolio: https://soundcloud.com/matthewdear-1

Here are a few points about me:
- I've been making audio for games since 2014, during that time I've worked on a wide variety of projects covering many different styles.

- I run a pro-quality home studio; capable of both realistic, high quality recordings and far-out conceptual effects/ambiences.

- I also do freelance work at OMUK's London studio. OMUK are a world-renonowned dialogue studio, working on games since 1996!

- You can view my Soundtrack, SFX and dialogue portfolios via my website http://matthewdear.tumblr.com/

- Last year I completed an online course using Wwise audio implementation software. I've since used this knowledge to program my own audio systems.

You can see a demo of my Wwise work here:



Some examples of my previous work:

- Unknown Fate - first-person, VR, puzzle game - Sound Design & SFX http://store.steampowered.com/app/510390/Unknown_Fate/

- Folk Tale - RTS RPG - SFX
http://store.steampowered.com/app/224440/


- Heart Forth Alicia - Side-scroller RPG - SFX in collaboration with developer Alonso Martin

- Horizon Zero Dawn: Frozen Wilds - Dialogue Editor

- Warhammer End Times: Vermintide & Warhammer: Vermintide 2 - Recording Engineer & Dialogue Editor

- Bananadoh! - Mobile Game - SFX & Music -

- Rising Legends - Retro side-scrolling beat'em'up - SFX
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=628812789

- Clicker Guild - Steam game - SFX
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=700666734


- 'Puzzle House: Mystery Rising' - iOS game - SFX
http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/r/Android/Puzzle+House:+Mystery+Rising/video.asp?c=64147


You can see more of my audio-video demos here:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQkzN1PTj-9vk8xjEZoK8iY4_ySLtKXUb


Please get in touch if you like what you hear, my rates vary depending on complexity/style and can be flexible to meet your budget. I am willing to work for rev-share if the project is right.

Matthew Dear
Email: [email protected]
Phone: +447437015647
Discord: Matthewdeargameaudio#7804
Skype: matthew.dear2
 
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More footage from Folk Tale. Sounds from the 'Mossclaw' boss.

 
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The second Folk Tale boss battle I've made sounds for recently: Bonefinger, the undead dragon.


 
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I've been working on another monster for Infinity PBR, this time a Slime Monster.

Most of these sounds were made by recording jello and vegetable foley!



You can check out Infinity PBR's website and unity asset store here

http://infinitypbr.com/
 
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What do you get when you record a load of jelly and wobbly MDF?

This Gelatinous Cube/Sphere combo!



You can check out Infinity PBR's website and unity asset store here

http://infinitypbr.com/
 
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Games Foundry released another experimental patch for Folk Tale last week.

Showcasing the Toadkin race's lair, you can hear some of my weapon, magic and creature sound design.



Folk Tale is a fantasy village builder ARPG game in which you lead a ragtag band of peasants in growing a thriving market town.
Available now on Steam Early Access:

http://store.steampowered.com/app/224440/
 
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There's been another experimental build of Folk Tale released! There's some new campaign stories, new creatures and a bunch of fixes to smooth out the player experience.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/224440/

You can hear some of the magic and battle sound effects for Folk Tale here:

 
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A new trailer for Heart Forth, Alicia has been released! Showcasing combat and exploration elements.


Me and the games developer, Alonso Martin, both make sfx for this project. At 02:00 you can see the laserfly enemy, that's one of mine.

You can find out more about Heart Forth, Alicia here:

http://www.alonsomartin.mx/hfa/
 
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Games Foundry released a new experimental build over the weekend.


In this build the Toadkin faction will be fully playable (all sounds by yours truly), new bosses have been added and lots of balancing and fine-tuning.

There's a new music track on my soundcloud, a work-in-progress track for Blue Comet Games' upcoming sci-fi racer, Acro Storm

https://soundcloud.com/matthewdear-1/acro-storm-wip

I've also uploaded some new bow & arrow sounds as part fo a new sound pack I'm making.

https://soundcloud.com/matthewdear-1/bow-arrow-showreel
 
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My last post of 2016! I'm taking a week off from 24th-1st at the end of this week.

I've uploaded a new sound effects soundreel to my soundcloud, part of a new series of sounds I'm making for Medikidz' new educational comics.

https://soundcloud.com/matthewdear-1/mkz-phase-1-comics-soundreel-1


I also thought I'd show a bit of a retrospective of my year, by way of portfolio pieces...

Folk Tale - This was a big project, I was workign on the various sounds for FOlk Tale for several months. I've collected some of the best into the soundreels linked below.

https://soundcloud.com/matthewdear-1/sets/folk-tale-soundreels


Heart Forth, Alicia - A beautifully made side-scroller in the style of old Squaresoft games. I'm still working on this with developer Alonso Martin, looking to release mid-2017.



Medikidz - A publishing groups that makes educational comics for children, about medicine and diseases. I've worked on several projects over the year.

https://soundcloud.com/matthewdear-1/sets/medikidz-explore-hameohilia


Infinity PBR - I started working with Andrew earlier in the year and we've maintained a steady pace of projects since then.


https://soundcloud.com/matthewdear-1/bow-arrow-showreel


Acro Storm - A recent composition for new sci-fi pod racer, Acro Storm!

https://soundcloud.com/matthewdear-1/acro-storm-wip


Banadoh! - A mobile game I made music and sounds for, this was an early project for me this year.

 
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Thanks gamedev4life, email is usually best to contact me. The yoyogames messages don't always alert me straight away.


I've uploaded a new Infinity PBR Monster, Spiders!

Featuring a combination of clicking mandibles, crunchy exoskeleton, chilling vocalisations and silken webs...


You can see more of Infinity PBR's Spider Pack, or buy the asset pack, here:

https://www.infinitypbr.com/?pack=spiders
 
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I had a great time at EGX: Rezzed this weekend! Some big highlights for me were 'Bombslinger' in the Indie Room and 'The Occupation' in the Unreal Showcase. Definitely a couple of games to look out for.

I've just joined the team for upcoming first-person, story-driven action adventure 'Unknown Fate'. We'll be working on something a little special over the next couple of weeks, so watch this space...

http://store.steampowered.com/app/510390/
 
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I'll bookmark this page and comeback whenever I'm in need of an audio artist
 
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Unknown Fate has released a new trailer! I've been working on the sound design for this over the pas month, so I'm very pleased to announce it's release.


I'll be doing more sound design for Unknown Fate over the summer, watch this space!
 
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I've put together a few of the ambiences I've been working on over January, you can have a listen here:

https://soundcloud.com/matthewdear-1/ambience-collection

With Unknown Fate being released on 20th of this month, all my sound assets are completed and being tested in-game. Really looking forward to sharing everything I've been working on all this time!

I'm looking out for my next big project, so please get in touch if you are interested in my work.

Email: [email protected]
Phone: +447437015647
Discord: Matthewdeargameaudio#7804
Skype: matthew.dear2
 
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Hey all

I've got a few announcements this week. Firstly, I've been enjoying hearing my work in Warhammer: Vermintide 2 in which I was Dialog Editor adn Recording Engineer
http://www.vermintide.com/
http://store.steampowered.com/app/552500/Warhammer_Vermintide_2/

I've been working as part of the 'Magical Game Studio' dev team to get our GDC demo 'Rise Of The Makers' ready. Watch this space for further info and uploads in the near future...

Finally, I've officially been added to OMUK's 'team' page, if you scroll to the bottom you can see my picture and bio :)
http://omuk.com/team/

I'm always on the lookout fo rnew projects, big or small, so please get in touch if you are interested in working with me.

Email: [email protected]
Phone: +447437015647
Discord: Matthewdeargameaudio#7804
Skype: matthew.dear2
 
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