More ambient sounds

[Simeon Käser]

Walking through the game with your eyes closed makes you realise how much it lacks in the way of natural sounds, such as the rustling of trees in the wind, birdsong and the flow of water. Adding more ambient/nature sounds would make the game more immersive.

[LadyWYT]

6 hours ago, Simeon Käser said:

rustling of trees in the wind

Trees will rustle in the wind though. The wind does need to be strong enough to actually rustle the leaves though. It's most noticeable in a forest during strong winds, and one reason bees are difficult to find.

 

6 hours ago, Simeon Käser said:

birdsong

Really need birds first. Ambient noise is great and all, but it's better if the creature noises are connected to actual creatures you can encounter, and not just noise. If it's just noise then it's easily ignored.

 

6 hours ago, Simeon Käser said:

flow of water.

Waves will splash the shore and flowing water will produce the appropriate watery sounds. You do need to be standing near the appropriate water source to hear the sounds though.

[Facethief]

The thing is with this is that a major part of the devs’ design philosophy is to not have non-diegetic sounds, or so I’ve heard. The flip side of that is that to add these sounds, the devs would have to add more animals/ sources of noise.