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An educational stream showcasing the modern content has to offer for developers This week we are digging deep into Chapter 14 - Sound Effects and Music, of the Building 2D Games tutorial. Timecodes: 05:15 - Chapter 14 start 07:28 - A look back at the XACT tool - RIP 09:15 - Question: Why are the tutorials using VSCode over full VS 12:57 - A call out the new Rider help on the community discord 14:16 - Back to Sound Effects! 25:33 - A call out to the advanced DynamicSoundEffectInstance 27:55 - Back to regular SoundEffectInstances 28:43 - Handling background Music, aka Songs. 31:18 - Starting coding 34:27 - Adding audio to the content project, and a lesson learned about MGCB configuration! 38:30 - A call out to the awesome authors of the audio content used in the 2D tutorial, always tip your waiter. 40: 38 - Call out to a story about a GameJam game where one developer DID not SAVE their MGCB!, ALWAYS SAVE! 42:40 - Loading audio in the game and a discussion on Content Loading use for levels. 46:54 - Yes, you should hear audio being played, but it did not come through the stream #scream 49:24 - Adding in a temporary toggle to mute music while developing, so you do not hate your creation :D 58:24 - The hilarious point Simon realises audio is not on stream, and reverts to a backup plan. Lofi 01:01:10 - Over to Q&A 01:02:37 - Call out to the XNAGameStudio Archive, focusing on the 3D tutorial from Riemer 01:05:40 - Call out to the CartBlanch (Dom) repo for even Mwoaarrr XNA samples converted to MonoGame 01:07:14 - Question: Can you fade audio in/out at the API level - YES 01:08:33 - Question: Wil the new audio backend change the API - No, everything is backwards compatible, we change the native side, your game remains the same! 01:13:23 - A call out to remind you to "commit your code to source control" so you do not lose your work! 01:14:50 - A preview of the upcoming 3D Platformer sample, migrated from the Kenny.nl starter kits and a Blender tool preview (building a 3D editor for your game using Blender) - 2D Tutorial - https://docs.monogame.net/articles/tutorials/building_2d_games/index.html - GitHub Project - https://github.com/MonoGame/MonogameUniversity-2D Offline chat available here: https://discord.com/channels/355231098122272778/1429861386690887711