Chris BØLT ➡️ GDC

Hey #gameaudio folks! Going to #GDC2026? We're hosting yet another informal, open-book, mentorship roundtable! Ask us anything about sound design, contract terms, biz dev, conference tips, demo reels, whatever... we'd love to chat! 🔊

[March 9, 10am-12pm: 3rd Floor, Moscone West]

The Hardcore Guide to Game Audio GDC 2026: What to do, hear and see when it comes to sound for games at GDC | A Sound Effect Game Audio Guru Damian Kastbauer gives you the ultimate guide to what to do, hear and see when it comes to sound for games at GDC 2026:

The Hardcore Guide to Game Audio #GDC2026 is available now at @asoundeffect.bsky.social! ✨

www.asoundeffect.com/gdc26/

Looking for details, insights, and a schedule of interesting audio things-to-do during this years Game Developers Conference? #GameAudioGDC #GameAudio #GameMusic

Why’d you delete the account? Research is such a big part of the process

REAPER Tools & Extensions for Game Audio Sound Designer, Field Recordist, Mix Engineer

Added a couple new free tools to my comprehensive REAPER extensions guide for #gameaudio 👾
#sounddesign #reaperdaw

bolttracks.com/reaper-tools/

It’s cool, there just isn’t much happening over there 🥱

YouTube video by BØLT Audio Implementation Reel: Ghost of Yōtei | Christopher Bolte

Excited to finally be able to share some of the work I did as an audio implementer on Ghost of Yōtei! Despite spending 9+ months doing mostly Foley, I’m relieved to say I still LOVE Foley 😄👾
#gameaudio #sounddesign #audioimplementation

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YouTube video by Benn Jordan Datacenters Behaving Like Acoustic Weapons

Please, for the love of whatever you cherish, ask yourself if your reluctance to learn something for yourself is worth all of this.

youtu.be/_bP80DEAbuo?...

Ghost of Yōtei Legends releases March 10 on PS5 ⚔️

🐺 online co-op for up to 4 players
🐺 4 playable classes
🐺 team up against the Demonic Yōtei Six
🐺 free DLC for all #GhostofYotei owners

For more information: blog.playstation.com/2026/02/12/g...

Poster to fight against ai. Visualized is a cave painting inspired horse, with text that reads "art has always been accessible"

I hear a lot of people saying that ai makes art accessible.. well I personally think that's bullshit- so I made this to drive my point home.
#regalsart #illustration #fuckai #digitalart

Saturday morning patch, slowly getting the hang of the FH-2’s Euclidean pattern generators. #sounddesign #modularsynth #analogsynth #expertsleepers

YouTube video by PlayStation Ghost of Yōtei Legends - Release Date Trailer | PS5 Games

It’s official! Ghost of Yōtei: Legends is coming out March 10th 👹
This one has been such a blast to work on!
#gameaudio #audioimplementation #sounddesign
youtu.be/5VYyhow-EU8?...

Sadly haven’t found a way to map the touch pad yet but everything else works, including the analog triggers

Something that can turn a modular synth into a whole new beast is expressive control. The Expert Sleepers FH-2 can turn loads of different USB inputs into CV and gate signals, including game controllers!!
#gameaudio #eurorack #synthesizer

Hi everyone! #GDC is a month away, and I'd like to remind any and all #gameaudio friends, that we have a Discord server for those attending the event, that allows people to touch base, and connect!

discord.gg/sPEPBZfzjK

Game Audio Hang at Boston Gamedev Week (PAX weekend) 2026 Join Game Audio Boston and Audiokinetic for an afternoon of hanging out and interactive audio deep diving!

We're back on PAX East weekend with @audiokinetic.bsky.social at Harpoon Brewery! Come hang, catch some audio wisdom and enjoy free food. Tickets are limited and you can RSVP here: www.eventbrite.com/e/game-audio...

Please note you must be 21+ to attend! #gameaudio

//FULL EPISODE: OUT NOW//

008 - Keeper with @doublefine.com's audio team

Links:
linktr.ee/audiologs.po...

#unrealengine #gameaudio #podcast #gamedev #gaming #audiologs #wwise #sounddesign #music

YouTube video by BØLT Dynamic Reflections, Mixing & Optimization in Wwise | Sentinel's Revenge Audio Implementation Reel

New year, new game audio implementation reel! This time, it’s a tongue-in-cheek Cyberpunk-esque shooter with lots of chunky explosions and sassy cyborgs. Highlighting Wwise workflows like early reflections and occlusion, dynamic mixing, and resource optimization 👾
#gameaudio

youtu.be/gDUs5YmgXx4

Snow stacked up against our picture window

Snow piling up over a foot high outside our porch door

Oh well…

The Sound Design of Ghost of Yōtei: Ambience Ambience is such a crucial part of what makes a Ghost game a Ghost game: it provides a time machine for the player, whisking them back to a believable version o

FINALLY getting around to posting some stuff about #GhostOfYotei. Starting off with ambience, showing some of my favorite recordings from Hokkaido and elsewhere and talking just a little about our Sound Scene tech. #GameAudio #FieldRecording.
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YouTube video by Grand Hotel van Cleef FJØRT - '43 (Official Music Video)

And that’s all I’m gonna say.
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A Frap Tools Brenso Eurorack format dual complex oscillator, freshly unboxed (albeit used).

Awwww yeah 😻
#eurorack #complexoscillator #sounddesign #gameaudio

Hey Everyone!

I decided to create a welcoming community for anyone currently in or aspiring to be in game audio, chat with other professionals like you, share knowledge, and grow together here locally in Atlanta!

Discord: lnkd.in/ewATWyaB
EventBrite: lnkd.in/eN8Yqjgz

Thank you so much friend! Definitely not taking any of it for granted and super thankful for all of the support! Also thanks so much for always being super encouraging 🙏🙏

2025 in Review As the year comes to a close and with winter break just around the corner, I'm taking some time to reflect on what has been a year full of new experiences, adventures, and just a lot of lucky circumstances. When I decided to abandon my quest to establish a musical career and pursue sound design for games in late 2022, I could not have foreseen where I would be just three years later.

2025 has been a year full of high notes. From joining Sucker Punch Productions, to releasing my first book as a co-author, to dipping my toes into sound design for theater the first time. I'm incredibly thankful for all the trust and support that has been coming my way and can't wait for 2026.

Definitely did. Shedding a tear for anyone who was planning to build or upgrade their PC this holiday season 😓

I bought that same set (only non-RGB) late last year for $200...

A ram kit that used to go for between about $200 to $259 now costing $930

Thanks AI. 🤡

A 70-Track Beat Tape for Posterity It's been a while now since I've been actively pursuing music, a journey over 20 years with many ups and downs. In fact, in the years before realizing I wanted to pursue game audio, I spent a lot of time making beats and instrumental tracks somewhere between hip hop, electronica, and heavily Gorillaz-slanted alternative pop (or something like that). Since I made a lot of tracks, jams, beats, and musical experiments over the years that I'm very fond of but have sat unreleased, I figured it was time to put them all on one big ol' beat tape.

Over the years, I made a lot of tracks, jams, beats, and musical experiments that I'm still very fond of but that have sat unreleased. I figured it was time to put them all on one big ol' beat tape.

Cue ANTHØLOGY, a 70-track odyssey through music I made between ages 17 and 30, now on Bandcamp!

Appreciate y’all! 🫶

Out of all the random snakes and adapters I have, it was MIDI cables that I had to order for myself. Still mad 😹