Grunk alarm heartbeat SFX #40

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krampus · 2025-07-12T02:31:13Z

krampus commented

2025-07-12 02:31:13 +00:00

The grunk alarm node should emit a sound when it receives a heartbeat signal.

The heartbeat keeps the alarm from triggering, so this should be emotionally coded as a good thing.
The default heartbeat interval is 3.0 seconds.
- Note however that a single alarm may potentially be connected to multiple hearts, and also that hearts may beat faster or slower by design.
- We can debounce this in code so that the heartbeat sound doesn't play over itself.
- There's no mechanical way for the player to connect a new heart to an alarm, so this can generally be considered a lower limit for the practical interval.
There may be multiple alarms in one heartbeat network, so this may play several times from several sources in a scene.
This plays in tandem with an existing heartbeat animation which is triggered as soon as the heartbeat signal is received.
- The animated effect peaks at about 0.59s and returns to baseline at 1.618s.
  - specifically this is the emissivity of the core of the alarm "flower", along with some scale jiggle along all axes
Immediately after receiving a heartbeat signal, the alarm begins to starve. The alarm is triggered after 6 seconds of starvation. See #41

The grunk alarm node should emit a sound when it receives a heartbeat signal. - The heartbeat keeps the alarm from triggering, so this should be emotionally coded as a good thing. - The default heartbeat interval is 3.0 seconds. - Note however that a single alarm may potentially be connected to multiple hearts, and also that hearts may beat faster or slower by design. - We can debounce this in code so that the heartbeat sound doesn't play over itself. - There's no mechanical way for the player to connect a new heart to an alarm, so this can generally be considered a lower limit for the practical interval. - There may be multiple alarms in one heartbeat network, so this may play several times from several sources in a scene. - This plays in tandem with an existing heartbeat animation which is triggered as soon as the heartbeat signal is received. - The animated effect peaks at about 0.59s and returns to baseline at 1.618s. - specifically this is the emissivity of the core of the alarm "flower", along with some scale jiggle along all axes - Immediately after receiving a heartbeat signal, the alarm begins to starve. The alarm is triggered after 6 seconds of starvation. See #41

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