Hello, I currently have this phone call scene in my game and I want to know how I can make it more suspenseful since the phone call is about a serious topic with the main character and motivation any ideas? I currently plan after the player answers the phone it will begin a cutscene and fade in this song. If you want to see the scene here is the level so you can hear audio etc. (Note game is in beta! And the phone answering sequence is also in beta just trying to get a game plan for the sequence and the cutscene.) (Also note that this game is a horror game.)
Thanks thats what im currently working on and I did make them shorter and also redid some of the animations to give more of a reaction and I want to add music.
With roblox it’s best not to outright say things like this- Better to keep it more simple and just “Died”
Also that song doesn’t seam very fitting. This here has a really grounded in reality feel to it so try and amplify that, add in real world ambiance, an ac unit humming, cars, maybe something else. Then have the sound of the phone call and keep it as a simple ring, also muffle if more if your further away (higher pitched sounds get blocked more easily so you can use a EqualizerSoundEffect to mimic that)
Once the text starts, cut the sounds, forcing the player’s full attention onto the scene at hand. This phonecall is more important then the other things in this world.
Too add more tension before the phonecall, which would show the character is scared of what’s about to come, I’d use some tricks from the game https://www.roblox.com/games/538547153/ANXIETY
Also a tip for lighting, use colorshift_top to add a hue too the outside if you want it a different color and make sure to keep ambiance above or the same as outdoor ambiance to not have light leakage.
