Xichen Shen 沈希辰

Email: xichenphoto@gmail.com / xichen@soundoer.com
Website: SounDoer.com

Experience

Lead Audio Designer at Hypergryph
Aug 2023 - Present

  • Unannounced project working in progress…

Senior Audio Designer at Tencent NExT Studios
Apr 2019 – Aug 2023

  • SYNCED
    A PvPvE co-op looter shooter game on Windows, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X&S released in 2023.
    Game_Synced

Audio Designer at Ubisoft Shanghai
Aug 2015 – Apr 2019

Co-Founder at Micat Studio
Shanghai Huaqing Cultural Communication Co., Ltd.
Mar 2013 - Aug 2015

Education

Shanghai Vancouver Film School
Sound Design for Visual Media
Sep 2014 - Sep 2015

Shanghai University
School of Film and Television (Shanghai Film Academy)
Bachelor of Engineering - Film & Television Engineering
Sep 2009 - June 2013

Personal Project

Xichen’s Game Audio Design Document
以专题文章的形式分享我对游戏音频设计的思考与探索，持续更新中。

Xichen’s Vlog
泛主题的影像记录，持续更新中。

Works / Presentation / Research

Cinematic Sound Design in Unreal Engine
A presentation for students in major of Film Production
Shanghai Film Academy, Shanghai University
2023.5.18

The Shape of Time 时间的形状
A mini game made by Zitao Ye co-op as sound designer
NExT Studios Game+ Project
2023.1

Audio Design Pipeline of Realtime Cinematic in Object Based Audio
A presentation for Film New Tech Series
Shanghai Film Academy, Shanghai University
2022.3.29

A Practice of Music as Level Design
A presentation at Wwise Interactive Music Symposium 2021 China
2021.6.26

Audio Designer as Game Developer
A presentation for students in major of Digital Media Technology
Shanghai Film Academy, Shanghai University
2021.4.23

Sword Zen 劍入禪境
A mini game co-op with Zitao Ye
2021 Global Game Jam
2021.1

What will the Next Gen of Game Audio Design be like?
A tutorial at The 8th Conference on Sound and Music Technology (CSMT2020)
North University of China
2020.11.6

C(8,3)
A mini game made in 48h co-op with Zitao Ye
NExT Studios 2019 Game Jam
2019.12

Intro to Game Audio Design
A presentation for students in major of Digital Media Technology
Shanghai Film Academy, Shanghai University
2019.5.8

Game Sound Design with Audio Middleware
A presentation at XinDong Games
2018.9.20

The Sound of Far Cry 5
A presentation for students in major of Digital Media Technology
Shanghai Film Academy, Shanghai University
2018.5.23

From Ambisonics to Binaural: Research of VR Film Sound Production Method
A Paper in collaboration with Zhang Ying, Associate Professor of Shanghai Film Academy, Shanghai University
2017 No.2 Journal of Fudan University (Natural Science) ISSN: 0427-7104
DOI: 10.15943/j.cnki.fdxb-jns.2017.02.011

Sound Design Thinking of VR Film
A Paper in collaboration with Zhang Ying, Associate Professor of Shanghai Film Academy, Shanghai University
2017 No.2 Journal of Fudan University (Natural Science) ISSN: 0427-7104
DOI: 10.15943/j.cnki.fdxb-jns.2017.02.010

Intro to Game Sound Design
A presentation for students in major of Sound Design for Visual Media
Shanghai Vancouver Film School
2017.4.28

Intro to Game Sound Design
A presentation for students in major of Digital Media Technology
Shanghai Film Academy, Shanghai University
2017.4.11

Intro to Game Sound Design
A presentation for students in major of Music Design & Technology
Shanghai Conservatory of Music
2016.11.15

From Ambisonics to Binaural: Research of VR Film Sound Production Method
A presentation at The 4th Conference on Sound and Music Technology (CSMT2016) collaboration with Zhang Ying, Associate Professor of Shanghai Film Academy, Shanghai University
Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications
2016.11.12

Intro to Game Sound Design
A presentation for students in major of Digital Media Technology
Shanghai Film Academy, Shanghai University
2016.11.9