Engine Audio roadmap

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For JollyPixel Engine, we want a complete and mature Audio API that meets developers’ needs while staying simple and easy to integrate.

Under the hood, our Audio API will use:

• Three.js Audio API
  https://threejs.org/docs/#Audio

However, we should design our interfaces/adapters in a way that also allows support for:

• Howler.js
  https://howlerjs.com/

Building our own abstraction layer is important so we:

• Keep a consistent engine-level API
• Avoid tight coupling with a specific audio library
• Prepare for future editor tooling and UX

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Required Features

• Integrated with the asset management system

• Global Audio manager (singleton)

  • Master volume
  • Master mute
  • Support Volume by category (UI, Music, SFX, etc.)

• Serializable (no localStorage concerns at API level)

• Cache and deduplication of audio buffers

• Helpers for spatial/3D sounds

• Anti-spam protection (cooldown / max instances per sound)

• Support for looping sounds

• Support for fade in / fade out

• Clean ECS integration (AudioSource component + Listener)

Any idea, feel free to comment