--- title: Audio Cues for Parry Timing in Expedition 33 | daily.dev description: A sound designer from Expedition 33 explains how audio cues were developed to help players time parries. Early on, a high-pitched 'zip' sound was manually... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/audio-cues-for-parry-timing-in-expedition-33-ph8mx0e1l twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Audio Cues for Parry Timing in Expedition 33 | daily.dev og:description: A sound designer from Expedition 33 explains how audio cues were developed to help players time parries. Early on, a high-pitched 'zip' sound was manually... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/audio-cues-for-parry-timing-in-expedition-33-ph8mx0e1l og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/ph8mX0e1L.png og:image:alt: Audio Cues for Parry Timing in Expedition 33 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Audio Cues for Parry Timing in Expedition 33 **[GDC Festival of Gaming](https://daily.dev/sources/gdcfestivalofgaming)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A sound designer from Expedition 33 explains how audio cues were developed to help players time parries. Early on, a high-pitched 'zip' sound was manually placed inside attack whooshes, but timing was inconsistent since it depended on manual placement per attack. Later, the team developed the 'Glistendo whoosh', using a reference marker file synced to animation timing, then swapped in for a more precisely controlled whoosh whose energy rises and stops exactly at the moment of impact, giving consistent gameplay timing and better mix separation. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How did Expedition 33 use sound to help players time parries? The developers embedded audio cues directly inside enemy attack sounds rather than using an explicit alarm. Initially a high-pitched 'zip' sweep was manually placed within attack whooshes near the moment of impact, but timing was inconsistent across attacks. Later they created the 'Glistendo whoosh', using a reference marker track aligned to animation timing so the whoosh's energy rises and stops precisely when the hit lands, giving reliable parry timing. _daily.dev surfaces game audio design breakdowns like this for developers refining gameplay feedback systems._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [From pixels to beats: the making of the F1 Games sound design](https://daily.dev/posts/from-pixels-to-beats-the-making-of-the-f1-games-sound-design-vodxsjgyv) · Atlassian · 3 upvotes · 0 comments - [I customized Claude Code to interrupt me with Warcraft sounds, and now I actually notice when it's done](https://daily.dev/posts/i-customized-claude-code-to-interrupt-me-with-warcraft-sounds-and-now-i-actually-notice-when-it-s-d-2nts6gtnk) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [The Sound and Music of 'Hyper Light Drifter' \[video\]](https://daily.dev/posts/the-sound-and-music-of-hyper-light-drifter-video--er14yobla) · Hacker News · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#game-development](https://daily.dev/tags/game-development) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/audio-cues-for-parry-timing-in-expedition-33-ph8mx0e1l) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Audio Cues for Parry Timing in Expedition 33","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/audio-cues-for-parry-timing-in-expedition-33-ph8mx0e1l","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/audio-cues-for-parry-timing-in-expedition-33-ph8mx0e1l"},"datePublished":"2026-08-18T16:17:11.406Z","dateModified":"2026-08-18T16:17:31.497Z","description":"A sound designer from Expedition 33 explains how audio cues were developed to help players time parries. 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