Hi Fellow Monksters, I've been writing a game (yet another perl minesweeper) as a way of teaching myself Perl/Tk and have come to the part where I want to add sounds for various actions:
- ticking sound for the clock/timer
- click sound (harder than the ticking) for mouse clicks
- harsh buzzer or explosion for clicking on a mine
- ding-ding-ding or some other appropriate sound for winning

I know I can play a bell sound by printing "\a", but it isn't that great and I'd like to play better sounds. I do what it to be cross-platform compatible if possible, i.e., both MS and *NIX. I have searched CPAN and the various 'SOUND' modules there seem to be platform-specific and I have not found any good examples.

Therefore, I am asking for the wisdom of the Perl adherents who have gone this way before. What say ye? What modules have you used or methods devised for making/playing such sounds? Can you point me to any script examples? Are there any cross-platform solutions?

I am your humble supplicant.


"Peace, love, and Perl...well, okay, mostly just Perl!" --me

Apprentice

In reply to How can I make sounds in my Perl game scripts? by apprentice

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