In short terms, Ryle Radio is a package to emulate the functionality of real world radio that playing to receiver devices.
In practice, this means that you can have an end user move a value across a range and hear different things depending on where that value is, much like tuning frequencies on a receiver. Developers using Ryle Radio can define what is heard and where in the range it is audible.
Features
Audio types in Ryle Radio are called . Tracks can be Unity AudioClips, procedural audio (e.g: noise, waveforms), and even custom structures named , which contain multiple other audio types and switch between them automatically. Together these Tracks can form a complex system of audio that can be tuned through at runtime, creating an interactive and easily usable system for players to engage with audio.
The package contains Broadcasters, points that cause tracks to play louder (or at all) depending on the proximity of an output- effectively an object that broadcasts the track. It also contains Insulators, which are the reverse- areas where tracks are quieter.
It also contains Observers, which are built-in scripts allowing you to tie functionality into the radio, such as invoking events when a particular track is audible, or when an output leaves a certain tune range. These work with Interactors, which provide a no-code solution to playing, pausing, etc., tracks.
This package is built to be modular and expandable too, allowing easy creation of custom track types and components that slots nicely into the inspector.
Most importantly, Ryle Radio is open-source and free on the Asset Store! Feel free to try it out to see if it fits your requirements, and, if you feel so inclined, check out the code! I would much appreciate feedback as this is my first open-source package, so any thoughts or contributions are very welcomed :)
That’s it! Hope the package works for you :))))