Video game sound effects

A short glassy tone that jumps upward as it fires. It is the cue a player hears more than any other, so it has to be pleasant on the two hundredth hearing rather than the first.

A dry click with a small tone under it, tight enough to fire on every press without stacking up. Menus feel responsive or broken almost entirely on the strength of this one sound.

A dull body impact with a crunch on the front of it. Keeping it low and short means it registers as a loss without covering whatever the player needs to hear next.

A tone that thickens and climbs before releasing into a hit. It gives an ability a windup the player can time against, which is what makes a heavy attack feel worth waiting for.

Four rising tones with a wide shimmer behind them. The tail is the point: it gives a progression screen the four seconds it needs to animate in without silence underneath.

One thin tone repeating at an insistent pace. Repetition is what makes it read as a warning, so it works on health, on a timer, or on anything running out.