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I have often found myself in need of converting audio files from wav to mp3. As you all know, mp3 files are a lot smaller than wav files, which make them a much better match for mobile apps where you want to limit the final bundle size as much as possible. Another very important aspect is that Android devices seem to have a lot of problems playing wav files. I'm not sure why this is and haven't dug any deeper to find out. Instead I just accept the fact and make sure that all my audio files are in mp3 format, since that's better when it comes to file size anyway. There are probably a gazillion options available to convert between differents audio formats, both desktop tools and online tools. I've tried a bunch of these tools, and my favorite tool is by far  http://online-audio-converter.com/ . It's super easy to use, it's fast, completely free, and there are almost never any problems during format conversion. One of the best features that many other online to...

A really useful online tool that I came across during the making of Dragonflies is the free sound effect generator Bfxr found at http://www.bfxr.net/ . As the author describes it: Bfxr is an elaboration of the glorious Sfxr, the program of choice for many people looking to make sound effects for computer games.   You have full rights to all sounds made with bfxr, and are free to use them for any purposes, commercial or otherwise. This is truly awesome to get for free if you're looking to create cool 8-bit sound effects for your game such as exlosions, powerups, coins etcetera. I used Bfxr for almost every sound effect in Dragonflies , and I'm pretty satisfied about the end result. At least I know I couldn't have done better without spending way more time or having to pay someone else to create the effects for me. Bfxr online sound effects tool   So if you haven't already tried Bfxr , I think you should definitely give it a shot. Besides being a very useful...