We have a *lot* of dialogue in our games so fully voicing our characters wasn't an option, it would have totally blown the budget. We instead distilled an 'emote' system so voice actors could give a human touch to our characters. Working within creative limitations 👍 - ThreadSky

kanaratron.bsky.social • 1 day ago

We have a *lot* of dialogue in our games so fully voicing our characters wasn't an option, it would have totally blown the budget.

We instead distilled an 'emote' system so voice actors could give a human touch to our characters.

Working within creative limitations 👍

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podesbiens.bsky.social•20 hours ago

played it for the 1st time over the holidays and the small quips were surprisingly efficient in making characters expressive, it worked great!

doublequotestudio.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Really cool idea!
We went the completely opposite direction, on our last project, and recorded all of the 6 hours of VO with 15 different voice actors.
And it did indeed blow the budget. :D No regrets, though - love how it turned out.

dave-mueller.bsky.social•18 hours ago

That's really cool! And such a creative solution!

jmxd.bsky.social•19 hours ago

They’re not limitations, they’re creative confines. Your team has proven that imagination is unlimited. It may be confined to a particular canvas for now, but the possibilities within that space are limitless. Can’t wait to play. Cheers!

carecristo.bsky.social•23 hours ago

That's inspiring, I love these clever solutions!

scarletstudio.bsky.social•1 day ago

This is smart, really quick and gives dynamic voice lines! Well done 🤌

andreasnull.bsky.social•1 day ago

Totally agree! We had the same problem with our game and we decided to do full VO only on the main character’s internal voice with an amazing voice actor from California. And then we manage to use animal voices for all the other dialogues.

phanterm.bsky.social•1 day ago

Love this. It was good all the way back when Ocarina of Time did it, and frankly more games should utilize this method! Having your cake and eating it too 😋

kanaratron.bsky.social•1 day ago

...This is not the way.

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/angry-voice-actors-accuse-indie-studio-of-trying-to-replace-their-work-with-ai-voices/

kanaratron.bsky.social•1 day ago

...loads of indies manage to fully-voice their games in an ethical way. If you want it, you can pay for it.

testonedev.bsky.social•1 day ago

Would it be unethical, if i record different voice types of myself and then ai-generate based on that? 🤔

cai-tan.bsky.social•1 day ago

https://e360.yale.edu/features/artificial-intelligence-climate-energy-emissions

damianaswan.bsky.social•1 day ago

Well that's one game I definitely won't be buying.

estromat.bsky.social•1 day ago

And no one want to hear that. AI-Voices sound kinda weird. A mix of "wow, sounds familiar, but with lots of tiny glitches" that make it uncomfortable to listen to.

vinchenzojackal.bsky.social•23 hours ago

you all did amazing work.

kanaratron.bsky.social•23 hours ago

Thanks!

ronscompvids.bsky.social•1 day ago

As a voice actor with experience in the interactive fiction genre, I assure you that there are lots of folks out there (who are also gamers) that would LOVE to assist on projects like this at little to no cost. All you have to do is ask them.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8380448/

thomasbeekers.com•17 hours ago

Absolutely love smart solutions like this. I think a lot of recent releases have shown you can still get a lot of the same emotional impact, and not risk losing players, as long as you're consistent and deliberate, even when varying between VO and non-VOd

cozyjuni.bsky.social•1 day ago

Personally, the emotions & expressions in Röki were pretty spot on.

It added a great depth to understand what each character was feeling.

Quite similarly to what we see in a silent film.

I love VA, but the silence and music transpired more to me. 💕

robbotron.bsky.social•1 day ago

Yes! This is an honourable and characterful way of making things happen

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