Daygames' project "Hamster" is looking for voice actors

Started by Blizzard, March 19, 2014, 02:16:27 am

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Blizzard

We at Daygames are making a new game that will piss you off like no one before.

The game is currently still development, but we will soon have some sort of pre-alpha. We hope that we can submit/release it by the end of the month, but I expect that it will possibly take another 2-3 weeks, because I'm really short on time these days. >.<




Anyway, what's this about? The gameplay is simple. Fling the floating hamster and avoid obstacles. Obstacles usually don't kill you on touch (they do in our current build), but they have dangerous areas which WILL kill you if you touch them. Here's a screenshot.

Game Over: ShowHide


Now, what's the twist here? Currently we plan on naming the game "Don't play me" and the game will constantly insult you.

Quote from: Probably going to end up in the descriptionDon't play me is a shy game that doesn't like to be played, and it ain't afraid to show it to you.


Phrases like "Woah, you jumped an obstacle.", "Here's a reward to validate you.", "Hope you miss and press the ads.", "Stop touching me.", "Your fingers are sweaty.", "Are you sitting on a toilet, you sicko?" during the game, "Wow, that sucked.", "Give up on life.", "You killed me, douche." after a Game Over and stuff like "Tap here to start wasting your life" instead of a "Play Now" button or "List of people better than you" instead of a "Highscores" button are just the tip of the iceberg.




Basically we are looking for someone who would want to record all those crazy phrases that we come up with. We require decent recordings and decent voice acting. That means no low-end crappy microphones. Sure, you don't have to have a studio-grade mic, but please no crappy stuff. As for the voice acting itself, most phrases will be cynical and sarcastic so that's the sound we are looking for.
Native English speakers only. Or if your English is very, very good. And with very, very good I mean better than mine and I have only a little bit of accent. So the bar is set high.

You will obviously be fully credited. Since the game will be most probably free with ads, we can't offer a promo code for a free version, but if we do make it paid, you will get a free version. Or you might get a promo code for King of Booze on iOS. Or maybe a character designed by you in cooperation with our graphics artist for King of Booze. We'll think of something to reward you beyond just credit, we always do.
Check out Daygames and our games:

King of Booze 2      King of Booze: Never Ever
Drinking Game for Android      Never have I ever for Android
Drinking Game for iOS      Never have I ever for iOS


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Quote from: Barney StinsonWhen I get sad, I stop being sad and be awesome instead. True story.

WhiteRose

This sounds like a lot of fun! :D I'd love to give the voice acting a shot, but I'm afraid I don't have anything even resembling a good microphone floating around. Probably the best I could do is my phone. Maybe I'll record a couple of clips if I get the chance, but it unfortunately probably won't make the cut as far as quality.


Plus I don't know anything about voice acting. XD

Blizzard

You can send us some samples at least. We can take it from there then.
Check out Daygames and our games:

King of Booze 2      King of Booze: Never Ever
Drinking Game for Android      Never have I ever for Android
Drinking Game for iOS      Never have I ever for iOS


Quote from: winkioI do not speak to bricks, either as individuals or in wall form.

Quote from: Barney StinsonWhen I get sad, I stop being sad and be awesome instead. True story.

G_G

You should try and talk to Branden, he's got a decent setup. Good mic and a pop filter. And the sarcastic voice. I'll try and point him here.

Zexion


Spaceman McConaughey

Blizzard, my friend, I would very much like to take you up on this offer if at all possible.

As gameus said, my setup is pretty good, and I have the gosh durn voice.

Blizzard

Sure. I already gave some of the example phrases. You can record some and send them to me and then we'll take it from there. We also have another female candidate.
Check out Daygames and our games:

King of Booze 2      King of Booze: Never Ever
Drinking Game for Android      Never have I ever for Android
Drinking Game for iOS      Never have I ever for iOS


Quote from: winkioI do not speak to bricks, either as individuals or in wall form.

Quote from: Barney StinsonWhen I get sad, I stop being sad and be awesome instead. True story.

Spaceman McConaughey

March 20, 2014, 05:18:48 pm #7 Last Edit: March 20, 2014, 05:54:56 pm by Colonel Blinx
Making sure:
Do we need to say the lines exactly as written down?

EDIT:
I sent them to you. I said some of the lines a bit differently, just so they'd be easier for me to voice.

Ryex

oh wow, PLEASE use Branden's voice. it will be perfect.
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Spaceman McConaughey

Yeah, I agree (not to sound smug, or anything).

I just need to adjust the tone/style compared to the samples I sent (I could have done much better, honestly).
Here's hoping when they get around to needing a VA, it's-a-meee! >8D

Ryex

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Blizzard

Check out Daygames and our games:

King of Booze 2      King of Booze: Never Ever
Drinking Game for Android      Never have I ever for Android
Drinking Game for iOS      Never have I ever for iOS


Quote from: winkioI do not speak to bricks, either as individuals or in wall form.

Quote from: Barney StinsonWhen I get sad, I stop being sad and be awesome instead. True story.

Ryex

wait... what? you can say that after hearing Branden's!? cause I've heard them and they out case mine by a mile.
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Blizzard

No offense, but Branden's sometimes sounds too artificial. Yours on the other hand sometimes sounds too amateurish.

If the two of you would have a child, it would either suck at this completely or it would be a great VA.
Check out Daygames and our games:

King of Booze 2      King of Booze: Never Ever
Drinking Game for Android      Never have I ever for Android
Drinking Game for iOS      Never have I ever for iOS


Quote from: winkioI do not speak to bricks, either as individuals or in wall form.

Quote from: Barney StinsonWhen I get sad, I stop being sad and be awesome instead. True story.

Ryex

I no longer keep up with posts in the forum very well. If you have a question or comment, about my work, or in general I welcome PM's. if you make a post in one of my threads and I don't reply with in a day or two feel free to PM me and point it out to me.<br /><br />DropBox, the best free file syncing service there is.<br />

Spaceman McConaughey

Quote from: Blizzard on March 22, 2014, 02:55:07 pm
No offense, but Branden's sometimes sounds too artificial.


Like I said, they could have been better.

Blizzard

Check out Daygames and our games:

King of Booze 2      King of Booze: Never Ever
Drinking Game for Android      Never have I ever for Android
Drinking Game for iOS      Never have I ever for iOS


Quote from: winkioI do not speak to bricks, either as individuals or in wall form.

Quote from: Barney StinsonWhen I get sad, I stop being sad and be awesome instead. True story.

Spaceman McConaughey


Blizzard

Sooooooo... I was under the shower today and had some inspiration since we changed the game concept to a hamster that is going to jump over various obstacles and constructions created by beavers. I quickly recorded this once I got out and slapped some epic music in the background.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/20224394/trailer-epic-version.mp3

Even I'm laughing my ass off over here.

BTW, Branden, we decided that Hamster will go without VA, but if we make a reskin (and we most probably will), it will have VA.
Check out Daygames and our games:

King of Booze 2      King of Booze: Never Ever
Drinking Game for Android      Never have I ever for Android
Drinking Game for iOS      Never have I ever for iOS


Quote from: winkioI do not speak to bricks, either as individuals or in wall form.

Quote from: Barney StinsonWhen I get sad, I stop being sad and be awesome instead. True story.

Spaceman McConaughey

I kind of thought so when you guys never called me on Skype that day, honestly.
It's cool, no worries. I'll be happy to help if needed should you guys decide to do the reskin.

Also, that sounds hilarious. I'll check out the link when I'm on my computer.