I wish I knew what this was all about! The "voice acting" thing caught me (something I'd love to try someday BTW) but I don't know what this was all about? What kind of "game"? I checked your FA briefly and don't see any indicator as to what your working on!

So I can't answer the poll! I have no idea!

Ah, for a visual novel that I'm working on.

I don't think I've ever seen such a thing so I'm not sure why it would not have voice acting since it's a storyline rather that like the FPS games I favor playing. What "... game that has ..." line made me think conventional games but the site you linked has indications that it will be a 3D graphics based video novel, which would be cool! But that cries out for voice acting rather than just text messages. But please keep the text as well (but leave it able to be switched off) as us hard of hearing / deaf need it to enjoy the story as well.

Thanks!

I always say that it's more of a very visual 'choose your own adventure' game. With interspersed fun-sexy-time. At its roots are text, so those will definitely be there. It would be voice-acting that's additional flavoring.

Sounds interesting, I would love to know more about it =3

I'd be really shy but I feel confident enough to do some vocal stuff! LOL! I'm always singing and my bf and I both met because we were interested in voice acting. I practice anime voices when I watch shows... OOH! It's so neat! What kinds of stuff are you looking for exactly??

That's a very sweet story about you and your significant other.

I'm thinking it would mostly be people reading dialogue for the characters in the story. Ranging from casual to maybe some of the more naughty stuff. It's all still in the works, will probably be something I decide on when I'm finally at the stage of writing it.

OK then, keep me updated??
I hear what everyone is saying, and I think that this is going to be a bigger and bigger project in the end but you got to think of how much fun it will be. I, for one, do not know of anyone personally who's doing anything remotely like this.

Music and voice acting is always nice, but I don't think it's strictly necessary for an independent work. I'd put more weight on the former than the latter if it came down to having the time or resources for only one for some reason. And if I understood some of the stuff on the blog correctly, reusing any of the actors for a sequel or a different project might create the expectation to reuse whoever was picked to voice any of the guys. I'm not sure it would be all that practical at the moment.

In any case, I'm looking forward to how well you do! The last time I've heard someone else propose to make a visual novel, I had so many reasons to question his ability to do anything. That, and his proposed premise came off a lot like a Recycled IN ANOTHER COUNTRY visual novel that I'm a fan of. Yours already looks a lot more polished and workable even in its planning and setup stage. Good luck with it!

I never thought about the other episodes and having to reuse the voice actors as well. It's a good point if for whatever reason they wouldn't do it again. Though, my aim would be to select some of my friends locally to help, as several already mentioned they'd love the opportunity to do voice work--even before I thought about considering it.

Thanks for the boost in confidence! I hope I don't disappoint.

i'd help but my accent would get in the way! XD

Maybe I need a sexy italian accent in my game.

Voice acting not only takes away from the voices a person can imagine in a piece, it also redetermines the pace of how a piece is read. While you may have forward and back buttons, it's always going to take that amount of time for a person to listen to it (unless they just mute it, then what's the point?)

Also, I would not recommend leaving a piece up to someone to read and record it remotely, but that's just me as a director talking. It's not that you can't achieve what you want this way, it's that it could take much longer from getting recordings and sending back notes until it's right. VOIP sessions where you can listen and help rehearse the material would be a fantastic boon, but it's hard to do VOIP and record at the same time, I think.

A very valid point. While I was trying out some other people's games, I did notice that I read through it and skipped most of the spoken dialogue because... well they were the typical female anime voice actors--upward inflection all over the place. But now I wonder if there are people who would choose to listen and others could skip it if they so choose.

I think I have an abundance of local furs who would love to help me in this endeavor, so I'd have them present for any directorial things if needed.

Sound is a very big deal when it's brought in. Fantastic projects can be held back by mediocre sound, and absolutely ruined by bad sound. On the flip side, mediocre projects can seem much better simply because of good sound. So if you choose to go the sound route, don't short-change it, don't think of it is as a "bonus feature", it needs to have as much care and craft as every other piece of the project.

I worked on a project with a voice actress who had absolutely never acted and really had no interest in acting, but volunteered anyway, and it took five hours to get this out of her:

http://youtu.be/iWGuoGehDJs

And it's not like that was one shot either. We recorded it one line at a time, out of order, and I had to reassemble it in post-production later. I have private, non-listed links of what it was like before, when another person who volunteered for the voice just went and read through the script. They are two, entirely different projects, even though it's the same shots, just different sound.

If you need any flute music or recorder music ask me. I'm also willing to voice act, but I'm not that good, just write the emotional state you might want us or some of the background.

I'm not sure what I want to do for music. I was thinking something minimalistic, kind of akin to Ludovico Einaudi. But I certainly think that there's an element that might call for a recorder. That'd be really interesting.

I think VA adds a bit of soul =). Or you could do like Nintendo does with it's games, you know, the "uh" "Oh" "Hey" "Well..." at the start of a text conversation.

That's an awesome idea, I never thought of that. Definitely something to consider. I'll have to write that down.

That way you could also get good VAs without having to record to many sounds! I could help you with a bit of VA, I always liked creating voice D:

My accent might get in the way too D:

A very interesting project.
If you think that I could contribute anything, please just let me know.

I have done some voice for a visual novel or two, and played a few so of course i start off with the over heard, let me know if i can help.

But the main thing i think of is, maybe just pick and choose the scenes that need voices. like the intimate ones, or the ones that establish something important. then do Shinkikami's idea of giving everyone else a generic grunt. and if you are looking for specefic voices, go to the voice acting alliance website, and put up a tryout. voice actors like me will apply for just about anything for the experience. good luck regardless

I have done some voice for a visual novel or two, and played a few so of course i start off with the over heard, let me know if i can help.

But the main thing i think of is, maybe just pick and choose the scenes that need voices. like the intimate ones, or the ones that establish something important. then do Shinkikami's idea of giving everyone else a generic grunt. and if you are looking for specefic voices, go to the voice acting alliance website, and put up a tryout. voice actors like me will apply for just about anything for the experience. good luck regardless

I wish I could act at all cause voice acting sounds like so much fun. I cant wait to see this finished.

That would be very interesting ^_^ i wouldnt mind trying out at all.

Personally, I like voices. It gives the character a bit more personality hearing how the character would talk, or if they have an accent. I also like Shinjikami and Toggles ideas. A bit of background music could be nice too, to help set the mood of a scene.

This is all, of course, my opinion and I don't know all of what goes into this. Maybe you could put an option to turn voices on or off? It's looking good so far! Can't wait. X3