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[Cleveland Mark Blakemore]

Listen to this nigh perfect sound narration at the start of my Resident Evil clone apocalyptic horror game.

This guy's voice is perfect and exactly what I imagined he should sound like.

This is the legendary tin foil helmet guy I previewed many years ago when I built the character.

The opening cutscene he is sitting on an empty subway train trying to get out of the city.

Please let me know if you can see this link here : https://clevelandmarkblakemore.substack.com/p/982673d3-9903-41f9-99b4-a25c5c439928

 

[luj1]

Good writing but those AI voices are soulless imo

my Resident Evil clone apocalyptic horror game.

Why are you changing games every 6 months? First it was Cyclopean Chasms, then a vehicular RPG with mutans, then an Elminage Gothic clone, then this

Or are you working on 7 games? Or are you still deciding which ones to work on? So many questions

 

[Cleveland Mark Blakemore]

I usually work on each, see how much progress I make, switch to another one if the one I have isn't going anywhere.

I am pretty sure I have progressed too far on this one to give up and shelve it.

 

[Bastardchops]

It sounds very generic. You could probably do a better job using your own voice. But tinfoil helmet man fleeing a city during the collapse is a good setup.

 

[Cleveland Mark Blakemore]

I put an old pic up of the helm just to give you an idea of how he looks.

The game veers from comical to terrifying survival horror, all mixed together.

 

[Anthedon]

The game veers from comical to terrifying survival horror, all mixed together.

Sounds like Australia.

The AI voice isn't bad at all, if a little mechanical.

 

[Rarre]

I like it.

 

[thesecret1]

It's generic, but good, which is miles above what most indies can afford in terms of voice acting.

 

[Bastardchops]

It's generic, but good, which is miles above what most indies can afford in terms of voice acting.

Good voice acting doesn't cost anything other than the creator, and we're talking about a full blood neanderthal here, just giving it a bit of character, just channeling a bit of the terror he felt fleeing the savage land of Australia. That, I'd say would immediately engage a new player more than average AI output.

 

[thesecret1]

It's generic, but good, which is miles above what most indies can afford in terms of voice acting.

Good voice acting doesn't cost anything other than the creator, and we're talking about a full blood neanderthal here, just giving it a bit of character, just channeling a bit of the terror he felt fleeing the savage land of Australia. That, I'd say would immediately engage a new player more than average AI output.

Dunno how good Cleve is at VAing, only can speak for myself, and I know anything I'd voice act would sound like dogshit. It's a skill like any other, and one has to put in the time to practice if he wants to be any good at it.

 

[Machocruz]

I think it would be a trip delivered with Cleve's voice, if the Grimoire IndieGoGo trailer is any indication.

 

[ArchAngel]

It's generic, but good, which is miles above what most indies can afford in terms of voice acting.

Good voice acting doesn't cost anything other than the creator, and we're talking about a full blood neanderthal here, just giving it a bit of character, just channeling a bit of the terror he felt fleeing the savage land of Australia. That, I'd say would immediately engage a new player more than average AI output.

Clive could channel his experience of terror of fleeing Australia vaccine patrols going around and force vaccinating the population.

 

[Cleveland Mark Blakemore]

It's generic, but good, which is miles above what most indies can afford in terms of voice acting.

This is what I was thinking. Ten years ago you would have to pay a professional voice actor about $200 per word to get that quality. It's the right timbre for Resident Evil inspired clone, too.

 

[Cohesion]

$200 per word

WTF?? I wanna be VA NOW!

 

[Cleveland Mark Blakemore]

$200 per word

WTF?? I wanna be VA NOW!

It's a very good living ... at least it used to be before AI began to take over

 

[luj1]

I will say Cleve that I adore your writing in Grimoire, you are really skillful, no joke

Less is more is one of the keys, I believe

 

[baboogy]

Hello Cleve, eagerly waiting on your next game to come out, huge fan of Grimoire but I think that goes without saying for those following this subforum.

Have you considered for your RE style game, going the way of prerendered backgrounds for the art style? Or do you think the gameplay limitations outweigh the aesthetic found in them? When I think RE style horror games, one of the aspects that most stands out to me is the flavor that the prerendered backgrounds add to the game. To try to put it into words, there is something very dreamlike about the way they look, particularly in RE3, realistic but not quite "real", that added a lot to the horror atmosphere in the original trilogy.

That coupled with the difficulty in navigating around a real time environment with tank controls and constantly shifting camera perspectives gave the games (at least in my opinion) kind of a muddled nightmarish feeling, like you're wading through a murky imitation of a dream world you can't wake up from.

 

[luj1]

Have you considered for your RE style game, going the way of prerendered backgrounds for the art style?

LOVED this about RE2 as a kid... gave it a comic book feel... I was disappointed that they went with "over the shoulder" cam BS with the remake (sheeple loved it ofc)

 

[baboogy]

Have you considered for your RE style game, going the way of prerendered backgrounds for the art style?

LOVED this about RE2 as a kid... gave it a comic book feel... I was disappointed that they went with "over the shoulder" cam BS with the remake (sheeple loved it ofc)

It makes sense, from a marketing standpoint, why they didn't stick to tank controls and fixed shifting cameras- the RE1 remake still looks gorgeous and holds up graphically even by today's standards, but it's a hard sell for many people due to the camera and controls, those are really the two biggest complaints I see from people who have never played the original RE1-3 playing them for the first time today, to them it feels and looks "clunky."

I'll admit I did like the RE2 remake quite a lot (not so much the RE3 remake) but I agree, the "what if" feeling of wanting to see what they could have come up with with today's technology + prerendered backgrounds and fixed cameras nagged at me. I would have loved to see an alternate remake for either of the games that kept the OG limitations. Or to see someone tackle a true spiritual successor in the original style someday.

 

[luj1]

but I agree, the "what if" feeling of wanting to see what they could have come up with with today's technology + prerendered backgrounds and fixed cameras nagged at me.

It was awesome because of weird angles (and nowhere to run)

Very, very artistic approach, I loved it

 

[baboogy]

but I agree, the "what if" feeling of wanting to see what they could have come up with with today's technology + prerendered backgrounds and fixed cameras nagged at me.

It was awesome because of weird angles (and nowhere to run)

Very, very artistic approach, I loved it

Have you seen the user created mod someone made, that changed the remake cameras to the old style ones? I've been reluctant to try it because it seems a bit janky of an implementation, but I haven't kept up with it for a few months, could be significantly better now.

 

[luj1]

havent heard of it but thats nice, do you know the name?

 

[baboogy]

havent heard of it but thats nice, do you know the name?

Weird, turns out my brain was playing tricks on me. I could have sworn I remembered it being a released mod and even seeing a webpage for it, but it looks like it was just a concept someone did a few years ago using cheat engine.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBJJlgdeTQM

 

[Talby]

I don't like the main character.

 

[MerchantKing]

AI generated voices sounds like bad voice actors. It still has that microsoft sam quality of continuously speaking with no regard for cadence, no inflections, nothing resembling the nuance which having to breathe brings, and no passion. Pretty much just microsoft sam with a difference voice.

You might as well stick to text-based dialogue. It's better that way. Voice acting was a bad thing for video games.