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Max_Nilsson
06-12-2012, 03:55 PM
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Greetings!

My name is Max Nilsson. I'm based in Karlshamn, Sweden and I'm working together with 3 others on a game project.
We are making a classic point and click adventure game set in a Swedish folklore universe among trolls and goblins.
As all old Swedish folk lore; it has a dark undertone to it and the game gets more intense throughout as the player encounter progressively more evil beings.
The game is told through the story teller's narration and he is also the one who impersonates the characters of the game, much like in a children's story.
Our game won the prize of 50 000 kr in the Game Concept Challenge and it will hopefully be released towards september.

The voice that we need is an old man (60-80), with no distinct accent, that distort his voice as he is telling the story to fit the characters, both male and female, of our game (sirens, giants and other mystical beings).
The role is quite heavy since the storyteller is the only one in the game that talks and it will be about 50 pages worth of dialogue.

The character specs are:

Gender: Male
Age: 60-80
Accent: No distinct
Inspiration (This is how a storyteller could sound like in a video game, not necessarily what we are looking for):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4doBkbcmuSg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RTkUgov60g


Choose one of the following texts to audition with and feel free to exchange words if you like:
1.

It is said that when the moon leaves the sky, and as darkness envelopes the land and the stars awaken, you can hear the sounds of beings rarely seen.
It was during a night like this that a small, in the scope of the world, insignificant creature with no name was born. “What is this place?” the insignificant creature without a name wondered, as it emerged from the ground and began to explore the dark world.

2.

“Hello.” The small creature said politely. “Who are you?”
The gnome looked at the creature. “I'm the one who looks after this place. No simple task mind you. The master of the farm hasn't been tending to the land enough this season, so I have to make up for his stupidity by working myself to the bone.” The gnome muttered in a stern yet slightly proud voice.

3.

“What's that you have there? Stickyfingers, wherever did you find this gem?” The elf's eyes fixated on the amber. “It's glowing. I need it, give it to me!” The small creature pondered what to do as the elf continued. “What? Well, how about this, I'll allow you to take a small piece of ore from my silver vein, how does that sound? A small chunk! What do you say?” Before the small creature could answer, the elf quickly put the amber into his pocket.

If this at all sounds interesting; check out our facebook page for screenshots http://www.facebook.com/Oknyttgame

Send your zipped submission to nilsson.max@hotmail.com in the format of your choosing

Deadline 26 June 2012

Payment is TBD.

Looking forward to your responses!

Contact: nilsson.max@hotmail.com


/Max

GabrielJoyce
06-14-2012, 04:22 PM
Audition, sent!

ManaCrevice
06-15-2012, 09:33 PM
Audition Sent!

Lazytoucan
06-17-2012, 09:12 PM
Audition Sent

MrLeekspin
06-19-2012, 07:11 PM
Sent a couple of auditions! :3

Humility
06-20-2012, 01:27 PM
With 50 pages of dialogue are you offering any monetary compensation for this project?

Max_Nilsson
06-20-2012, 04:23 PM
With 50 pages of dialogue are you offering any monetary compensation for this project?

Yes. How much compensation is TBD when we have found the voice we are looking for, but it's definitely reasonable for the amount of work we expect.

Renzbane
06-20-2012, 10:54 PM
Sent an Audition in :)

Humility
06-21-2012, 02:17 AM
Audition sent. Looks like a fun project!

Max_Nilsson
06-29-2012, 12:02 PM
Hello everybody and thank you for your auditions.
We are currently going through all the submissions and I will get back to you during
the coming week when we have chosen our preferred voice.

Best regards

Max

Max_Nilsson
07-04-2012, 03:21 PM
Hello again!

I'm glad to say that we have found the voice we were looking for and I just want to say thank you again for all your great submissions.
I want to wish you the best for future projects and I hope you will keep up your amazing work.

Thank you

Max

Imagine Wizard
07-06-2012, 04:43 PM
Is this still open?