[In Development] FF8 Voiceover Project

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I actually took a peek through a complete FF8 script, and there's stiff and unnatural lines all over the place. As a whole, the game reads fine for text only, but it really falls apart when you try to imagine people actually saying some of these things.
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I'm one step ahead of you. I've rewritten lines like that so they're more natural to say, and/or made them phrases that English speakers actually use.
 
I'll get some lines tonight and record and record and submit it tomorrow.  Unless Shard do you have someone set for Squall yet would you like me to get someone else dialogue?

update: also will be do combat voicing as well.
 
I haven't cast anything yet. There's another month and a half of potential auditions to listen to. Only one person has hit a character dead on so far, and that character isn't Squall. If I don't think your voice fits someone, I may cast you as something else, or I may ask you to read another character as the deadline is coming up.

There will be no combat voicing (I assume sounds like "UGH" and "HIYAA" is what you meant). We don't have the capability to edit battle scripts yet. I will probably voice battle scene dialogue, though, despite the forum posts saying otherwise. Eventually the battle files will be understood and I'll be able to voice over some of the in-battle cutscenes. I'll just hold onto those sounds until that.
 
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Coo because if I can hit the character good might as well go the extra mile.
 
Only one person has hit a character dead on so far, and that character isn't Squall.
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Having listened to the public auditions on BTVA, I suspect I know who it is (and no, I don't think it's me).
 
Having listened to the public auditions on BTVA, I suspect I know who it is (and no, I don't think it's me).
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Well you could try to give your voice to Irvine to accompany that person. It's only a guess of me but I think you could capture his cool facade and his childish behavior he has, when he is creating with Selphie the 'Dynamic Duo'.
 
I think Covarr is a good Zell. I'm currently between ArcanusSanctum and Covarr.
 
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I auditioned like yesterday so we'll see if I get it.  I kind of messed up on one line.  Keep your fingers crossed Leon but don't get your hopes up just in case.
 
Well you could try to give your voice to Irvine to accompany that person. It's only a guess of me but I think you could capture his cool facade and his childish behavior he has, when he is creating with Selphie the 'Dynamic Duo'.
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Y'know, he wasn't initially on my radar. I never actually played past disc 1, and he doesn't show up until fairly late, so I didn't know the character that well. But the more I read of his dialogue, the better an idea I have as to how I'd play him... I'm thinking something like Itsuki Koizumi but with a little more suave, and a little more southern. I may audition for him as well tomorrow morning.
 
I auditioned like yesterday so we'll see if I get it.  I kind of messed up on one line.  Keep your fingers crossed Leon but don't get your hopes up just in case.
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I'm looking forward to listen to it!!!

...a little more southern.
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I always imagined his accent southern! Thank you Covarr!!!

P.S.: I want to believe that people rush on Squall lines because of the file size or time limit... Certainly those lines are never supposed to be told in such rush...
 
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Most of the readings were perfectly paced for Squall. The mod itself is going to be pretty big (I haven't numbered all the sound effects, but I'm guessing there will be close to 4500 sound files packaged with this thing), so I want most of them to be spoken faster rather than slower to make the final download smaller.
 
I listened to genesis reel. His tone is just perfect for Squall. But fast paced dialogues seem like rushing to just get on with the game... I think a few more seconds will give the game the credibility it deserves.
 
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Yeah I went all natural with my voice so I didn't try to impersonate anyone like that one guy did.
 
Posting a little mini-update, mostly because I know LeonhartGR will like it. Shudo actually contacted me, and, long story short, she'll be helping me with the project, as well as bringing some of her people over to do voice work. She's also going to write some dialogue that will be added to the game outside of cutscenes, to give the characters more depth and personality while you're running around otherwise uneventful areas.

The deadline is still a few days away, so nothing is final in terms of who's getting what role (although I have a few people who were nearly perfect in their auditions, and they're not likely to be outdone in the next 2 days).
 
I guess by the time my copyright strike expired only good news are popping up! Texture mods for VIII, Shudo on the voice dub... what else! Oh passed some exams lately too. Love you Shard! I'm pretty excited!
 
Awww. I missed auditions.

Oh well.  I guess I'll just have to keep pumping out FF8 mods! ;)

On the topic of action sounds:
We wouldn't necessarily have to replace or re-write script... we could extract the action sounds (gunblade, punches, etc) and then combine them with dubbed voices and then compress the file back down into the game.  This wouldn't be nearly as cheesy as everyone expects - it just takes the right touch.  I'm an audio editor/producer and can really see some of this breathing life into the project if it's handled correctly.
 
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I plum forgot to audition for Irvine, even though after some thought I feel I could've done better at that than the ones I did audition for. Oh well.
 
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Curious guys, how will you get these files to play during the game?
 
I'm using Deling to modify the field scripts (the code that controls cutscenes, among other things) to play sound effects as dialog boxes appear. Disc 1 is already fully scripted. I'll be working on the rest of the game for the next few months while we're recording everything.

All I have to do is write an installer for partial field files, or strongarm Myst6re into adding such functionality to Deling (Deling only mass imports full field files. Partial files have to be done individually by hand, and the mod will contain about 1400 of them).
 
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