Shadi (Lemonade Flashbang)

My game just dropped and 10% of all profits will go to the Godot Foundation! #godot #gamedev #indiegames

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I wouldn't want some far right religious nuts from another country to be able to pull things from my storefront either- seems like kind of an easy political win.

The US government is captured by the worst, dumbest people imaginable for now- but this is an issue that expands beyond just the United States and regulation by other large players like Europe can and has been effective with similar issues.

Withholding payouts and deleting games from user's libraries is simply unacceptable.

Payment processors also look like they're in dire need of a political check on their influence.

Thanks everybody who messaged me! I'm going to start filtering through the portfolios I've received some time tomorrow. 💪

I'm very early in development and prioritizing assets as I need them- so even though I'm only looking for 2 more people right now I'm still very much assembling a mental list for future work too.

Thanks everybody who messaged me! I'm going to start filtering through the portfolios I've received some time tomorrow. 💪

Yes. I'm the only person who works for free on my projects.

Do you want to draw evil little creatures?

Looking for some freelancers for an upcoming project. Experience with Spine / puppet animation is a big plus.

DM me your portfolio if interested.

I am stupid and had them closed. They are open now!

Do you want to draw evil little creatures?

Looking for some freelancers for an upcoming project. Experience with Spine / puppet animation is a big plus.

DM me your portfolio if interested.

Want to work on a cutscene instead? Jokes on you, spreadsheet.

Is an upgrade system a good idea? Great question, let's do 1000 sudokus about it.

Games only grow when playtested but you have to do hundreds of hours of spreadsheet tasks first.

If it's an audition for a role rather than a demo, I do encourage you to always take the shot. You have to practice auditioning by auditioning after all!

Demo creation's a bit of a different skill set than voice acting- so it's no surprise there's some common blind spots.

Glad it was helpful! I do think demo creation isn't really the same skill as voice acting, so it's not uncommon for good VA's to sometimes fumble the demo and hopefully this helps close that gap a little.

I have finally finished reviewing all 500 auditions to the voice roster!

I don't have the time or resources for individual feedback, but figured I'd catalogue some of my thoughts here for those it might help.

If you've got any other demo related questions (except "review my demo") feel free to ask me here.

Notice I expertly placed this invitation at the end so nobody will see it and I will, in turn, save myself a bunch of extra work.

TLDR for this rambling mess;

-If you want a lead role, demonstrate you can go "tall" with a single character.
-Be comfortable vulnerable.
-Lock in your audio quality.
-Do not annoy your casting director.
-Learn from others.
-No demo > bad demo.
-Have a demo though.
-Videogames aren't tv.

Practice vulnerability. It is HARD.

It is also the biggest reason I need to hire a VA, instead of just building a booth and throwing my dipshit friends into it.

I mention Dungeons and Dragons because it's the exact same energy my own group has. Everyone's doing fun little voices until their characters have to have a real introspective moment and then they deflect with memes.

I see you because I AM you.

Last point before the TLDR- a fair number of folks are only comfortable in what I internally refer to as "DnD" voice.

Fun, silly voices that are a riot playing Dungeons and Dragons, but often get awkward when becoming vulnerable.

Speaking of- lots of cartoony games have straight up inhuman characters. If you want to be a cartoony VA, might be worth including some Donkey Kong style grunts in your interactive demo, not just human sounding ones.

Being a fan is cool for those small one-off "for the fans" roles but also- if you'd never heard of me don't feel obligated to pretend either. Sometimes I just need someone to do silly crab voices.

If you messaged me both here and on Twitter and are panicking about it, chill. No hard feelings, I've been through this all before.

A few folks went out of their way to reach out to me in multiple locations. I heavily advise against this.

I do all the writing, programming, management, etc., for my projects. Hitting me up on every platform does make you more noticed, but not in a way that makes me want to work with you.

Some of ya'll used your transition like a fucking superpower though. Just amazing work. 🏳️‍🌈

It's really easy for the casting director to clear it up with a DM (which is what I'll do if it ever comes up), but it's also really easy for the casting director to feel like an asshole, become intimidated, put their foot in their mouth, etc.,

I'm not going to insert myself into telling trans folks how they should VA or what they should be comfortable with.

However, I do recommend making it clear what gender you're comfortable acting as / being approached about.

Trans folks tend to be generally more aware of how they speak than cis folks so I'm glad I got so many trans applicants.

There are additional burdens that come with being a trans VA, which you all know better than I do.