Category: Accessible Games
A repost from Aprone, the developer of Swamp:
I've been meaning to post a new request for voice volunteers! As you all know, the current voices for Swamp have been very good and have served the game well thus far. The problem is, now that the game is growing there is a larger list of phrases needed and that means the old voices will need to be thrown away. The volunteers for the old voices are certainly welcome to record new ones, but even old phrases would need to be re recorded so that everything has the same sound.
The list is long but here is what we are looking for. First off, please try to record these with the nicest microphone you have and with the least amount of background noise. Kai has asked that all of these phrases be recorded as 1 long sound file so that he can more easily work on it. There are a series of phrase categories that we need, followed by a few examples. The examples are not exactly what you need to say! I already expect that 90% of people will send in these exact phrases word for word, but we are actually hoping to get a bit of variety to reflect different people. The examples are to help you think up your own, but you can use the examples if they are actually what you'd want to say. We are looking for 3 messages for each of the phrase categories so that the best 1 or 2 from each can be used. If a voice doesn't have at least 1 good phrase from each category then it can't be used, so that's why it's worth the extra effort to have
everyone record 3.
Name for your voice: 1 or 2 words to distinguish your voice in the menu list.
Greeting: Hello, salutations, Well met
Ammo crisis: I need to reload
Beckon: Over here, This way, On me
Brag (after a kill): Take that, Who da man, Ooh, what a mess, target is down
Confirmation: Affirmative, Got it, Lets do it, Ten Four
Negative: That's a negative, I don't think so, No thanks
Follow: Follow me, On my mark, This way
Give Help: I've got your back, I got ya, I'll guard you
Report: Mission complete, Success, Objective met
Seek Help: Cover me, Watch my back, I could use a hand
Stay: Stay here, Hold this position, Wait here
taunt: Come on, Die ugly, Eat lead!
Warning: Watch out, heads up, Be careful
Battle cry: Lets go!, Lets do it!, Lets rock!
Ready: Ready, I'm set, Here
Hold: Wait for me, I'm coming, one sec
Pressure: Hurry up, Go go go!, get the lead out
Death warning: Man down!, we lost someone, we're taking casualties!
Help: Help!, Medic!, I'm being overrun!
In pain: If possible we'd like 3 sounds to represent being in pain. These aren't the death screams but rather the pain noises to let others hear that you are being attacked. Hint, pain grunts are rather short, haha.
Just as before, Kai and I will determine how many voices will be included and we will pick that number from the submitted recordings. In advance I'd like to thank all who submit voices, and I hope that no one is upset if their own voice doesn't end up in the game for whatever reason. Please know that it won't be meant as anything personal. Hopefully after these submissions we will have a more expressive set of voices as well as some female voices, which have been needed for quite some time. Thanks once again!
You can mail your submissions to me: Jeremy@Kaldobsky.com
Nyob zoo Kai~
Using a bit of play on words
When I hear the word Swamp
I think of
"Daylight In The Swamp"
and that is a term or phrase used ages, well centuries I suppose ago
{I wasn't quite there, only heard about it from my dad in the time passage
before his day as it were}
Loggers who worked in the Forest {back in 1800's} used that phrase
as a "Wake Up" Call
Like say a supervisor of the Logging Crew would holler,
"Daylight In The Swamp"
and that meant, everybody get up and get going
a new day dawning in the woods, or as the loggers
would say, Swamp...
Well, said all that to say...
The Woodland Trail, and as you gave name,
"The Woodland Woodzier Trail"
is still a work in progress
though so at a snails pace
and really now has a second name as well
that being,
"Meditative Moments"
or as eventually a Sign Embossed
in some type of Braille Lettering
with say a wood engravement
Reading forth under the Two Title Combined
"The Woodland Woodzier trail
Meditative Moments"
I always liked how you were the one to always spell words
in so correct a fashion was given to use the "z" in Woodzier
I like these terms here used that are used
in some game you've got going on...
Feeling a bit the same way about the Trail
One day want so badly to say,
"Take That" ...when the Trail is finally activated and
readied to use
guess I would be saying that within my mind to all that it is that would
somehow seek to take me off Trail/off this Mission of sorts
Hopefully never have to use terms or hear,
"Man down!, we lost someone, we're taking casualties!"
or "Help!, Medic!, I'm being overrun!"
Other terms here I can hear being said...
"This way, I could use a hand, wait here, come on, heads up, be careful, Lets rock!,
Wait for me, I'm coming, get the lead out,"
Sweet Kai, Ua koj tsaug
for all the teaching
regarding Braille equipment
and all the words of encouragement
and
One day the words shouted,
"Success, Objective met"
in regards to the Trail
...s m i l e...
~~Kuv Hlub Koj~~
Your tus muan,
Connie
Man Down!
...no, no, not man
rather
Woman Down!
Yes the words heard about two weeks ago...
and not even on The Trail
...a working towards getting to The Trail
getting more so to a
New Improved "Out House" {Bathroom}
and wouldn't you know I took a tumble!!
My youngest son and a couple of his buddies had just pulled out the driveway on their bikes and their voices from a distance I could hear
as I lay, SMACK! on the ground.
Apparently my toe caught in some sod the was upturned and had
sweet pea vine running throughout
I did not even feel I was loosing my balance and taking a tumble
All I knew was I was down!
Then OUCH!! my knees hurt like anything and I knew I needed help to get up and at the same time I realized that I was down for maybe 3 hours.
This in the heat of the early afternoon.
Noting there was shade in the shadows of the van I rolled and scooted little by little
over to the van and then propped myself up against the wheelpan...
Counting the seconds as it were...
Eventually my son returned...
....alone
He had come to get the van as apparently his buddies were also down
as it were
The bike ride they had taken had proved a bit too much for them.
He couldn't believe me laying on the ground and since they had left almost 3 hours previous...
Given the pain I was in my son thot he wanted his buddy to help him as he helped me to get up... and I am thinking, Not even on THE Trail... just one leading up to...
So he goes into the house to get some pillows to place under my head and a blanket to place over me.
Hot as the day was that blanket felt comfortable
Maybe in just realizing that finally help was on the way...
In a few moments I was helped to my feet and so shaky.
Thankfully No broken bones only as of today I am still covered in
some massive bruises...
May have been a case of
Woman Down
only...
not out
The plans continue on for this
Woodland Woodzier Trail
Just keeping in touch, as it were
~ConnieGrace