Voice Acting...in a Choicegame?!
Added 2021-12-28 15:27:12 +0000 UTCI know it sounds crazy, but I’m constantly looking for ways to push the boundaries of what people come to expect from a choicegame. This idea could be great (or could suck) and that’s why I’m asking for your input!
How would you feel about optional, DLC/In-App Purchase content adding MC dialogue lines to choices? The voice clip would play after a dialogue choice is made. Essentially, it would read the top line of the page (where I repeat MC’s dialogue choice). Of course, there would be a male and female version.
One benefit is that it would help readers “hear” how the MC sounds, and voices can add a lot of emotion, too. It would probably make the game feel more like an anime or a visual novel. An audiobook is also a good comparison. If professionally done, it wouldn’t be as cringey as you’d think.
But it would be distracting for a lot of readers, I think, who are so deeply immersed in the text that audio wouldn’t add anything but noise. Some have a clear idea of what their MC sounds like and wouldn’t want that to change.
In any case, let me know what you think!
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Side subject, I will actually have like a playlist that follows along with the themes of the story as I read. Really helps set the mood.
2024-01-02 17:39:38 +0000 UTCThis is what I expect from those awful games on the play store where the options you really want to pick require in-app purchases. No thanks.
Marie Strange
2022-03-17 02:19:09 +0000 UTC
