As of Nov 21, the first audition is officially closed; thank you to everyone who applied! Today, we’ll take a look inside the casting process, and give you a preview of some of the voice talents who’ll be featured in the game!



Inside the Casting Process



The casting process begins with the casting call; at this stage, the goal is to get interest from as many potential voice actors (VAs) as possible. Once the casting call is done, the VAs are given demo scripts to read; all VAs are required to use the same demo scripts for their auditions, to make it easier to compare their performances. Everyone who contacted us during the casting call was sent a copy of the demo scripts, which we’re opening to public viewing for the first time, and can be viewed here. We recommend taking a look at them before listening to the auditions!



The VAs then had two weeks to record their auditions, and submit them to us. While we initially planned to close the auditions last week, on Nov 14, we felt it wouldn’t be fair to the VAs who received the lines late, so we decided to give them a one-week extension. Some VAs were also given extensions for special reasons; work, illness, and laptop malfunctions, to name a few.



Once we receive the auditions, we listen to them and make notes on which we think are the best. The first thing we look for is audio quality, which has to meet a minimum quality threshold such that it can be cleaned up and put into the game. VAs are then selected based on two main criteria; acting ability, and how well their voice fits the role. You can hear some of the selected VAs’ auditions a little further below! Please note that the audition reels are in a raw, unedited format, and do not reflect the final audio quality of the game.



What’s Next?

The next step in the casting process will be for us to finalize our shortlist of candidates, do the callbacks, and pick the voice actors and understudies who will play each role. Here are some of the voices you can look forward to hearing in the game! We’ll be uploading more of the shortlisted candidates later, so stay tuned!

(There should be SoundCloud embeds below here; if they don’t appear for you, you can hear the auditions here.)

Gilda, Voice A



Gilda, Voice B







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/pol/, Voice B



/pol/, Voice C



Freya, Voice A



Freya, Voice B



Freya, Voice C

