What voice would you like to see next?
Tue, 2010-04-06 16:35 — Armagon
G'day folks!
This is your chance to vote on what voicepacks will be included in the future releases of Hedgewars! For information on how to place your votes, read more!
The above YouTube video shows off rough samples I knocked up of all the voices I plan to record for Hedgewars. As my free time is becoming increasingly limited, I decided that rather than choosing the order of production based on what I like, I would leave that decision up to you!
Sounds good! How do I vote?
You will need to make a comment on this post listing the three voices you would most like to see in the next release of Hedgewars. At the end of the month, I will be tallying the votes and the most popular choice will be featured in the next version! There is a good possibility that the 2nd and 3rd place entries will be included too, it largely depends on how much time I am able to spare for recording.
Some notes on these samples!
As my professional recording mic is currently on loan to a friend, I've knocked up these samples with my old mic, so expect a fair bit of popping and distortions. Also please note there is a possibility that the lines I have used will not show up in the game, as many were said in the spur of the moment and some may even be deemed offensive. These samples are designed to give you an idea of the general sound a voice will have, so please vote accordingly!
What if I'd rather have another kind of voicepack?
If you have any other voicepack ideas and requests, please feel free to suggest them here! These samples are based on what has been suggested so far and what has been feasible for my voice range. For instance, I am well aware that some of you would like to see a female voice pack, however I feel this is something that would best be done by an actual woman, so I am attempting to get one of my friends involved in the production.
And that's it!
Hopefully you guys can all find something you like! Feel free to leave feedback and I'll be posting the results at the end of the month!
This is your chance to vote on what voicepacks will be included in the future releases of Hedgewars! For information on how to place your votes, read more!
The above YouTube video shows off rough samples I knocked up of all the voices I plan to record for Hedgewars. As my free time is becoming increasingly limited, I decided that rather than choosing the order of production based on what I like, I would leave that decision up to you!
Sounds good! How do I vote?
You will need to make a comment on this post listing the three voices you would most like to see in the next release of Hedgewars. At the end of the month, I will be tallying the votes and the most popular choice will be featured in the next version! There is a good possibility that the 2nd and 3rd place entries will be included too, it largely depends on how much time I am able to spare for recording.
Some notes on these samples!
As my professional recording mic is currently on loan to a friend, I've knocked up these samples with my old mic, so expect a fair bit of popping and distortions. Also please note there is a possibility that the lines I have used will not show up in the game, as many were said in the spur of the moment and some may even be deemed offensive. These samples are designed to give you an idea of the general sound a voice will have, so please vote accordingly!
What if I'd rather have another kind of voicepack?
If you have any other voicepack ideas and requests, please feel free to suggest them here! These samples are based on what has been suggested so far and what has been feasible for my voice range. For instance, I am well aware that some of you would like to see a female voice pack, however I feel this is something that would best be done by an actual woman, so I am attempting to get one of my friends involved in the production.
And that's it!
Hopefully you guys can all find something you like! Feel free to leave feedback and I'll be posting the results at the end of the month!
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secondlongest
I really hope all of these are released at some point
Krizoman (not verified)
1. The Boy from Brooklyn
2. The fashionable guy
3. Arnie
4. Sport commentator
Ftimis
A friend of mine who does not own a hedgewars.org account wants to vote:
1)Zombie
2)Fashionable Guy
3)Thespian
Please count his votes too, I do not think it fair to only allow people with accounts to vote for this.
hawkn
1. Scottish dude
2. Indian. The more racist, the funnier (just kidding)
3. Japanese would be cool. Like samurai or something.
Btw, would you be accepting voice packs someone sent in? I realize the quality would have to be very good, but i'm sure there are talented people out there willing to help out this cool game.
thestrange71
1. The Rastafarian
2. The Italian
3. The Scotsman
hehe they're funny
and.. may i suggest Indonesian? Indonesians are funny when they're talking english.. especially when they're not good at english
(i'm an indonesian too)
Slipperman
1st - Arnie
2nd - Redneck
3rd - Irishman
Honorable mentions: Brooklyn, Fashionable
secondlongest
1st - Irish
2nd - Rastafarian
3rd - Scottish
Alec
Which voice would I like to see next?
1. Indian
2. Redneck
3. Arnie
Armagon
See put into game that is.
Ftimis
Oh, Armagon, let me give you a tip that might come in handy.
When it is (finally) time to count the votes, press Ctrl+F, write each voice pack's name and count the votes according to the number of results from the Ctrl+F function. It is much better and time-saving than reading each comment one by one.
nemo
That doesn't take into account preference order, quotations or people voting multiple times.
Take a look at my comment on first page for example of ranked total.
Not saying he'll do that, just that it isn't quite as simple as a few seconds with sed/awk/grep/wc.
Ftimis
Yes I realised that a few seconds after I posted it...
Mastix
1) Zombie
2) The Fashionable Guy
3) The Italian
Kakmael
1. Arnie
2. The Fashionable guy
3. The Zombie
BHW0011
I must say great voices
I would like to see these (4) in the next release:
Arnie (Maybe a Arnie hat too)- MUST BE HOLDING A OVERSIZED BULK MACHINE GUN ON A SHOULDER STRAP!
ZOMBIE!! BRAINS!! (
)
The Sports Commentator(will very well with the game)
Aussie (I love it yes, i now may destroy all the aussie hogs in the WORLD!, Mwhuaha!!!)- JKS
Need to work on prenunciation for:
The Italian
The Thespian
Certainly bring in these ones eventually:
Old Hog
The Redneck
The Indian
Star and Moon
I must say that I vote for
1 Sports Commenter
2 Arnie
3 Old Hog
That's my official vote.
The Indian is a weird voice
I couldn't help vetoing for a fourth,
4 Fashionable Guy
darkkai
1. The Zombie
2. Arnie
3. Irish
randomized
Here's my top 3:
1. Arnold (improve though please)
2. The Boy from Brooklyn
3. The Thespian
I would also request that the voices be allowed to be applied to individual hogs, would be most appreciated.
For anyone who thinks I was up in the dead of night, that post was actually put in at 5:27 p.m.
Heinel
I vote for:
1. Thespian
2. Italian
3. Zombie
Turupah
i'll laugh when these are added:
1 - boy from brooklyn
2 - redneck
3 - scotsman
=)
Galander2
1sports commenter
2arnie
3zombie
CheshireCat
1st Old Hog
2nd The Italian
3rd Thespian
Arthur
Many russian and ukrainian players will be happy, if you add russian voice from worms!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
nemo
Uh. There *is* a Russian voice.
Unless you mean, all phrases translated into russian.
Arthur
russian language pack from worms - rules! Russian language pack in hedgewars is poor! (I know it because I'm russian)
Arthur
Yes,Yes,Yes!!! Like in worms!!! I wish admins hear me!
Arthur
Your
4ever_young*Артурчик
nemo
The same holds true for other languages of course, not just Russian.
The intent of the current voices is not to offer l10n, but rather to offer amusing colour voices.
So the "russian" is not pure russian. We had that discussion w/ Armagon when he was creating the voice.
If we are going to do this, it really should be as a variant of the Default voice, and locale set.
This means a considerable extra burden on translators. There has been some experiments with voice packs for various countries, they have been of varying quality, none of it really up to game standards I think, due to recording issues (crappy mic) or the voice actor (bad acting).
If you personally want to convert your build so the Default voice is "Russian" then I recommend you or someone you know record all those phrases. Then you can zip it up and link it for your Russian friends to use.
Arthur
I so understood it is impossible the Russian sounds from worms! (as standard Russian) It is sorry...Thanx 4 reply, NEMO!
nemo
Ah. Absolutely no sounds from other games. No.
But if your own generated content sounds good, who knows, maybe Tiy would be ok w/ including the zip for it on the website or something.
Armagon
I don't speak actual Russian (crazy, I know!) so the best I was able to muster up was a cheesy, badly impersonated accent. :P
For the comedic purposes of Hedgewars this is sufficient, but as Nemo has stated, if we are to implement other languages (and not simply comical accents) this will require the contribution of other voice actors who (ideally) can speak the language naturally and produce recordings of a decent quality.
Incidentally, only three days left on the voting! If there is anyone who has yet to make their voice heard in this poll, please post your vote here as soon as possible! I will be tallying up the results on the 1st of May!
Elle-T
1. Arnie
2. The Rastafarian
3. Indian
I think the Arnie one definitely needs the phrase "I am not afraid, I've just got to pump it up!"
Likewise with the Indian "Please to be stopping shooting me!" and also "You come onto my property, and you kick my dog!"
Star and Moon
What about a Sonic voicepack?
Mili12
my favorite 1. Brooklyn 2. Fashion guy 3. Zombie.
codebracker
yeah i would like to see that
exept i hope they get the lines right
codebracker
or whatabout a The Mask
voicepack?
codebracker
or some yokes about robuttnik
codebracker
like:
somebody stop that hedgehog (when hit)
somebody stop me (kill)
s-s-smoking! (random)
somebody pop'd me!or
Hold me closer, Ed, it's getting dark (killed)
why the green faces? (direct hit)
HA-HA-HA! (missed shot)
now THAT's gonna leave a mark (fall damage)
did i forget anything?
SDM
I'd say:
1st - Arnie (woo!)
2nd - The Thespian
3rd - The Australian (Aussies Rule!)
EDIT: Also, may I add that I can do quite a few good/funny voices as well, in case anyone wanted to know.
nemo
SDM, voting was closed a while ago, but if you have a good quality voice pack, you can submit it to Tiy/Armagon for consideration.
ImG
1 The Thespian
2 The Indian
3 The Zombie
punkmexic
1-rastafari
2-sports commentator
3-brooklin
4-mexican /español mexicano
betancourt1
SOOOO it's been over a year since this has appeared...which one of these will be in .16?
nemo
Welllll. First someone needs to find Armagon again.
He's in the credits. :-p
Dark Spyro
Nice, so what the voicepack next?
Captain Proton
5 years since this post have been created...
And Armagon is still missing.
My vote would have been : Zombie, no doubt!
nemo
Armagon left shortly after to work w/ Tiy at Chucklefish.
Hypergamer25101
My Votes go for:
1. Doctor
2. Shakespeare
3. Nerd
ivan866
1. Arnie.
P.S. Zombie and Sports commenter in this particular record suck. You need to find some good actors.