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[Trench Dog]

I think that having announcements with a voice over could be cool, sort of when the whole message "A vile force of darkness has arrived!" Could have a proper voice over, and other such things such as "An expansive cavern has been discovered" and other such things.

I offer to do the narrations myself as to solve the question of "who would do these narrations/where would Toady and ThreeToe find a voice actor?"

And as an option, one can toggle the voice overs on and off. So if you don't want to hear it, you don't have to. Maybe even have it with where you can select your narrator as well, having various voices to choose from.

[NJW2000]

Ptw mainly. This would be cool.

Something similar had been done for older versions is being done, but not I think with professional voice acting. A mod/extra program that played sound files according to announcements. I see no reason why it should not be revived, given a good sound manipulator(?), someone willing to record their voice, and someone able to code it.*

Sadly, I doubt Toady and Threetoe would add this to the main game- they don't seem particularly interested in the audio dimension of DF.

*Disclaimer: I am none of the above.


EDIT: didn't see that you'd already seen this.

[Witty]

Although OP has volunteered themselves, Toady did do some voice work for Kobold Quest.

I have this soundbite in my head now of Toady chastising the player for a goblin siege. "A vile force of darkness has arrived! Huh, not looking so good now, is it?"

As for the suggestion itself, I'm going to have to agree with NJW. Toady doesn't particularly care for this aspect of DF, and modders have/are doing something similar anyway.

[Trench Dog]

Well, whomever wishes to approach me with it, whether it be modders or the two brothers themselves, I am happy to lend my professional talents. I love this lil gem of a masochistic game and I'd be happy to provide my vocal talents to flesh out projects and give a bit more oomph to the game.

To clarify, I have an audio technica 4040 microphone, a scarlett 2i2 focusrite audio interface, a 160 cm wide by 2 meter tall audio recording booth that has audio foam paneling/soundproofing and a stand with a pop filter. I've voiced in projects such as New World Interactive's Day of Infamy, Warfare Online by ConArtist's games, Ravandil series by Karl the Deranged, Alfabusa's Emperor Text to Speech program and hundreds of other projects over the course of my 5 year and ongoing voice acting career.

[Timeless Bob]

Well then, please volunteer your voice talents to the Soundsense archive.  It's usually bundled with the Lazy Newb Pack, and I use it often for my forts.

[Trench Dog]

Well then, please volunteer your voice talents to the Soundsense archive.  It's usually bundled with the Lazy Newb Pack, and I use it often for my forts.

Will do. I posted in their thread, they just need to respond to me is all with what they want.