INTRODUCTION
Hello! My name is Takafumi, and I am here to find voice actors for my latest game "Aidos." The game itself will be a free release, with a projected release date of August. It's almost complete, and adding voices would be the cherry on top.
Aidos is an anime-style Visual Novel with a simple romance premise. It's by no means a grand project, and as such we'll be opting for partial voice acting. This means that—rather than voice every line in the game—we'll be asking for a set of sounds and vocalized expressions. Examples of this approach in popular media include Fire Emblem Awakening and Danganronpa. The main characters will have 10 short lines, and side characters will have less than 10.
The game's setting and synopsis promote representation of characters from many different backgrounds, so certain accents are in demand. The accents in question will be a character-by-character basis.
Voice actors will be credited in-game via the credits roll at the end of each route (three credit rolls in total) as well as in the game's information screen accessible from the main menu. Credits will also be posted on the itch.io store page and on a vndb.org page.
ABOUT AIDOS
The prestigious all-girls school—Erinna Academy—was once held in high regard, however in recent years it has struggled to remain relevant. Fewer and fewer students join them each year due to a falling population of upper-class youths. At the end of the previous academy year the school was sold off to new ownership, and with it came a change of ideals.
The new owners decided to experiment... For a single year the school would accept a small number of male students, bringing them on for a trial period, and offering them an educational background typically reserved for only the richest people in the country.
The story begins with the protagonist arriving at Erinna Academy. There he will meet three girls. There you will find love.
Aidos is a medium-length Visual Novel originally started as a simple game jam project. Devised as a way to introduce a bunch of new creators into the world of game development, the Aidos project acts as a form of early work experience for the participants. Despite it being a first foray for most of the team—and despite it being a free project—we're pushing to meet a commercial quality that everyone can be proud of.
Structurally Aidos is a route-based romance novel, but thematically it is an exploration of family and class. All of the characters come from different countries, are part of a different class, and have unique familial backgrounds. Together they attend an environment of learning, and together they learn the virtue of humility and the foolishness of prejudice.
Due to the lines being so general, knowledge of the plot doesn't matter very much, however in order to assure that everyone is comfortable with the themes and events present within Aidos, actors may be contacted with more plot-related information.
WHAT TO EXPECT
As the lines are often single-sounds, the workload is very light. You'll have contact with me, and the process will be flexible to suit your preferences. I have experience with both a back-and-forth live feedback approach, and with a hands-off direction notes approach. Comfort is the priority.
DEADLINES
Roles will be finalized on the 16th of July. From there, actors will have until the end of the month (15 days) to complete their recording.
