Night Fall
Project Overview
Night Fall is a horror-themed visual novel, based on closed-circle slasher movies and games. It follows a branching narrative wherein an isolated group of teenagers attempt to survive a night trapped with a mysterious masked killer. In a similar vein to recent slasher-horror smash hit Until Dawn, the reader will be prompted to make decisions which will influence the outcome of the story, and who will survive the night.
REQUIREMENTS:
- THE ABILITY TO GET WORK DONE IN A TIMELY MANNER. Stuff happens, I understand. Lines will be sent out in batches, to keep your workload light and frequent, rather than giving you everything at once. That being said, please have time to record. Don't sign up for this if you know you won't be able to do your lines - and you WILL have a lot of them.
- CREATING SOMEONE BELIEVABLE. Take any opportunity you can to bring some life into your character! Feel free to change lines in your audition, and in the actual project, as you see fit. If you want to try out for someone, but are worried that your voice doesn't quite match what I've written, go ahead and do it anyway! Who knows - what you do might be better than what I had in mind!
- EMOTION. You and your friends are being hunted down by a masked maniac! You need to be able to sound genuinely scared, confused, angry - there's a time and a place for cardboard performances, and now isn't it! It's better to over-act than to sound bored!
- DECENT MIC/RECORDING QUALITY. It doesn't have to be crystal-clear, professional-quality or anything, but a good mic will definitely improve your chances. I don't want to hear screaming babies or barking dogs in the background, and I want to be able to actually understand what you're saying.
- SOME METHOD OF GETTING IN CONTACT. It can be email, Skype, Discord, Facebook, Twitter, carrier pigeon, astral projection, Tumblr, anything so long as I can actually communicate with you. Which brings me to;
- COMMITMENT. Please don't disappear off the face of the earth. I understand if you want to or have to leave the project, but please tell me, so I know to try and find a replacement!
Artists are also needed for the following:
-Talksprites, which will be done in a simplistic, cutesy style (Think "Syrup and the Ultimate Sweet")
-Some more detailed, realistic CGs - Mostly for death scenes, so these will likely require being comfortable drawing some blood and light gore, though the more horrible ones will be done through "discretion shots" or hidden by shading, as done in many visual novels.
-Backgrounds. These won't need to be too detailed, and will likely be blurred.
So, if you are an artist, or know one, feel free to get in touch!
Happy Acting, and good luck! -LSP
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Lucas is a thoroughly loathsome individual. A creepy, self-aggrandizing pseudointellectual who is insistent that the only reason women aren't throwing themselves at his feet is because of a global conspiracy designed specifically to victimize "nice, nerdy guys like me!". Also, he's a weeaboo. Lucas should have a nasal, whiny voice - the more annoying, the better.
This isn't just a 'cheap piece of plastic'. This blade is symbolic! Sure, it can't cut through steel, or even cardboard, but it can cut through the arguments of the weak-willed and the ignorant, with the power of LOGIC. And nothing is stronger than that.
I don't expect *females* to understand the sort of pain that us nice guys have to go through on a daily basis.
St-Stay back! I have a sword and I'm n-not afraid to use it! If you come any closer, I'll- Wait, no! G-Give me my sword back! You can't just- Augh! Wait, wait, no, stop! Stop!
Millie is short, Scottish, and *very* flirtatious with the other girls. She acts as something of a pragmatist for the group - not cruel, but she suggests solutions that the others may not agree with, even if they are for the best. Millie should have a moderately-low voice, with a sort of rough texture to it. And, of course, a Scottish accent is a definite plus if you can do it right.
No, not 'Millie' like 'Mildred'. That's a terrible name. 'Millie' like 'Carmilla'. You know, the vampire?
Listen. We're not like the rest of them. They're great and all, but, I really don't know if they have what it takes to survive. You can't save everyone, so... Let's promise to have each other's backs, first and foremost. Sound good?
Guys? I think Raven, Zoë, whatever is... dying? Or, shutting down permanently? I don't know if the whole 'robot' thing is a lifestyle choice or just a fashion one or something between the two, but, she's bleeding really badly. But not *really* badly, y'know? I think it's going to... take a while, and it might be kinder if we just... Expediate things a little. If you get what I'm saying.
Kviiilynn (pronounced like "eight") was raised by hippies. Hence the unfortunately "unique" first name. She tends to be quite laid back, though she panics pretty hard once people start getting murdered (and she finally works out that it's not just a prank). So, make sure you're able to do a lot of incomprehensible, terrified rambling.
This place really gives me the creeps. Like, definitely in the top eight creepiest places I've had to sleep in. Creepier than a tent in a graveyard, less creepy than a tent in a graveyard specifically for burying clowns. Rest in peace, Uncle Squeaky.
Boooo! The whole 'leg-caught-in-a-bear-trap' routine is the most cliché horror movie shtick ever! Get a more original trap next time, you hack!
Very funny, Mark, but you can get up now. The joke's getting old. It's- It's convincing, though. You're- You're really comm-committed to the b-bit. N-Not, Not moving, I mean. I can't even see you breathing. Wh-Where'd you get all this blood, anyway? And the- the guts? That's kinda sick, Mark.
Okay, Mark, you're- you're scaring me now. Please get up? Pretty please? Please, please, please, please? Please please please get up Mark it's time to get up now please get up I know you're not dead so you can get up now okay please get back up please I'm begging you just get up so I know you're alright please just get up!
Ruby is something of an archetypal "final girl", in that she doesn't know how to have fun. Essentially, an inversion of the trope, because, while she's "pure" or whatever, she's also harboring a massive superiority complex, and is absolutely adamant that she's "too nice" to not survive. So, try to have a sort of "everygirl", generic protagonist girl voice, but with a hint of derision to it too.
Great. Trapped in a serial killer's house with a group of idiots. This was exactly how I wanted to spend my night. Happy goddamn Halloween to me.
Try not to move while I patch you up, okay? I'd hate for you to get your blood all over me. Ew! What did I just say? Don't move!
I'm not letting anyone else here die on my watch. As long as you all listen and do exactly as I say, we're all going to get out of here in one piece. Not counting everyone who's already lost pieces, of course. But, only one piece is technically leaving, unless you want to go back for your fingers, legs, and eyes. So, still one piece, even if that one piece is slightly smaller than it was when you went in.
Mark thinks he's an up-and-coming teen musical sensation. Mark is the only person to think this. Still, despite being a little deluded about his own talents, and being a little bit of a music snob, he's likable enough. Mark should have a sort of medium-range voice, and a baritenor singing voice. Note that this does *not* mean he has to be any good at singing.
This is literally the worst thing to happen to me since David Bowie died. *beat*. It was a very emotional time for music fans everywhere! I loved A Space Odyssey!
It was a trick! That *maniac* played us like- like a- like something that gets played a lot!
Why did you save me? I mean, I don't- I'm not complaining, but... how did you choose?
R4V3N is a snarky, jaded, but genre-savvy cybergoth. Her actual name is Zoë, but everyone started calling her by her ~edgy~ old online name years ago, and it just sort of stuck. She tends to be pretty verbose, though it's mostly just so people will think she knows what she's doing and trust her judgement. R4V3N should mostly speak in a soft, calm deadpan.
Let's make one thing very clear here: I'm looking out for number one, and that's me. If that guy comes back and it's either you or me, *you're* the one ending up bled dry on a tetanus-infested meat hook.
'Splitting up to cover more ground' is the kind of thing white people in horror movies suggest before getting themselves torn a brand new neck-hole, and if you suggest it one more time, I'm going to spare that masked freak the trouble.
Oh, you hadn't heard? We're being chased by an obscenely rich knife-wielding lunatic through the labyrinthine hallways of his ostentatious murder-manor because he gets off on hunting down and killing teenagers in convoluted and impractical ways like he thinks he's Jason effing Voorhees. Basically, the whole night is a veritable matryoshka doll of horrors that's getting more and more grotesque with every layer we feverishly peel away. *That's* why I might seem a *little* on-edge right now, but if you'd like to focus on calling me out on being a little insensitive towards the deaths of our friends, rather than helping put an end to this living nightmare like everyone else who hasn't been sawn in half is doing, then feel free to do that instead!
The Lauret twins are kind of creepy at first, only talking to each other most of the time, finishing each other's sentences, and generally being inseparable. Actually, they're both just a couple of chill siblings who prefer each other's company to other people's, because they know they can depend on each other, even if they occasionally argue over little things. Blake and Blair should sound as androgynous as possible. Preferably, they will both be voiced by the same person, so, be able to create a slightly unique tone for each of them, and be comfortable holding extended conversations with yourself.
BLAKE: Just because we're twins, you really think that we finish each other's-
BLAIR: -sandwiches?
BLAKE: Oh, real funny, Blair. Because quoting that movie's totally original and has never been done before.
BLAIR: Calm down, Blake! You need to just... Let it go.
BLAKE: I hate you.
BLAIR: Blake?
BLAKE: Yeah?
BLAIR: Are we going to die?
BLAKE: Do you want the honest answer or the comforting one?
BLAIR: Comforting.
BLAKE: Even if we do, we'll do it together.
BLAIR: How is that in any way comforting?
BLAKE: I thought it was a nice sentiment!
BLAIR: If I'm dying, I want it to be on a tropical island as far away from you as possible! Preferably while sipping a cocktail out of a coconut and in the arms of a weeping underwear model!
BLAKE: Oh, no, no, no, no, no. Blair? Blair, look at me, buddy! Everything's going to be alright. We're- We're going to get you help, okay? Don't you dare stop looking at me! You're going to get through this. You're-
BLAIR: I feel...
BLAKE: How do you feel, Blair? Stay with me, how do you feel?
BLAIR: ...Saint-like.
BLAKE: I take it all back. I'm going to leave you here, and you're going to bleed to death.
BLAIR: Because I'm holey, Blake. Because I'm holey.
BLAKE: I get it. We all get it.
BLAIR: It's like in-
BLAKE: We've all read the books, Blair. They're twins. I understand. You need to learn when to let a joke go.
Sam is supposed to be the archetypal "pretty girl". Blonde, rich, and... actually super nice. That, of course, doesn't stop others (mainly Ruby) from assuming she's secretly manipulative and awful - regardless of whether or not she actually is. Sam is French-Canadian, so a slight accent would be nice, especially with a hint of valley girl thrown in for good measure.
Hey! Grades aren't everything! So what if I've got a GPA of 2.3? That doesn't make me less valuable as a person! We all have our shortcomings, but we're all only human! R4V3N excluded, obviously.
I'm, like, *not* going to die here. That'd be, like, a total buzz-kill, and I was really having a great night up until this point.
Oh, give me a break. Can this guy stop killing all our friends for, like, two seconds? I'm going to need, like, *so* much therapy after this.
Brandon is maybe an actual narcissist, maybe doing it as a joke. Perhaps a mix of the two. He cares a lot about his appearance, and is the charismatic 'cool guy' of the group. Brandon should have a moderately-deep voice, but one that lightens the mood.
You can't see it, but I've actually got a sixteen-pack under this shirt. I'm totally ripped. Absolutely shredded. Killer comes back, I'll give him the ol' one-two. Just punch his face clean off. See how he likes these guns.
This guy's out for blood. He's hunting the most dangerous game. Which is apparently a five-foot-two girl in heels and her charming and attractive friend. I feel like he can probably set the bar a little higher, even if I *am* the perfect human. You agree that I'm the very pinnacle of evolution, right?
Maybe- Maybe she was right! Maybe it's all just a really sick prank, or a social commentary or something! He might not be a murderer at all, everyone might be just fine! It's just- It's just modern art! Any second now, he's gonna come through that door and he'll be, I don't know, Banksy? This is something he would do, right?
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