Continuing Development!
Hey guys! Apologies for the false alarm, after letting the decision settle I decided that we'll be taking this project to Kickstarter as planned. Thanks for all your support so far in auditioning for the project!
Owlrabbit
Project Overview
(NOTE: Deadline Extension! I'll be extending the deadline whenever necessary. This is a project I fully intend to remain with long-term.)
(NOTE: We are also looking for programmers, despite it not being a role option on CCC. If you are interested, feel free to DM me directly or add me on Discord.)
Owlrabbit is a (hopefully) upcoming 2D Metroidvania inspired by Hollow Knight, Sekiro, and traditional swordsmanship. I started working on this project a while ago, but I know my limits well enough to know that this is something I could never even hope of completing solo.
You play as an unnamed Owlrabbit, small hunters low on the food chain. The upper food chain is ruled by three distinct species, each ruling a different layer of the forest. The waters are ruled by the titanic Hawknawa, a serpentine hawk that cause seclipses by swallowing the moon. The forest floor is ruled by the fierce Owldra, a many-headed owl with long necks. And lastly, the great canopies are ruled by the majestic Condoragon, the huge beast that rules the skies.
The core of the gameplay revolves around your four stances, each mapped to a direction on the Dpad. You can launch quick attacks from one stance, or more powerful attacks while switching between stances.
The main selling point of the stance system are the parries. By switching stances, you will perform a parry. Switching stances to the up or forward stances initiates a halting parry, and switching to the down or back stances initiates a deflecting parry. A halting parry will bounce an attack back, forcing the enemy to recover and granting you a damage bonus on your retaliatory strike. On the other hand, a deflecting parry won't interrupt the enemy's animation, but will instead just avoid the damage. You can parry most attacks either way, with halting parries usually being better. However, some powerful attacks indicated with a visual and audio effect, cannot be halting parried and must be deflected instead.
(To clarify regarding payment - Assuming development goes relatively smoothly, my intent for the project is to go until enough of a framework for the game is complete to show off in a crowdfunding campaign, which will be used to pay people and continue development.)
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Plans Moving Forward.
Hi everyone! Thanks to you all for auditioning for Owlrabbit. As you may have noticed, the deadline has shifted back from a few months from now, to tomorrow.
I've decided that the most reliable way to ensure that Owlrabbit sees success is to obtain funding through the Canada Media Fund and its Conceptualization Program. However, to meet the requirements for it, I will need to put Owlrabbit on the backburner. One requirement for the CMF Conceptualization Program is that the company, or company's president, has been working in the Digital Media, Film, or Television industry for at least a year. It is for that reason that Taho Games Studio will be working on other projects until we meet that requirement, ensuring both that we can obtain the funds needed to develop the game, and the experience to use those funds properly.
That said, this audition page was still far from useless. To those of you auditioning for the voice roles, I'll be contacting those selected and seeing if you'll be okay with still working on the project on a year-or-so delay.
Thank you,
Logan
Voice Actor
Owlrabbit
closed
Deferred: Agreed Amount
Role assigned to:
Matt3rs
The player character, a weak owlrabbit who practiced swordsmanship by secretly watching Foxhawk training camps.
Like all other characters, none of the spoken dialogue is actually intelligible. Rather, each character speaks in a Hollow Knight-esque language constructed with numerous sharp T and K sounds. Any spoken line will be given an intended mood as well as listing the written dialogue below.
Voice description:
- androgynous
(Sounds for attacking)
(Sounds for jumping, walljumping, and airdashing)
(Sounds for being hit and dying)
Voice Actor
Kaia
closed
Deferred: Agreed Amount
Role assigned to:
Hannah Hebblethwaite
A butterswan, Kaia is a gentle character residing within a small grotto beneath the roots of a giant tree. She sells special feathers to the owlrabbit, each granting it different boons.
Like all other characters, none of the spoken dialogue is actually intelligible. Rather, each character speaks in a Hollow Knight-esque language constructed with numerous sharp T and K sounds. Any spoken line will be given an intended mood as well as listing the written dialogue below.
Voice description:
- female adult
- female senior
(Short sentence spoken upon being woken up. Mood shifts from groggy and confused to welcoming. Textbox below reads "*Yawn*... Hm? Oh, a little owlrabbit? What brings you here?"
(Medium-length sentence spoken upon being greeted on subsequent visits. Mood remains kind and welcoming. Textbox below reads "Oh, hello again! What brings you back here, little owlrabbit?"
(Short phrase spoken upon the player exiting the grotto. Mood remains kind and cheerful. Textbox below reads "Goodbye, little one! Stay safe!"
Voice Actor
Elder Swiftelk
closed
Deferred: Agreed Amount
Role assigned to:
Liebou
A nameless swiftelk, the elder swiftelk is how the player fast travels throughout the game, taking the unable-to-fly owlrabbit to specific locations.
Like all other characters, none of the spoken dialogue is actually intelligible. Rather, each character speaks in a Hollow Knight-esque language constructed with numerous sharp T and K sounds. Any spoken line will be given an intended mood as well as listing the written dialogue below.
Voice description:
- male senior
(Deep, slow voice)(Medium-length sentence spoken upon meeting the player. The mood remains slightly confused. The textbox below reads "Hm? An owlrabbit? Why woulds't thou visit me? I thought your kind could fly.")
(Deep, slow voice)(Medium-length speech spoken directly after the previous line. The mood shifts to understanding and sympathetic. The textbox below reads "Oh, I see. Your wings, they are spindly and frail. No wonder thou cannot soar as you please. Very well. Hop on, small one. To experience the sky is to truly live, and I would delight in granting you that experience.")
(Deep, slow voice)(Short phrase spoken after the player uses the elder swiftelk to travel. Mood remains mostly neutral, but kind. Textbox below reads "Come again.")
Voice Actor
Tataka
closed
Deferred: Agreed Amount
Role assigned to:
Zackery Ruff
An armoured pangopecker, Tataka uses his armoured beak as a blacksmith's hammer to forge and refine swords.
Like all other characters, none of the spoken dialogue is actually intelligible. Rather, each character speaks in a Hollow Knight-esque language constructed with numerous sharp T and K sounds. Any spoken line will be given an intended mood as well as listing the written dialogue below.
(Energetic, higher-pitched voice) (Short sentence spoken upon meeting the player. Mood remains happy and excitable. Textbox below reads "Oh? Another customer? Yay!")
(Energetic, higher-pitched voice) (Short sentence spoken upon the player exiting the shop. Mood remains happy and excitable. Textbox below reads "Come soon! Come soon!")
Voice Actor
Creature Voice Actors
closed
Deferred: Agreed Amount
No limit on participants. You will be asked to provide various non-dialogue noises for bosses and enemies. Note that just about every enemy, NPC, and boss, will be at least part bird, so try to incorporate that into your audition.
*Say something you think would fit*
Musician
Musician
closed
Deferred: Agreed Amount
No limit on participants.
*Say something you think would fit*
Artist
Artist (Character Art)
closed
Deferred: Agreed Amount
No limit on participants. You will be asked to make character concept art for the animators to reference.
*Say something you think would fit*
Artist
Artist (Environment/Background)
closed
Deferred: Agreed Amount
No limit on participants. You will be asked to make either concept art for the backgrounds and environments, or finished assets from the concept art to be used in the game, depending on your preference.
*Say something you think would fit*
Animator
Animator
closed
Deferred: Agreed Amount
No limit on participants. You will be asked to do animation for background elements provided by the artists, or for the player character, various NPCs, and various enemies, depending on your preference. For more human-proportioned characters like the Owlrabbit, rotoscoping will be involved. Animation will be entirely done as pixel art.
*Say something you think would fit*
Audio Engineer
Audio Engineer
closed
Deferred: Agreed Amount
No limit on participants.
*Say something you think would fit*
Writer
Writer
closed
Deferred: Agreed Amount
No limit on participants. Depending on your preference, you will be asked to help fine-tune and refine the exist worldbuilding to better suit the themes of the game, or work on specific NPCs to help provide in-character dialogue and work on their storylines.
*Say something you think would fit*
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