🎙️ Tape 1 – “Ambition”
Project Overview
HollowCreek: The Arrielle Tapes is a psychological prequel to the upcoming HollowCreek Visual Novel Game, centered around Arrielle Sonen, a promising student whose dream of joining the prestigious “Hollow Circle” turns into her downfall.
Through a series of eerie, emotional audio logs, players will piece together Arrielle’s slow descent — from ambition and admiration to fear and regret — uncovering the hidden truth about the elite society that controls HollowCreek Academy.
Think of it as a “found tape mystery” — cinematic, atmospheric, and personal.
Inspired by the likes of Life is Strange, Persona 5, and Doki Doki Literature Club, but with its own grounded, haunting tone.
🧍‍♀️ Voice Roles Available
Arrielle Sonen (Lead – Female, 17–18) – Ambitious, driven, slowly unravels emotionally.
Lina (Supporting – Female, 18–19) – Calm, secretive, subtly protective of Arrielle.
Principal Vaughn (Male, 40s–50s) – Charismatic, authoritative, vaguely menacing.
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Arrielle Sonen (Lead – Female, 17–18)
Voice: Warm, ambitious, confident but later emotionally fragile.
Personality: Determined student with big dreams, masking insecurity beneath her optimism. Her tone should gradually shift from hopeful to anxious as the tapes progress.
Vocal range: Young adult / teen; articulate, introspective, emotionally layered.
- female adult
- warm
- audiobook
(bright, confident): “HollowCreek Academy... the place where futures are built. This—this is where I’ll finally prove I’m more than just talk.”
(reflective, hopeful): “People like to dream. But me? I act. I work for what I want. The Hollow Circle will see that soon enough.”
(shaken whisper): “Why did they choose me? What do they want from me?”
Lina (Supporting – Female, 18–19)
Voice: Calm, grounded, faintly uneasy; gives advice that sounds friendly but hides subtle fear.
Personality: Arrielle’s roommate. Knows more than she lets on about the Hollow Circle. Tries to protect Arrielle indirectly.
Tone: Understated concern masked by casual talk.
Sample tone keywords: “Gentle, secretive, older-sister energy.”
(casual, friendly): “You’ve got that sparkle in your eye again. Let me guess... you saw another one of the Hollow Circle kids walking by?”
(light concern, masking fear): “Just... be careful, okay? Some doors look prettier closed.”
(gentle, conflicted): “I used to think like you — that the Circle was everything. Then I realized some dreams cost more than they promise.”
Principal Vaughn (Male, 40s–50s)
Voice: Authoritative, charismatic, slightly rehearsed tone.
Personality: The head of HollowCreek Academy. A man of prestige whose words sound inspiring, yet hollow.
Lines: Light (appears briefly in Tape 1).
Tone: “Elegant, commanding, too-perfect.”
- male adult
(projected, speech-like): “Welcome to HollowCreek Academy — where your reputation is your reflection, and excellence is not a goal, but a requirement.”
(firm, slightly cold): “Mediocrity has no home here. You either rise... or you vanish among the forgotten.”
(quietly sinister, almost a whisper): “You’ll find that not every lesson is written in a textbook.”
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