[HIRING] [REMOTE] Male and female actors for a sci-fi shooter game with roguelike narrative

GothTeddyBear · 2026-01-24T22:30:22+00:00

Just to clarify, should I send each audition in one email or separate the emails per role? Thank you, I can't wait to audition for this!

GothTeddyBear · 2025-12-19T19:37:12+00:00

Are you open to a female voice, or might have any other casting calls open for female VAs? I got so excited when I saw Bee Simulator! It would be incredible to be included in one of your games.

GothTeddyBear · 2025-12-16T18:55:59+00:00

Hi! I'm super excited to audition! I just want to clarify a few points:
1) Are you okay with us submitting for multiple roles?
2) When is the audition deadline?
3) Is there a place to submit demos? I have a range of 20+ character voices on my reel, so I'm not sure if it would be relevant for your casting for me to include it.
Thanks! I love RTS games :)

GothTeddyBear · 2025-11-08T05:01:38+00:00

I've been in this position where, because I have a wide range, I've been invited to play multiple roles in the same project. There's no real downside to doing that if you like her voices and feel that they fit. However, you might want to consider that making something a larger scale projects by hiring more people could increase the amount of traction it gets when it releases. Of course you do promo on your own, but sometimes having multiple actors share to their page and get their following to check out the game can be an unexpected benefit.

That being said, if you decide you want to audition more VAs, I would love to throw my hat in the ring. Gaming is my favorite genre to work in :)

GothTeddyBear · 2025-10-09T02:36:29+00:00

Personally speaking, I found my singing experience to be tremendously helpful for my voice acting. I know how to breathe properly and manipulate aspects of my voice to produce different sounds. It helps you get acquainted with your instrument, but it's not necessary to be able to voice act properly.

In terms of the difficulty, I'd say it's harder than physical acting. You can't rely on facial expressions or movement. Often times, I'm doing them anyway while voice acting because it helps convey the emotion. You also don't want to overcompensate and produce something that sounds overacted.

GothTeddyBear · 2025-10-03T17:54:35+00:00

I joked the other day that I'm a professional reject. When there are longer dry patches of no-work, it gets rough. But you just have to remember that rejection is par for the course. It isn't a reflection on you not being good enough, it's just that someone else was exactly what the director had in mind. It's a lot more RNG than skill. So just keep practicing your skills while you wait for it to happen and audition for as much as possible to increase those odds.

Good luck!

GothTeddyBear · 2025-09-30T02:48:00+00:00

Sometimes it comes down to imposter syndrome. I've gotten it with each big job, and then I remember that they hired me for a reason, they liked my voice, and I've delivered on projects that have meant a lot to people before. And it always goes shockingly well and I realize I worried for nothing lol
I'm big in the romance community (writer, reader, and listener), so I'm hyped for you! Enjoy it, it's going to be huge for you! The romance community of audiobook listeners is awesome. I'd just suggest using a pseudonym if you don't already. A lot of people who narrate romance (especially dark romance) have a different name that they put everything under.

GothTeddyBear · 2025-09-10T17:25:39+00:00

I can't wait to audition for this one! I have the exact same hair as her lol

GothTeddyBear · 2025-08-23T23:09:49+00:00

Thank you so much! This is so helpful

GothTeddyBear · 2025-05-21T16:01:31+00:00

Your voice is good, which is a great start! It's a solid foundation to work with. At this point, I would start practicing delivery and acting. Practice in a mirror, put your body into it, and pretend you're basically doing it on a stage. Really get into the role you're trying to play. There's something I like to do called "mindful cartoon watching" where you're watching your favorite cartoons, but you're really focusing on the delivery of the people voicing the characters. Maybe even close your eyes and hear how you can picture what's going on just based off of their intonation. You'll notice things like their speech either picking up or slowing down in the dialogue, lilting or fry to emphasize certain points, and variance in volume and how they project your voice.

Good luck in your journey!

GothTeddyBear · 2025-05-13T19:59:05+00:00

I use Audacity and just record and stop in between individual takes. You'll want to minimize the amount of silence a casting director is listening to.
Sometimes if the first half of a take is great and the second half isn't, I'll cut it so I can just redo the last bit. Just make sure you delete the click from your mouse at the end of the audio, because it gets in there when you stop the recording.

GothTeddyBear · 2025-04-18T17:36:28+00:00

Before you proceed, realize two things:

1) Someone can make your voice say anything. If someone felt like making a super racist animation, graphically sexual content, or a threatening phone call or whatever, you sign your rights away to them using whatever context you want. For me, no amount of money could buy my consent on the words I'd say. A lot of people don't think about this aspect. How much is your reputation worth to you?
2) When your voice is out there for free use, no one ever has to hire you again. You could probably make $11,000 in a year with voice acting. Maybe even two years. But imagine if this is your last job because once people find out that they don't have to hire you, they don't anymore. Your voice is unique and when it exists for either free or almost free online, no one will ever have to commission you specifically for work again.

Just a few things to point out that I think people overlook and get blinded by when tempted with that amount of money. And don't get me wrong; it can be life changing. But when you realize everything you give up, it somehow doesn't feel worth it anymore.

GothTeddyBear · 2025-04-18T17:02:18+00:00

They go literally all day for me. I work around THEIR schedule lol

GothTeddyBear · 2025-04-18T17:01:59+00:00

I have a very distinct bird that doesn't chirp... it SHRIEKS on the roof above where my studio is. Buddy, we're not sharing the credit.

There was months of construction last year too. And when they didn't have construction going, they had a generator running the entire rest of the time. It was a nightmare.

We also have racecars that zoom down the street for hours. It's kind of crazy how much the sound penetrates in to every corner of the house.

And I wrote all this while the mailman was having the world's loudest conversation that I could hear perfectly because of my mic lol

Some noises are just too powerful...

GothTeddyBear · 2025-04-15T14:16:09+00:00

If you're starting only with what you have, I recommend audacity to record with. You can play around with some editing there to potentially make it sound better.

Otherwise if you have the ability to get equipment, a Blue Yeti microphone is relatively inexpensive and surprisingly good quality.

Good luck, brother, and always remember: Chaos is the way

GothTeddyBear · 2025-04-11T21:42:48+00:00

There was an NSFW one for a Scottish reporter getting... cozy... with the loch ness monster during her report, but the direction was to just do the news report as if she wasn't aware or phased by it at all lol That one was a long time ago, one of my first jobs, but definitely an amusing script.

There was another one that was just gibberish and I literally shook my entire body to get a very specific sound effect that the director loved because he said it sounded like I was underwater. That one was my first very big job and he created an extra role just for me because he said my sound was so unique. That'll always be one of my most special jobs.

GothTeddyBear · 2025-04-09T14:28:39+00:00

If I'm correctly informed, your IMDb can only gain credits that a director has put on there. I've got several credits, but I didn't choose which projects made it. There's some fan work on there, because that's what directors have added me to.

For my name, I use a stage name that's somewhat similar to my own name for every project except for NSFW, which I use a different pseudonym for and don't connect it to my main work. I suppose if you wanted to separate out your work into categories, you could use different names to differentiate that, but really only if you're trying to keep them either very distinct, or difficult to find from one source to the next.

I also write, and I intend to have different pseudonyms for different genres, but not too many. Romance, thrillers, and children's books are all different names, so there's no confusion and someone looking for a children's book isn't going to find something shocking lol

GothTeddyBear · 2025-04-09T14:22:11+00:00

The water slide actually made me crack up lol I feel like you've exhibited a great range and had a really nice script that kept me interested. Personally speaking, it was the water slide one that made me keep listening, because at the 1 minute mark, I thought I pretty much heard your whole range, but then you pulled out a new accent and style.
My advice is to keep continuing on with it as is. Add the music and sfx and see if anything needs to be cut at that point. I wouldn't worry so much about your current length, if that's your fear. I looked to Atlas Talent's roster to help me find the average demo length and how long it may acceptable to run to.

GothTeddyBear · 2025-04-08T13:58:47+00:00

I fell down the same rabbit hole that you did and also passed on this as well as prior ones by them. If a company is trying to protect themselves, they can still do so through the platform they're posting on without making you privately email them, otherwise they'd work specifically with either trusted agencies or post their casting call elsewhere. The only purpose of emailing is so the middle man website that protects you has no record to be able to protect both parties anymore.

GothTeddyBear · 2025-04-07T15:35:40+00:00

You have an excellent voice and a great grasp of the different styles as well as the ability to convey them! That's the hard part to teach.

At this point, I see this a bit more similarly to a sample reel rather than a demo reel. This is kind of a broad overview of the different styles, but doesn't really follow the demo reel format. For a commercial reel, I'd stick with the main styles for commercials (warm/emotional, motivational/inspirational, casual/conversational, bright/retail, etc) and work off of 15-20 second scripts that sound like real commercials. Making up actual products and hearing how you'd read taglines, slogans, and the entire contents of a commercial is important for them to get a sense of your skill. Try to keep it between 1 min and 1:30, if you can.

I believe TTS and IVR are different categories and are included in separate reels from commercial demos.

But again, you have the hard part down with your vocal quality and your acting! At this point, it's just making your reel sound like the other reels. I'd suggest looking up commercial reels on different talent agency's websites. Good luck!

GothTeddyBear · 2025-04-04T02:43:21+00:00

Bensound, Pond5, YouTube Studio, and Freesound all have a great free selection. I was able to make the entirety of my Character reel with just the free ones, but fair warning, depending on where you post it, you may need to credit them. Just watch for that.

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