Voice/FX Competition (6th to 19th of April) // WINNER ANNOUNCED

nihilyst · Thu 06/04/2006 15:09:22

This time we have following topic:

The Showdown

It's appreciated, if you could entertain us with a little more than your voices. Try to put in sound effects and ambient sounds as well (these can be either synthesized, recordings you found on the internet, or you can make them yourself, or however else you can make sound effects). For those, who don't know how to do stuff like that, the sound effects are NOT A MUST.

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(Two persons, arch-enemies, finally meet on an offshore platform. The wind howls, and it's raining. They point with revolvers to each other, the fingers on the trigger.)

1: Do you want to whisper your last prayer?
2: I wouldn't be so self-confident in my hour of death.
1: If I can see your finger moving towards the trigger, you're dead.

2(voice-over): There it was: the final moment. My perception was sharpened, my eyes narrowed. I could feel him tremble. It sounded like an earthquake in my mind. I was tired.

(A helicopter arrives.)

3(shouting through a megaphone): This is the police. You're under arrest. Drop your weapons and raise your hands!

(A thunder rolls.)

2(voice-over): I looked in the eyes of my enemy, and I realized he had the same thoughts. We both turned our revolvers on the police's helicopter ... and shot.

(4 gunshots.)
3(screaming): AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!

2(voice-over): The man stumbled into the helicopter and seemed to hit the pilot. The helicopter trembled in the air, lost altitude, crashed into a pillar of the platform and exploded.

(The helicopter crashes and explodes.)

1: Does that mean we're friends now?
2: Guess so. I always wanted a happy ending.
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Everything in brackets should give you a clue on how to speak the line or what effect you could use.

Okay, if the topic is shit, tell me, and I'll come up with a new. I just wanted to see some effects, since they can besides of voices also make a game's atmosphere good.

The competitions will last to the 19th of April. I will choose a winner, then.

cheers
nihilyst

ManicMatt · Thu 06/04/2006 21:47:42

http://www.2dadventure.com/ags/The_Showdown.zip

Rather than use the sound effects disc I have lying around somewhere I figured it'd be more fun to use my voice for the noises!

nihilyst · Thu 06/04/2006 21:54:45

That's hilarious, Matt! :o The best so far

Obi · Mon 10/04/2006 02:29:46

Here's my entry I hope you enjoy it very much so. Here it is: http://www.laserfrog.co.uk/voicecomp.mp3

ManicMatt · Tue 11/04/2006 17:09:23

Nice choice of music, Max Payne!

Loki · Thu 13/04/2006 20:05:55

wow! obi, your voice is awesome! nice one!

l.

Loki · Fri 14/04/2006 15:42:06

okay ... i decided to record one too ... here we go! i hope you enjoy it

http://web325.xps7.microserver.de/Desperanza/showdown.mp3

l.

nihilyst · Fri 14/04/2006 16:10:19

Nice ones, Obi and Loki. It'll be hard to decide a winner.

Psych0F0x · Tue 18/04/2006 23:18:45

please wait for me to post my entry ^_^ thanks

nihilyst · Wed 19/04/2006 00:10:03

Okay ... I'll wait. But don't take too long ^^

Psych0F0x · Wed 19/04/2006 07:13:52

thank you ,and here it is : http://media.putfile.com/Psych0F0x---The-Showdown-

nihilyst · Wed 19/04/2006 17:08:15

Okay, it's over.

ManicMatt: Your entry was really hilarious, and it reminded me of some recordings in my childhood. Your voice-acting was cool, and the effects were, although they were made by voice, very good.

Obi: The Max Payne music, that fits this scenery very well, combined with your Max Payne like voice was really a cool experience. The sound effects were also good, but unfortunately music and effects were not too well mixed, so that I often couldn't hear the voice properly.

Loki: Your choice of music (it was from Silent Hill 2, I think) gave the entry a dramatic touch. Your voice acting was good, and the sound effects were great also; I liked the idea of the helicopters voice being some kind of robotic.

Psch0F0x: You used the sound effects best, and I liked the way you spoke the policeman. I, however, didn't get the showdown or platform feeling I got when hearing the other entries.

Picking out a winner really wasn't easy, since I liked all the four entries. Considering all the good and bad things of each entry, I choose Loki as the winner. So, Loki, go on with the next.

Since all entries were really cool, I encourage people to participate in the voice compo, so that we can have more entries.

cheers
nihilyst