Quest NPCs Voice

[Rotem]

You may have noticed the new quest text windows appearing on screen and if you've tried talking to Austra (with both in-game and byond sounds enabled) you'd hear talk to you.

There are several quest NPCs and I've been thinking, what if TWCers voice them?

I need someone to go over the quest scripts and help twcers to record. There's no way I'll sit there and filter people's recordings.
If you have good recording equipment and/or are good at editing with audacity, you can be helpful.

P.S. If you have a dog barking in the background you have to provide a dog icon to the quest npc you're voicing so that whatever bark background noises we get have a justification.

[Ash Abe Add]

lol I noticed this a bit before reading this post. I also like the quest text window, but it feel a bit clunky. Mostly because I'm reading the info in the chat box and the text window box. Would it be better just having the info in the text window and not in the chat box?? Where do you want audio recordings sent to?

[Ben]

Also try to remember that you're giving a voice to fictional characters. These characters are not you, so unless you've got one of those unique voices that would sound perfect on a radio drama, don't be scared to mess around with accents, intonation, pitch, speed etc.

Voice acting can be super fun if you put the effort in and the more interesting your voice is, the more engrossing the quest will be for everyone who plays it!

[Rotem]

Would it be better just having the info in the text window and not in the chat box?

MMOs normally have it both ways, all the text output is usually spit into your chat box in a different tab, we'll eventually have a similar chat window allowing you to personally filter what messages you want in which tab.

It also isn't possible to copy paste the new text windows while it is possible for output, not to mention it allows you to read back in case you skipped, they both have a purpose in my opinion.

Where do you want audio recordings sent to?

The practice of me handling everything is bad and quite taxing, I want someone else to collect the voices and possibly edit out background noise, I did it with Sara's twc idol entry 2-3 years ago. So you're definitely not sending it to me, for now try to gather the most decent recording you can until someone steps up for the job.

It's already bad enough I have to review code AND icons even though icons is not my forte, reviewing voice recording is better done by a native English speaker with experience and less workload.

[Skystone]

Send all your voice responses to skystone385@yahoo.com.

Please don't allow your voice recordings to be unnecessarily big in storage space as my downloading speed is in low kb/s (took me 10 mins to download audacity). Thank you.

So overall we need voice recordings for these NPCs:

• Professor Palmer
• Chronos
• Fred
• Divo
• Tammie
• Alyssa

• Green Man

• Zonko the Prankster

• Sassy Pixie
• Hunter
• Vengeful Wisp
• Tom
• Cassandra
• Ollivander
• Wig Salesman
• Wig Saleswoman
• Blotts
• Artifact Salesman
• All the Gringott's NPCs
• Lord (from baby Quest)
• Girl (from baby Quest)
• NPCs in Chamber of Secrets (1-3)

I will cross out NPCs once I have a suitable voice recording for them.

[Rotem]

Next update adds chaos/peace vampire NPCs. They aren't named and their gender can be randomized, if people want in and we run out of NPCs we could probably do a bunch of random NPC voices.

For lore purposes I decided good vs evil will be peace vs chaos factions and it's all about vampire faction war and schools of magic older and stronger than that of humans.

If you know how to reduce sizes with audacity that's also 'swell, Austra's full voice took about 300kb and she's the second most text-heavy. We can even have a bunch of 'player-voices' males and females and allow players to pick the ones they like. This is for text the player says in quest dialogs that I am currently omitting out of the new quest text window.

[Apeiro]

So overall we need voice recordings for these NPCs:

• Professor Palmer
• Chronos
• Fred
• Divo
• Tammie
• Alyssa
• Green Man
• Zonko the Prankster
• Sassy Pixie
• Hunter
• Vengeful Wisp
• Tom
• Cassandra
• Ollivander
• Wig Salesman
• Wig Saleswoman
• Blotts
• Artifact Salesman
• All the Gringott's NPCs

I will cross out NPCs once I have a suitable voice recording for them.

You missed the girl and lord from finding the baby quest, also a bunch more.

I've compiled a list of most (if not all) npc's scripts, let me know if i should post them here or start a new thread for it.

[Skystone]

So overall we need voice recordings for these NPCs:

• Professor Palmer
• Chronos
• Fred
• Divo
• Tammie
• Alyssa
• Green Man
• Zonko the Prankster
• Sassy Pixie
• Hunter
• Vengeful Wisp
• Tom
• Cassandra
• Ollivander
• Wig Salesman
• Wig Saleswoman
• Blotts
• Artifact Salesman
• All the Gringott's NPCs

I will cross out NPCs once I have a suitable voice recording for them.

You missed the girl and lord from finding the baby quest, also a bunch more.

I've compiled a list of most (if not all) npc's scripts, let me know if i should post them here or start a new thread for it.

If you have them, list em.

[Apeiro]

Let me know if something is missing, needs to be corrected or doesn't need to be recorded at all.

Professor Palmer

(Tutorial: Quests)    
"Hey there, you're new aren't you. I was asked by the Headmaster to teach you about quests."
"You can click the quest book found in your \"Items\" tab to view quests you have or quests you completed."
"How would you like to put something in that book? I have a few friends who can help you out with that, why don't you go and meet them?"

"They're friendly people, they'll help you."

(Master of Keys)
"You're too young for this, talk to me again when you've gained some more experience."
"Hey there, I see you got yourself a legendary golden chest, how about I help you open it?"

"Keep up the good work, it'll be worth it... Maybe."

"Have a good day."

(Strength of Graduate)
"I see you've grown quite a bit since you first came to this school, how about a challenge to see how strong you've become?"
"Are you up for the challenge?"


Chrono

"Hi there! Welcome to Chrono's Brooms. We have two models in stock right now - would you like to purchase one?
"Come see me any time if you change your mind."
"Unfortunately you don't have enough for this broom."
"Thanks very much for your business, and be careful on the pitch!"


Fred

"HELP HELP!"

"Some strange man did this to me!"

"Well he was walking past my house carrying this large sack."
"It looked like there was a person inside. So I confronted him and asked him what was inside."
"His only response was casting a spell and locking me in here."

"I couldn't tell exactly."
"He was wearing a pretty dark cloak."

"I'm not sure, he knocked me out and when I woke up, I was in here."
"Oh thank you!"

"There is a wand of mine. It is in my deposit box at Gringotts. Here-"
"Go get it from Gringotts, it can get me out of here."

"Quickly now, go get my wand from the deposit box in Gringott's bank."
"Gringott's Bank is found in Diagon Alley. You can find Diagon Alley near Azkaban Prison."

"YES! You got it!"
"Quickly! Use the wand to get me out of here!"

"Finally! I'm free!!!"
"Thank you so much. You can keep that wand if you'd like."

"Thanks again!"


Divo

"Hi there! Welcome to Divo's Magical Wares."
"I've got a limited supply of these ultra rare magical eyes. They let you see invisible people. Very powerful stuff. I'm only going to sell a limited amount though, otherwise my cloak business would be pointless wouldn't it?

"Sorry that I don't have anything interesting to ya... "
"I'm running a business here - you don't have enough gold for this."
"Thank you."


Tammie

"Did you know there's a ritual that makes you stronger, apparently it involves gathering demonic essences, I wonder how you do that, maybe you have to kill a demonic creature."

"It will be a little cruel to collect demonic essences..."
"Wow, I can't believe you went and killed all those little innocent cute rats."

"You're evil."


Alyssa

"Hey there! You look like someone with too much time on their hands."
"How would you like to help me out?"

"Well I've been reading this book I found! There's a recipe here for a potion that makes anyone immortal!"
"I just don't have all the ingredients I need, can you help me find some?!"

"Oh wonderful! I know people around here make potions. Maybe they have some ingredients stashed away in there houses."
"I'm not saying to steal them....Just borrow them. Indefinitely."
"There's probably some growing around too. Here's my list!"
"Thanks!"

"Find my ingredients yet?!"

"Well let's see them."
"You have it all! How wonderful!"
"Now we'll use these to brew the potion."
"Hopefully I've mixed it right! I'm ready to be immortal."
"I guess it was too good to be true."
"Thanks for helping me anyways, you can have these as a token of my gratitude."

"You don't have all of the ingredients! Go back and look for them!"
"Better keep on looking!"

"Thanks again for helping me."


Green Man

"Hello, we are the Green Man Group. We are merchants who travel around selling things from far away places."
"Have a look at our merchandise."


Zonko the Prankster

"Excuse me kid, I'm quite busy."


Sassy Pixie

"Get away from me, you creep."
"What? Are you bored? Okay, well I've got a task for you then, you pathetic imbecile. I'm in need of a few... ingredients, let's say. Not for anything sinister, like taking over your idiotic wizard school or anything. They're for a... birthday party... yeah, that's it! A birthday party."

"Finally, what took you so long? Jeeze. Now I can finally take over that miserable place you call a school and--"
"I mean... Plan the best party ever for, uhm... Ben! Yes, Ben..."
"Thanks, mortal!"

"Well? What are you still standing there for? Get me what I need!"


Hunter

"Hey there, maybe you can help me, I want to exterminate a few pests from our lives."
"Did you kill the monsters I requested yet?"

"Good job!"
"Go back out there and exterminate some pests!"

"You've done a really good job exterminating all those monsters."


Vengeful Wisp

"You, human! I want you to help me express my rage, kill every wisp you face, vengeance shall be mine! Mawhahahaha!!!"
"I love the irony in sending you to kill dead creatures. May they rest in pea-- I will send you to kill them again tomorrow."

"Don't waste time talking to me, actions speak louder than words!"
"Pity the living!"


Tom

"Welcome to the Leaky Cauldron. What do ya wanna do?"

"Did you come to help me?"

"Excellent!"
"I always store my beverages in a cellar below the ground in order to keep them cool, however recently there have been rats somehow getting in."
"If you would be so kind as to get rid of all the rats, and stop them from getting back in. I would be very greatful."
"What do you say?"

"My mistake. Carry on."

"Thank you so much."
"I will take you down to the cellar"
"This is as far as I'll go. Thank you again."

"Alright then."

"You did it!"
"Thank you so much! I don't have much to give you, but I can give you this."

"Hey, Thanks again!"

"Sorry mate. Those rats drank all of the beer."
"Sorry mate. Come back when you're older."
"What can I get for ya?"
"Just gimme a holler if ya want anything."
"Ya don't have enough coin for that. I ain't budging on these prices
"There ya go. Enjoy."

"Seeya later then."


Cassandra

"Look at you, such a weakling can not possibly help me."
"Maybe I was wrong about you, maybe you aren't capable of defeating such rare monsters."
"I hate you..."

(Make A Potion)
"You should try helping my twin sister Alyssa, she's sitting at Three Broom Sticks, I hear she seeks an immortality potion."

(Make A Fortune)
"Hey there, do you wish to make a fortune?! Well, you've come to the right place, I have a task for you, go out there to the world and collect a peice of the rarest monsters to be found, their fine essence will be sold for millions!"
"Hmmph! I could've done it myself but I'm a lady, here you can have this scarf, I don't need it anymore..."

(Make A Spell)
"You who helped me once before, how about you help me again, thanks to you I'm rich but sadly gold can not buy me true love, however, I did manage to find a way to fulfil my desires."
"There is a spell capable of changing the laws of magic, this will help me find what I seek. You'll have to do what you did last time only this time I need you to collect more powerful elements."
"Hmmph! I could've done it myself but I'm a lady, here you can have this wand, I don't need it anymore..."

(Make A Wig)
"Hey... Am I pretty? This boy rejected me... I'm rich and powerful but it's not enough, I want to be the most beautiful girl in the world-- nay, the universe! You my dear slave will help me accomplish that goal!"
"GIVE ME, GIVE ME, I will be the fairest of them all!"


Ollivander

"Hmm..."
"Uhmm..."
"Let's see here..."
"Possibly..? No. No that won't do."
"Probably not."
"I don't think so."
"Too flexible, I would think."

"Oh yes; this will do very nicely."
"Ahah! One of my finest!"
"Oh yes. Nice and springy."
"This one should suit perfectly."

"Oh. Okay then."
"I thought this one would be perfect, but you're the customer!"
"Pity... You could be great with this wand."
"Fair enough."

"Would you like me to find you another wand?"

"I'm a little busy at the moment. I'll be able to help you in a moment."

"How rude... I just got this wand ready, and they leave!"

"Welcome to Ollivander's Wand Shop - may I sell you a wand? They're 100 gold"
"Let me just take a look for you."
"Here's your new wand."

"Oh you're just starting out eh? My friend Palmer can help you out, his name is Palmer, he is quite friendly."


Wig Salesman

"Welcome to our little wig shop, use the mirrors to select a wig of your liking!"


Wig Saleswoman

"Welcome to our little wig shop, use the mirrors to select a wig of your liking!"


Blotts

"Hi there! Welcome to Flourish and Blotts. Do any titles interest you?"
"Come see me any time if you change your mind."
"Unfortunately you don't have enough for this book."
"Thanks very much for your business!"


Artifact Salesman

"Hello... I sell lamps and magical rarities! Now now, they're not just lamps, they're magical lamps! My lamps will help you make your wishes come true! For the right price you might also net yourself something rare!"
"I only sell to the rich! Begone!"
"I'm running a business here - you can't afford this."
"Thank you."


Demetrius

"Well hello there, sonny."
"Well hello there, young lady."

"Unfortunately I cannot help you until you are of a higher level!"
"Unfortunately you need 50,000 gold before I am able to help you."

"Would you like to reset your stat points? It will cost 50,000 gold."
"Maybe next time then. Have a nice day!"

"There you go, sonny - your stats are reset!"
"There you go, young lady - your stats are reset!"

Vault Master

"What would you like to change about your vault?"

"This will move all items from your old-style vault into your current vault. Are you sure you wish to do this?"
"Your items have been transferred successfully."

"They can now enter your vault at any time. See me again if you wish to change this."
"They can no longer enter your vault."

"See me again if you need to change anything with your vault."

"Do you want a free vault where you can store your belongings?"
"Okay, I've allocated you some space down in Vault (VAULT#)"
"Anything you drop in there will be safely kept and available to you at any time."
" ((If you create a new character, your vault will retain its contents, so it's a good way to transfer your stuff if you want to remake.))"

"Maybe next time."


Vault Salesman

"Please go talk to the vault master before coming to me."
"Hi there! Welcome to Gringotts, perhaps you wish to purchase one of our vaults?"
"I only sell to the rich! Begone!"
"You already have this exact same vault."
"I'm running a business here - you can't afford this."
"Thank you."


Girl

"Help help!"

"Oh THANK YOU!"
"My mom left to go to the store, and told me to watch my little brother."
"I needed to get something from my room and when I came back, my little brother was gone."

"Uhm, I'm not sure, I just came back and he was gone."


"Did you find him yet?!?"

"THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!"
"Here, this is my allowance that I saved up, you can have it."

"Thanks again!!!"


Lord

"Lord: How did you get here!"

"Lord: WHAT! NEVER!!! I will demolish you!"

"Lord: Never! You'll have to take it!"

"You want to...fight me? Uh, no bodys ever taken the challenge before...HERE! You win."


Easter Bunny

"OH THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!"
"Oh! Now Easter can continue! THANK YOU!!!"
"I don't have much to give you. Although I can give you this!"

"ENJOY!"

"Did you find the chocolate yet!!?!"
"Oh...okay."

"It's just that, I made these brand new chocolates, that are a MILLION! times better than ordinary chocolate. And they seem to have went missing."
"No...I have no idea at all. I mean, who would want to hurt Easter!"
"Oh, Thank you so much! I will be here waiting. Oh please hurry!"

"THANKS AGAIN!"


Zombie

"Thanks for helping! Those innocent people will be slain soon!"

"Did you find everything!?"
"You got everything! You've done enough, leave the rest to me. Thanks!"
"Here is your reward."

"You don't have the Holy Grenade!"
"You don't have the Blessed Torch!"
"You don't have the Silver Knife!"

"Hello. In a fit of rage I believe I have gone and infected 7 people last night with this curse I currently have bestowed upon me. If something is not done about this, you will be looking at a rather large problem."

"Simple! I don't like competition, I'm a lazy zombie."
"There are other Zombie killers in the area, you'll need their tools. One in Diagon Alley, one in Hogwarts, and one in Hogsmeade. You will be looking for a silver knife, blessed torch, and a holy grenade. Hurry and return when you've found what we need!"


Mysterious Wizard

"Beyond this door lies the desert, oh so mysterious... There are strange creatures there called floating eyes, check if they bleed for me!"
"Floating eyes, the gods of the desert can bleed after all, how amusing!"

"Not enough, go back there and check if they all bleed!"
"So even the gods of the desert can bleed... Interesting!"


Saratri

"Hey there... Did you know there's a terrible monster here called the Basilisk? I'll reward you if you kill it..."
"Good job! I can't believe you pulled it off!"

"Go kill the Basilisk!"
"Wow! I can't believe you killed the Basilisk!"


Malcolm
"Welcome to floor 2! Did you know Basilisk is not the strongest monster here?! There's a magical stickman in this floor, if you manage to defeat it I will reward you."
"Good job! I can't believe you pulled it off!"

"Go kill the Stickman!"
"Wow! I can't believe you killed the Stickman!"


Zerf

(PVP Introduction)
"Your skin looks so young and fresh, you haven't done much fighting eh? Why don't you try to fight a bunch of players?"
"You aren't going to get any better by not fighting!"
"Good job but we're just getting started!"

(Culling the Herd)
"Let's kill some people... A lot of people!"
"Kill or be killed, my friend."
"Mawhahahaha! THEY'RE ALL DEAD!"

(Strength of Dragons)
"Show me what you're made of, if you're strong enough I will give you a wand so powerful it contains the strength of dragons!"
"Hmm... I don't know, are you really ready?"

"When you reach level cap, why not try some matchmaking in the ranked arena?"
"Why not try some matchmaking in the ranked arena?"


Mysterious Caped Fellow

"Hello there... My name is not important, however I have a few special services I can offer you for a price..."


Peace Vampire

"Help me preserve the peace, go slaughter those who spread chaos."
"Thank you for supporting the peace."
"We must stop the chaos from spreading."
"I might have more tasks for you in the future."


Chaos Vampire

"Help me spread chaos, go slaughter those who preach about peace."
"Thank you for spreading more chaos."
"Kill the bloody peace snobs."
"I might have more tasks for you in the future."


Austra

"Hi... Who are you? Hmm..."
"You humans always go about unnoticed, it might just work... How do you feel about helping me take on a very powerful ancient being? You'll help me fer sure!"
"Good! I can't give you much details right now but there in the night lurk creatures older than any human alive, they know far superior art or \"magic\" as you humans call it, I need you to help me kill a high ranking member of--"
"We'll need a bait, go gather 50 blood sacks."

"You should probably get a few more blood sacks, this won't be enough..."
"Great! You got it!", "Give me the blood sacks, I'll create a blood coin for you."

"Not bad for a human. Come back next week, I'll help you make another bait."


Peace Shopkeeper

"Hey there, I offer special items for those who helped our cause. (Warrior and above)"
"Sadly, you haven't helped us enough."
"Would you like Book of Peace: Vol II for 1600 reputation?"
"Hopefully I'll have something you want next time."


Vampire Historian

"You're a nobody, walk away."

[Rotem]

I'm going to say straight off that I'd prioritize adding voices of newer quest NPCs as NPCs like Tom are a complete mess. I'd probably have to re-write them altogether which would make some of your voice scripts invalid. Try to do the newer ones first. (Or the ones with really little text)

[Skystone]

No one is emailing me any voices...



On the flipside I did Zonko the Prankster (who I imagined as being a heavy smoker) so we can cross that off our list, next I will try Zerf.

[Rotem]

Edited Austra's sciprt, last sentence changed from "You're not bad" to "Not bad" (also edited on Apeiro's reply).

You guys can feel free to change and spice up the scripts, I'll gladly change the NPCs, I'm not an English speaker, sure, my English isn't horrible but I do make a ton of mistakes and there's probably better ways to phrase things.

[Apeiro]

No one is emailing me any voices...

I'll try my hand at it after new years.

[Skystone]

Only got one submission from Sara. I didn't accept all of the lines she sent only because I care about the quality in this game (which I'm waiting for those re-submissions Sara ).

Be professional, be the character you're going to be, and speak clearly (unless the character you're playing isn't suppose to speak clearly). If you do those three things correctly, I'll try my best to get your voice into the game, but it's just a minimum of those three things I'm asking for.

Just imagine the character you're going to play as and impersonate them.

[groudonmaster]

I might throw you some voice clips to look at soon.