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Malevolence: The Sword of Ahkranox is an indie game with the intent to recreate the amazing turn-based, first person RPGs from the golden age of PC gaming using modern game engine technology. Rich classics such as the Might & Magic series, Eye of the Beholder and the like have inspired this new title which, when finished will put its players into a literally infinite fantasy world filled with procedurally generated content. The Sword of Ahkranox isn't trying to compete with the larger, professionally developed RPG titles out there, but instead our aim is to fill a large gap that we believe has existed in game technology since the mid-nineties. It is definitely a must-have for all enthusiasts of the quintessential RPG. The game's procedural engine can generate an infinite number of weapons, items, spells, monsters, dungeons, cities, countryside and even dialogue, allowing the player to explore the game with no end and no reason to stop.

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So the time has finally come for us to open the call for voice extras in the game, and we're officially calling for an open audition.

Posted by CumQuaT on Jul 3rd, 2012

So the time has finally come for us to open the call for voice extras in the game, and we're officially calling for an open audition.

As you know, Ahkranox is an infinite world, and as such, it has an infinite number of people and creatures living in it. They all need a voice, and you can help!

We have professional voice actors playing the roles of our playable characters as you have already seen:


And some of our monsters have already been voiced, as you may have also seen:


But there are more monsters yet to come and MANY civilian voice roles needing to be filled. We can't take everyone, of course, and some people will be picked and some won't, but we'd love to hear what you can do!

If you want to audition, please do up your recording or recordings in as high a quality as you can and host them with one of the many myriad audio hosting websites out there. Once it's hosted, send us a link at msoagame@gmail.com and we'll have a listen. Let us know in the email your name and what roles you're most interested in playing. Please don't send us the audio files as attachments to the email as we won't open them, only links to shared audio.

So what roles are on offer? Well, more may come up between now and the end of development, but for now you have 5 to choose from (or you can do one of each if you'd like!)

Firstly there are four different monster roles. The monsters can be male or female, but there are four classes:

Beasts - Things like orcs, goblins, minotaurs, etc. Beast-like creatures.
Insectoids - Things like giant spiders, giant wasps, beetle swarms, etc.
Undead - Skeletons, zombies, wights, wraiths, etc.
Humanoids - Dwarves, bezerkers, bandits, Dokkalfar (dark elves), etc.


Secondly there are the NPCs in the game. Civilians. They can be male or female, of lower or higher birth/class. Feel free to get creative. Just remember the theme of the game (medieval fantasy). Accents are perfectly fine, especially things such as Irish, Scottish, German, French, etc. But anything is good :) please don't feel like you can't audition if you have a strong accent!

So, what do you submit? Well, we have some handy scripts for you! Feel free to send in multiple versions/readings of a script, or have a go at multiple scripts!

Male or Female Citizen Audition Script:
"Well met, stranger."
"What can I do for you?"
"Light of The Sword guide you."

Small, Medium or Large "Beast" Monster Audition Script:
[Bloodthirsty Roar]
[Attack grunt]
[Death Scream]

Small, Medium or Large "Insect" Monster Audition Script:
[Bloodthirsty Roar]
[Attack grunt]
[Death Scream]

Small, Medium or Large "Undead" Monster Audition Script:
[Bloodthirsty Roar]
[Attack grunt]
[Death Scream]

Small, Medium or Large "Humanoid" Monster Audition Script:
"I will tear out your tongue!"
"Pain will cleanse you!"
[Death Scream]

Once again, we look forward to hearing from you! And feel free to tell as many people as you want about it! This entire operation is open until the end of July, so have fun with it, and we hope to hear from you all soon!

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Metalspy
Metalspy Jul 3 2012, 10:22pm says:

Cool :) My voice is probably aweful for in-game use and I also have this terrible Dutch accent but I'm going to give this a try anyway, just for fun. Won't you be in trouble if there's going to be only a few submissions? I mean, who has to voice the NPC's then? I'm sure you'll get a nice amount of input, just wondering though.

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CumQuaT
CumQuaT Jul 3 2012, 10:31pm replied:

We actually have about 35 people already lined up for it :) but more is always good!

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APinkPanzer
APinkPanzer Jul 4 2012, 2:28am says:

Just want to say something.

Please no chain mail bikinis, pleeeasseee.

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CatCattington
CatCattington Jul 4 2012, 2:59am replied:

How about Chainmail Mankinis?

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CumQuaT
CumQuaT Jul 4 2012, 7:01am replied:

Is nice, yes? *borat voice*

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Rhyl3yMaster
Rhyl3yMaster Jul 8 2012, 3:55am replied:

Is very nice. You like? *also in borat voice*

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CumQuaT
CumQuaT Jul 8 2012, 5:34am replied:

Is nice. How much? *kiss kiss*

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CumQuaT
CumQuaT Jul 4 2012, 7:00am replied:

They would chafe terribly ;)

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M0rdred
M0rdred Jul 4 2012, 9:50am says:

Oh sweet! Been waiting to try this. Had to voice over one of our game trailers and had a lot of fun doing it, sent you an email!

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CumQuaT
CumQuaT Jul 4 2012, 8:01pm replied:

Got it! Sounds great :)

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DragonNOR
DragonNOR Jul 4 2012, 12:50pm says:

Ah, a shame you didn't hold open auditons for the main characters, would've been great fun to audtion for that too :D

I'll piece something together for end of July :)

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CumQuaT
CumQuaT Jul 4 2012, 8:01pm replied:

We look forward to it!

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L0n3r
L0n3r Jul 4 2012, 3:29pm says:

Lol if you need an angry goblin variation voice there's one of my cats that when she's angry has the closest voice i imagine for a goblin... xD
Joking, but not too much!:D
Well done with these 2 audio videos, both for pg and monsters!

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CumQuaT
CumQuaT Jul 4 2012, 8:02pm replied:

haha is her name something goblin-esque? Like 'Shagga' or 'Morgul'?

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L0n3r
L0n3r Jul 5 2012, 7:31am replied:

No, Margot (italian name of Fujiko Mine), cause she's not kind with another cat, Lupin, and for bad attitude.:p

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Rayman51
Rayman51 Jul 9 2012, 12:36pm says: Online

unless you need a voice for a french like foreigner, i don't see how i will be able to help XD (not that my english is that bad but... whatever)

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CumQuaT
CumQuaT Jul 9 2012, 7:38pm replied:

French are more than welcome to do voices! It's one of the old-school medieval accents!

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Rayman51
Rayman51 Jul 11 2012, 10:24am replied: Online

one does not simply , find good voice actor XD what's the deadline anyways?

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CumQuaT
CumQuaT Jul 11 2012, 8:00pm replied:

End of the month :)

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Isaakwells
Isaakwells Jul 27 2012, 8:53pm says:

If you are still looking, I would like to toss my hat in the ring.
Check out my demos at Isaakwells.com

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