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2016-06-28 14:32:35 Post No. 17858967
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2016-06-28 14:32:35
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Hey guys, long story short I'm making a videogame which features sanity effects and horror and stuff.
I don't have the money to get people to voice over the dialog. So I've got two options - stick with text boxes, or implement text to speech. The reason I'm even thinking of adding TTS is because I think it could be really uncanny, and that's one of the feels I'm going for. On the other hand, it could just sound really hilarious and kill the tension.
Is there something inbetween? I remember a text to speech engine having a whisper mode, which could be kind of creepy. Or maybe I could chop the speech up and create some kind of dialect, like they do with Animal Crossing but not so dumb sounding.
What if I made the text to speech a sanity effect? The more insane your character gets, the more likely the words on screen begin to talk to you? I want some of the sanity effects to break the fourth wall.
Maybe this is a stupid idea all together. I figured you guys might be able to point me in the right direction, design-wise. I know how to do it technically, I'm just not sure if it's worth bothering to implement if the effect is just going to be wrong.
