Our Life: Voiced Name Feature!

We have some great news! The basics for a brand new feature in Our Life are working and we're excited to share it. This is the Voiced Name screen.   

Like most of our previous games, Our Life will have partial voice acting. So Cove in each of his stages will have a voice to hear. And now if you pick one of the names listed on this screen Cove will say it in the game! So instead of lines like “Thanks...” where it trails off non-specifically, you can hear him say “Thanks [whatever name you picked].”. We think it’s super nifty to have him talk to the player by name. Of course, you don’t have to have a voiced name if you’re not into any of the options or just don’t want Cove to say your name.

 Also, you don't have to use the spelling that's on the Voiced Name  screen. Once you've chosen your "voice" you can then change the text of  the name. For example, choosing the voice called "Gray" and then  respelling it to "Grey". That won't cause any problems. Cove will still  say the name. Though, if you want a totally new name remember to choose  it from the screen or hit the "No Voice" option. If you pick the voice  "Gray" off the Voiced Name Screen and then decide you want the name Sam,  rewriting just the text won't undo choosing the "Gray" voice . So  you'll have Cove still saying "Gray" while the name appearing in the  text is Sam. As long as you remember what voice you picked, it should  all turn out fine. 

Our current plan is to have at least 400 names to choose from in the full version of the game. But it might go even higher. 

(The options on the screen right now may or may not stay, it’s mostly just for testing.)

For now we’re giving out voiced names as a thanks to everybody who is kind enough to support us! All Patreon backers can give us their name and we’ll add it to the voiced list~

After that it will become a reward during our Kickstarter campaign! If you don’t like Patreon you can keep on eye out for that.  

The one requirement is that it has to be your name. I’m afraid we can’t use usernames or names of fictional characters you like. It’s also first name only. Cove never really refers to the MC by their last name.

We’ll be sending private messages to everybody about this soon, but feel free to shoot us your own message now. And if you do give us a name, please include a pronunciation explanation so we can make sure Cove gets it right! 

The next step will be casting some VAs so we can really experience the feature in action. I hope you'll look forward to it.