After 50 years of playing video games, I’m finally starring in one
Summary
After decades of playing video games, the writer has a voice role in Black Tides: Draga’s Wake, a survival horror game set aboard a decaying steamship. He describes recording the character Draga, adjusting his voice to suit the role, and working with a team making the game in their spare time.Key Facts
- Greg Strangis invited the writer to see the game about 16 months before the article was written.
- Black Tides: Draga’s Wake is a survival horror game set on a decaying 1900s steamship after a heist goes wrong.
- The title character, Draga, is a sailor infected by an ancient god.
- Strangis is a character artist who has worked for Rockstar, Naughty Dog and Guillermo del Toro.
- The writer initially felt his voice did not fit the character and lowered it slightly for the performance.
- The writer recorded improvised fight sounds for the game.
- The game team members work from different parts of the world in their spare time.
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