Alright, we enter the last round to decide who will voice Liora! As I mentioned from the prerelease post, sadly Aestra dropped out so we are left with two candidates. To check out the full commission, I recommend grabbing the prerelease build and watching the Edgar Date 1 scene. I will post an overview of the commission results here.
Before we look at the individual submissions, here are some rough stats on the test commission itself:
Test Commission: Edgar Date 1 (Including repeatable masturbation module but without some modules such as first time masturbation)
Word Count: ~500 Words (SFW Part: 300 Words)
Additional Resources: Moaning Backgroundsound loop
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Applicant: Allure
Test Commission SFW Part: https://youtu.be/-F1B6_EejVs
Costs: 55 USD
Note: Very easy to talk to. Seems a bit tech savy, was able to work immediately with the HTML files I provided. I would however offer her double her current rates should we decide to go with Allure as it seems her rates are too low when I compare it with the competition.
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Applicant: MimiHung
Test Commission SFW Part: https://youtu.be/LARdMglwN9o
Costs: 296 USD (This included a line splittting service for 45 USD that I would be able to cut down on with a script that I wrote that can do this part automatically now. On the other hand, due to some miscommunication, the moaning background sound is not included here. I mistook the general item on her invoice for doing moaning during dialogue as the moaning background loop. There is also no moaning background loop in the MimiHung version of the prerelease build because of this.)
Note: Also easy to talk to and it shows that she has a 10+ years of experience with this.
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Both had very fast turnaround times so I don't forsee a production bottleneck with either of them. As you can see with the prices, it ultimately comes down to a younger less experience VA who is cheaper vs a more experienced VA with a price tag for that experience.
If we want to voice the full game with MimiHung I would probably need to schedule another 300€/month budget increase on the VA budget. On the other hand, I believe that would be the only budget increase necessary despite to balance out the higher pricing. Also, if we just focus on cutscenes and lewd scenes I believe the current budget would suffice.
What I want to say is that the price difference is at the end of the day not a make or break, especially since I am of course also hoping that voice acting will be an investment that also brings in money.
On the other other hand (:'D), cheaper prices of course also means more freedom in commissioning retakes to fix lines... Well there is much to consider here.