¶ Dev Spotlight on khobis!
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Voice, Sound, Talent Scout, Casting and Direction |
History with the Team
- Rise of the Commonwealth - Sound and Voice Talent
- Conqueror - Voice, Director, and Talent Scout
- Sim Settlements - Lead Casting and Direction
- Sim Settlements 2, Chapter 2 - Principal Casting and Direction
Dev Q&A
¶ Where are you from?
- Midlands of the UK. My parents originally arrived from Bangladesh to open up a restaurant. Yum.
Fun fact: 90% of Indian cuisine restaurants (at least in the UK) are run by Bengalis. My every other uncle and aunt are chefs lol.
¶ What other hobbies do you have?
- I also like doing voice acting myself, and not just the management and other aspect as I do for SS. I've been trying to make a full-time career out of all of this.
¶ What other games do you play?
- None (rarely play). I don't get much amusement out of playing games anymore. More so, the actual enjoyment comes from being in the company of friends when I do.
However, I CAN tell you my favourite games:- Road Trip Adventure (PS2) - for nostalgia reasons
- Witcher 3 (If we're talking about modern day masterpieces. That world is great)
¶ What is your favorite thing to work on for SS2? and why?
- Easy! Working on the trailers!
It's when we get to bring in Pontus to help with the making of the trailers, and then a small concentrated few of us are involved in putting our heads and unique experiences together, to create some high-octane cinema action.
Being involved in that creative process, and seeing the end result, is the big dopamine hit.
If all SS was - was a team that created trailers only - I would be happy with this. AAA production all day, every day.
As for in-game stuff: I mostly enjoy working on turning holotapes and radios into audiobooks and radio plays along with our lead audio engineer, SciVirus.
¶ What was the most difficult thing you worked on in
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Getting through Chapter 1.
It was the first time I was made to handle a massive workload with a vastly underestimated assigned deadline.
Due to mods not exactly being known for putting high attention-to-detail in the Voice Acting department - expectations of one person doing all of this in time, as a volunteer, were set too high.
And I refused to delegate any of the specialist tasks because I wanted to maintain high standards throughout (we didn't have anyone else with enough experience in this field).
Needless to say, by the time after Chapter 2 released with high praise for VO, me releasing my VO management guide, and being commended by members of Fallout 4's own crew - my methods have not been questioned since.
¶ Do you have a story about working on SS2 that you'd like to share?
- Only that if it wasn't for Sirick being the best throughout (talent-wise and person-wise) - I would've been long gone lol.
SS2 has really included some gruelling work, so it helps that the one team member I'm supposed to most communicate with (Writing department), also happens to be the G.O.A.T.
¶ What's next for you?
- Food on table.
Links to Share
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If you're curious, here's some behind-the-scenes of what's involved in the voice acting process:
Voiceover Management Guide for Bethesda Modding Community by khobis -
And there's this SoundCloud profile I made just for SS goofs if you want a giggle.
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Sim Settlements 2 and Chapter 2 LP Wednesdays - Day 19 - with khobis, voice director of SS2!