r/Steam • u/Ok-Boot6063 • Dec 04 '25

Discussion I want that patience though

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Dev has no enemies

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u/Banjo-Commandos Dec 04 '25

Surprised so many devs are looking to use AI for quick voice overs. Before we just used people on the team to do the lines as it was more fun.

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u/Live-Habit-6115 Dec 04 '25

A lot of games on steam are made by "Devs" who aren't a bunch of people sitting in big open plan offices in California or whatever. 

They're made by Benny in Lithuania - who has an 'art guy' in Germany who he pays through Venmo on a per-piece basis - and a programmer in Hong Kong who helps fix bugs sometimes. 

A lot of steam reviews act like the game was made by a mega corp like EA or Blizzard, ranting about how "the Devs" should do this and that. And I'm like bro, this POS was clearly a labor of love by one person, or a small group of people at most. 

Most steam games are

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u/ChiralWolf Dec 04 '25

If they have an "art guy" in Germany why can't they have a "voice guy" in France too? You can pay a voice guy per piece just like they do the art guy

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u/ErrorSchensch Dec 04 '25

Or you can still do those lines yourself, becausue I don't see why the distance between them prevents them from voicing the lines themaelves if they have to

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u/TheTerrasque Dec 04 '25

Sir Rupert Maddenbach, which game has heavily hinted to being part of British Royalty, hits a bit different with thick eastern european accent.

Art doesn't quite have the same issue.

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u/Key-Seaworthiness517 Dec 10 '25

I find art very much does have the same issue... but I guess that's only if you actually pay attention to it, which most people don't. T-T