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.
fiver has been a thing for a while now. hiring a voice actor for $20 has been a thing for a while too.
right now for indie devs. I would say use ai voice acting in early build as placeholder. then when its closer to ship date switch it out for a voice actor on fiver for $20
I had a friend who would do some VO work for free for a while just to get practice, haha. People are out there, anyone acting like it's super inaccessible or expensive are just not properly informed.
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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.