Boston Game Dev

This month, Game Audio Boston is bringing you a star studded panel dedicated to Voiceover. We’ll hear from both voice directors and actors about their experiences working on games like Skyrim, Jedi: Survivor, Doom, Destiny, Psychonauts and many more. If you’re looking to get into the world of VO as an actor, director or editor this one’s for you!

Thank you to CESD talent for helping us put this panel together! Here’s some more info about our panelists:

Debra Wilson
Debra Wilson is an American actress, comedian, voice performer, and puppeteer whose career has spanned sketch comedy, television, film, animation, and video games. Following her success on MADtv, Wilson expanded into voice acting and became one of the most prolific performers in animation and interactive entertainment. Her television voice credits include roles in series such as Clone High (2023), Family Guy (1999), Mao Mao: Heroes of Pure Heart (2014), Baby Shark's Big Show! (2020), and Monster High (2022). Her game credits include Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (2019), Star Wars Jedi: Survivor (2023), Halo Infinite (2021), Destiny 2 (2017), Diablo IV (2023), and numerous other high-profile titles.

Piotr Michael
Piotr Michael is an actor and voice artist known for his mimicry and dynamic characters. He has regularly impersonated celebrities on The Howard Stern Show, MADtv, Conan, and Jimmy Kimmel Live. Piotr’s recent credits include Master Yoda in Young Jedi Adventures, Broadfoot and Weasel in The Wild Robot, Pop-Pop in The Loud House, Fire in Beavis and Butt-head, and vocal impersonations as President Joe Biden on various late night shows. In gaming, you can hear him as “Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen” in Dune: Awakening, the Call of Duty franchise, The Outer Worlds, King Novik in the Doom series, Psychonauts 2, and as Ambassador Spock in Star Trek: Resurgence.

Ry Chase
Ry Chase is a Los Angeles based voice actor. Their work includes games such as Destiny: Rising, Guild Wars 2, Starfield, Spider Man 2, Young Jedi Adventures and Marathon.

Khris Brown
Khris Brown (she/they) has been working in VO for games, animation, and film for over 30 years. As a founding member of the Lucasfilm Games Voice Department, she pioneered the beginning of the Games VO industry, casting, directing, and leading a team of editors to create the gold standard for voice production. She has worked on numerous Academy-Award nominated films and an Emmy-award winning animation series through Skywalker Sound. Key projects include Psychonauts 2, We Are OFK and Return to Monkey Island.

Philip Bache
Philip currently directs the performances for AAA video game titles and animation. Philip has casted and managed hundreds of actors ranging from inspiring independent projects with intimate casts to large scale ever-expanding universes with thousands of characters. He has a directing background that varies in genre and tone, for on-camera, voiceover, and even motion capture. Philip has been able to help win many properties numerous performance awards, including BAFTAs, and Performance of the Year. Key projects include The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Life is Strange and Honkai Star Rail.

The Gameplay Ability System (GAS) is part of Unreal Engine. It is a great way to handle multiplayer gameplay and interactions. It has replication built in with local prediction, giving you a toolset that can handle loadouts, spells, cooldowns, health, and damage in your gameplay. You can craft abilities in a mixture of C++ and Blueprint, import stats for your characters and weapons from a spreadsheet, and sync your character animations with application of damage and effects. This talk is a short overview of the system and shows how to create a simple game framework using GAS.

Thank you to our new hosts, Disbelief, who have generously donated their space for us to gather in for the evening.