How to estimate a needed sound budget?
Posted: Wed May 10, 2017 11:55 pm
I'm currently working on a long term project with a small group of three. We're all artists and writers, and I'm the programmer as I'm learning Ren'Py and used TyranoBuilder before for small projects. But none of us have audio experience and we're hoping to in the end make a game that we can actually sell. Currently the plan is for me to make some smaller games while learning all the things we'll need for the big one, put together a demo with our art assets once we get to a point where we can start on the big project, and then have a kickstarter to try and get the money to hire someone to make music and sounds for the game and possibly partial voice acting as a stretch goal.
However, it seems I can't find a solid answer on how much money that would be. I've sent out requests for quotes to a few small casting studios for voice actors and musicians who have done visual novels before, but I've gotten no response from anyone so far and I think it's simply because the project is not committed enough yet for them to think it's even worth the time to give me their rates.
I'm hoping someone on here has paid for/been paid for/done a kickstarter for such a thing before, so I'd like to ask the forum. What are the expected rates for music and voice acting?
Since the game's script isn't done yet I of course don't have a way of giving the full scope of exactly what the price would be but it would be helpful down the road to know what to expect in terms of buying one minute of music made just for the game or 500 spoken words of dialogue by a voice actor. Those sorts of little tidbits.
Any help there?
However, it seems I can't find a solid answer on how much money that would be. I've sent out requests for quotes to a few small casting studios for voice actors and musicians who have done visual novels before, but I've gotten no response from anyone so far and I think it's simply because the project is not committed enough yet for them to think it's even worth the time to give me their rates.
I'm hoping someone on here has paid for/been paid for/done a kickstarter for such a thing before, so I'd like to ask the forum. What are the expected rates for music and voice acting?
Since the game's script isn't done yet I of course don't have a way of giving the full scope of exactly what the price would be but it would be helpful down the road to know what to expect in terms of buying one minute of music made just for the game or 500 spoken words of dialogue by a voice actor. Those sorts of little tidbits.
Any help there?