The Accountant

[Goldwell]

Maud Goldwells latest Diary Entry (14.08.2013)

 

 

 

Gameplay Teaser Video (30.06.2013)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5C8HZ0-pq3A

 

Initial Teaser Video (02.06.2013)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCvWfSrfUAg

 

30.06.2013 Update

So I have added a short gameplay teaser which is around 90 seconds long. The footage begins right when you have finally discovered where Maud lives and you are about to enter his house to steal the Accounting Book!

 

Original Post

My goal is to create a mission that is felt by sound, driven by curiosity and crafted for thieving.

 

I am (unsurprisingly) a massive fan of the Thief series, Thievery and of course The Dark Mod. My favorite moments during my thieving experiences is usually the exploration, I love to live in the shadows and explore my world before I jump out and steal something. I have never really done mapping before so at first I found it a bit intimidating but after reading through the guides posted on the wiki here and after some very helpful people answering some questions for me on the forums, so far the transition from no knowledge to being able to actually create something has happened faster than I expected.

 

This is my first fan mission and I will be providing many custom sounds and of course my own vocal recordings of multiple characters in game which is hopefully refreshing and unique to you when you play it.

 

Keep an eye on this thread as it comes closer to the release date I will start taking in some beta testers & also along the way I will post some screen shots and maybe another video trailer. I don't want to give away to much though as I want the mission to stay undiscovered and exciting for everyone!

Edited October 10, 2013 by Goldwell

[Obsttorte]

My goal is to create a mission that is felt by sound, driven by curiosity and crafted for thieving.

Sounds like a slogan. Anyways, good luck with your first mission. If you additionaly want it to be

 

 

enriched by scripted events

just ask me.

[grayman]

Good luck!

[Moonbo]

As an accountant in my day job, I approve :-P. Looking forward to playing this one!

[jaxa]

As an accountant in my day job, I approve :-P. Looking forward to playing this one!

 

Accountant by day, thief by night?

[Goldwell]

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Sounds like a slogan. Anyways, good luck with your first mission. If you additionaly want it to be

 

 

enriched by scripted events

just ask me.

 

Thank you! I might need your help in the future if I get stuck! Danke! Ich brauche vielleicht einmal deine hilfe in zukunft sollte ich nicht weiter kommen!

 

Good luck!

 

Thanks!

 

As an accountant in my day job, I approve :-P. Looking forward to playing this one!

 

I sure hope you aren't as twisted as this accountant though

[Moonbo]

@ Jaxa .

[Obsttorte]

Thank you! I might need your help in the future if I get stuck! Danke! Ich brauche vielleicht einmal deine hilfe in zukunft sollte ich nicht weiter kommen!

Ich vielleicht auch.

[Goldwell]

Added a new 90 second gameplay teaser to the first post

[Bikerdude]

Those videos are awesome! I'll shall be enlisting your help doing the briefing vid for my next mission!

 

nb - your voice sounded much better in the second vid, less gravelly and more coherent etc.

[Lux]

Nice new video. Very much looking forward to the funny converstations and naration! Looks like a lot of fun for sure.

 

<3 your Garret esk voice.

[grayman]

Added a new 90 second gameplay teaser to the first post

 

Very very nice.

[Obsttorte]

Very nice.

[raymeld]

Looking forward to this one.

[Sotha]

Looks good. Just remember to spend more energy and time in actual mapping than teaser videos...

[Ladro]

It looks very very promising, good one!

[Goldwell]

Those videos are awesome! I'll shall be enlisting your help doing the briefing vid for my next mission!

 

nb - your voice sounded much better in the second vid, less gravelly and more coherent etc.

 

Thanks and yes I would love to help out with your briefing video and if you need any ingame vocals as well Just send me a PM when the time is right.

When you say the second video do you mean the gameplay teaser sounds better? because for that video I used a different microphone and also different techniques. I learned whilst recording the a new vocal set for a guard with Springheel that distance from the microphone makes a world of difference!

 

Nice new video. Very much looking forward to the funny converstations and naration! Looks like a lot of fun for sure.

 

<3 your Garret esk voice.

 

I have gone through and added little bits and pieces into the map of either interesting parts or funny conversations. That was a point I loved about the old Thief games, doesn't matter how serious a master Thief is he knows how to make light of a situation in his own sort of way.

 

As for the voice yeah I like to think it's maybe Garretts brother/uncle/cousin or something

 

Looks good. Just remember to spend more energy and time in actual mapping than teaser videos...

 

Thanks

 

In regards to my spare time I put a large majority of it into the game, after finishing this scene though (after figuring out that frustrating target ai business ha!) I thought it looked so great I wanted to share, and I think it gives a good view of what the whole map will be like. Although it's hard to share but not give away spoilers because I want people to really explore the little world i'm building. I think from here till release I might only put out a couple of screenshots and maybe a final trailer for it... but who knows

[Bikerdude]

• Thanks and yes I would love to help out with your briefing video and if you need any ingame vocals as well Just send me a PM when the time is right.
  
• When you say the second video do you mean the gameplay teaser sounds better? because for that video I used a different microphone and also different techniques. I learned whilst recording the a new vocal set for a guard with Springheel that distance from the microphone makes a world of difference!
  

• Smashing thanks
  
• Your voice, in the first vid it was a little too gravely. It sounded like you were trying a little too hard to get the sound right, where as in the second vid it was natural and also had no mic pops.
  

[Goldwell]

• Your voice, in the first vid it was a little too gravely. It sounded like you were trying a little too hard to get the sound right, where as in the second vid it was natural and also had no mic pops.
  

 

I guess it all falls down to preference in the end but I still prefer the vocals in the first video the Gameplay one.. Although in regards to the mic pops what does that mean? do you mean when the microphone is to loud? because I have editing software which displays a little red light if you go over a certain audio level and you get a pop sort of noise and the soundwave for the file seems to sit quite nicely within decent parameters.

 

But I could be talking about something different, I am a bit of a sound newbie

[Mortem Desino]

Although in regards to the mic pops what does that mean? do you mean when the microphone is to loud? because I have editing software which displays a little red light if you go over a certain audio level and you get a pop sort of noise and the soundwave for the file seems to sit quite nicely within decent parameters.

 

But I could be talking about something different, I am a bit of a sound newbie

That little red light is known as "[digital] clipping", sometimes also called "overload" or "distortion".

 

What Bikerdude is talking about are plosives (especially "p" "b" and "t"), when a puff of air from your mouth hits the microphone. Just use a foam windscreen or--even better--a pop filter. In a pinch, I've made one at home by stretching pantyhose over a wire coathanger.

[AluminumHaste]

That also helps with sibilance, which can be just as annoying as plosives, as instead of a thump it's a hiss, like steam that's really loud and pitchy.

 

EDIT: BTW that looks awesome

[Goldwell]

That little red light is known as "[digital] clipping", sometimes also called "overload" or "distortion".

 

What Bikerdude is talking about are plosives (especially "p" "b" and "t"), when a puff of air from your mouth hits the microphone. Just use a foam windscreen or--even better--a pop filter. In a pinch, I've made one at home by stretching pantyhose over a wire coathanger.

That also helps with sibilance, which can be just as annoying as plosives, as instead of a thump it's a hiss, like steam that's really loud and pitchy.

 

EDIT: BTW that looks awesome

 

Oh right well that makes a bit more sense.. I thought BikerDude meant pop's as in what you were talking about the distortion things.

 

Well I will just have to go back and re-record because I did use a pop filter however I had my mouth fairly close to the microphone which probably cancels the effectiveness of the pop filter.

 

Thanks for all your help/critiques & advice everyone! I swear I learn something knew everyday from people here!

[Goldwell]

Added an update onto the first post