Casting Call

Hello!

Our Life: Now & Forever is our upcoming commercial visual novel, and another entry in the series that includes the beloved Our Life: Beginnings & Always. It’s a slice-of-life story with comedy, romance, drama, and many wonderful memories to make, set in a small Oregon town.

In the Our Life games, the story is told in distinct sections called “Steps”, which represent different time periods in the characters’ lives: childhood, adolescence, teenager, and adulthood. This casting call is for the Step 1, or Childhood, cast, including the two leads, Qiu Lin and Tamarack Baumann, as well as two supporting characters, Ren Murray and Baxter Ward.

The game will include partial voice acting, as well as our “voiced name” feature, where the two leads will say the name of the main character, taken from an extensive list. The voiced named feature entails each name being said twice, one in a more upbeat tone, and one softer tone. Only one take per name is necessary. The majority of lines for the two leads will be saying these names.

Open April 25th-May 9th 2025

We’re not strict with the time zones. If it is May 9th where you are, it’s still open.

General Info: 

Payment: $8 per normal line, and for the two leads, $2 per voiced name

Swearing: None

Paid Through: Paypal, Zelle, or Wise

Age Requirement: 18 or older

Communication: Email or Discord

Line Format: WAV or MP3

Number of Open Roles: 4

GB Patch Games is entirely against the use of AI voice acting. There will be no AI in our games, and we will never put the lines sent to us into an AI system.

Auditioning Guidelines:

●      The VA doesn’t have to identify as the same gender as a character in order to audition for that character.

●      Recording is done at the voice actor’s own schedule, without live direction.

●      Please have clear audio with no background noise.

●      Please don’t edit the pitch of your voice or add other alterations. General clean-up is okay!

●      Two to three takes are preferred, but not required.

●      Our Life is a low-key story, the character speaking style is down to earth. We don’t require extra oomph that a more energetic/comedic project might.

●      Include links to your social media pages or your website

Contact:

Auditions should be sent to contact@gbpatchgames.com. This casting call will close after May 9th. Thank you for visiting, and good luck to everyone who auditions!

Qiu Lin

Gender: Gender Fluid

Pronouns Used: He/Him (at this age, ultimately Qiu switches between he/him and they/them)

Age: 10

Ethnicity: Chinese

Speaking Style: Qiu says things with confidence and politeness, he likes to play around with inflections and phony voices, and he can sometimes get extremely dramatic

Voice Pitch: Medium pitch, boyish, a bit more mature than other ten-year-olds

We are looking for a Chinese VA to portray Qiu!

Role: Lead Character

Line Count: 243

Payment: $1,944.00USD

Name Count: 1,655

Payment: $3,310.00USD

Total Payment: $5,254.00USD

 Audition Lines

Line 1: “I’ve got a plan.”

[Confident, self-satisfied, having fun with this]

Line 2: “Nah, I never lose things.”

[Breezy, nonchalant, casually certain. The MC is letting him know he did lose something]

Line 3: “Forget it.”

[Sharp, displeased, insistent]

Line 4: “Are you… alright?”

[Quiet, careful, uncertain what to say]

Tamarack Baumann

Gender: Female

Pronouns: She/Her

Age: 10

Ethnicity: White

Speaking Style: She’s highly expressive, often switching between loud shouts and low declarations. Tamarack is usually certain with everything she says, though she might just be making it up

Voice Pitch: Very feminine and child-like, high pitched

Role: Lead Character

Line Count: 238

Payment: $1,904.00USD

Name Count: 1,655

Payment: $3,310.00USD

Total Payment: $5,214.00USD

 Audition Lines

Line 1: “We’re the same!”

[Pleased, excited, affectionate]

Line 2: “Catching a falling leaf is good luck.”

[Content, eager, in high spirits]

Line 3: “I don’t wanna go to the stinky town.”

[Flat, dismissive, being serious despite the silly wording]

Line 4: “I can’t do it…”

[Quiet, unconfident, defeated]

Ren Murray

Gender: Female, assigned male at birth

Pronouns Used: He/Him (at this age)

Age: 12

Ethnicity: White

Speaking Style: Often defensive, speaking with a flat or sour tone, but that is towards people Ren isn’t comfortable with. Ren is calming and even excitable when with trusted friends

Voice Pitch: High pitched that can also sink to deep lows, emotive, raspy

Ren in Step 1 is going by her assigned gender, later in the story she comes out as a transwoman! We’d love to have a transwoman voice Ren, though we understand if voicing a character while she’s being treated as a boy wouldn’t be a comfortable role.

Role: Minor Side Character

Line Count: 52

Payment: $416.00USD

 Audition Lines

Line 1: “I don’t know.”

[Mild, unengaged, not sure why someone is asking]

Line 2: “That’s not fair.”

[Pouty, a bit frustrated, sour]

Line 3: “We could do it again sometime.”

[Casual, pleased, speaking surely. Ren is talking to someone she is comfortable with]

Line 4: “I didn’t say that.”

[Quick, awkward, defensive, but not angry. Someone pretended Ren said something she didn’t, though it was only a harmless joke]

Baxter Ward

Gender: Male

Pronouns: He/Him

Age: 13

Ethnicity: White

Speaking Style: Unusually formal and proper for a young boy. Normally confident, it leans into smugness. Is often teased for being so very “mature” by his friends. He’s not actually as secure as he acts

Voice Pitch: Less high pitched and energetic than a typical “child voice”, but still far from being grownup

Role: Minor Side Character

Line Count: 42

Payment: $336.00USD

Baxter is a cameo character from a prior game where he was older. If you audition for him, please keep the original voice in mind. You can listen to what he sounds like when he’s nineteen here: Baxter Voice Example

 Audition Lines

Line 1: “Hello, it’s nice to meet you.”

[Confident, well-spoken, but not that interested in who he is talking to]

Line 2: “You’re good.”

[Amused, actually a bit impressed]

Line 3: “Excuse me?”

[Sharp, accusing, losing patience]

Line 4: “Are you serious?!”

[Stunned, beginning to panic, someone might need help unexpectedly]