As some of you know, Mewgenics will feature vocal cameos. These cameos range from friends and family, to iconic streamers, to full-on icons that you all know and love! It's honestly pretty crazy how many people agreed to be a part of this, but before we jump into all that, let's break down what a cat vocal pack actually is.
In the game, when a cat is born, it's assigned a vocal pack from the 100+ that we currently have, pitched up or down and locked into place. Every vocal set has a series of vocalizations that are tied to these categories:
- Normal meows
- Happy meows
- Angry meows
- Sad meows
- Hissing
- Purring
- Being hit reactions
- Dying (this is where people really get to showcase their VO skills!)
Here is a video of all those meows in action:
Speaking of cat meows, this game features TONS of crazy cameos from a lot of people you know and love. A few years back, I mentioned to an Isaac streamer how we were doing cat vocal sets and he asked if he could make a set for us. We said of course, and then started getting DMs from other streamers asking to do the same. Once the word got out and a few pretty significant people were jumping on board, it was pretty amusing to think of all these iconic voices meowing like cats. So, I just went for it and started asking celebrity friends, people who inspired my work, and just very iconic voices to contribute. Nearly every single one I asked said of course and sent me their meows. Now, I'm still not sure how/if we want to showcase all these voices outside of a credits roll list, but I thought it might be fun to give you all a few hints that I may or may not confirm are correct in a later post...
Mewgenics features meowing by the following people (and many many more):
1. A movie director who inspired my work greatly 2. A famous movie/series actor 3. A legendary game developer 4. Someone from the cast of Buffy the Vampire Slayer 5. A rap icon 6. A legendary cartoonist 7. An iconic religious voice from reality TV 8. A controversial public figure 9. A very controversial public figure (this one might not make it into the final game) 10. A bad movie legend 11. The voice of a classic viral music video 12. A rock star 13. A Newgrounds.com icon 14. A famous YouTube personality 15. A very well-known animator and voice actor... who is weird... 16. An '80s scream queen 17. A spawn of Boognish 18. An internet celebrity impersonator... or is he? 19. An actor so famous he asked me to hide his identity! 20. A popular female podcaster
But this list is just the tip of the iceberg. There are SO many more amazing cameos from many other people we all know and love... or at least I love them, and that's what matters, right? As you may assume, I'm personally having a lot of fun with these vocal cameos, and I hope as development closes I can acquire a few more fun ones. So if you have any suggestions on who I should reach out to or who you would really want to hear meow, just let me know!
I can't end this post without thanking our amazing sound designer Joey Kuras (Earthworm Jim and Roblox OOF SFX extraordinaire) for cutting and editing all of these vocal packs. It's a thankless job, and his time could be better spent making actual in-game sound effects, but without him, this dumb idea of mine wouldn't be possible.
As an extra tease just to add fuel to the fire, here is a little video of 4 amazing cat cameos you just might be able to guess... just listen... listen very hard...
See ya,
-Edmund