🎙️ Bringing Mission Control and the Pilot to Life

View store page One of our favourite days of development so far wasn't spent writing code or fixing bugs—it was spent in the recording studio.

This week we recorded the voices for the two main characters you'll meet throughout Sub-Species: the Pilot and Mission Control.

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We had the pleasure of working with Katie Creaven and Richard Naughton, whose talent, professionalism and enthusiasm made the entire session an absolute joy. It was amazing to hear characters that have existed only on paper for so long finally come to life.

We've included a short behind-the-scenes clip below. Fair warning—it captures more of the laughter than the recording itself! Before we settled in behind the microphones there was plenty of joking around, and we thought it would be fun to share a little of that side of development too.

Over the past few weeks we've been continuing to improve Sub-Species based on feedback from our G.Round playtest. Alongside gameplay improvements, controls and onboarding updates, adding professional voice performances is another important step towards making the underwater world feel more immersive and alive.

A huge thank you once again to Katie and Richard for their fantastic work. We can't wait for you to hear the finished performances when Sub-Species launches later this year.

See you beneath the waves.

— Howling Hamster Games