This Week on StoryCo - 7.26.24
This week "on" StoryCo:
A story launch of Nikushimi, a new celestial-chapter of Planetarium, a Co/Create winner highlight for the lead of Eldair, a Co/Create spotlight for The Arrival and a voice performance generation platform highlight!
All that and more below 🚀
Nikushimi by Danell (AKA "LetsDrawForever") is now live on StoryCo at Story.co/stories/nikushimi!
Depressed and alone, Aaron sees no reason to keep on living until he wakes up in a world of demons, gods, and magic. Forced to team up with an overly happy goddess, they embark on a journey to uncover secrets, kick ass, and become heroes!
As his name suggests, creator Danell is a lifelong lover of comics, finding in them comfort, joy, and lessons during the moments in life where he felt most blue. In his own fictional tales, he seeks to foster this same sense of comfort and escapism for others, just as he found in his favorite stories growing up.
He also simply likes making characters fight with big explosions.
Check out Nikushimi and experience Danell's world for yourself!
In Chapter 1 of Planetarium, Luna, the newest spirit of the moon, is left reeling after a fateful encounter with a mysterious planet from “another far away constellation.” Sol, meanwhile, is left lamenting about the woes of his life…including broken dishware.
But the question that remains is: who was the mystery planet from last night? Well, no worries because Terra, Earth’s spirit and official best friend of the Moon, is just itching for that tea much to Luna’s chagrin...
In this newly released Chapter 2, Terra, who knows exactly who the “mystery star man” was as does the whole rest of the universe, is a bit alarmed to discover that Luna is...apparently the only Celestial who doesn't.
Uh oh...
“Before the world was, the God and Goddess were.”
Koe speaks these legendary lines to open the first chapter of Children of Eldair. Creator Jemma Young chose Kurt Shipley to voice Koe for his ability to “capture the sincerity and gentle nature of Koe's character in a very realistic and believable way.”
Stay tuned for more updates and releases from the world of Children of Eldair, and read our full blog for more on Kurt’s background and creative process!
Jason Michael Primrose has been giving his fans a sneak peek of the voice auditions for The Arrival through live reaction listenings on Instagram! This engaging approach has allowed fans to experience the excitement of the audition and casting process firsthand.
The Arrival is the first official comic book from creator Jason Michael Primrose in the “Lost Children of Andromeda” universe, following Allister Adams and his father Patrick as they navigate a catastrophic superstorm and uncover the origins of Allister's abilities.
You can still contribute your voice acting talents to Jason’s saga...head to Story.co/create/performance to view and submit to the roles by the audition deadline of Monday, July 29th at midnight PST!
The platform feature we are highlighting this week is speech generation! Creators on our platform can seamlessly unlock the power of authentic voice performance with our Text-to-Speech and Speech-to-Speech features!
Speech-to-Speech
Text-to-Speech
We think this feature "really ties the platform together."
Pick from thousands of voice models to find the best fit for the characters in your story. With Text-to-Speech, creators can then simply render the speech directly from their script in their chosen voice. Alternatively, creators can use Speech-to-Speech by simply clicking the microphone icon and recording the lines from their script, and watch as the platform transforms the audio into the voice of their chosen character.
Both modes of voice generation are ways for creators to really quickly bring characters to life using simple generation features while utilizing Co/Create to connect with actors from around the world to collaborate on the voice performances.
Check out the GIF demos above to see it in action and check out the stories on our platform at Story.co/stories to see the end result of these features live in the completed chapters on the platform.
And of course, apply to join our waitlist to use these tools to bring your own story world to life!
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