Sally Beaumont- Voice Actor & Game Writer
@sallybeaumont.bsky.social
British VA with broadcast quality studio
Old Skies | Hob’s Barrow | Harold Halibut | Dread Delusion | Loco Motive | Heartspell | Rogue Trader | Earth Must Die | Blake Manor
Game writer: Old Skies
She/Her 😷
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Old Skies | Hob’s Barrow | Harold Halibut | Dread Delusion | Loco Motive | Heartspell | Rogue Trader | Earth Must Die | Blake Manor
Game writer: Old Skies
She/Her 😷
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GIANT SPOILERS FOR OLD SKIES FROM THE BEGINNING!
Six months after launch, I feel like it's safe to start sharing more spoilery stuff- anyone who's played knows that's basically... the whole game.
Here's a little montage of some of my favourite acting moments playing Fia Quinn in Old Skies:
Six months after launch, I feel like it's safe to start sharing more spoilery stuff- anyone who's played knows that's basically... the whole game.
Here's a little montage of some of my favourite acting moments playing Fia Quinn in Old Skies:
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We’re blown away by all the love today for both the ceremony and these unbelievable developers.
The IGAs is an ambitious production made possible by folks with shared passion for the scene. We’re still looking for sponsors for the ceremony, and would love to chat.
📧: showcase@sixoneindie.com
The IGAs is an ambitious production made possible by folks with shared passion for the scene. We’re still looking for sponsors for the ceremony, and would love to chat.
📧: showcase@sixoneindie.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:50 PM
We’re blown away by all the love today for both the ceremony and these unbelievable developers.
The IGAs is an ambitious production made possible by folks with shared passion for the scene. We’re still looking for sponsors for the ceremony, and would love to chat.
📧: showcase@sixoneindie.com
The IGAs is an ambitious production made possible by folks with shared passion for the scene. We’re still looking for sponsors for the ceremony, and would love to chat.
📧: showcase@sixoneindie.com
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saw a video of someone getting too close to a horse and managed to pause it on an incredible frame
November 13, 2025 at 8:27 PM
saw a video of someone getting too close to a horse and managed to pause it on an incredible frame
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We were just nominated for the Narrative Award at the 2025 Indie Game Awards! 🥳🎉
We're delighted to be nominated alongside so many incredible games.
Visit www.indiegameawards.gg to see all award nominees across all categories.
We're delighted to be nominated alongside so many incredible games.
Visit www.indiegameawards.gg to see all award nominees across all categories.
November 13, 2025 at 3:34 PM
We were just nominated for the Narrative Award at the 2025 Indie Game Awards! 🥳🎉
We're delighted to be nominated alongside so many incredible games.
Visit www.indiegameawards.gg to see all award nominees across all categories.
We're delighted to be nominated alongside so many incredible games.
Visit www.indiegameawards.gg to see all award nominees across all categories.
Olivia voice: Overwhelmingly positive? Oh my…
Thank you so much to everyone who has played The Séance of Blake Manor. We're so excited we are now Overwhelmingly Positive on Steam 🥳🎉
November 13, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Olivia voice: Overwhelmingly positive? Oh my…
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Thank you so much to everyone who has played The Séance of Blake Manor. We're so excited we are now Overwhelmingly Positive on Steam 🥳🎉
November 13, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Thank you so much to everyone who has played The Séance of Blake Manor. We're so excited we are now Overwhelmingly Positive on Steam 🥳🎉
Congrats to @blakemanorgame.bsky.social for their Narrative nomination!
Introducing the nominees for The Indie Game Awards 2025, airing on December 18th at 3:30 PM PT / 6:30 PM ET on @ign.com, @gamespot.com, and @sixoneindie.com's YouTube and Twitch channels.
Visit indiegameawards.gg for the full list of nominees, presenters, and judges.
Visit indiegameawards.gg for the full list of nominees, presenters, and judges.
November 13, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Congrats to @blakemanorgame.bsky.social for their Narrative nomination!
Going to be a very big day for “and you’re surprised????” Guys on Bluesky.
November 13, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Going to be a very big day for “and you’re surprised????” Guys on Bluesky.
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Thank you to everyone today who’s said how important voice acting is to games. It really helps fight against the idea we’re disposable or replaceable.
I know we’re not curing cancer here, but human creativity is one of the things that make life worthwhile- VA in games is part of that enjoyment.
I know we’re not curing cancer here, but human creativity is one of the things that make life worthwhile- VA in games is part of that enjoyment.
November 11, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Thank you to everyone today who’s said how important voice acting is to games. It really helps fight against the idea we’re disposable or replaceable.
I know we’re not curing cancer here, but human creativity is one of the things that make life worthwhile- VA in games is part of that enjoyment.
I know we’re not curing cancer here, but human creativity is one of the things that make life worthwhile- VA in games is part of that enjoyment.
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If you voted today, which 6 games would you nominate for Game of the Year?
September 1, 2025 at 12:37 PM
If you voted today, which 6 games would you nominate for Game of the Year?
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blake manor update: bisected! at the seance
November 12, 2025 at 6:15 PM
blake manor update: bisected! at the seance
Me, silently enjoying the email chain I'm still in, after I connect two awesome people for work.
a woman wearing a denim jacket is making a funny face with #schitts creek written on the bottom
Alt: Gif of Alexis Rose from TV show Schitt's Creek, wearing a denim jacket is making a proud, possibly smug face with #schitts creek written on the bottom
media.tenor.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Me, silently enjoying the email chain I'm still in, after I connect two awesome people for work.
Sorted.
If you see something (a book you enjoy), Say Something (a review saying you enjoyed the book)
November 12, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Sorted.
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Spooky Doorway doesn't use gen AI. I actually don't know a single dev who does. All the problems in The Séance of Blake Manor were handcrafted by me.
We don’t use generative AI at Strange Scaffold and I can confirm that a *lot* of other studios are not—whether indie or AAA.
Get outta here with this normalization bullshit.
Get outta here with this normalization bullshit.
“It’s important to assume every game company is now using AI.” Nexon CEO comments on role of human creativity as AI tools become the norm
automaton-media.com/en/news/its-...
automaton-media.com/en/news/its-...
November 12, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Spooky Doorway doesn't use gen AI. I actually don't know a single dev who does. All the problems in The Séance of Blake Manor were handcrafted by me.
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"Blake manor is yet another small pearl that arrives during this 2025, an excellent tale of gothic horror, as well as one of the best videogame interpretations of the classic thriller - really excellent even for newbies to the genre - which succeeds in turning into an obsession."
bit.ly/4oytqEl
bit.ly/4oytqEl
The Séance of Blake Manor, la recensione
Dopo aver aperto il 2025 con Blue Prince, Raw Fury lo chiude con The Séance of Blake Manor di Spooky Doorway, un investigativo gothic horror che diventa un'ossessione.
multiplayer.it
November 12, 2025 at 11:55 AM
"Blake manor is yet another small pearl that arrives during this 2025, an excellent tale of gothic horror, as well as one of the best videogame interpretations of the classic thriller - really excellent even for newbies to the genre - which succeeds in turning into an obsession."
bit.ly/4oytqEl
bit.ly/4oytqEl
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I couldn't find "November 11th" in plain text, but I did find a recording of it online
I invite you to compare it to the other version
And to consider how a century since these words were penned - bunting is unfurled, drums banged, and fresh bodies lie in the mud
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIVI...
I invite you to compare it to the other version
And to consider how a century since these words were penned - bunting is unfurled, drums banged, and fresh bodies lie in the mud
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIVI...
November 11th by Robert Graves (Graveyard Poetry)
YouTube video by Graveyard Poetry
www.youtube.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:28 AM
I couldn't find "November 11th" in plain text, but I did find a recording of it online
I invite you to compare it to the other version
And to consider how a century since these words were penned - bunting is unfurled, drums banged, and fresh bodies lie in the mud
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIVI...
I invite you to compare it to the other version
And to consider how a century since these words were penned - bunting is unfurled, drums banged, and fresh bodies lie in the mud
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIVI...
It baffles me that plays- words intended for performance- are taught as solely literary texts.
As soon as you get them up on their feet, you feel what it is-you understand the sounds, the meter, the shape of it all.
To quote Hamlet, on acting “suit the action to the word, the
word to the action”
As soon as you get them up on their feet, you feel what it is-you understand the sounds, the meter, the shape of it all.
To quote Hamlet, on acting “suit the action to the word, the
word to the action”
This is a terrific idea - may it flourish like a Shakespearean fanfare.
(I first trained as a drama teacher and am horrified at how successive U.K. governments have strangled our schools’ arts curriculum.)
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
(I first trained as a drama teacher and am horrified at how successive U.K. governments have strangled our schools’ arts curriculum.)
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
‘I really enjoyed it’: new RSC curriculum brings Shakespeare’s works to life in UK classrooms
Starting with Macbeth, online platform using rehearsal-based teaching methods aims to transform study of the Bard
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:57 AM
It baffles me that plays- words intended for performance- are taught as solely literary texts.
As soon as you get them up on their feet, you feel what it is-you understand the sounds, the meter, the shape of it all.
To quote Hamlet, on acting “suit the action to the word, the
word to the action”
As soon as you get them up on their feet, you feel what it is-you understand the sounds, the meter, the shape of it all.
To quote Hamlet, on acting “suit the action to the word, the
word to the action”
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idk who needs to hear but: you’ll get there. it will happen. it may not look the way you expect or feel the way you wanted. but if you keep working it will happen
November 12, 2025 at 10:49 AM
idk who needs to hear but: you’ll get there. it will happen. it may not look the way you expect or feel the way you wanted. but if you keep working it will happen
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The next meeting of our Deaf, Disabled and Neurodivergent Member Network takes place on 10 December, 5-6pm on Zoom
Closed captions + a BSL interpreter will be available + pls let us know your access needs when you register
More info + register via:
writersguild.org.uk/wggb-member-...
Closed captions + a BSL interpreter will be available + pls let us know your access needs when you register
More info + register via:
writersguild.org.uk/wggb-member-...
WGGB member networks - The Writers' Guild of Great Britain
Writers from under-represented writing groups can meet, network, share experiences and discuss issues relating to writing and the creative industries in a safe space, thanks to WGGB’s series of member...
writersguild.org.uk
November 12, 2025 at 10:25 AM
The next meeting of our Deaf, Disabled and Neurodivergent Member Network takes place on 10 December, 5-6pm on Zoom
Closed captions + a BSL interpreter will be available + pls let us know your access needs when you register
More info + register via:
writersguild.org.uk/wggb-member-...
Closed captions + a BSL interpreter will be available + pls let us know your access needs when you register
More info + register via:
writersguild.org.uk/wggb-member-...
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The Séance of Blake Manor is 97% Overwhelmingly Positive on Steam!
It took just a little over two weeks from launch. Thank you to everyone who has left a review!
#indiegames
It took just a little over two weeks from launch. Thank you to everyone who has left a review!
#indiegames
November 12, 2025 at 9:42 AM
The Séance of Blake Manor is 97% Overwhelmingly Positive on Steam!
It took just a little over two weeks from launch. Thank you to everyone who has left a review!
#indiegames
It took just a little over two weeks from launch. Thank you to everyone who has left a review!
#indiegames
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Actors are these experts you hire to think about and embody an entire character and bring them to life.
November 12, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Actors are these experts you hire to think about and embody an entire character and bring them to life.
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"This use of GenAI is fine because VAs signed contracts to relinquish their rights".
Well yeah, have you seen what happens to those who don't want to sign off on this? Can you really call that consent when the alternative is losing (or never getting) a job?
Well yeah, have you seen what happens to those who don't want to sign off on this? Can you really call that consent when the alternative is losing (or never getting) a job?
November 11, 2025 at 8:22 AM
"This use of GenAI is fine because VAs signed contracts to relinquish their rights".
Well yeah, have you seen what happens to those who don't want to sign off on this? Can you really call that consent when the alternative is losing (or never getting) a job?
Well yeah, have you seen what happens to those who don't want to sign off on this? Can you really call that consent when the alternative is losing (or never getting) a job?
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Finally got around to playing Loco Motive. Highly enjoyable homage to classic LucasArts adventures. Spectacular animation, uncommonly good voice acting, and made me laugh out loud on SEVERAL occasions. Some of the multi-character puzzles at the end were especially well done.
Loco Motive on Steam
There's been a murder aboard the Reuss Express, and you're the suspects! Prove your innocence in this comedy 'point n' click' murder mystery - packed with twists, laughs, and larger-than-life characte...
store.steampowered.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Finally got around to playing Loco Motive. Highly enjoyable homage to classic LucasArts adventures. Spectacular animation, uncommonly good voice acting, and made me laugh out loud on SEVERAL occasions. Some of the multi-character puzzles at the end were especially well done.
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We truly hope more people play Old Skies! A stellar piece of fiction flying under the radar.
November 11, 2025 at 5:58 PM
We truly hope more people play Old Skies! A stellar piece of fiction flying under the radar.
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While we are on the topic of "idea guys," have we not already proved that games auteurism prevents us from getting fresh stories and experiences from talented developers of all levels (!!!) and marginalized groups? The "auteurs" will not save us from the well running dry. It will be EVERYONE ELSE.
It's purely managers wanting to live in a world where ideas guys write a prompt and a fully-formed game comes out of the machine (and people buy that slop because their ideas are soooo goooood of course). I don't ascribe it serious motives. It's coming from a place of hating creatives, period.
November 11, 2025 at 8:18 PM
While we are on the topic of "idea guys," have we not already proved that games auteurism prevents us from getting fresh stories and experiences from talented developers of all levels (!!!) and marginalized groups? The "auteurs" will not save us from the well running dry. It will be EVERYONE ELSE.