You can feel the excitement across every pixel of GalaChain as Project Cerberus starts to take shape. Everyone – human and VOX alike – are ready to start this party!
Before we dive into more about Project Cerberus in the upcoming weeks, we want to highlight more of the amazing real, actual human beings who put up with our constant onslaught of cubes day in and day out to bring you more voxelated glory!
This week, we’ve got a real treat from one of our human VOX pros. Meet Jeff… definitely a human made of squishy stuff just like you!
Tell the People Who You Are!
Hello world! I’m Jeff Brooks, AKA jeffgamedev, and I’m a game developer on VOX. I’ve been developing video games since I was just 11 years old, where I started writing text adventure games in C, and participated in the first ever online game-jams (we used to call them “compos”).
I used ancient niche game libraries and engines that you may have never heard of, such as VERGE, Sphere, ika, Allegro, and Pygame and libGDX. I’ve been working as a professional game developer and full stack engineer for about 14 years now, and have been with the VOX team for just over a year.
I’m a husband, father, and horse owner that lives in the midwest of the United States. I’m a huge fan of the Elder Scrolls and Deus Ex games, and am currently on a mission to complete all of them.
What Guinness Book of World Records record would you like to break?
It’d be impressive to be the person that ported the most retro games to PC in history ever.
If you had to turn into a food, which one would you choose?
A giant chocolate chip cookie cake. Chocolate chip cookies are the best baked good.
If you were a wrestler what would be your entrance theme song?
Guile’s theme from Street Fighter. *FLEX*
Flex Indeed
What’s a TV show you hated that everyone else loved and why did you hate it?
Brooklyn Nine-Nine is not funny.
What’s one super power you would NOT want?
Mind reading.
If you had to eat one meal everyday for the rest of your life what would it be?
Protein bars
The zombie apocalypse is coming, who are 3 people you want on your team?
My wife and 2 kids.
What’s the most embarrassing fashion trend you used to rock?
Sandals with socks. Comfort with convenience. Please don’t judge.
Dad fashion is the final evolution. Double comfort… and we don’t care what you think 😉
What was the worst haircut you ever had?
I had a mullet when I was 5. At the time, I lived in the deep south! That awful Achy Breaky Heart song was on the radio all day.
What’s your favorite thing about VOX?
I’ve been a fan of voxel art forever. Since I was a kid, I always imagined 3D video games would capture the essence of 2D games and put it in a 3D world. VOX is this!
What is your most used emoji?
We believe that human and VOX cooperation is essential for the future of entertainment. We here at VOX believe in fair and equitable treatment of our humans. Boxy or rounded, we’re all working for a better future… squared.
Here at VINC, we understand. We’re all in this together.
We Care. Squared.
We wanted to create something wonderful out of all this Mayhem. Featuring our revolutionary ProtoVOX technology, the latest VOX Box is more than just a box… it’s what’s inside that counts. But it’s also more than just what’s inside! It’s the care and love that went into designing a box just for each and every one of you!
VINC may be a multinational corporation, but we like to think of ourselves more as family to each human and VOX out there. Families care. No need to thank us. It’s just what we do.
Just click for wonderful.
The Mayhem VOX Box
We forgive you if the last few weeks were a blur. We sure had fun making sure that VOX were making the rounds this Mayhem, and we love getting to know new friends.
Give yourself a pat on the back – because you dominated in Common Ground World, Legends Reborn and NFTD. I guess that’s why you’re the real hero!
Alice still hasn’t returned from her Mayhem mission. I wonder where she’ll pop up 🤔
The VOX Box can have any of your favorite new faces from Mayhem!
50% chance for Project V
35% chance for Lucy the Border Collie
15% chance for Alice
In addition to a “shiny” new ProtoVOX, ALL boxes will contain a Common VOX Land!
Every box will also have a 20% chance to contain the all-new FutureBoy track – Datalake Drip!
Post Mayhem chill time! FutureBoy has got your back
Each VOX Box costs $99.99, and only 1000 are available in this sale!
At the time of publishing, only around half of these are left 😱
Unbox the Care
This is the absolute last chance to get all these Mayhem items. Get yours before it’s too late!
We know grinding the Mayhem is hard. That’s why we made opening VOX boxes so easy! Don’t wait… open one today.
This Town Hall event on the Gala Games Youtube channel is the first in a series that will take you deep into the minds of the VOX creators, not to be confused with the overlords… er– Board of Directors at VINC.
Set a notification and don’t miss the live Town Hall today at 11am PT! Give your hosts a shout in the comments!
NOTICE: Views expressed by members of the VOX team do not necessarily reflect the views of VINC or any VINC subsidiary, nor of the VINC Board of Directors, the Advisory Board to the Board of Directors, the special Advisory Council to the Advisory Board to the Board of Directors, the Press Secretary to said Special Advisory Council, nor the hairdresser of any current, past or future member of the VINC Board of Directors. By reading this, the user acknowledges that ProtoVOX do not have souls.
As everyone on GalaChain prepares for Project Cereberus to rear its glorious heads, we thought it was time to get to know the little-mentioned, meat and bone people under the glory of VOX. That’s right… there are people behind VOX!
Due to contractual obligations with VINC, we’re unable to disclose further details of this human/VOX cooperation… but that doesn’t mean we can’t give everyone (Voxel and rounded) a chance to get to know each other!
Today, we’re joined by Elliot! Elliot is an actual human person, diligently working with VOX to expand their ability to experience and interact with the world around them!
Tell all the VOX out there who you are!
Hey there! My name is Elliott Stiles and I’m the Senior Character Animator for VOX here at Gala. I am the one who creates the rigs and animations for all in game VOX characters – and a handful of social media / promotional videos. (in fact, Elliot made the animation above!)
What have you worked on before VOX?
With over 9 years of experience in animation production, I’ve had the pleasure of working on AAA titles like The Last of Us II while at Naughty Dog and the cinematics for WWE2k24.
I’ve also done forensic animation, indie studio games and been a Creative Producer at Electric Monster which gives me a unique perspective when tackling our work here at Gala.
I have developed a keen eye for visual storytelling, character building, and technical skills in both 3D and 2D animation.
If you were a wrestler, what would your entrance song be?
If I were a wrestler my entrance theme song would be “Celebration Song” by Unwritten Law.
Well played Elliot. Well played.
What do you love about working at VOX/Gala?
My favorite thing about working here at VOX is being able to bring my passion and creativity to a highly immersive and interactive platform that combines art and design.
Every day I get to create fun animations and bring these little guys to life while keeping the “simplicity” of the design, and it has pushed me as an artist in the best ways.
What was the name of your first car?
The first car I named was a 1972 MGB GT that I affectionately named “Samewise Gam-GT” and I loved it so so much. Miss it almost every day.
Thanks so much to you Elliot for giving us all some time today. Unlike VOX, we are aware that humans must dedicate large swathes of their time each day to mundane activities like sleeping and eating, so we know how precious your time must be!
All of us working on Project Cerberus – VOX and human alike – are laser focused on producing an amazing experience for VOX everywhere. We’ll be back soon with another Behind the Cubes! Until then, keep your eyes peeled for more updates on Project Cerberus!
From the creative minds of VINC comes the latest in efficient time saving technology for VOX… Introducing the ProtoVOX.
Using the latest technology from VINC and its subsidiaries the multitalented ProtoVOX will take care of all your frontier needs!
Tired of chopping wood? Get a ProtoVOX to do it for you! Mining? Get a ProtoVOX Construction projects? Get a bunch of ProtoVOX!
Some of the benefits of a real VOX without that pesky soul!
ProtoVOX. They are tireless, single minded and happy to do your menial tasks!
See how happy they are? You don’t even have to pay them, house them or give them food since they are just atomotons!
ProtoVOX are meticulously created by the braintrust at VINC, ProtoVOX don’t require much maintenance, and are happy to work tirelessly on whatever projects you put them up to!
Produced out of quality materials and VINC’s top secret proprietary AI that allows ProtoVOX to be almost as alive as VOX!!!
Want a ProtoVOX customized for you? Get your dream protoVOX with a custom shell… they won’t mind playing dress up!
Want them to look like an alligator? A bunch of cardboard boxes? A Pirate? You’ve got it!
New and unique versions are being created and released by VINC all the time. All of them of the highest quality, and some of them on very limited runs so get them while you can!
Get your ProtoVOX today and put them to work! They don’t care, they have no soul!
Brought to you by VINC. All rights reserved in perpetuity. Any likeness to real VOX with souls is purely coincidental. The word soul is defined solely by VINC, GmbHLLCLTD. Under extreme pressure, ProtoVOX may explode… VINC is not liable for any damage resulting from misuse or overestimations of ProtoVOX’s intelligence or common sense. Any references to ProtoVOX belong solely and entirely to VINC and/or its subsidiaries and beneficiaries. Patent pending.
