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Kirsty Gillmore

@soundswilde.bsky.social

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Director • Casting Director • #TheFirstDescendant #Valorant #BaldursGate3 #ShashaAndMilo #SplinterCellDeathwatch #TheQuietThings #CallOfDuty • Dialogue Producer • Games + Animation + Audio • #BAFTABreakthrough • Kiwi • She/Her www.soundswilde.com

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Kirsty Gillmore @soundswilde.bsky.social · Nov 15

Kia ora, I’m Kirsty, I direct & cast actors for games, animation & audio drama, produce VO and consult on dialogue prod & vo/pcap performance for games. I’ve probably worked on something you liked, including these 👇🏻
Kiwi in the UK, living by the 🌊
#Director #CastingDirector #GameAudio #Animation

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 17d

Anyone shocked that Reform plan to deport immigrants with Indefinite Leave to Remain hasn’t been paying attention.

Next it will be stripping citizenship from dual citizens, then deporting them.

Who do you think Reform are?

This.

This is who they are.

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Andy Walsh @englishscribe.bsky.social · 22d

One issue generally overlooked in the whole screenwriter vs gamewriter, discussion is time.

Beyond anything to do with training, ability, style etc is the amount of time screenwriters get to invest in a script.

Whilst there are time pressures on any writer, the vast amounts of script that-
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Kirsty Gillmore @soundswilde.bsky.social · Aug 31

Hope it all goes well Leah!

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Sarah has a suggestion @goatsarah.org · Aug 29

I want to explain a few things and then it might be clearer why UK trans people are upset.
In 2001 I married my wife, Sylvia.
In 2005 I started medical transition. (1/13)

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swerdnA “eeZ” azilE 🧙‍♀️🎃 @zeeandrewsvo.bsky.social · Aug 29

🩸ROLE ANNOUNCEMENT🩸

I can now share that I’m the voice behind Nastya in Watcher of Realms!

Massive thank you to my wonderful agents at @voicefox.bsky.social for getting me the gig, @soundswilde.bsky.social for being an amazing voice director, and the brilliant team for bringing me on!

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Kirsty Gillmore @soundswilde.bsky.social · Aug 27

Happy Soundiversary Mac!

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ReadyAimFire @readyaimfire.bsky.social · Aug 22

🎮 Do we give enough credit to the teams who shape our favourite video game characters?
@inel.tv reminds us it’s not just about the voice actor, but the incredible collaboration of writers, animators, and developers.
🎧 Tune into this week’s #ReadyAimFirePodcast!
#GamingCommunity #VoiceActors #GameDev

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SkillsHub.Life @skillshuba.bsky.social · Aug 18

She’s directed the voices behind your favorite games — now she’s joining us LIVE!

Join us for a special episode of SkillsHub On Air with guest star Kirsty Gillmore, acclaimed Voice & Performance Director & Casting Director behind titles like Baldur’s Gate 3, Valorant, & Synapse!

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ReadyAimFire @readyaimfire.bsky.social · Aug 19

We’ve got a BIG one this week… 👑 The amazing Inel Tomlinson is our next guest on the ReadyAimFire podcast!
🎧 Catch the episode dropping soon.
#GamesIndustry #VoiceActors #ReadyAimFire @ineluctablequak.bsky.social

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AdventureX @adventurex.bsky.social · Aug 15

#AdvX25 is over halfway sold out after 20 hours, despite more tickets available than ever before! They're flying out fast, especially the one-day tickets, so get yours quick! adventurexpo.org

We have also freed up some weekend concession tickets. Please check your eligibility before purchasing!

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Mcdoogleh @mcdoogleh.bsky.social · Aug 16

Hey #ScreenshotSaturday here's a snippet of the epic explosive arcadey action that awaits folks at PAX in just over a week in Rogue Eclipse!

Featuring:

🕹 Tight Flight Controls
💥 Merciless Armadas to Blast through
👾 Epic Boss Fights to Overcome

#pcgaming #gaming

Wishlist Here!
bit.ly/4bRLumD

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Tanya is seeking work || 🔜 TCNA @cypheroftyr.bsky.social · Aug 16

US games folks, especially those of us that are of marginalized identities. @baftagames.bsky.social US Breakthrough application deadline has been extended! www.bafta.org/programmes/b...

US - Bafta

BAFTA Breakthrough US has been running in North America since 2020, giving a platform to film, games and TV talent at that critical ‘breakthrough’ moment in their career.

www.bafta.org

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · Aug 10

BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.

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Moo Yu (Mythmatch) @oneofmoo.bsky.social · Aug 7

‼️ New Mythmatch Trailer ‼️

Mythmatch is a Greek myth anti-capitalist merge game and we've been selected to be part of the #tinyteams2025!

🏹 Challenge the Gods
🏹 Inspire the Mortals
🏹 Rebuild Ithaca.
🐐 Avoid the Goat Poop

www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMYB...

Mythmatch Gameplay Trailer

YouTube video by Moo Yu

www.youtube.com

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Kris (WB) Winters 🌱 @kriswbennett.co.uk · Aug 4

Build and nurture the perfect little zen garden retreat🌻

- craft garden dioramas
- add hills, rivers & ponds
- add a mix of decorations
- rake sand patterns
- no timer, no stress
- just tranquil & meditative creativity

The game is called Dream Garden 🪴 by @campfire-studio.bsky.social

Links below👇

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Kirsty Gillmore @soundswilde.bsky.social · Aug 2

I do but @gejwatts.bsky.social is the expert!

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Moo Yu (Mythmatch) @oneofmoo.bsky.social · Aug 1

🚨 NEW DEMO ALERT 🚨

Mythmatch is releasing a new Content Creator Demo for #tinyteam2025 from @tinyteamsfest.bsky.social.

If you're a content creator and want to check it out, hop into my DMs!

Support games from small teams!!

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Cyrus Nemati @ahoymehearties.bsky.social · Jul 24

Vampire Therapist is available at its deepest discount ever for our anniversary! You won't find therapy this cheap anywhere else.

Tell your friends... especially the ones who need therapy (which is all of us these days)!

Little Bat Games @littlebatgames.bsky.social · Jul 24

Vampire Therapist turned 1! 🩸
To celebrate, we’ve teamed up with Games Germany for our biggest discount yet:
50% off from July 24-31!
Grab the game + DLC for a delightfully tiny price and treat yourself to some undead therapy 🦇
Link in bio.

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Tarja Porkka-Kontturi @tarjapk.bsky.social · Jul 22

Developing video games in this day and age be like

Pingu adding glitter to a some kind of card with angry expression on his face. Text reads “when reality is terrible but you refuse to stop spreading positivity through crafts”

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Kirsty Gillmore @soundswilde.bsky.social · Jul 19

G’day! Huge congratulations to Dave & the Powerhoof team for the release of The Drifter! It was a joy to do the casting for an Aussie game, the characters are so fun & compelling and the story will keep you hooked. Must-play if you like point n click thrillers!
#castingdirector #indiedev

Dave Lloyd 💾 Powerhoof @dave.powerhoof.com · Jul 17

🔥 The Drifter is OUT NOW! 🔥

Solve your own murder in our fast-paced point 'n click thrill-ride. 15% off for launch!
Steam 🤜 store.steampowered.com/app/1170570/...
GoG 🤜 www.gog.com/en/game/the_...

It's been a long road working on this one- so exciting to finally get it in people's hands!

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · Jul 15

If this is accurate, WeTransfer is unusable for professional creative work. Would violate most work-for-hire contracts to share copyrighted material with a third party like this.

Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · Jul 14

Bye forever, WeTransfer.

WeTransfer TOS says they can use all your uploaded content for genAI

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Kirsty Gillmore @soundswilde.bsky.social · Jul 14

The inaugural Performance Track at @developconference.com was a success! Huge thanks to fellow advisory board members @kishhh.bsky.social Randall Ryan @thejaneperry.bsky.social Josh Weeden @soundcuts.bsky.social Tandem & all our speakers! Let’s do it again next year!
#castingdirector #director

Five people stand on a stage at Develop Brighton conference in front of a screen with Performance: Day written on it

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Kris (WB) Winters 🌱 @kriswbennett.co.uk · Jul 11

🚨SUPER RARE SELF-PUBLISHING SUPPORT🚨

We’ve got space to take on a couple more games over the summer 😎

Looking for gamescom outreach? Support announcing or launching your game in the next few weeks?

📧 kris@ futurefriendsgames.com

What we do: futurefriends.lol/self-publish...
Games we worked on 👇

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Kirsty Gillmore @soundswilde.bsky.social · Jul 3

So sorry to hear this Sarah! Will keep an ear out for any audio opportunities 💜

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inkle @inkle.co · Jul 2

Call for a voice actor!

We’re looking to cast a female actress for our next game. Vocal age 25-35, Northern England accent, preferably Mancunian, incl. Pakistani and Indian Mancunian accents.

That’s you? Then send a sample to [email protected], marked “casting call”.

Paid gig, ofc

<3 RTs!

a cat is holding a microphone in its mouth and singing into it .

ALT: a cat is holding a microphone in its mouth and singing into it .

media.tenor.com

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