Playtonic discusses the voice work of Yooka-Laylee

A portion of a Playtonic internal interview with Chris Sutherland...

P: How did you come up with the voices for Yooka and Laylee?

CS: The whole team spent a fair amount of time making unusual vocal noises as we posed the question, ‘What does a Chameleon and Bat sound like?’ I’m not quite sure how our neighbouring offices interpreted those sounds, but I do know one of them is now relocating…

Laylee was the first voice we created, and I think this matched quite quickly what was in our heads. Yooka has had a few iterations so far, as we wanted to keep him sounding distinct from Laylee. We’ll likely do a few more iterations until we’re entirely happy, as these are sounds you’ll hear quite often as you play through the game.