Magicave announces Beneath The Six, a turn-based roguelike game with an AI narrator developed in collaboration with ElevenLabs and Tom Canton from Netflix's hit show The Witcher

AI ushers in new gameplay experiences, with individualised stories, lore, worlds and narration

London, July 6, 2023 - Magicave, the UK-based game studio, today announced Beneath The Six, a single and multiplayer turn-based roguelike game coming to PC and Mac in 2024.

Beneath The Six blends exploration and discovery with character progression, magic and combat. Players combine beautiful, collectible, digital dice to create unique characters whose appearance and skills are based on the dice's traits - a character cast from wizard dice will have strong magic powers; adding in some warrior dice may add weapon skills and strength to the mix.

Magicave and generative voice pioneers ElevenLabs have partnered to develop an in-game AI narrator in collaboration with actor Tom Canton, known for his role as Filavandrel, King of the Elves in Netflix's hit TV show The Witcher.

Coupling innovative procedural dungeon and character generation with Canton's AI narration enables Beneath The Six to generate a new world every day and, ultimately, to create unique worlds for individual players to explore, curate and challenge their friends. ElevenLabs CEO Mati Staniszewski commented, "Our collaboration with Magicave and Tom Canton on Beneath The Six demonstrates how AI technology can unlock new game experiences which players have never seen, or heard, before."

"Generative AI opens up gameplay possibilities we're excited to explore," added Ste Curran, Magicave's Creative Director, "But you can't explore them without the support of the creatives that make the work possible in the first place. We've read stories of actors being forced to sign agreements assigning their AI voice IP to game and tech companies - robbing them of future opportunities and literally taking their voice away. We want to build the future, but we also want a company that aligns with our values, so we've come up with a new business model we feel works for everyone."

Both Magicave and ElevenLabs have a commitment to ensuring the rights of voice actors are protected. Magicave has assigned ownership of the AI voice to Tom Canton, licensing it from him for use in the game, while allowing him the freedom to use his AI voice in other media - whether games, voiceovers, animations, audiobooks or movies.

Beneath the Six is the first product in Magicave's dNo® digital hobby franchise., Reminiscent of beloved pastimes like Warhammer or Dungeons & Dragons, dNo is based around beautiful, collectible digital dice, characters and worlds. The company is building in public - with regular public previews and streamed internal playtests available via the dNo Discord Server at https://discord.com/invite/dNoDice.

Those on the Discord will be given early access to test aspects of the game throughout the development process. The first public tests of aspects of Beneath The Six will launch later this year. More information on the game and the dNo universe can be found here https://magicave.io/what-are-we-building.