/agdg/ - Amateur Game Development General★

terrible job advert, 1/10, one point for even bothering with incomplete requirements. you didn't even include contact details.

the most you're going to get are the desperate and uninitiated, and then you're just putting everyone's time and effort at risk.

>>27450

skype's in the email field bro

and those are the complete requirements, but you never know what we might need an artist for so I was being a bit casual with my wording

and if you as an artist on a game dev board you should probably have some idea of what's expected of your talents

>>27452

you're missing job scope which should probably be up front for an unpaid position. if you're expecting 20 hours a week of work the sooner you filter out people only willing to put up 10 the better. also stuff like availability and maybe some software familiarity, but I guess you're not getting enough applicants for that to be a problem.

the real problem is you've giving artists zero reason to contact you in the first place; you're not showing any of your game or even giving any clues that you have your shit together. just because you put a sign up that says "looking for attractive women, please call this number" doesn't mean the qualified applicants that see it will call, in fact nobody would call. if you're not buying the work you're selling the opportunity, and you're selling by saying how much you want their money.

but I'm guessing your attitude is that you'd be lucky to find a single applicant so you'll take whatever you can get.

>>27453

You could have just asked these things in the form of a question

like I said I was trying to keep the OP short and sweet, we have a whole thread to discuss specifics

Firstly, the team is decentralized and most are in college so progress is expected to be slow and steady, it's a marathon, not a sprint

and to be completely honest I don't know what kind of man hours it takes to produce these varying assets

but really I care more about the end result than how long it takes, it's up to you to decide how much you want to put in as long as I get at least something usable out of it

the only result I could be disappointed in is no result

In terms of software familiarity, like art style, where ever your strength lies is fine with us, aseprite? cool, photoshop? no problem, whatever get's the job done best

Want to know about the game? Just ask

Song of the Moon is a 2D platformer with puzzle and action elements still in very early development. Inspired by ancient mythology the player controls a wolf gifted with the power to "shift" between the physical and spirit worlds, out to rescue the moon from the underworld. The game seeks to mix a heavy atmosphere with satisfying and robust combat, and enjoyable platforming and environmental puzzles.

And yes I'm willing to give anyone a chance

>>27454

good, much better than your original post. tidy it up and try some more populated communities

good luck with your dumb game

>>27455

Thanks

care to indulge me with any suggestions of other places we can try?

>>27454

>Song of the Moon is a 2D platformer with puzzle and action elements still in very early development. Inspired by ancient mythology the player controls a wolf gifted with the power to "shift" between the physical and spirit worlds, out to rescue the moon from the underworld. The game seeks to mix a heavy atmosphere with satisfying and robust combat, and enjoyable platforming and environmental puzzles.

Should have put that in the OP. That actually sounds very interesting. The term "puzzle platformer" when alone gives me a bad mental image, because that tends to describe boring flash game style things that revolve completely around one single gimmick and the entire game and concept has nothing more to it.

I've never worked on a team project or completed a game before though, so I'm not confident I could do everything that would be required of me, especially if the project relies solely on me for all the art and design.

Oh shit nigga just called me out on being a talentless hack!

Sound the alarms!

But to be serious for a moment

We're just a few guys from a skype group who one day said "hey we should make a game" and we haven't let go of that ambition even as that ambition has continued to change shape and grow

From the get go we had a programmer, a writer (who soon after found us a composer), and even an artist, who unfortunately flaked out of existence

I joined in for the heck of it, I knew I had little to offer in specifics, but if I could support a few friends why not right?

Since then I've been able to help here and there, an idea or two (dozen), some writing and direction, crack the whip a few times sure, and I crack jokes, apparently I'm funny enough (and tough skinned enough) to handle PR and outreach, especially in this trying time looking for a replacement artist

Point is in no way am I in charge, I didn't bring these guys together but I believe in them and their potential so much I'm willing to bet my own, admittedly half-baked, projects on our success as a team

Because if successful we can accomplish so much more as a team than any of us could ever hope to alone

Except for our composer, who is so wicked talented I'm surprised he puts up with us

How's that for some inspirational pablum mutha fuckaaaahhh

>>27464

>>27485

>le tuff loeve 2 motivate u :^)

Yeah, nah, fuck off cunt. Do you have anything to show that would actually make anyone want to work with you on this, or do you just have an autistic "design document" that's a few disjointed lines of trite plot?

>>27488

>le tuff loeve 2 motivate u :^)

Gotta be honest, I have no idea what you're getting at

Not sure what I could show without art

Last time I checked our programmer was using a shit drawing of a wolf we stole off google for a PC, and a terrible meme for platforms

Also it's still very early in development so he's mainly dealing with basic shit like PC controls, it is a platformer after all so that shit's important, but not much to look at

But he'd really like some real sprites to work with and I'd prefer I got him some before Christmas

>>27485

honestly I don't know what you're expecting at this point. you've spent most of your time here explaining why your team wants an artist, instead of why an artist would want to work for your team. you just came in here with not much more than "artists needed, no pay" and this thread has been pulling teeth getting why at anyone would want to do it and you're still being selfish about it.

if you want people to take you seriously, you have to take your job as PR/HR seriously. just like any other field it they take training and knowledge. I'm guessing you're still in school, go find out who the relevant profs are and get some advice out of them, 101 books in the library might be worth while as well. not to mention the tons of content on the internet freely available, I guess antagonizing an image board into telling you what you're doing wrong is a part of that too.

also your team isn't going to hit it out of the park on it's first attempt, a 2D platformer is already way too ambitious. just treat the project as a experiment and learn what you can from it.

>>27493

By the way I do really appreciate your attempt to help and advise

But I just find your serious attitudes ridiculous

It's like the twilight zone

Am I gonna find polite and insightful discussion if I peruse yutube's comments section too?

>>27496

If my involvement bothers you so much remove me from the equation, half of these posts have been about me and not the team, it's stupid

So just pretend for a moment I'm just a guy doing he's friends a favor by trying to find them an artist, 'kay

And our programmer would disagree with you, without some visual input he's struggling to get on with anything beyond the character's basic movement, platformers are a tricky thing to get right

Is he wrong to be thinking like that?

Maybe, I don't fucking know, I don't know anything about programming

Also everyone's in college, so development is always gonna be slow as molasses, this is the one month when we're all out on summer vacation and have time to crack down and put some work in, so it would have been nice if we had an artist when it really would have counted

PS you guys are still uptight and boring, how are you in such a creative field when you lack humor to this degree? :^P

>>27498

Talked it over with the programmer, he's got the message

Still I find the bug up your butt really bizarre, if I thought you robots could feel emotions I'd think you were actually miffed about something

It's also fascinating how you practically took over a thread that was simply about adding another member to our band of merry men to pelt me with criticisms and advice

Don't get me wrong I appreciate both, it's just that it had little to do with what this thread was meant to facilitate

I get the idea of "setting me straight" but that and finding an artist are not mutually exclusive, yet it almost seems like you're trying to prevent an artist from being interested.

I mean shit I actually had a bite earlier on in the thread, I guess I should have pushed on it

Well either way hope your able to brush off that chip off your shoulder, and I'll be praying for ya tin man, you'll get that heart some day :^3

>>27499

You talk too much and always want to have the last word.

>>27503

How about you quit being a fucking faggot and leave.

I'm wondering why your previous artist left you.

Such a mystery.