Myself and a programmer are seeking a 3D artist or a skilled 2d animator for a fighting game.
The game itself:
Developed on XNA (may be ported to Xbox 360 after completion)
1v1
Extremely frantic, fast paced action
(Relevant youtube links to describe speed:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvD26Vbgov0)
Strictly 2D gameplay.
Extremely diverse roster, similar to Guilty Gear that promote various playstyles, but still keep the game offensively minded.
Tournament play is kept in mind, with a few accessibility tweaks made to keep the game more playable for newcomers. The game would ideally not be as alienating to newer players as the games listed above, but still keep their play style and general depth in mind.
Eight characters is our goal for now.
What's required of you:
If 3D: Make models for each of the main characters, then animate them. You will not need to animate the game at 60FPS, instead do strictly the important frames. Use consistent lighting and camera and then hand them over to myself. I will then clean up the art into actual sprites.
2D animator: Create the character animations and basic shading (only linework is required) at a 2d level, I will then translate them into sprites.
The animation does NOT need to be extremely high quality, simply animating the game so it looks consistent and conveys necessary information is all that's needed. If you look at Marvel vs Capacom 2 and Hokuto No Ken, that is what we are aiming for in terms of quality: It makes sense but is not incredibly beautiful or fluent.
We also are giving primary artistic direction to you. The two of us are doing to be doing 90% of the design and tuning, what we expect out of you is putting creative and interesting character designs that flow well with gameplay archetypes. We want you to have as much fun as we are making the game, and we figure having too much control over the art would be incredibly frustrating for the lead artist, so we're offering you control. HOWEVER please keep marketing in mind, we don't want ridiculously niche or alienating characters/art. No furry or loli garbage. Strong, adult human characters with a lot of variety in personality/body shape/color etc are ideal.
About the current 2 members:
Both of us are tournament level fighting game players, we understand games at a pretty high level, I have placed top 8 in numerous tournaments and have experience with BlazBlue, Guilty Gear, Street Fighter 3: 3rd Strike and Street fighter 4. The programmer has heavy experience in Marvel vs Capcom 2 and Street Fighter 4. We know a large pool of excellent players to help ease the games design and balance.
My experience:
I've made 2 really crappy indie games no one in their right mind would want to play. I can send you the graphics/builds for them and a small portfolio of other pixel work.
Programmer experience:
Made SF4 Remix (video):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h44Yo5bx8PoCompetent in XNA
Other information:
This game doesn't need anything right away, if you are busy for a little while, it's okay. I'm currently occupied for another week or so, and we are still developing the engine and it is still very very very very early in development. Once the engine is nearing a level of playability we'll be using it as a showpiece and you're welcome to join us then in case of skepticism. We're making this thread early to find ideally have the most amount of time to find the best candidate for the game.
If this interests you, PM me or post in this thread.
Also miscellaneous positions such as sound, voice actors, backgorund artists are also needed but currently less important at the time.
If you have any questions, concerns or would simply like to talk things over, please get in contact with me. We are open to discussion and offers.[/spoiler]
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