I'm still looking for artists who can do backgrounds, tilesets, sprites, and/or user interface 

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More information about the story, art, gameplay and music can be found > here <

Synopsis: Mad Sin is a 2D turn-based RPG set in an urban gothic fantasy setting. The story revolves around a mysterious grey fog that lingers into different areas in the world. When the fog reaches into an area, the area is considered "The Grey Area", which is where the madness happens. The madness involve monsters terrorizing the area, loved ones betraying each other, people going rogue, etc.

The player will be partnered up with a S.P.A.I agent who investigates and resolves paranormal/supernatural disasters. The player takes the role of an S.P.A.I agent working behind the scenes while giving the field agent orders. Also there are characters the player meets in the game who will support the player in stopping what is causing the madness from happening.

The game will be a straightforward turn-based RPG made with the RPGMaker MV game engine. It'll have it's own story, main quests to complete, side quests to optionally complete, and puzzles to solve. Though I want to take a different approach mainly on presentation since the game mechanics will be mostly the default turn-based battle system present on the game engine. I may utilize some scripts to mix up the gameplay, but not much.

Positions/Roles Needed:

Artists

• backgrounds: responsible for creating custom backgrounds for cutscenes and battle scenes [2/2 positions available]
• tilesets: responsible for creating custom tilesets to create the game world [2/2 positions available]
• sprites: responsible for creating custom sprites for PCs, NPCs, enemies, and animations [2/2 positions available]
• user interface: responsible for creating custom icons, buttons, text, and text boxes [2/2 positions available]

Note for Artists: It's fine if you give me at least a sketch of your work. I can finish up your sketches and make them complete.

Writers

• narrative writing: responsible for crafting the game's story and character dialogue [full]
• technical writing: responsible for crafting game progression and character stats [full]

Note for Writers: It's fine if you give me a rough draft of your work. I can finish up your drafts and write up the missing details.

Musicians/Sound Effects Artists

• music tracks: responsible for composing the game's original sound track [full]
• sound effects: responsible for crafting the game's original sound effects [full]

Note for Writers: As long as you keep it within the music genre, you're free to let loose and express yourself. For sound effects, try to make sounds that's not similar to other games.

Extra Roles

• marketing (art): assist in promoting the game through promotional artwork [4/4 positions available]
• marketing (social): assist in promoting the game in multiple social sites and forums [1/1 positions available]
• comic artist: assist in creating a comic pages that will promote the game [2/2 positions available]

Note for Extra Roles: While these are extra roles, the extra things to promote the game creates an audience. When you help me promote the game, you in turn promote your work as well.

My Role(s)/Position(s):

-I'll cover these roles-

• Design
• Art
• Writing
• Sound
• Development
• Marketing

-I'll outsource these roles eventually-

• Music
• Marketing

Skill Trade:

If you need some art for your game, I'm good to make quick sketches. Also I'm good to make tilesets, sprites, and animations in the form of pixel art or vector art. Though if you need something complete, send me a PM and we'll discuss more about it.

Goals:

• I'm aiming to create a demo of the game within 3 months
• I plan on raising funds for the game via Kickstarter or Indiegogo when the demo is done and I get ready to make a crowdfunding campaign
• If the campaign is successful, I aim to finish this game in 18 months (1 year 6 months) and release the game commercial around the fall season (Q3)
• Along with the game, I want to produce a comic that has the same story as the game, but there will differences that will serve as a complement to the game. The comic is free to read, but people can donate any amount if they like the comic or they want to support the game's development

Feel free to leave questions or comments on this thread or send me a PM if you're interested or want to ask more questions. Thanks for reading.

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Hello Jay, yes the dream is to work on bigger projects, but in order for us to do that we need to have an awesome team that not only is smart in development, but also in organization.

All four of us have been putting content within a short amount of time and we communicate often via skype. Anyways, the team is in the process of raising funds since our funds are limited.

So far the team members wear many hats:

- One person is a 2D generalist, handles business matters, and figures out how to raise funds
- One person is multi-talented in programming, 3D, and some music
- One person is a graphic/web designer and knowledgeable in marketing
- One person is a music composer and a sound designer
- One person is a game designer/writer

I'll let you know more about the team via email. We're looking for a few more people, and we hope that we can make the team grow as well as work with more developers with their own titles.  

[five]

¡Breaking News!

 

There are now five people in the team and we're getting ready to get another mobile game app published on the Google Play Store. We're not only making small mobile games, BUT also a bigger project that we will gradually work on over time.


Though there's another thought that came into our heads....


We're open to merge with another smaller team who are making steady progress with their games OR a few people looking for teams to join who has game prototypes/mock-ups made.


We figure that if there are those who work tirelessly on their "potential" million dollar revenue generating game are looking for help, then we're the team to work with. As far as IP ownership goes, we figure that if IP ownership is that important to the smaller team, then we rather execute one's dream game the way they envisioned while being compensated for it. Everyone get's compensated while learning how to work together to get a game done.

Hobbyist need not apply by the way, but we respect you all for developing games for the sheer joy of creating something.

Feel free to contact the team. We're pretty much open to develop any game, BUT we make sure that the project is manageable or open-ended.

[VIGA Manufacture]

Hello everybody~  

VIGA Manufacture is an upcoming video game company that aims to create a paradigm shift in the video game industry. Like all upcoming independent game development studios or big profile game development studios, the VIGA Man team aims to create games that are fun, challenging, and memorable with the hopes of being well-off financially. We see ourselves operating a bit differently. The team already released 2 games and the number will keep on increasing fast as the team moves forward. We're all about efficiency, quality, reliability, and reputability. We're not perfect, just different.

We will keep this post up every time the team releases a game and the team is still looking for people.


- What Team Member(s) the Company Looks For -

- One who is accessible and communicates often

- One who knows how to express ideas clearly and/or with passion

- One who is age 18 or over

- Someone who's realistic with development goals

- Someone with the ability to work with multiple personalities

- Someone who's open to change and exchange content or information

- A person who really wants to change or be ahead of the video game industry


- The Types of Members Needed -


• Social media Manager/Marketer/Public Relations •

Responsible for managing social media accounts, marketing campaigns, and other duties such as:

- spread awareness of the company's developments

- create, manage, and publish relevant content which include blog posts, development video blogs (devlogs), and podcasts

- active in posting updates on the company's social media accounts (twitter, facebook, youtube, instagram, tumblr)

- active in communicating with the game community (reach out to gamers and game developers)

- get the community and the team members pumped up and excited about getting games out to market

- enjoy building relationships and administering company events

+Pluses+

- knows how to do video editing

- has a really good grasp on SEO practices


• Artists •

There are 3 types of artists the company looks for:

Concept Artist/Illustrator:

- can come up with game concepts and illustrate them on the fly

- is able to polish game concept art and prepare it for marketing campaigns

- can produce 2D game assets

- can assist in creating graphics for marketing campaigns

- can assist in providing extra help to other artists within the team

- is flexible with multiple art styles

+Pluses+

- knows how to do animation and knows 2D animation principles

- has a general idea of how 3D art is produced


Technical Artist:

- can come up with 3D game models and assets

- understands how to lay out game assets to create immersive scenery

- can produce textures for game models and assets

- can prepare a 3D model to be rigged and animated

- can assist in providing extra help to other artists within the team

- is flexible with multiple art styles

+Pluses+

- knows how to do animation and knows 3D animation principles

- knows how to create particle effects within the game

- has a general idea of how 2D art is produced


User Interface Designer:

- has a good grasp on how UI is laid out in the game

- has good design practices

- can assist in creating mock-ups for marketing campaigns

- can assist in providing extra help to other artists within the team

- is flexible with multiple art styles

+Pluses+

- knows how to do UI programming and animation

- has a general idea of how 2D and 3D art is produced


• Developers •

There are 2 types of developers the company looks for:

General Developer:

- implements and codes game features and systems in the game

- can find and fix bugs in the game

- makes sure that game performance is optimal (prevents slow frame rates or long loading times)

- develops a game plan with the artists in the team

+Pluses+

- is flexible with multiple programming languages


Web Developer:

- is responsible for managing the company website

- can implement web features that is essential for the company website

- integrates graphics made for the website

+Pluses+

- is flexible with multiple programming languages


• Other Positions •

These positions are essential, but will start in a contractual base:

Game Designer:

- can serve as a writer, level designer, systems designer, or a combination of the three roles

- serves as quality assurance if the development team is small

- must be open to work with multiple game engines/editors


Audio Producer:

- can serve as music producer and provide original game soundtracks

- provides sound effects to be implemented in game


- What Makes VIGA Manufacture Different from the Rest -

- the team is all about business, but we're not cut throat about it

- the team wants innovation in the games we make as well as how we run a video game development business

- the team has a ZERO TOLERANCE for 'cut throat', 'business savvy' types (the key members worked with these people before, and they're no fun to work with)

- no need to sign NDAs and Non-compete agreements; execution is what matters most

- contract agreements and profit sharing terms are fair, clear, concise, and tailored in favor of both the company and the team member or contractor

- contractors WILL be compensated, even if initial compensation isn't the best

- contractors who want to be key members are those who also want to build the company; those who do will reap the long-term benefits

- the company aims to build a team from within and will assist in creating new development teams when the previous team proved their worth


- Interested in Working with VIGA Manufacture? -

All who decide to join will be considered as independent contractors/freelancers. If some decide that they want to be key members, they will be required to schedule a personal interview with the company founder. Key membership is limited and starting out, each person will fill one of the roles mentioned. Other positions will start in a contractual base. Here are the positions need in high to low priority:

High priority: Social media Manager/Marketer/Public Relations

Mid priority: 1 Concept Artist/Illustrator; 1 Technical Artist; 1 Audio Producer; 1 General Developer; 1 Web Developer    

Low priority: 1 User Interface Designer; 1 Game Designer


As a key member, you are willing to help establish VIGA Manufacture as well as accept the current compensation that is offered at the moment. Also you are willing and able to dedicate 10-15 hours of development time each week. The company as it stands has the founder providing funds, but has come to a point where funds are tight and the founder is looking for investments or finding platforms to build capital. It has been rough, but the key members are pushing through.

These emoticons pretty much sums up what we're going through:  


- Contacts -

The VIGA Man team uses skype primarily to chat and exchange files. Also please provide your email so the team can share further information project folders with you. If you're interested in working with VIGA Manufacture, please send links or  résumés to this email: [email protected]

Please send us an email. We will not be checking PMs on this forum. I look forward to working with those interested.  

Hello hello, the company has release it's second game 'Astrosphere' on the Google Play Store. Information is posted on the first page. 

Hello everyone! VIGA Manufacture has released it's first mobile game in the Google Play Store. Even though we released the game, we still want feedback. Any feedback we get will be really appreciated.

 

[Shop Till You Drop]

This will be VIGA Manufacture's personal thread for the games the company releases. The company has released two mobile game apps on the Google Play Store.

Shop Till You Drop

Download the game on Google Play

Astrosphere

Download the free or paid version of the game on Google Play

Any feedback we get is appreciated. The more feedback we get, the better the games we release will be. Also spread the word and tell people to download and play our games. There will be more games coming from us so please follow the thread.  Cheers everyone.  

Any feedback will help us a bunch. What do you all like about the game or what changes would you all like to be made. Thanks.

So far, when looking at the MLM business system and telling people about MLM...there's usually that negative connotation to MLM in that it's a pyramid scheme with pushy salesman getting people to sign up to recruit or distribute a product or service. Sure, there are those who are engaged into this business structure that exhibit those traits, but looking at it deeply and looking at MLM on a bigger perspective, I think that this will be a way to raise money part-time and, depending on the MLM company's compensation plan, can technically raise more than enough capital to make the games you, me, or anyone wants to make.

It seems to me that crowdfunding is still a hot topic for indie game developers, and while a couple of indie devs are successful at crowdfunding, it comes with it's own risks as well. Even if the game got the funds it needs through crowdfunding, it does have it's downfalls. The common one is the campaign is unsuccessful; another is that a game got the funds requested but when the game is published, the sales are poor and the indie game dev company goes bankrupt; well known personas who are a part of the gaming or game dev community somehow messed things up in terms of management, having people who donated money losing it from a concept that's yet to be developed; and it goes the same for established game devs who got the funding through their prestige and experience from working on other games.

I realize that angel investors or venture capitalists generally won't take risks on a new idea or an unknown name or game.

I know that if I turn to a publisher to finance the games I have in mind, it won't be the game that I envisioned.

So, I want to see if MLM still leaves a bad taste on people's mouth or is it something that can blow up if aspiring game developers know how the MLM business works?

Hello everyone, I would like to get some feedback on a project I'm working on with someone.

Play the recent build that we have and give us some feedback. Also please take the time to answer our polls. The more feedback we get, the more we can polish this game to be fun.

>>Link to the current build<<

Poll Questions

How long did you play the game?

What was your final score?

What are 3 things you think would make the game more fun?

If there's one thing you could change what would it be?

[I found the people who can deliver. Thanks for those who applied. Good luck to you all.]

I found the people who can deliver. Thanks for those who applied. Good luck to you all. 

Menu Music

Game Music

Here's what I'm thinking of when it comes to game music. I want to hear something that's

,

, cheerful, and has that nice chiptune sound to it.



Disclaimer: I don't have a huge budget, but what I can do right now is pay for 3 stock music at a negotiable price upfront. This game is in the polishing stages and will be published on the web and on Google play around late October or late November. So in addition to upfront payment, I am willing to give a bit of profit share and the right for the musician(s) to sell/distribute music samples.


Please contact me if you have tunes for me to listen to. Send samples to: [email protected]

Convert your distraction into a passion in some way. Works like a charm and that's why I'm wasting time being active on the forums, when I could of been developing more features in my game. 

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Dear Original Poster

I think your theory has some valid points, but what's wrong with seeing Unity or any other commercial game engines as a 'toy'? The engine developers also had in mind how the engine can serve multiple uses. If you see some people making machinima out of game engines then that's one way to utilize the engine. I think it's a bit overkill to use Unity as a web development platform to make websites, but that can be achievable with Unity as well. At the end of the day, it's all about what people can create with the tools offered in front of them.

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THIS IS NOW A BOB ROSS THREAD 

THIS IS NOW A BOB ROSS THREAD 

THIS IS NOW A BOB ROSS THREAD 

THIS IS NOW A BOB ROSS THREAD 

Ah cool cool, yeah I'm just giving suggestions. Haha it seems like the trend for good games is to go back to the classics. 

Hahaha yep, I think people mentioned Earthbound or Mother 2 already. Yeah, having a relatable setting told in a surreal type fashion is something up in my interest alley. Just wondering...is the threat ex-terrestrial or psychologically ethereal since you mention that this game got it's inspiration from your bad work experiences in your teen years?

Hmmmm 

Man, this game has been in development for so long...it's nice to see that it's about to be completed. I really like the quirky personality this game have. I guess it's due to the 80-90s anime inspired look. Also this game is unforgiving sometimes. If the stiff controls are intentional, I guess this one of those things where landing position is one of the key things in this game. 

Hahaha man I really like concepts like this. Just wondering, is the game's theme set in a post-apocalyptic world that got taken over by demonic energy from hell...or is it hell itself?

Also references to Diablo and similar games is a nice touch. RPGs are a good time spender.     

Haha yep, this has that original FF7 pre-rendered fixed camera environments...classic. I like how this game incorporates a cute, gritty mixture that not a lot of game devs touch on. Haha the game concept is a breath of fresh air despite the contrasting theme it has.  

I like what I see so far and I hope you keep developing it at a steady pace.

Some feedback though. I think it would be nice to keep the pre-rendered fixed camera set up, but adding a feature such as having your party follow you around than just assuming that the party is with you is a nice touch. I think retro games added a feature like that as well.