Need level-designer, modeller/animator [Paid Work]

I am working on a private educational application right now (originally intended for my 6yr old son)--I have a demo of how it works (proof of concept) but it looks horrid. I need a small team to do the level-design, artwork, creating/animating models and in the near future music/sound-effects.

Level designer will need to create an interesting environment that lends itself to exploring. The levels are not meant to be huge, so tactful use of different terrain height will be best (make good use of the animations the models have the ability to use, such as climbing, crawling).

Artwork/Artist will be involved in painting the level(s) to the educational theme and making various images and sprites for effects.

Modeller/Animator will need to create eight medium-to-low poly count models of various cartoon'ish looking kids (4 boys and 4 girls). Animation sequences will include run, walk, jump, fall, cast-spell, climb, crawl.

I am funding this project myself and do have the resources to pay for good work--I am looking for people who already have some experience but not yet professional.

If you can take a role in the project, please email me at manthnx@aol.com, please include what further details you need of the project according to your role, ball-park price and any samples of your work.

Thank you!

-Mark

We have a small team at Joquan Productions, but we don't have a ton of graphics developers. I am one of the few who could, but I am best at 2D graphics.

@joquan

you say you are one of the few who could? funny because you cant even make your own banner for your website
see here

you just like typing your own name withe ceo after it dont you.

that reply just made me laugh hard XD

back to topic.
I could help you out, depending on what exactly you need - wildlife (im bad at wildlife) cities, dungeons (im good at dungeons) indoor/outdoor, modern, medieval, with terrain (you said that, but do you need terrain only? is the terrain provided?) with blocks (maybe for buildings?) creating evironment models or are they provided ect. those are all important questions any leveld esigner should ask. same goes for style, but you already specified cartoony, so your texture artists should know if you plan on shading it with a toon shader or if the shadows should be painted. simply put, google "wind waker" and then google "zack and wiki" to see the difference.
alternatively, cartoony could mean "Super mario galaxy" or "borderlands" so you need to be specific there.

when all is said and done, i can provide services for level design, layout, graphic design and music personally. I also know a few people you could talk to about models and textures

Spike,

Good question on the cartoon-type. I did a few googles as you recommended but it dawned on me that I've always liked the cartoon'ish feel of Super Mario Sunshine game. I think I enjoyed the game's graphics/environment more than the gameplay but it would be the perfect example of the kind of environment/feel this project would need. This project by no means intends to make a Super Mario Sunshine clone by the way. =)

Right now the project is aiming at the low-end PC, so I do not expect killer graphics or high poly counts. It will probably cost more for the artwork but I do not plan on using shaders at this time.

-Mark

That was because I couldn't find my old graphics programs. I had just moved from my old desktop to a new one, and for some reason, I couldn't find the CD. Don't assume like that. And I don't have that anymore, as I found it unprofessional. Get a life and stop telling me that I am wrong or that I don't know what I am doing.

Oh come on man, you find a life and you stop bullshiting all the time!

CEO and you're 14-15 years old, how can that be?!?!

"...subsidiary of Joquan Productions." - do you even know what this means? Or did you see that on some >> PRO << companys website and you just copied it over on your site?


if we're wrong and you ARE indeed 2d artist, please by all means show us some of your work and prove us wrong!

until then, find some other forum and people to play your little games with you or grab yourself some tutorial for programming or 3d moddeling and start LEARNING... you're a long way from becoming even something close to CEO!

I have said, do not assume anything. I know more than you would expect from a 15-yr-old teen. You are wrong, and I have demo number 2 of my project up for download. Go here. Try it out. It is only the second one in a series of 10 or more demos before the final release. After that, I will be updating it. I have been taking college-grade courses in JavaScript. I was taking C++ and Java, but I put a halt on them for now. I am no where near a long way from being a CEO. Try that out for size.

PS - Last warning, already removed your moderator access on my site. One more outburst like this, and I will ban your account. I am sick of hearing this crap.

At this point, he can't be interested in even being on your site any more. So, I don't think threats like this are going to change anything.

@Jake the holier than thou:
First, do not reply before reading my posts 3 times, CAREFULLY.

We do not assume anything. Even we have/had very talented 14yr olds here.

We are sick of hearing how great you are, how your team knows everything and does nothing, posting crap of useless knowledge on job offerings about your team, and other stuff about your great studio. You also contradict yourself alot. You do not listen to advice, even get mad when you get adviced. Lose the attitude and switch to the right path, which will actually lead you on making good games and less useless advertising. You have been around for more then 4 months you still did not accomplished anything in lite-c. Do not tell us you or your team members do not know lite-c(or c/c++ for that matter), lite-c tutorials are for absolute beginners, you do not need any base knowledge to complete the workshops and make small games. It's been 4 months, you are not able complete a 15-day workshop, so we can assume alot of things like lack of talent and all we see is just self-applause and arrogancy.

We tried to motivate you, put you on the right track, give help, show how it's done. Your impulse was denial and more arrogancy everytime.

I am not trying to be nice or want to be nice anymore, but accept the thruth you are not-YET-capable of nearly %90 of the things you say you can do. I know a lot of frequenters of this forum(like people with talent, and made small games with lite-c even if it's crappy.) thinks like me. F.i. none of then would allow you to join their team since only thing you know is to tell the people how great you are.

I am sure croman is pretty scared of you threatening about banning him. I do not think he gives 2 flying craps about your site and you banning him.

As i said, there are alot of people thinks like me, they just do not express theirselves directly. I know it's not under my wish or judgement , or i may even be crossing a line here but, if you still think you have the great team, great personal talent that you can do everything in every field, and planning to keep the same attitude, and keep doing the stuff you have been doing(in this forum), PLEASE, care to leave this community.


@MAnthnX, sorry for ripping your thread. Please start another thread about your job offering in another thread and hope it does not get the drama that have been going on here.

Joquan, I must be completely honest with you here. You cannot pretend you are any better than anyone else. I'm the same age as you, and I once had the exact same mentality as you did. I have learned a lot since then. Being on this forum has helped build me as a person, but it only worked when I stopped and listened to what others had to say. Look at this thread to see what I mean. It's a pretty long read, but it's quite critical to my argument, so please read it.

I was hurt when people told me my project was less-than-stellar. But ultimately, I swallowed my pride and just accepted facts. No, I'm not as great as I thought.

But, here's the thing: I didn't stop programming there! After being angry for a while, I decided I wouldn't quit working on my project. I just decided that I was going to have a change of attitude the way I went about doing it. I stopped pretending to be better than I really am.

You really have to start having a humble attitude of your position in life. Yes, you probably are smarter and more ahead than a lot of people out there. But you can't let that go to your head. Keep doing what you do, but don't post in the Job Offerings/Job Wanted areas pretending that you're an experienced game designer who's made tons of games and really has amazing skills. Because you aren't fooling anyone. Everyone here is talented. When you come out here, you have to realize that you're suddenly not more experienced than everyone else. This forum is loaded with people who have designed dozens of games from start to finish, and even got some of them published. You can't pretend to be in the same league as them, so for your own good, you should just stay out of it (for now!), like I did!

Now, back on topic. I really am tired of arguing here, and it really isn't polite to trash up this guy's topic like this. If anyone wants to continue, we should take this to Morbius's Virtual Answering Machine.

The main reason I haven't learned Lite-C, is because I don't have the kind of time to. I like to get in, get going, and get out. That's the way I am.

I am not thinking I am better than everyone else. I am just trying to prove a point (That can't seem to get through anyone's heads)that I am not the little newbie that isn't capable of creating a business, that everyone thinks I am.

OP: I am sorry that everyone here seemed to want to make more out of this than there was originally. It's Croman and his big head (Nothing gets through to him, unless it's something he wants to hear) that turned this into a flame war.

You read that post(referring to mine), and can only say that? Nice.

Btw if you do not have that kind of time, you definetaly do not have time to develop games.

As my words are only falling to deaf-ears, I am not posting any further on this discussion.

Have a nice evening.

The reason I didn't say more, is because I know you would continue a pointless argument, that would end in you shaking your head in disbelief of my persistence.

Umm, duh? I don't have the time to learn an engine, because I am DEVELOPING A GAME!

Your words don't fall on deaf ears. I know I am not better than everyone else.

I LOVE the super mario sunshine graphical style. thats pretty makeable with gamestudio. and i know what im talking about i do toon games all the time in various ways. you dont actually need a shader for this graphical style. it would help, but its not neccesary. maybe you could add an option that lets the user decide if his system is strong enough for a shader, however, a toon shader barely eats any recources at all

as for your models, id say take them to 1500 polys roughly. less is okay for small objects and environments, but for characters you should use a little bit more. and a good modeller can do wonders with 1500 polies, believe me

do you have a test game set up? with various crappy test models and levels to check if your code and your system works? if not, thats the best way to start. create your entire game from start to finish with small ugly models. dont care about graphics. concentrate on game and gameplay first.
once this is done, draw characters and levels on paper. if you cant draw, ask a friend who is talented. they dont have to be perfect. its toon after all, one can take liberties with that. especially the levels. draw a few keyplaces and then give your level artowrk to a level designer. he should draw you the layouts with descirpitons on paper and walk you through the entire levels on MSN or something. once you are happy with the levels, all artwork and description is set, almost any half good level designer can build them with the right documentation.

same goes for your models. draw them /let them be drawn and then show them to a modeller. talk with him about animation, what tasts the characters have to perform ect...

once you got your assets together, all you have to do is replace your test levels and test models and then youre in beta. what is left? details, checking if everything works, alot of testing and finetuning. you should definately do this with somebody who actually knows what he is doing and have somebody you dont know test your game. if somebody you know does it... well those people tend to lie and make things nicer because tehy dont want to hurt you...

well, thats how I would reccomend you should do it^^

First of all, please remove my account from your forum and website - i dont want someone to see my name there, i'd be embarrassed...


Second, about that link which should prove you have some skills... I dont see anything there besides words.
If you have some pictures of your work than post them here on this forum.


Third, my head's not big, my nose is little bigger but my head is okay
I'm not easy to offend and i'm not destroying my keyboards out of the fury when reading posts like this. But i can imagine you, young CHILD, too much PC, not much friends or girls... being red like chilli when you're reading critiques on your account...


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POST A PICTURE OF YOUR WORK AND PROVE US YOU CAN REALLY MAKE SOMETHING OR STAY OUT OF THIS FORUM PLEASE UNTIL YOU BECOME SMARTER!






btw, i'm really sorry for turning this thread into a fight with a 14 year old child... but i couldnt help myself... i apologize........not to you Joquan!

LMAO, need i comment? i thought games ran on engines? dont we have to learn how to use an engine.. before making a game? i mean, lol, i dont know. maybe am just crazy for thinking all that

...but you see DarkInferno, he's so smart for 14 year old kid, he doesnt need to learn that thing called engine, he can make wireframe sprites(whatever that's supposed to be) and he can take colledge courses for C++ or Java(i think he meant by that, tutorials from PirateBay or isoHunt)

i even bet he can drive a car without an engine... like Flinstones

So many words spent on this topic, you guys either have endless patience or ain't got nothing better to do ;D

AND BY THE WAY: ALMITHY ME!!!!

Quoting: I don't have time to learn an engine, it's the engine that has to learn ME! Bow down before the god of video.. graphical.. virtual realities... and eventually games!

I've tried not to comment on every stupid thing you've said, because, to be honest, I don't have that much time.

Why are you on this forum when you don't use the engine?

If you don't want people to keep putting you down or think you're inept, I think you'd be best off keeping quiet :|

I Think I'm going to close this topic
write the original poster via e-mail or pm if you are interested
I dont like these forum wars

regards

Aztec