Original Game Project: Beyond the anceints gates

#1

Hello…

Currently I am working on a medium sized project. It is a Retro Game, Basically a game that emulates Super nintendo graphics. bellow is a small list of what types of people we need.

  • 2d artists able to do pixel art
  • 2d artists able to do concept art
  • 2d artists able to make tilesets for world and objects

At the moment thats is what we are looking for although we may need more programmers etc… If you are intrested and what you specailize in is not on that list you can always contact me though private messageing or though my aim.

aim: peppyCA

I believe that what makes a game is the storyline and not the graphics, so with that said I invite artists of any level to join us, Even if you are a begginer and think you cant do this, your probably mistaken, most of us are in this to learn includeing myself.

Who ever takes part in the creation of this game will have the appropriate credits given to them and there work.

here is our current progress wich i will constantly update on this thread as it goes on:

  • Front and side Sprites for some characters have been completed.
  • Game documentation started.
  • Website layout started.
  • Game engine in testing stage (very promissing upto date).

Note: to all astist the participate, You may take and modify a sprite if you think you can improve it, this is a team project! its not gaurantied that we will use your sprite but diffrent opinions on how things should be is welcome.

preview of completed sprites. http://geocities.com/u3sa/pixel/

There are a few things being worked on at the moment:

  • Ftp Setup: ftp will be set up soon so that I will not have to be online all the time to accept material for the team, team will each have a seperate folder with there user rights. ftp will have a max space of 20gb for the moment and an upload speed of 19.5 kbs and download of 19.5 kb/s (sorry if thats not that fast but dont forget most of the art is all sprites and files wont get bigger then a few mb’s).
#2

hey bro, sounds interesting. i dont do any artwork or anything but if you need help with the story or gameplay i’d be glad to help. most people dont realize how important the story can be in a game, especially a project that doesnt focus on graphics. i’m currently working on another project as lead designer but i would be glad to help if you need any. let me know, my aim is Geraldking3 and if you toss an @aol on the end of that you have my email.

#3

thank you for offering your help, currently the project is on a halt since its a busy time for most people. I will have to check up if the programmer still has some interest, last I heard he was working on game AI and thinking of how to tile maps etc… my screen kind of let out on me a few weeks back but I should have a working screen soon and back in business.

there have been a few small updates,

we have devicided that it is best to make default sprites then add amor to them (paper doll graphics) then to actually make new models for every single little change. We still dont have a steady story line so any help is welcome there.

the project at first was aiming for mmorpg but there were changes in my plans as well as some of the programmers, so now were just working on an RPG but with mmo in mind if it goes good.

we currently have 2 engine opertunities…

#4

that sounds cool bro, if everybody is taking a short hiatus this would be a perfect time to work on the story and get rough design doc together so when you go back into production stuff runs a lot smoother and is more organized.

what were you guys thinking about regarding an engine. if you dont already have one we should definetely talk. my team has a private chat room so if you hit me back on my email i’ll send you the link and the password and we can talk about it there and we can start working on a story.
let me know, peace.

#5

Hello again.

Concerning the engine we are most likly going to use our own engines, the programer that is on out team has his own and is changing some of the code since it was made for a space shooter.
The secound engine I have access to is from an other programmer that pitches in sometimes and helps me grasp most concepts etc… His engine is being tested and seem fully functional with an MMOrpg compatability.

There is a game document but I havent had the time to re script my site and set things up. (I script my sites in html useing notepad :P) anyways thats about it, we started a few models and armor to go with them, we thought about the combat system and reactions for your players actions. Is game is some what of a long termp project.

As soon as we are able to make something playable or neer completetion we are realeasing it and then putting out patches for graphic advancements and more quest ect…

spook, If you have a site for your group i could check it out and we can communicate on your forum or arrange our selves

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