Hi all,
I’m looking for an artist to help me with the first level of my next major game, BattleMage II. Some of you may have played the original BM; the story picks up where the last left off, but the style has changed to an isometric side-scrolling fighter similar to Double Dragon. I was playing with the idea, and after some experimentation it works well. Not sure if I'll go back to the original style for BM3 yet *shrug* But on to the matter at hand...
THE GAME IS PROGRAMMED – But I’m keeping it largely under wraps except for the artist I choose. Sorry. At the moment all that’s there is mostly Zero sprites on a crappy background – which is where you come in!
Here is a small demo of the game, so you can get a feel for it: not a lot in the demo, but it works as a good example.
DEMO
I’M LOOKING FOR AN ARTIST TO HELP, BUT I WANT TO TRY AND FINISH BY 3/31. I understand that’s soon, so I want to move quickly on this. If you are interested, please respond within a few days. I enter my games in AG contests, and sometimes AG gives additional incentives, as well. If the game shows extreme promise and/or we miss the deadline of the end of the month, I can try to work something out with AG for some kind of compensation. As always with me, any money that comes from this game is split with the artist 50/50.
HOW TO ENTER:
Draw Josh Haseman (the main character) in this pose, at DOUBLE this size:
http://uhaweb.hartfo..du/mahar/z_stand.png
(Make it something you can repeat – this is frame animation, so if chosen you will need to do around 50 frames with this artwork; Haseman needs the most art by far.)
Here is a collage of screenshots of Josh from BattleMage 1 (my own art, please, do better than me, lol).
http://uhaweb.hartfo..ar/BM_JH_Samples.jpg
To note: Josh is now Lord Commander of the BattleMages, so a cooler weapon and armor is always a plus.
Entries can be emailed to me at cmahar (at) hotmail (dot) com. Questions can be either emailed or posted here.
FYI: The last time I made a post like this was for my V-Day game, Cupid’s Adventure. It was simple, but made front page. I expect this to do well, also, if the art is good enough.
COMPLETE LIST – So you know what you’re getting in to…
--Josh:
Standing
Walking anim
Jumping anim
Charging anim
3 different attack anims
Sheathing blade anim
Charge attack anim
Jump attack anim
Wounded anim
Death anim
--Orcs (2 different types, one more armored than the other):
Walking anim
1 attack anim
Wounded anim
Knocked down anim
Death anim
--Large Orc Boss:
Walking anim
Charging anim
Wounded anim
Death anim
--Castle Hallway - isometric background (to specs)
--Several artistic stills for intro/ending storyline
--Game Over still