Post by igfod13 on Jul 22, 2014 20:30:40 GMT
Hey everyone, igfod13 here.
We would really appreciate whatever help you can provide with this project! If you have any ideas or feedback, feel free to drop by any time and share your thoughts. We're also looking for people that are willing to put in extra commitment to help with this project to fill the following roles:
Route Writers: You will be in charge of writing one or more of the routes in the visual novel. This may either be the common route, any of the character routes, or the true route(if we have one). While we will check in occasionally with the quality of writing, barring some massive community objection, you will have final say over what happens in the route. You may also become in charge of specific characters, and may help in developing scenes that include said characters in other parts of the novel. If you would like, co-authoring a route is also a possibility if you work well with another person, in which case both of you will share responsibility over the route.
Scenario Writers: This will be a less writing intensive role, and it basically consists of helping to design the characters, providing the route writers with feedback for their routes, working on the overall plot structure of the visual novel during the planning stages, making sure that routes don't contradict each other, and fixing plot holes. You will also most likely be helping with editing and proofreading.
Sprite Artists: You will be in charge of making sprites for the characters, as well as drawing sprites for any CGs(special event images). Both vector and raster artists are welcome. We may also have scenes with chibi sharks, so sign up you think you can draw those as well ^_^.
Background Artists: You will be in charge of drawing backgrounds, including backgrounds for CGs. If you are good at drawing landscapes(well, oceanscapes), this is the job for you!
Interface Artist: You will be in charge of drawing the interface of the VN. Basically, drawing buttons, menus, etc.
Note: I'm not entirely sure how to structure the art team, but most likely different artists will be in charge of drawing different characters/backgrounds. This, however, may cause problems with style conflicts if we're not careful. The other option is having different artists draw specific parts of the characters/backgrounds(i.e. concept art, or specific parts like eyes or accessories), but I'm not sure how that would work out. OR someone could hardcore carry and draw everything.
Programmers: You'll be in charge of helping program the VN. Visual novels are not the most complex things in the world, so you may end up just copy-pasting a lot of the script, but those that are computer-illiterate would gladly like your help with formatting things the way we want them
. Note: We will most likely be using the Ren'py engine, unless someone is already very familiar another VN engine(or codes one from scratch 
).
Musicians: You'll be in charge of making an OST for the visual novel. Yay for nice background music!
To sign up, post the position(s) you are interested in filling below (this can include more than one), then PM me if you would like to join our Skype development group(either here, or /u/igfod13 on reddit). Feel free to also show off any relevant work to help us get to know you better, but it's totally okay if you don't. If you are unsure about your abilities regarding one area, sign up anyways! Your abilities will improve as you work more on them, and it is not a big deal if things don't work out after a while.
EDIT: I'm giving you all temporary tags for easier identification, which will become eventually permanent as people settle in. I'm also creating a hidden board if you want to discuss anything plot or spoiler heavy. Otherwise, please keep everything to the normal writing board.
We would really appreciate whatever help you can provide with this project! If you have any ideas or feedback, feel free to drop by any time and share your thoughts. We're also looking for people that are willing to put in extra commitment to help with this project to fill the following roles:
Route Writers: You will be in charge of writing one or more of the routes in the visual novel. This may either be the common route, any of the character routes, or the true route(if we have one). While we will check in occasionally with the quality of writing, barring some massive community objection, you will have final say over what happens in the route. You may also become in charge of specific characters, and may help in developing scenes that include said characters in other parts of the novel. If you would like, co-authoring a route is also a possibility if you work well with another person, in which case both of you will share responsibility over the route.
Scenario Writers: This will be a less writing intensive role, and it basically consists of helping to design the characters, providing the route writers with feedback for their routes, working on the overall plot structure of the visual novel during the planning stages, making sure that routes don't contradict each other, and fixing plot holes. You will also most likely be helping with editing and proofreading.
Sprite Artists: You will be in charge of making sprites for the characters, as well as drawing sprites for any CGs(special event images). Both vector and raster artists are welcome. We may also have scenes with chibi sharks, so sign up you think you can draw those as well ^_^.
Background Artists: You will be in charge of drawing backgrounds, including backgrounds for CGs. If you are good at drawing landscapes(well, oceanscapes), this is the job for you!
Interface Artist: You will be in charge of drawing the interface of the VN. Basically, drawing buttons, menus, etc.
Note: I'm not entirely sure how to structure the art team, but most likely different artists will be in charge of drawing different characters/backgrounds. This, however, may cause problems with style conflicts if we're not careful. The other option is having different artists draw specific parts of the characters/backgrounds(i.e. concept art, or specific parts like eyes or accessories), but I'm not sure how that would work out. OR someone could hardcore carry and draw everything.
Programmers: You'll be in charge of helping program the VN. Visual novels are not the most complex things in the world, so you may end up just copy-pasting a lot of the script, but those that are computer-illiterate would gladly like your help with formatting things the way we want them
. Note: We will most likely be using the Ren'py engine, unless someone is already very familiar another VN engine(or codes one from scratch 
).Musicians: You'll be in charge of making an OST for the visual novel. Yay for nice background music!
To sign up, post the position(s) you are interested in filling below (this can include more than one), then PM me if you would like to join our Skype development group(either here, or /u/igfod13 on reddit). Feel free to also show off any relevant work to help us get to know you better, but it's totally okay if you don't. If you are unsure about your abilities regarding one area, sign up anyways! Your abilities will improve as you work more on them, and it is not a big deal if things don't work out after a while.
EDIT: I'm giving you all temporary tags for easier identification, which will become eventually permanent as people settle in. I'm also creating a hidden board if you want to discuss anything plot or spoiler heavy. Otherwise, please keep everything to the normal writing board.
