Hi there! My team and I are volunteers looking for a character designer for our free interactive fiction game so I wanted to pitch it here in case you're interested.
Story: MC is an Italian Renaissance artist forced away from his family as a child to work with his father's collaborator. In that worshop he meets the closest friends: Emiliano and Aurelia. Emiliano is the charming art prodigy from a humble background while Aurelia is the master's daughter who is aiming to rise into her own fame. As the three are on your quest for greatness, you can deepen your relationship with either. It's a "dark" coming-of-age and psychological drama with surreal elements. I'm a writer and programmer with a composer, portrait and CG artists looking for:
- Character designer/ concept artist: The GUI will contain character info's and character portraits. You won't do the final artwork but the designs that will be referenced. For this role you contact me (with examples of your concept art or character designs for a better application). The main characters are 2-3, but if you're able to do more character designs later on we can discuss. Applications will be open, ideally, until the 13th of June,
Timeframe: I'm aiming to go slower with this game for better skill growth and ideas to marinate, but you aren't tied to my pace. The first chapters are written and I'm aiming to release them on July while I'll complete the entire IF before the year ends. I have an outline as well so I can provide it and chapters upon request.
I'll be updating monthly or bimonthly on itch.io so if anyone would like to collab or get insight into development this is the call.
Timeframe: I'm aiming to go slower for better growth and ideas to marinate/experiment with while I finish this long-term project. However, the first chapters are written and I'm aiming to release them on July/August. For time of completion of at least the current outlined game without add-ons I figured it'll be before the year ends. For more direct info on my work you can check: https://a-villarroel.itch.io/
Payment: I'm a hobby developer making games for free without receiving donations. This game is as such and I can't offer money as payment. You can then volunteer or we can trade. In either case you will be credited unless you don't want to be. If you want to trade I can compensate accordingly to the equivalent in money with:
• Writing: visual novel/interactive fiction scripts, traditional writing (flash fiction, short story, etc), copywriting, etc.
• Proofreading
• Community/social media management.
• Project management.
• Translation: I can translate to English or to LATAM Spanish.