Harvest Moon fan game looking for BG artist(s)!
Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2014 1:39 pm
Greetings Visual Novel people! I am Anoel, a programmer and writer. I am making a Harvest Moon fan game and I need an artist!
http://www.fogu.com/hmforum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=130282 <-- This is the thread on the forums at Ushi no Tane (an excellent Harvest Moon community and help site) for this fan game. There's a lot of information there about this project and a download of the current testing version.
Please duly note that this isn't going to be a Visual Novel. However, I need some Visual Novel style art. That is, character portraits! And backgrounds.
In case you haven't heard of the game series Harvest Moon, here's a quick run down.
I consider Harvest Moon a farming and family building game. The player moves in to a small town, starts a farm with crops and livestock, and woos the local singles. For a long time you could only be a guy, and a few times where there was a girl option your game ended when you got married. But that bit of unfairness is in the past.
The dialog in Harvest Moon games is very Visual Novel-esque. There's a text box, a name tag, and a portrait. For the local singles, there's also some sort of indication of how much they like you.
There are many Harvest Moon games for the Nintendo DS and 3DS, two for the Wii. I recommend several if you're interested; Tale of Two Towns (for NDS and 3DS, the 3DS version can freeze and isn't very 3D), A New Beginning (3DS, and the beginning season is pretty much one big tutorial), and Animal Parade (for the Wii, and I have no criticisms for this game).
Now, down to brass tacks, as they say.
I need an artist for backgrounds! I need at about 50 backgrounds done, and if possible variations for time of day and seasons for the outdoor ones. Some can be as simple as a store counter and others should be very map like.
I understand that this is quite a bit of art to do! So I'm open to more than one person helping me, so long as art styles mesh.
Now, here's the skill trade part. I'm a programmer and a writer. I am making this game in Visual Basic, and I'm good a writing stories.
One last thing, as you can see by the section this is, there will be no paycheck for you. This game is a free download after all, and I'm not profiting from it.
Thanks for reading all this, and I hope people will be interested!
EDIT: Hello all! I have decided that I really need backgrounds. So, check the info a few paragraphs up and let me know if you are interested! I am willing to help write or program in return.
http://www.fogu.com/hmforum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=130282 <-- This is the thread on the forums at Ushi no Tane (an excellent Harvest Moon community and help site) for this fan game. There's a lot of information there about this project and a download of the current testing version.
Please duly note that this isn't going to be a Visual Novel. However, I need some Visual Novel style art. That is, character portraits! And backgrounds.
In case you haven't heard of the game series Harvest Moon, here's a quick run down.
I consider Harvest Moon a farming and family building game. The player moves in to a small town, starts a farm with crops and livestock, and woos the local singles. For a long time you could only be a guy, and a few times where there was a girl option your game ended when you got married. But that bit of unfairness is in the past.
The dialog in Harvest Moon games is very Visual Novel-esque. There's a text box, a name tag, and a portrait. For the local singles, there's also some sort of indication of how much they like you.
There are many Harvest Moon games for the Nintendo DS and 3DS, two for the Wii. I recommend several if you're interested; Tale of Two Towns (for NDS and 3DS, the 3DS version can freeze and isn't very 3D), A New Beginning (3DS, and the beginning season is pretty much one big tutorial), and Animal Parade (for the Wii, and I have no criticisms for this game).
Now, down to brass tacks, as they say.
I need an artist for backgrounds! I need at about 50 backgrounds done, and if possible variations for time of day and seasons for the outdoor ones. Some can be as simple as a store counter and others should be very map like.
I understand that this is quite a bit of art to do! So I'm open to more than one person helping me, so long as art styles mesh.
Now, here's the skill trade part. I'm a programmer and a writer. I am making this game in Visual Basic, and I'm good a writing stories.
One last thing, as you can see by the section this is, there will be no paycheck for you. This game is a free download after all, and I'm not profiting from it.
Thanks for reading all this, and I hope people will be interested!
EDIT: Hello all! I have decided that I really need backgrounds. So, check the info a few paragraphs up and let me know if you are interested! I am willing to help write or program in return.