Neptune Waves - Seeking Writer & Coder
Posted: Sun May 10, 2015 2:07 pm
Project Details
Genre: Sports, Slice of Life, Romance, Friendship, Drama
The Neptune Waves is a visual novel that is inspired by mangas such as Slamdunk! Our aim is to deliver a narrative experience that focuses more on the concept of a sport, which is basketball, and how it plays an influential role in the character’s lives.
Through the format of a visual novel and having elements of interactivity, we want players to feel like they are part of the team. Train with the characters, revel in victories together, conquer challenges together, and overcome losses together. As such, we have a mini basketball gameplay segment, where players get to make meaningful choices in a game, such as to dribble, pass or shoot. Depending on your actions, this may cause certain characters to react in different ways, and also how matches will unfold.
Synopsis: You play as a the protagonist who arrives as a new student at Neptune High, a quiet coastal town high school who are fairly well known for their basketball team. However, he has no intention of joining the basketball team at all. Yet, his mundane high school life is about to get a lot more interesting when his childhood friend Elena asks him to accompany her to join the Neptune Waves. When he accidentally pisses off Claire, the captain of the Neptune Waves, and gets challenged to a 1 on 1 game, how will everything play out?
Recruitment
Writer
We're looking for a writer to write the script for the game. The plot outline and characters have already been determined. The writer's responsibilities will be to create the dialogue and narration of the story, while sticking closely to the outline. (Take note though that the outline details mostly the major events, so the writer will still have freedom in determining how the characters will interact and behave around one another.)
The themes will be largely focused on basketball, determination, team spirit, rivalries, dealing with losses, overcoming injuries, and so on.
What we're looking for:
- A writer who's good at bringing characters to life and writing natural, flowing dialogue.
- Ability to write at a decent pace, and be ready to edit drafts based on feedback.
- Passionate and able to keep up communication regularly.
- Having fun and working together in a team environment. We update regularly and give critique about each other's work!
Coder
We're looking for a coder to bring the game to life! The coder, aside from the standard visual novel stuffs, will have to code a basketball game segment, where the player will make choices within a game, which will lead to different outcomes. There will also be a stat management system. Players will get to raise 8 different stats, and these will affect the choices that the players can make in the game.
What we're looking for:
- A coder who's able to code a stat management system, as well as a basketball mini game segment, where the player will be able to make choices based on their stats.
- Good at animating the movement of art assets, such as to simulate the ball moving around and being passed, or player icons moving in and out of the screen.
- Passionate and able to keep up communication regularly.
- Having fun and working together in a team environment. We update regularly and give critique about each other's work!
Examples
We are currently still in the early stages of development, but are definitely on the right track towards a demo. We need your help to make it possible!
The final outcome of this project will be a commercial project. However, we cannot afford to pay up front. All members who are involved in the project will get a share of any revenue that the game makes. We might also look into the option of crowdfunding, but we'll decide that further down the road once we have a demo up and running.
Anyway, if you're interested, feel free to post here or send me a PM, with writing samples or some past projects to demonstrate your coding skills! I'll also be happy to answer any questions or details that you might need regarding the project. I look forward to working with some of you!
Genre: Sports, Slice of Life, Romance, Friendship, Drama
The Neptune Waves is a visual novel that is inspired by mangas such as Slamdunk! Our aim is to deliver a narrative experience that focuses more on the concept of a sport, which is basketball, and how it plays an influential role in the character’s lives.
Through the format of a visual novel and having elements of interactivity, we want players to feel like they are part of the team. Train with the characters, revel in victories together, conquer challenges together, and overcome losses together. As such, we have a mini basketball gameplay segment, where players get to make meaningful choices in a game, such as to dribble, pass or shoot. Depending on your actions, this may cause certain characters to react in different ways, and also how matches will unfold.
Synopsis: You play as a the protagonist who arrives as a new student at Neptune High, a quiet coastal town high school who are fairly well known for their basketball team. However, he has no intention of joining the basketball team at all. Yet, his mundane high school life is about to get a lot more interesting when his childhood friend Elena asks him to accompany her to join the Neptune Waves. When he accidentally pisses off Claire, the captain of the Neptune Waves, and gets challenged to a 1 on 1 game, how will everything play out?
Recruitment
Writer
We're looking for a writer to write the script for the game. The plot outline and characters have already been determined. The writer's responsibilities will be to create the dialogue and narration of the story, while sticking closely to the outline. (Take note though that the outline details mostly the major events, so the writer will still have freedom in determining how the characters will interact and behave around one another.)
The themes will be largely focused on basketball, determination, team spirit, rivalries, dealing with losses, overcoming injuries, and so on.
What we're looking for:
- A writer who's good at bringing characters to life and writing natural, flowing dialogue.
- Ability to write at a decent pace, and be ready to edit drafts based on feedback.
- Passionate and able to keep up communication regularly.
- Having fun and working together in a team environment. We update regularly and give critique about each other's work!
Coder
We're looking for a coder to bring the game to life! The coder, aside from the standard visual novel stuffs, will have to code a basketball game segment, where the player will make choices within a game, which will lead to different outcomes. There will also be a stat management system. Players will get to raise 8 different stats, and these will affect the choices that the players can make in the game.
What we're looking for:
- A coder who's able to code a stat management system, as well as a basketball mini game segment, where the player will be able to make choices based on their stats.
- Good at animating the movement of art assets, such as to simulate the ball moving around and being passed, or player icons moving in and out of the screen.
- Passionate and able to keep up communication regularly.
- Having fun and working together in a team environment. We update regularly and give critique about each other's work!
Examples
We are currently still in the early stages of development, but are definitely on the right track towards a demo. We need your help to make it possible!
The final outcome of this project will be a commercial project. However, we cannot afford to pay up front. All members who are involved in the project will get a share of any revenue that the game makes. We might also look into the option of crowdfunding, but we'll decide that further down the road once we have a demo up and running.
Anyway, if you're interested, feel free to post here or send me a PM, with writing samples or some past projects to demonstrate your coding skills! I'll also be happy to answer any questions or details that you might need regarding the project. I look forward to working with some of you!