EDIT: Just filled the editor slot! Thank you to all who applied!
Hello denizens of LSF! We here at Verasim Studios have been working on a VN for the past 6 months. While writing has been progressing rapidly, our art department is lagging behind slightly due to our artists leading normal lives outside of the studio and trying to make ends meet. Honestly, they should be ashamed of themselves; everyone knows a startup studio requires 90 hour work weeks and complete selflessness to progress. Jokes aside, we need artists willing to work on CGs, backgrounds or the logo to help things progress more quickly. Falling Leaves is a free project, and will be free for download on release.
Premise
"What happens when two suicidal people meet on a bridge?"
Falling Leaves starts on the town bridge where Daniel, a depressed college dropout, is in the process of trying to commit suicide. That is, until he spots a stranger named Olivia also trying to commit suicide. After talking each other down, the two head for shelter and coffee to avoid the rain. Daniel soon finds that Olivia has latched onto him in a figurative and sometimes literal sense, as she has no one else to turn to. The story delves into what both characters’ pasts mean to them, and what their friendship with each other means for their future.
Main Characters
Daniel is a 23 year old college dropout, working as a chef at a local restaurant. His depression stems from a series of unfortunate events, starting with failing out of college, and culminating with his brother's death, leaving him with an empty house. Jaded and guarded, he would like nothing better than to be left alone.
Olivia is a 22 year old Huntington's disease patient with little to her name save for the clothes on her back and a small collection of belongings in her bag. Although generally happy-go-lucky and gregarious, she would rather not talk about what brought her low in the first place. Due to her lack of connections, she has no one to turn to besides the apathetic Daniel.
Current Progress
In short, the break down is roughly as follows (Updated as of 4/3/17):
Writing: 40% done
Editing: 25% done
Music: 8% done (just inducted and brought new Composers up to speed, likely to be 20% by the end of the month)
Art: 0% (finalizing contracts and payment, and recruiting CG/GUI/Logo artists, expecting sprite sheets to be finished by mid summer)
General Information about the Studio
Regardless of whatever your speciality is, I’ll talk a little bit about what you can expect working as a part of the team. I firmly believe in a couple basic tenets of leadership. I know how valuable your time is, and will never intentionally waste your time, especially when it comes to meetings. Meetings are only held when I believe there is a good reason to have one, and will take as little time as needed. I also have an open ear policy: I will hear out every idea you have, but I reserve the right to have final say in terms of creative vision. That said, it has rarely been an issue, and everyone has significant creative input over the final product. I am understanding of delays and missing our deadlines when real life comes knocking as long as you communicate and stay in touch with me so I can adjust everything else accordingly.
- Alexander “OneManArmy77” Goldberg
Current Team Availabilities
We are currently looking for more artists, and an editor. We feel the other departments have enough, or more than enough, manpower to complete their work in a timely manner. However, if you have specific talents that you think would be useful to a project like ours, feel free to email us (check below for email address) and we can talk.
Application Info
We’ll be accepting applications through PM, but since we may not check it as frequently as we’d like, sending an email to strategysavantxiv@gmail.com will ensure the best response time. To help with communication and scheduling, we need to know your time zone and any general information about yourself that you are comfortable with sharing. We are currently using Discord for most communication, and we are also trying to use Trello to manage assignment more easily, so please ensure that you are willing to use these services. After that, a resume of recent works and a preview of what you can bring to the team will be required in order to gauge how good a fit you are for our team. Any pertinent experience you have would also be good to know.. Thanks, and we’re all looking forward to working with you soon!
