Looks like a quality position and it's remote!

If only I had the skill/will.

Age matters only in the fact that you'd have to be available for a minimum of 100 hours a month, and priority will go to those who can work a full 160 hours a month...  If you're younger, but you've still got the skills and time neccessary, feel free to apply.

You can work any combination of hours you like, so long as projects are completed by their deadlines.  I usually work Sunday- Friday, but the numebr of hours varies by what needs to be done.  You can work extra time, if you want, though it's billed at the standard rate.

Most of the team is on MSN Messenger while they're working, so if their team leader needs to get ahold of them, or they have any questions, they're accessible.  Meetings are either conducted through group chat on MSN, or on our IRC server, depending on how many people are about.

Actual work is reviewed by myself, and sometimes the producer, and final assets have to be properly formatted, according to guidelines we have in place.  Final work is usually delivered in .png, in sheet form, though we are developing an in-house tool for compacting graphical assets.

It usually depends on the client...if it's an in-house original IP, then we can take longer.  If it's a licenced game for another company, they may have their own deadlines.

An action game would take about 3-5 weeks for gfx, depending on the complexity...something like a puzzle game would be a week, tops.  I've done an entire puzzle game in about 8 hrs (excluding splashes).

Branded titles can vary greatly, and sometimes we can get crappy deadlines...I remember we once had to pull off 10 games for Sony Ericsson in only 9 days (gfx, code, QA, everything)...but that's usually very rare.

age shouldn't matter if you've got the skill and the time to do it.  heck, I applied and i'm not so old either.

nvision said-
"If you're younger, but you've still got the skills and time neccessary, feel free to apply."

Edited by Indigo

Take advantage of this folks... working remotely on pixel art games isn't an opportunity that you should let slip by. Get off your duffs and contact nvision about the position! You don't want to end being a corporate whore like me do you?

have anyone who applied to this position get a reply from nvision? I've sent him a email/pm last week but I didn't get any response. Maybe I missed out some important points? 

Heh, I didn't even notice that you had a wickerman mockup above. That's hilarious. 

I also sent  an email off with my portfolio. Enjoy =) Btw any idea when maxartists' site will be back up?

Edited by Dhaos

Hey everyone..thanks for all of the submissions you sent my way.  There were a lot of great portfolios that I had to comb through.  It was pretty difficult choosing, but I've settled on two artists to help us out.

If I didn't get back to you with a review, please send me another email, and I can give you some pointers for future reference.  If we're hiring again I'll be sure to post here first!

I hope your two(?!) new artists work out for you nvision! 

 sure you don't need any free lancers?  I got my site up and running..
www.phyer.net/adamhoward

If you have a beef with Bjorn, take it up with him...seeing as you haven't had any dealings with the company in several months, and haven't had the courtesy to reply to emails, I wouldn't go about casting aspersions. 

nvision\Ian - your reply really surprised me. I thought we are on the better terms that this.

I dont have a "beef" with Bjorn, he just doesnt care and I obviously cant do anything about it.
What I posted here was for you to consider, not any kind of "revenge" or so.

I am not dealing with the company anymore, thats true, and you know the reason - which is more then perfectly legit.

Also I asure you that I replyed to every email that made it to my mailbox! (There probably been a mess with MA mailserver again because I know of some of my mails to Bjorn that never reached him too (or so he claims). So if you sent me email and didnt get automatic delivery-confirmation from me, then I never saw it. If it is\was importatnt, please try to resend to <jan.halfar AT paula.cz>, thank you.)

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Wait a minute;  Bjorn is still on staff?  What the hell?  AND YOU GUYS STILL OWE ME $800!

 

Ian, seriously, what the heck is the situation of the company?  I've been wanting to get on board, and even made a topic at the MAXartists forum, but no useful reply;  it's like everyone at that company is living in fantasy land.

And all the newbies you're sucking back in with the promise of an awesome job - tsk tsk!

uh oh.

this isn't the kind of information a company probably wants getting out..

especially ona  job offer thread.. you know?

Oy, don't shoot the messenger...if Bjorn says he wants to hire people, it's his responsibility to take care of the business details, not mine.  I'm just forwarding applicants right now, and I'm working on other projects...I hired two artists back in August, one of them disapeared after a week, and one stayed on, and the last I heard, he was paid up to date, last week.

You guys should feel lucky that you are only waiting on such a small amount...I've been waiting on a significantly larger sum for some time (over 10x what you're owed ).  I had to pay for my wedding in September, using the money we got for gifts!  Back-pay is supposed to be going out now, and the next round of payments is supposed to be sent in a couple of weeks.  It's going out in order of need, so I think the larger amounts are being dealt with first.

Aside from that, trash-talking the company doesn't help anyone...it only puts things further behind, and will likely increase the time it will take to get everyone paid up to date, and those who want to work, working again...

Dorian>As far as I know, a new VC investor(s) has been signed, and things should be up and running shortly.  Bjorn is moving to a strictly f/t art staff, so if you can work 100+ hrs a month, you could send him an email...  You'll have to use your own discretion, but I wouldn't start anything until you get that last $800 that you're owed...

Edited by nvision

I'm not sure how much I should be saying, but I think I should try to clear the air a little, before everyone gets the wrong idea...(my apologies if I give out more information that I should be, but I don't want this to adversely affect my own reputation)

About 7 months ago, it was discovered that a sister company of CSP had been essentially embezzling profits and witholding development funds from them.  In order to hold the other company, Digame, culpable for the money the had misappropriated, CSP declared formal bankruptcy (as sufficent funds were unavailable to continue regular operation).  This legally brought the situation to light, and made Digame responsible for the mess. 

CSP was allowed to carry over it's assets and I.P. to a clone company, under their publishing name of MaxArtists, provided all current employees were taken over as well.  New contracts were issued, but there was still insufficient startup captial, as a settlement had not been reached with Digame.  Deals and requests were still coming in from other companies, so business was continued with a core staff (as many people either left or stopped working, while they waited on previous payment). 

During this time, investors were sought, to get enough capital to bring things back up to full capacity, but suitable contract conditions could not be aggreed upon...  At the moment, a suitable investor has apparently been found, and signed, and things should be getting back to their previous running state. 

I continued working the entire time, hoping that things would be rectified in that time...I don't hold Bjorn personally responsible for the roller-coaster ride of the past few months...I just think a sh*tty situation arose, and it took longer to rectify than originally anticipated.  If he believes that things are stable enough to recruit new talent, then I choose to trust him that it is so.