Introduction

A newly formed team of hobby game developers, including three programmers, one composer, and a game designer is looking for a pixel artist to make sprites for the opponents in a tactical combat prototype roughly based on Shining Force II (Shining Force II screenshots). The opponents are creatures in a fantasy setting. The currently playable version of the prototype can be downloaded at https://yethwhinger.itch.io/apt.

Key Details

This project is in an early stage of development and is being worked on for fun with no plans for selling the product of this phase of development. Our team members are still exploring whether we like the project and whether we like working with one another.

Each team member is expected to contribute about 4 hours of work per week to the project. All graphics contributed are licensed under CC BY 4.0 to protect the project in case some team members decide to leave the project while others wish to continue. The target audience for the gameplay of this project is E10+, so we are avoiding age-inappropriate content, such as humans killing each other, disturbing torture, stealing, deception, blood, suggestive themes, nudity, offensive language, and the use of alcohol or tobacco.

This phase of the project requires the creation of spritesheets for 2 enemy creatures. The spritesheets will contain animations for standing, walking, attacking, magic usage, and taking damage. The sprites include animations for each of four directions. The basic frame size is 32 by 48 pixels, with roughly 2 frames for each animation and direction facing. Larger frames are allowed, but the sprites will be used on a tile grid sized at 32 by 32 pixels. The project is using an 85-color palette. A link to an example of a standing animation for this project is given below.

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It would be helpful to generate about 1 spritesheet per month, but since this is an unpaid hobby project that is supposed to be fun for each member, there is no deadline.

The graphics currently being used in the prototype are incomplete but do represent the actual size of characters and terrains. Previous pixel art experience is not required for this position, but knowledge of the techniques and philosophy of pixel art is required and will need to be learned if not already possessed.

In case you are interested in my background, I am the game designer, and my previous projects can be found at https://yethwhinger.itch.io/.

If you are interested in working on this project or would like more information before you decide, please reply to this post or send me a private message through this forum.