Pixel Joint Forum: P.E.A.

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Hey all. 

I know alot of people have been offered pixeling jobs, completed the 
work but been screwed over when it comes to pay, so i was thinking 
we should set up a Pixel Employment Agency (PEA). 

Basically i was thinking if we can get people to join the 
agency..totally free of course, as this is eSt up to help pixel artists 
not hinder them, then we can hire a lawyer to double check contracts 
we get given, make sure they are above board, and stop us pixel 
artists getting done over. Figured the funding for this could either 
come from a collab game, an rpg, something bigger like habbo (big 
earner), mobile games, or the agency taking 5% or something on 
commissions. 

Basically im just wondering how many people would be up for helping 
out with this, i know a few of you are up for cos i have pmed you, but 
if we have a majority backing this idea, it would make efforts on my 
behalf and anyone else interested in setting it up, worth while. 
afterall it is being set up to help you guys....well thats the plan 

A major bonus, well besides not getting screwed over so much, is 
that if we get enough artists, we may even be able to set PEA up as a 
games company...but thats just a floating thought. 

If your interested please let me know. 

And oneone who would be interested in running this with me, please 
say. 

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xtremetom Commander Joined: 13 April 2005 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 105	Topic: P.E.A. Posted: 09 June 2005 at 7:08am
	IF YOU READING THREAD FOR FIRST TIME, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU READ ALL OF THIS SECTION Hey all. I know alot of people have been offered pixeling jobs, completed the work but been screwed over when it comes to pay, so i was thinking we should set up a Pixel Employment Agency (PEA). Basically i was thinking if we can get people to join the agency..totally free of course, as this is eSt up to help pixel artists not hinder them, then we can hire a lawyer to double check contracts we get given, make sure they are above board, and stop us pixel artists getting done over. Figured the funding for this could either come from a collab game, an rpg, something bigger like habbo (big earner), mobile games, or the agency taking 5% or something on commissions. Basically im just wondering how many people would be up for helping out with this, i know a few of you are up for cos i have pmed you, but if we have a majority backing this idea, it would make efforts on my behalf and anyone else interested in setting it up, worth while. afterall it is being set up to help you guys....well thats the plan A major bonus, well besides not getting screwed over so much, is that if we get enough artists, we may even be able to set PEA up as a games company...but thats just a floating thought. If your interested please let me know. And oneone who would be interested in running this with me, please say. Edited by xtremetom
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Garage Inc. Commander Joined: 20 October 2021 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 318	Posted: 09 June 2005 at 2:10pm
	I would love to help. I can do tiles. I will help any where else I can, because I think this is a great idea. I offerd to do tiles because there are some many great artists here, that sprites and charecters won't be a problem. But, ya, I think a game would be a great idea. If we got a few good programmers, or if there are some here, we coul do a game. I think that would be awsome. As I said before, I will do whatever I can to help. Great Idea.
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Demon Commander Joined: 16 March 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 562	Posted: 09 June 2005 at 5:45pm
	This is a great idea. I am currently working on 3 different MMORPGs, as a tile artist/monster sprite artist. You've got my support. :D
	"At least we killed some boredom..." - Death Note.
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TakeOut Commander Joined: 27 March 2005 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 147	Posted: 09 June 2005 at 6:54pm
	Thanks, But I love to work on games for free. If I could some how make my own games for money that'd be very much awesome, and I'd be glad to share the pay with fellow pixel artists. I say, go for it! Edited by TakeOut
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Demon Commander Joined: 16 March 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 562	Posted: 10 June 2005 at 11:23am
	I've done plenty of free jobs, of course they were all projects for me to advance my pixeling skills. But it wouldnt hurt to get payed for my work, or be in a Pixel Artist 'Union' that has a future of becoming a Game Development Group. :D
	"At least we killed some boredom..." - Death Note.
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xtremetom Commander Joined: 13 April 2005 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 105	Posted: 10 June 2005 at 12:18pm
	at the moment this is all just an idea floating around my head....to really kick it off i will need to find some cash from somewhere, so suppose it wouldnt hurt to get a game into production.....any ideas? i was thinking something very simple that can rake in the cash, like habbo, simple graphics, so wont take long to pixel, but totally addictive (for some people) so we make lots of green. Maybe a very simple gansta city mock up, or island, or skyscraper, im totally open to ideas. Plus i am looking for experienced pixellers to join PEA as managers...so anyone interested just shout.....to get this started we wil need all the help we can get oh btw, i have a team of programmers helping on a project im doing, and they said they dont mind lending their skills for this Edited by xtremetom
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Garage Inc. Commander Joined: 20 October 2021 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 318	Posted: 10 June 2005 at 12:21pm
	What about a game, where you have to survive. I don't meen like, street fighting, I meen, find a job, go to the job, do your job, you can buy apartments, then a house, then go up from there, you can purchase things for your house, you can meet people, have kids, raise the kids, things like that. It could be in iso view, but keep the graphics simple, not alot of shading, mainly so we can make different versions of like, couches and things and it won't take long. Just an idea floating around in my head.
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xtremetom Commander Joined: 13 April 2005 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 105	Posted: 10 June 2005 at 12:26pm
	yeah im totally up for that...kinda pixel sims style...yeah sounds good to me, maybe stay clear of having lots to run like kids, might drive younger people away, but love the idea of having your own house and job and everything....maybe instead of a job we could make it really simple and have people earn points/cash via little games built within the game, kinda how neopets does. well if people are def up for this habbo style game suppose we need: avatar artists and furniture artists.....easy i guess....any offers anyone? And just for the hell of it we can call the game department team of PEA.....PEAS (like no-one saw that coming....lol...sorry has to be done...lol) well i already have some furniture we can use for it...but obviously we will need more: Edited by xtremetom
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