Zane444's site

[Unpaid] Spirit Age is looking for pixel artists.

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 01:51:04 +0000

Firstly I'd like to take the time to introduce myself. My name is Rashad Rolle;most of you know me as "Zane444". A moderately experienced indie game developer and pixel artist with about four(4) years of experience in both areas under my belt.The current programmer also has about four(4) years under his belt.

Project Information: Spirit Age.
Spirit Age takes place in a fictional colonial era where sea travel is the mainstay of transportation and magic shapes the world. The game features open ended game play which entails that there are no preset classes available, instead players are, for the most part, free to develop characters to their liking. The game is free to play but offers optional bonus content for a modest fee of 6$ per month(subject to change)

This is a pretty old Progress video from about 4 months ago

http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=Uvv1mIOHHgo&feature=player_embedded

A recent screenshot
http://i678.photobucket.com/albums/vv141/Zane44/001.png

(sorry for the lack of clothing for the player sprite, haven't begun work on them as yet)
Cast
2012-01/Zane444-0002/001.png

The project itself is about five(5) months and is progressing incredibly well.(now in beta stage)
Current staff: The current staff consists of two(2) people.

Rashad Rolle-- Pixel artist.
Chris Gayle-- Programmer.

Staff required:

We require pixel artists capable of working with the current art style. while we are not looking for exceptionally skilled applicants it would be appreciated if all applicants had at least two years of experience. though this is not a perquisite. Applicants are to email me a portfolio/resume to one or both of the emails below. Work done would range from spell effects to environment tiles to working with interface objects.

Compensation:
While we cannot afford to pay at this point in time. I can promise a percentage of proceeds generated through paid content. Which, as it stands is 6$ per quarter(three months).

Contact Information:

rashad.j.rolle@gmail.com
Mastericonner@hotmail.com

Refer to:

http://www.facebook.com/SpiritAge

http://www.byond.com/games/ChrisGayle/SpiritAge#

http://www.byond.com/members/Zane444

*Prices listed are subject to change.

**I can provide a playable demo for any reputable applicants.

***made this ad confident that it wont be drowned out by ads made for fan games :D)

Feel free to post any inquiries that you may have in this thread.
Thanks in advance,
Rashad "Zane444" Rolle

I still got it![off topic]

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:36:36 +0000

Well this is related to game development in no particular way but i just picked up a pencil and drew something for the first time since i graduated back in june of last year.

This was the outcome.

Media used:
Graphite pencil
Colored pencils(crayola)

ALSO WHERE IS THE SITE UPDATE???

What Ive been up to...

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 04:57:14 +0000

Spent the last month or so working on weaponry and other overlays! Pushing us that much closer to a release date.

Firstly Id like to introduce some of the main characters that Spirit Age's story involves.

Galeo: He plays the head figure of the fire country known as Inferia.

Emile: She plays the head figure of the wind country known as Windia

Sanji: He plays the head figure of the earth country known as Terria

Amelia: She plays the head figure of the Water country known as Ryn.

Sin: He plays the role as the head figure of the neutral country of Damascus.

These Figures play important roles in the story, filling in spaces not explained in the arc. I really don't want to give away much on the story until the game is released.

Weapons:

Short Sword-Balances attack speed with attack power.
Pistol-Quick firing,low damaging
Long gun/Rifles-Normal firing speed, high damaging, precision type
Muskets- Slow firing speed, high damaging, ballistics type
Claws/Gloves/bracers-For unarmed combatants, attributes varies on weapon equipped.
Heavy Swords-Slow, but deals heavy damage
Dual blades-Very quick attacking speed, High DPS(damage per second)
Spears-
Staffs-Enhanced spirit channeling assists with magic type combat.
Wands-Enhanced spirit channeling assists with magic type combat.
Pole arms-Subscriber exclusive- high damaging 2 tiled attacking radius,slow
Cannons-Subscriber exclusive-very high damaging ballistics type,slow
Hand bombs-Subscriber exclusive- high damaging ballistics type,focuses on combination of status afflicting hand bombs and high explosive bombs.

A pole arm with the idle state.

So far there is one weapon for each weapon set, being the entry weapon. I plan to have 10 weapons per weapon class, 5 rare type weapons per class bringing me to a total of 15 weapons per class.

heading to bed now,will reply in the morning.

Spirit Age--Character art! #2

Sat, 26 Nov 2011 01:39:08 +0000

Came home from work a few hours ago and was playing around with creating a new character.this is the outcome. playing around with dynamic and multiple light sources here. I named him "Galeo" he's using the fire technique to the left of this page,at least its weaker state.

Still a WIP. C&C is welcomed

17 colors excluding the background.

Great pixel art tutorial.

Sun, 06 Nov 2011 21:42:15 +0000

http://www.pixeljoint.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11299

A link to a very good tutorial. It explains common terms used in pixel art along with what is and whats not considered pixel art and what not to do in pixel art.

Good read for anyone wishing to brush up on their skills.

disclaimer: I did not create this tutorial nor am i associated with it in any way. all credits go to Cure.

Experimenting.

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 01:30:11 +0000

Experimenting a little with sprites with a little higher resolution. this one was done in a few hours just to feel out the basic character design.

She's one of five major recurring characters in Spirit Age's story; she plays the head of one of the countries, specifically where wind is revered as a deity. A country of nomads who live off the land. the people of this country are especially known for the informality, dressing casually for every event, they are also generally outspoken and stern in their beliefs.

I'd love to give more information on her but i thought that i should save it for when I introduce the remaining four major figures.

Her design itself is pretty much a work in progress.What I'm really trying to do is incorporate the main characteristics of her country into her design.

C&c Please

Graphite portrait

Sun, 23 Oct 2011 23:09:45 +0000

A little something i did in high school. I may even start drawing concept art for spirit age! That is, if i can buy a new scanner...

Spirit Age--Progress Report #1(Art)

Tue, 04 Oct 2011 00:56:15 +0000

A month into Spirit Age's development now, and there's alot that's already been done. Most of this time has been spent designing maps, which is now complete with the first and largest landmass that will be featured in the game.

The Base is just about completed only lacking one state(A generic state for riding mounts)and with that the base will be completed.

A few days ago, no more than a week. I started designing and creating enemy Mobs for the game.

Discussing Soul Drives.

Soul Drives Are supplementary abilities within Spirit Age that Grants users with temporary power boosts. Each Ability will function on a fixed time amount where the user returns to normal promptly after the allotted time expires.

There are 3 stages to each Soul Drive. Each stage must be accessed via 'Skill Board' Which is very similar to the license board seen in Final Fantasy XII. With this Spirit Age will have no predetermined classes that players often have to choose from. Instead, Players will be able to freely develop their character around any skills or professions available.

There are current 2 Soul drives that have already been designed: Fire and Earth.
Fire>Offensive focus--Pheonix
Earth>Defensive focus--Basalisk

Leaving Wind and Water's designs in the air :|

These transformations also grants new passive and active abilities.

Discuss!

Spirit Age--Interface

Mon, 26 Sep 2011 20:48:58 +0000

This is mainly a Work In Progress. I was going for a worn out course paper that's been singed at the edges.

Im not very good with interfaces in general so I'd like to hear the communities opinions.

C&C please! =D

Please Follow Spirit Age's development on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Spirit-Age/267539213267354

Spirit Age--Travelling the world.

Thu, 22 Sep 2011 17:23:08 +0000

During the last week or so Ive been mainly working on environmental sprites for spirit age, which was pretty fun! Ive now reached the point where the majority of designing the world is complete. With the exception of a few minor visual aspects that I've neglected to fix (IE: adding corner edges to both grass tiles) which will inevitably happen during the polishing phase.

Last night or this morning rather, Ive completed the last major form of transportation that will be available in game. These being by Rails or traveling by Sea.

Simply put, traveling by sea is the only way a player can leave the main continent to get to smaller neighboring countries.

Traveling by train only allows the player travel to hubs(smaller towns) within their respective country.

Each operates on a timed schedule. The time it takes to travel between destinations would be determined by their distance.

As of now Im still polishing the Map, so you probably wont be hearing anything significant relating to the art aspect of the game from me in awhile.