Xbox 360 XNA Zelda/RPG Game WIP

[Costello]

Hello there,
I've finally managed to get my game to run on the 360!



I've done a good progress on writing the engine and the map editor.
Now I don't want to make any more progress until I find a graphic designer to help me with the sprites.
Working on the graphics is a lot of work, and since I can't draw I've been using existing sprites & tiles from Zelda Minish Cap.
For obvious copyright issues I won't be able to publish the game with these graphics so I'll need replacement ones!

If you think you can help (this is a serious project btw, it involves money

) please let me know!
~Costello

 

[CockroachMan]

That's pretty cool.. hope you can find a good artist

Btw, I didn't knew XNA had tools to test your stuff on an actual 360, stuff is more advanced than I thought.

 

[TrolleyDave]

That looks awesome Costy! I wish I could help you out but I'm no good at computer art.

 

[Digeman]

NOWAI dude that is so awesome!

Didn't know you could get the 360 to play homebrew!

Oh and if ya need any help with writing i'm the go to man

 

[playallday]

I might be able to help. Tell me what you need to get drawn and I'll see what I can do. Give me one or two at first, so you can see if you like them or not.

 

[Costello]

I need graphics designers most. Ace accepted to help with the writing already so I think we'll be good.
We need talented and serious people as this will be a paid job (you get a share of the profit)

If you think you can help, please show a mock up of a 32*32 sprite that we could use in replacement for Link (the main character, from Zelda games)

 

[JPH]

I need graphics designers most. Ace accepted to help with the writing already so I think we'll be good.
We need talented and serious people as this will be a paid job (you get a share of the profit)

If you think you can help, please show a mock up of a 32*32 sprite that we could use in replacement for Link (the main character, from Zelda games)

What kind of characters are you looking for..what theme, etc. ?

 

[GameDragon]

I may be able to work up something, but like JPH said, we need to know what kind of character your looking for.

 

[WildWon]

Hey, i'd love to join in. Lemme know what kinda pixel art you want (i see 32*32, if you want the character link-esque, i'll start on something soon (today even heh)). Lets see what we can do

 

[DarkRey]

^just make a miniature costello in a medieval armour with a big sword
lol


the game looks cool

 

[playallday]

I need graphics designers most. Ace accepted to help with the writing already so I think we'll be good.
We need talented and serious people as this will be a paid job (you get a share of the profit)

If you think you can help, please show a mock up of a 32*32 sprite that we could use in replacement for Link (the main character, from Zelda games)

Well thanks

! Na, I get it.

I'll try doing link for you. Now, am I remaking link (from nothing, so I don't break copyright) or am I making something totally new?

Also I should point out that I will not be the one drawing it, I'm getting one of my friends to do it. I'm just scanning it in and coloring it!

 

[Costello]

Alright gentlemen!
Here's an update on things!
A couple of people have accepted to work on the project already.

Graphics
Tommy_T: sprites & character design
WildWon: backgrounds/maps/tiles design

Story & Writing
Ace Gunman: story, writing, dialogs, everything


We still do need a couple more people though.
We need a graphic designer that will take care of the art work. That is, someone who will design things like the splash screen, menus, large drawings of the characters, character avatars, etc. (as opposed to pixel art).
We'd also need someone to take care of the audio: background musics and sound effects. If I can't find someone to help with this I'll probably do it myself.

playallday: send me anything you want and I'll tell you if it suits our standards

thanks

 

[playallday]

We need a graphic designer that will take care of the art work. That is, someone who will design things like the splash screen, menus, large drawings of the characters, character avatars, etc. (as opposed to pixel art).

I (or I guess my friend

) is a better at that kind of stuff. I'll send you one of his works sometime this week (or sooner).

EDIT: This isn't the type you want but its the only thing I had on hand. This was done free hand. Just something he had in the sketch book, not trying to sell it

. Let me know what you think by PM.

 

[Mrkinator]

I might be able to do a menu screen/splash screen or something. I only have flash, but it still looks good.

Example of my work: SoftMii Boot Screen

Another Example is my Sig

 

[Raki]

well...you want to distribute this in a commercial way? isn't the zelda series protected by some copyright? you could get into trouble if you use those characters and look-a-like sprites

 

[Costello]

well...you want to distribute this in a commercial way? isn't the zelda series protected by some copyright? you could get into trouble if you use those characters and look-a-like sprites

I bet you haven't read anything I said (in the blog article & the video)

Anyway, here's the current team!

Story and writing
Ace Gunman
Costello

Graphics
Tommy_T
WildWon
Zarcon (TBC)

Audio
WildWon
Costello

Code
Costello


I've made some progress on the engine, I can now animate the background with objects such as torchs and stuff!
Doing pretty well atm. I can't wait to try our own sprites & maps.

 

[da_head]

wow pretty cool! too bad i can't do shit graphics wise. gl with this guys!

 

[Mangofett]

zomg i be the testerzzzz but instead of actual work ill just play the game once and not give any real feedback



Actually if you do want a tester I'm good at finding glitches usually. This thing looks interesting.

(as long as I don't need any unobtainable hardware and I can play the game directly from the XNA emulator or whatever it has)

 

[T-hug]

I know Costy has been mega busy recently so I guess theres not much update on this?
Would also like to beta test if it gets that far.