Warrior Cats Game! - Recruiting Developers

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UPDATES:

We currently have 5 developers.

I've made a list of development stages that will be tackled one by one in a specific order, and each stage has a set of assignments for the developers to work on. Any developer can do any assignment in the current development stage.

Developers will also be expected to share their ideas for the assignments and DISCUSS them with the rest of the team. After they are dicussed and accepted by me, I will put them down in the board of official information where all developers can see.

This is all just to make sure developers know what they should be doing, have the ability to share input and further develop or refine the idea, and have the ability look up what we've already planned for the game.

Developers will be expected to join the skype group conversation where we discuss the development of the game together. This is to give everyone realtime input and also speed up the development. Further information will be pm'ed to you if I decide you qualify to join the development.

Concept artists will no longer be recommended to draw in the game's art style; they're allowed to draw in any style they please. However, model and level references will be REQUIRED to be drawn in the game's art style (when they are needed, but at the moment they are not). Concept artists at this stage of development will not be expected to do model and level references. Only if they can and want to when the time comes.

We will NOT be doing multiple storylines where the player can choose the outcome (if you saw that in the departments list). We have one solid storyline. We also have static player characters that will not be customizable. There are three main characters, but the player wont be able to choose which one to play as. The player will be playing all three throughout the story as it demands. (This information is only to correct what was already said for potential future developers. No further information about the development will be revealed publicly.)

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I've started a project that I will be directing. It is a Warrior Cats game. I am looking for developers who will bring this project to life, however, developers will not be paid for their work. When the game is released, no money will be required to play. No money whatsoever will be gained from it. The game will be single player with a unique story, and will be made in Blender 3D and Unreal Engine.

Currently, 3D modelers, texture artists, animators, level designers, or coders are not needed yet. First, we will be working on creating the story, characters, and depicting their surrounding world with writing and concept art. Developers at this stage will be given the opportunity to create the story, characters, and world themselves. I will mostly be observing and critiquing the work to bring out it's best potential for a good quality game.

This project is heavily focusing on creativity right now. The developers are the ones bringing the game to life by introducing their OWN ideas and weaving them together.

Keep in mind that I, the director, will be making that everything works together properly. I will be expecting a professional attitude from all developers, as I will be molding the ideas where they need work to fit into the picture, or even entirely rejecting them if they will not be able work with the rest of the development.

Team work will be a crucial part of this project. Developers NEED to be able to work in a team and collaborate. Throwing around ideas with each other is exactly what I expect, but I also expect these ideas to go somewhere and for developers to agree on something. Not only will this have to be done in a single department, but many departments together.

Below are the available departments you can join for current development. Obviously related departments will be working very closely together, such as the World Building and World Concept Art departments. Other important department collaborations that you need to know about are mentioned at the bottom of the list. In actuality, all departments are working together. I will be encouraging collaboration where needed and making sure everyone is given the information they need.



A side note: If a concept artist is unable to copy the game's art style, expect others who can to revision their concept art to fit. Concept art will not be required to replicate the game's art style exactly, but it needs to be able to depict the key features of the style. This is to make sure future developers such as 3D modelers know what they need to create. The style itself will be to help everything blend and look pleasing (we're not putting cartoon cats and a hyper realistic forest together).

Feel free to suggest other positions that you think the early development of this game will benefit from. If they are important enough at this stage, I will add them to the list.

This project is being hosted on my website's forum. http://caligosus.com/forum If you are joining the project, left me know here first and then inform me of who you are when you sign up. Do not join my forum if you're hoping to simply keep updated on the progress of this project. The progress will NOT be public.

[Alphabet]

Bump?

Am I allowed to do that? I'm still looking for people to help.

You don't have to be a professional at any of the stuff I listed. owo I'm giving anyone with any skill level the ability to join in the project.

The only departments I would require some experience in--but still not expecting professional--is Style Concept Art (the game's art style).

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A forum has been provided for the project although only one person has joined the development so far. http://caligosus.com/forum I've decided to keep searching for people to help no matter what. This project is something I would love to see completed and am looking forward to collaborating with whoever to complete it.

[wolfsquad]

Sounds really interesting.
Whilst I'm distant from the WC fandom, I still enjoy their games and roleplay's and it'd be fun to play an actual WC game that's going to be more realistic than what you see in FeralHeart.
* Joined

[enseeyar]

ooh. a wc game. not that involved with the fandom anymore, but i might join this.

[Alphabet]

Please do! I'm not super into it wc either, but I think making this game would be fun and exciting. xD

Btw, . Were you going to join the development or did you just want to join the forum?

[wolfsquad]

I was just joining the forums. ^^''
I know nothing about developing games. However, it's possible I could be one of those writers that games usually hire where they basically do stuff like...
* Write things that NPC's may say
* Write things for the tutorial, if there is one
* Write a sort of plot/history/etc.

I can also do BBCode as well as some HTML, so I technically know a bit of forum coding.

[Alphabet]

Oh, haha. That's okay. Only if you really want to. That's what we're planning right now though. We're getting the story plot, characters, script, and etc. done before putting the game together in Unreal Engine.

I'm making sure things go in order so nobody is scrambling to change or redo any actual game content over and over again. Once everything has been planned and put in order, the game itself will then be created. I'm hoping this will make things much more smooth and everyone will know what they need to do.

From my own experience with working on an IT server, it was super confusing. We were just doing whatever with no orders or anything. I wasn't sure what I should have been doing at all. What I disliked the most was that there was no DIRECTOR. No order or assignments whatsoever. So. With this project, I'll make sure everyone knows what they need to be doing. No one will be lost or confused and we will be able to make the most out of our time spent developing the game.

Aaaand, for those of you reading this and considering to join, please do not think that having a director is going to take the fun out of everything if you are. It wont. You will still have freedom to insert your own ideas. But I, the director, will direct you to where we need you to aim your creativity, and how your work can be improved to give the game the best quality. Fyi, I also will not be critiquing your personal art or writing style at all. What I will be critiquing is the designs/stories you've drawn/written; the information/idea itself that you've created. I just wanted to make that clear in case anyone misunderstood.

[wolfsquad]

Don't know, hah.
I may join once it becomes desperate for the writing or coding.

[Alphabet]

That's absolutely fine! Thanks for letting me know.