   NarutoWeb MMORPG seeking artist
Team name:Po2 MobProject name: Naruto WebBrief description:Naruto MMORPG based of the anime series MMORPG.Target aim:FreewareCompensation:No pay, just name in the credits and can use my as a referral.Technology:We need artist so any tools that artist use are good. paint, photoshop, anything.Talent needed:We need 2d pixel artist and people who can create a user interface for the gameTeam structure:Sim: Lead Programmer and project manager. thats meBlue: Lead artist.both have been with project for over 2 yeras.Website:www.po2mob.comContacts:contact on forum : www.po2mob.comaim: ninja simmsn: sim@po2.netyahoo: psychotomus_simmAdditional Info:ScreenShots:http://www.po2upload.com/view_file.php?file=2editor.JPG http://www.po2upload.com/view_file.php?file=2we3.jpghttp://www.po2upload.com/view_file.php?file=2worldeditor.JPGFeedback:Any.   
  Eh, I don't mean to spoil your fun, but it seems to me making an MMO based on an anime would be a fairly flagrant violation of creative property rights.   ;  Yes, of importance is whether or not you have a license with the creators of Naruto to actually use their IP in a game.-me   ;  Yo, David Sat, aka Blue from po2mob.. aka, AoKage, here. As Psychotomus / Sim mentioned, I'm the lead artist for the game and have been on the project for two years. There is no question whether or not this game will be completed... Sim and I can finish this project by ourselves, and after having spent so much time on it already, we're prepared to continue working on it until it is complete. The real question is when will we finish it? There is no doubt that we have made great progress in the past two years, and that we will continue making progress. However, we are not satisfied at the rate we are making and have been making progress... There is much work to be done, especially for a team of two. That is why we need your help; we want you on our team:Passionate artists and programmers, alike... as I mentioned, we've made great progress, and that progress is visible, and you can see for yourself at http://www.po2mob.com ...with your help, we can accelerate that progress and finally complete this wonderful game.You don't have to worry about us abandoning this, as we've been dedicated since the beginning, and the more time we spend on it, the more dedicated we become to it... We are aware of the licensing issue concerning a game of this nature, and if worst comes to worst, we are prepared to simply change the name. The game itself will be loosely based of naruto, and simple change of various terms/names will hopefully solve it, as we don't plan on including any characters from the anime.Thank you for your time and consideration.David Sat; alias BlueLead Artist, Programmers of 2000bluefactor@gmail.comwww.Po2Mob.com   ;Quote:Original post by AoKageWe are aware of the licensing issue concerning a game of this nature, and if worst comes to worst, we are prepared to simply change the name. The game itself will be loosely based of naruto, and simple change of various terms/names will hopefully solve it, as we don't plan on including any characters from the anime.Question: why don't you do this right now, especially if the game is "loosely" based off the world of Naruto as you say? Especially if you are so confident that you think this game is going to be completed and successful, it's easier to make the transition now instead of waiting until lawyers representing the copyright holders come knocking on your door. It's not as simple as saying to them "Hah, just kidding!" and then change the names of all the towns / names. The name of a town/attack alone does not determine whether it is a violation of copyright or not. If you present me with an attack move by a character that is similar to the anime Naruto but has been renamed from "Rasengan" to "Chakra Ball", that doesn't make your situation any better.I'm not trying to be negative and/or flamebait you here, I just want to make sure that you understand that this statement that you made:Quote:Original post by AoKageThe game itself will be loosely based of naruto, and simple change of various terms/names will hopefully solve itIs absolutely untrue. Do you think I could take an identical (or nearly identical) copy of the novel "War & Peace" and rename it "Peace & War" and all my legal issues will be solved and the mean old laywers will go away? On the otherhand, if you have an original move *not* from Naruto that you just happen to name "Chidori" (which is a name of a ninjutsu attack in Naruto), then you're fine. Quote:Original post by AoKageas we don't plan on including any characters from the anime.Well that's interesting. Especially after I found this and this. I hope that these were just for practice... (BTW: don't upload .bmp files onto the web. BMP is an evil uncompressed image format that sucks bandwidth up like a vaccuum cleaner).I highly suggest that you familarize yourself at least on the basics of what copyright law is all about, because it sounds like you are gravely uninformed. Also on another more personal note, I never, -ever- get excited about games that are based off of popular existing games/animes/whatever. I would much rather play a game that has its own world, its own characters, and its own story. (BTW: has anyone -ever- seen a successful game un-officially based off an existing and popular copyrighted work? Because I haven't, so please send me a link if you know of one that wasn't shut-down from copyright infringement).Anyway, sorry to go on such a long rant. I'm not meaning to be obstructive to your game. Rather I wanted you to spend effort on something worthwhile because I think you show a great talent as an artist, and I would hate for a copyright violation to put all of that effort that you put into making that art to waste. [sad] I hope you will follow my advice. Good luck. [smile]   ;  please close and lock topic.   ;  Hey, thank you very much for your concern, advice, and praise. I really appreciate it.Sim and I have agreed to begin work on a new project. We will simply reuse most the programming that has been done, but we are creating our own story, and most of the art and game design will be redone to accomodate our original story. Hopefully, we will be successful and release something that many can enjoy.We will still be located at http://www.Po2Mob.comAgain, thank you very much.;  Alright then, closed at your request.  Good luck with it.   