   [MMO] Steel Relics - Naval Battle Game - Artists Wanted
GreetingsFirst i want to thank you for being interested in this project and hopefully we will work together in the near future.My BackgroundI would like to introduce myself before the project and my request of help for the project i am working on.I am a software developer with experience as lead developer for telecommunication software and web applications. The last 10 years i was training myself the arts of game development.Because i did not find an independent game development team in the past that acted serious and had the requirements to really pull off a game, i did decide to start a team on my own. With my devotion of making games and my experience with most of the mechanics needed for a game i feel myself well prepared for the task ahead.Company nameCompany: Menitus GnbRProject nameSteel RelicsBrief description:Start your own navy career with Steel Relics Online, a massively multiplayer online naval battle game by Menitus.com set in the era of the 2nd world war.Set up to 6 careers for each of the available nations, the United States, United Kingdom, Russia, Germany, Japan and Italy. Be part of the political uproar between the nations and command your choice of naval ships of the 180 available vessels to join your allies against the enemy or forge new arrangements with your enemies to struck your allies. Together with players all around the world it is up to you, which way the war fronts may look like.Equip your ships with destructive batteries of cannons, torpedo launchers and anti air guns. Level up your crew from rookies to veterans and recruit officers from your nations academy. Your crews ability will reflect upon the outcome of the battles ahead as well as your skills at manually aiming your weapons.Form fleets with other players and conquer enemy ports to gain access to new resources which are necessary for the research and development of your nation for better equipment.Current status:We have good progress in client - server framework and gameplay. We plan to have a little test run with about100 people of our community, developers and artists in August or September.There are 4 phases of development each followed by a test run to make sure we can fix bug and solve issues early indevelopment.What we currently need is Artists who can optimize our 3d modells, generate the UV Map and textures or work on new objects.Target aim:Free to play with basic subscription.Subscriptions with higher rewards on experience available in the shopPremium content available to buy in the shop.Compensation:For now all i can offer is experience. You get the chance to work with someone who knows his way around getting a project from scratch to a final release.Technology:Client: Any Windows XP SP2, Vista or Windows 7 system with DX9 compatible GPUServer: Windows Server 2003 RC2, IIS 6.0, MSSQL 2005Languages: C++ for client side and C# for server sideScripts: XMLNo matter what positions are currently open you will need to have MS Live Messenger for communication and Tortoise SVN to access the development area.Talent needed:2D Designer: GUI Elements, Icons, TexturesWhat we need are Pixel Artists who can start working on various graphics for the user interface.We also welcome Texture Artists with the necessary skills to create high quality textures.3D Designer: 3D ModellingThe most important tasks at the moment will be the optimization of the current 3D object and the UV Mapsfor the Texture Artists.Team structure:Viware - Developer, 3D Artist, AdministratorTheTinker - Web DeveloperWebsite:www.steelrelics.comContacts:E-Mail: viware@steelrelics.comIf you are interested please contact me on MSN simon@menitus.comFeedback:ANYImages:Thanks for your attentionViware[Edited by - menitus on May 9, 2010 6:18:37 PM]
  little updateproject website is still in construction but online   ;  still looking for artistsupdate on websiteour community is growing   