It's time for me to ask for help again. The last time I did this it turned out so fantastic great. Green7 did the artwork above, which has become the face of Geisha House.
If you aren't familiar with this game, then shame on you, click my sig at the bottom to see the wip. Or cruise on over to
http://www.youtube.com/cashcurtis and check out some videos of the game in action.
Combat Revisited and
Mega Magic are cool, and this shows the
Conversation System in action.
So, Geisha House has two publishers interested in distributing the games. Both of their terms are the same, but their channels of distribution differ a little. It will really come down to what they think of the demo how it will get handled, and in turn who I choose to go with.
Right now I'm using hijacked Ultima Online runes for my magic system. I need new ones for the game, and that's where I hope someone can help me out. I'm also going to need some new graphics for packs, bags, crates, and books.
Here are my existing runes. There are 4 circles of magic - Birth, Death, Chaos, and Calm. There are 4 elements (earth, fire, air, water). Beyond that there are actions, targets, and objects. When you string runes together it creates a spell...
Game packs (here's everything I need except for a barrel and a wooden crate)
Game books. Top one is a spellbook and the bottom one is a regular book. Here's the catch - the final versions have to be the same size and the pages have to be the same dimensions. I overlay the book pages onto the books. I'll also need little dogeared corners to indicate that you can turn a page.
Here's an example of the spell system in action. It's in all of the magic videos as well...
And here's the spellbook, right in the middle of casting a Lightning spell.
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So here's the deal. If you're interested in taking on such a big job and have the time to do so then let me know. Although this is getting published I don't expect to do much more than break even. I've spent a lot of money on this already and am hoping for the good will of you artists
It goes without saying that the artist will be credited. It won't be some lame fine print credit either, your name will be very visible.
If you want to take part in this, make and post a small example here. Maybe a couple runes and a pack, then we can take it from there.
One thing that I want to remain consistent is the color scheme. I purposely colored the circles and elements to stand out from the rest. They also need to be clear - real art is way better than computerized effects.
They don't need to be Japanese at all. They don't even have to perfectly show the meaning of the rune. They need to be different, recognizable, and nice looking. When a player sees an icon they should be able to associate its meaning to it. 'Poison' doesn't have to be poison exactly, but it should be close enough that players will associate it with poison. It could be someone dying of posion, or a deadly looking cloud.
Right now I love some of the icons. 'Protect' looks great. It just looks like someone is being protected by that. 'Change' looks like junk and 'Raise' doesn't fit. I can never find those two when I'm casting spells.
The final size of the spell runes will be 44x44. The final size of the packs will be 256x256. Right now the book is 422x252 (for no particular reason). That isn't really important though, all that matters is that different books have the same relative page layouts.
Oh, and don't be afraid to use pentagrams and other pagan symbols
I hope you guys are interested. Geisha House will be a great game, I promise
I look forward to seeing the art!
Come see the WIP!
