Sam Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 I'm looking for a musician for a JRPG style game. I'm currently working on the engine, but I'm starting to look for others to help on the game. The idea is a 2D sprite RPG inspired by Final Fantasy games from the NES and (mostly) SNES era. I'm creating an engine that will have a game creator and not just a game. I originally wanted to support a user interface for easy modding of the game and it turned into more of being able to create a game than a modding tool. The feature I've come up with has to do with time. RPGs that involve time are either a small scope of a few days or they jump from time periods with actual time not really moving. The engine will have characters aging in pseudo real time. While time will not flow on a 1 second real world to 1 second game world, it will be steadily flowing. Standing around will result in time passage within the game. I'm planning on using a 1 second real world equals 1 minute game world while in towns/dungeons and a 1 second real world equals 1 hour game world while in the over world. These times may be tweaked once the engine is ready to have a demo game created. Events will also be triggered through time. The world can change from one year to the next. The changes won't be limited to seasonal changes, but could also be catastrophic events that alter one or several maps. You can download the in progress engine tech demo from https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2xELTnl1CECZzFXaGI1Nl9QSWs/view. There's a README and a DOCX within the archive that talks about the engine, but not what the game I'm going to create is. The tech demo shows off the time mechanic of a character aging and graphics as well as stats changing for that character. Be sure to check out either the README or DOCX for controls so that you can toggle between time flowing at 1 minute to 1 hour. I'm planning on launching a Kickstarter project around June, but I'm paying for music for the introduction of the story. The introduction will be provided for free to help build interest in backing the project. This means that the musician I'm looking for will work on both introduction and full game. No work on the full game will be expected if the project is not funded. We will negotiate how much you need to work on the full game so that I can include the cost in the project. I currently have an author that is writing the introduction. His name is Gregory A. Wilson in case you want to see who he is and what he's been involved with. I created a rough draft for him that will provide most of the information for the environment. Greg will provide a re-write of the introduction by April 3rd at the latest. I will probably be looking for five songs for the introduction demo. The theme for the introduction area will be Arabian. Either post here or PM me if you have questions or are interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrett Williamson Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Hey there. May be interested. Not sure if I can do it or not. Been in Florida for a week and will be back Monday night. I'll check into this more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted January 31, 2015 Author Share Posted January 31, 2015 I was planning on making a decision around February 5th or 6th to allow people a chance to see the post in case they don't visit the forums often. I really appreciate the examples I've gotten so far through PMs. I'll check out what you have listed in your signature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikeaudio Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 Sounds interesting. How would one apply? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chernabogue Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 Interested as well. What musical genre are you looking for? You can check the links in my signature for an example of my works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted February 1, 2015 Author Share Posted February 1, 2015 Sounds interesting. How would one apply? You can apply here or through PM. I would like examples of what you've done. This is mostly just so I can listen to your work and get a feel for skill level and range of style. Interested as well. What musical genre are you looking for? You can check the links in my signature for an example of my works. The genre will be what fits the story or the current scene(s). So there should be the opportunity to have variation. I prefer no vocals, but they may fit in the song as long as there are little or no lyrics. I should've mentioned in my initial post that while I appreciate custom examples related to the post, please do not create new music just for me in your application of this position. Prior music that you have created, whether it was just for fun or part of a project, is sufficient. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nase Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 (edited) sounds fun. i might enjoy working on this. not to sell myself cheap, but if i get enthusiastic about your project, i can do it for free. Edited February 1, 2015 by Nase Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XPRTNovice Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 (edited) sounds fun. i might enjoy working on this.not to sell myself cheap, but if i get enthusiastic about your project, i can do it for free. I do not understand at all why you would make this post publicly after all of the discussions we've had about how musicians offering to do work for free hurts the industry for everyone involved. EDIT: Further discussions about working for free should not be in this thread. If you want to undercut musicians, do it privately. Edited February 2, 2015 by XPRTNovice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted February 2, 2015 Author Share Posted February 2, 2015 sounds fun. i might enjoy working on this.not to sell myself cheap, but if i get enthusiastic about your project, i can do it for free. While I have not owned a business (yet), I come from a business background. I believe that people should receive fair pay for work that they do for someone else. I appreciate the potential offer, but I would rather pay for work. I feel guilty about receiving customized free gifts. I will listen to your previous work and consider you a potential applicant like others that have shown interest. I'm still in the process of reviewing submitted work of musicians as well as artists. Please bare with me if you have submitted interest and I have not contacted you. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WillRock Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 I'm interested. I have sent you a PM! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phonetic Hero Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 Sent a PM as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neifion Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 PM sent as well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted February 4, 2015 Author Share Posted February 4, 2015 I am closing recruitment early. I was planning on leaving it open until February 5th or 6th, but there has been so much interest that I haven't been able to get to all of the current submissions. I haven't filled the position, but I'm hoping to finish looking through all of the applications tomorrow. I haven't forgotten about anyone that has sent links to prior work or posted that they were interested. I will be contacting you through PM if you haven't heard from me or I haven't gotten back to you from initial conversation. I also started looking for artists around the same time and received quite a bit of interest from that community as well. There is a lot of material to go through. Thank you again for your patience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EC2151 Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 Glad to see your enthusiasm. Best of luck with the artist search. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted February 7, 2015 Author Share Posted February 7, 2015 A decision has been made for the composer. I have sent the offer and received the acceptance. I would like to give a big thanks to everyone that submitted an application. I knew OCRemix had a community of people that are very passionate for making music; I did not expect the turnout that I received. It was an extremely difficult decision. Every applicant has great music. I hope I will have a chance to work with many of you in the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EC2151 Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 Good luck with the game; I hope everything works out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nase Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 good luck man! hope your kickstarter makes it when the time comes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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