I am working on putting together an indie development team for a game I want to make. It is going to be written in C and with my own scripting language. I plan to release it for the Mac, but support for the PC is being built in at the lowest levels so it shouldn’t take much to compile for it. This is basically a 3D RTS game, much like Starcraft. It is going to be a futuristic game focusing on the first contact with a massive civilization of aliens. The humans may or may not have
–Summary–
These aliens have quite a backstory, so I am not going to put much up here. In short, a giant empire of super-advanced aliens plan to conquer the known universe. A small rebellion takes place to overthrow the tyrant that leads the empire. The rebellion is crushed and survivors are forced to flee, but they know what will happen if the empire is allowed to expand. They spend decades recovering and researching new technologies to give them an edge in the battle that will take place when they meet the empire again. An accidental discovery enables the rebels, the Drygioni, to create a powerful crystal. This crystal grows rapidly and emits an energy that the universe has never seen before.
When a Triacontazene crystal reaches a certain size, it shatters and forms hundreds of smaller crystals, which then begin to grow to the same size. The Drygioni also learned how to “kill” a crystal, creating a resource with which to build. They used these crystals to build a great civilization and a large fleet. They now plan to put an end to the tyranny of the Teyrnu Empire, their own kin. Mere weeks after they mobilized they ran into a new species: the humans. Will the humans join with the Drygioni and fight the Teyrnu Empire?
–Job Description–
I have the alien models worked out myself, but the human fleet is giving me trouble. I need somebody to help me by making guns the for humans. The humans still use traditional weaponry, like gatling guns, so it should be very simple. I cannot emphasize this enough: they need to have a LOT of armor, especially at the base. Let your imagination run wild and send me anything you come up with that you think will fit for a 22nd-23rd century weapon.
As for polygon count, keep it as high as you want. I will want cinematic versions anyway. I can easily decrease polygon counts as necessary for gameplay - thats what I’m good at.
–Turrets–
I need these ones at least
Mounted cannon
Machine gun
Mortar
Sniper turret (long barrel)
Gatling turret
Twin gatling turret
Single-missile turret
Double-missile turret
Quad-missile turret
Prototype laser turret (bulky and sloppy)
Completed laser turret (slightly less bulky, much cleaner)
Prototype tesla turret (thin and sloppy)
Completed tesla turret (tough-looking and clean)
–Infantry weaponry–
Machine gun
Grenade launcher
Sniper rifle (with scope)
Sniper rifle (with laser-scope)
Hand-held missile launcher (small missiles, very heavy gun)
Prototype laser gun (heavy, sloppy)
Completed laser gun (light-ish)
Prototype shock rifle (like in Unreal Tournament 2004, but sloppy)
Completed shock rifle (much lighter and cleaner version of the prototype)
–Texturing–
Textures are not a big deal - I have someone working on those. Just do a basic UV unwrap and setup simple textures to illustrate your ideas.
–Conclusion–
If this is too much to ask, I understand. I have been through two whole factions already, so I know it takes a long time. Even with my development team, this is taking quite a while, so you easily have a few months. Message me if you have concerns, additional ideas, or an interest in helping out. I would prefer that the models be in the .dae format, although I can accept just about any formats that Blender can import.
–Payment–
Right now, everyone working on this project is an unpaid volunteer. I think we have decided that this will be a free game, as it is unfair to get so much free work then turn around and sell it, but I will include everyone in the credits. I want to have full rights to all of the resources though, because there are so many people working on this that editing and updating things would be a nightmare with all rights and permissions in place. If you want some kind of payment, send me your contact information and I will add you to a list. Our website will have a donate button, and all donations will be split evenly between everyone on that list.