Game Jam Winter Game Jam 2: Recruitment

Welcome back to the Relic Castle Winter Jam! I'm Cat, the ever gracious host, back again for another Winter Game Jam!

For the uninformed: a game jam is an event where developers will get together and make a game. It sounds simple at first glance, but making a good game is much more difficult and time consuming than you might think. Participating in one is a great way to challenge yourself, learn new skills, and polish your overall experience as a game developer.

With the success of last year's game jam, we decided to bring it back this year. Thanks to the pandemic and real life getting in the way, we pushed it back a couple of weeks. But we're here again! Last year's twist was a required map, I wonder what this year's challenge will be?

Repeating my sentiments from last year, the Pokémon fan game community is an amazing place, and that's all thanks to each and every one of you. Take pride in that, and your hard work! Let's make this game jam a special one!

For all of the deets, check out the overview thread.

Recruitment Thread

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Welcome to the Winter Game Jam recruitment thread! In this thread, you can seek assistance with your entry or volunteer your talents for another entry. If you're looking to do anything but discuss recruitment, please use the general discussion thread.

If you're recruiting or volunteering, please use the following templates. Keep in mind that you aren't required to have any progress on your jam entry before recruiting.

[Recruiting]

• Looking to recruit:
• Jam Entry Title:
• Team Name/Team Members:
• Progress/Screenshots:
• Method of Contact:
• Timezone:
• Additional Information:

[Volunteering]

• Expertise:
• Examples of Work:
• Method of Contact:
• Timezone:
• Additional Information:

[Volunteering]

• Expertise: Writing(Making plots), Eventing, Mapping, Spriting (Pallet Swap), Scripting (Not great)

(all around Dev)

• Examples of Work:
  
  
  
  
• Method of Contact: Discord Maurili#3672
• Timezone: not sure
• Additional Information: It's me, Derek!

[Recruiting]

• Looking to recruit:
  • Trainer Sprite artist(Front Sprites primarily)
    • Very high priority; I can make do with what's available to me, but it won't be that good.
    • Required sprites for project: 10~12 Trainer Sprites, based off various Touhou characters
    • Proof of work required on applying
  • Composer(Field Music, Battle Music)
    • Moderate priority; would be nice, but not super vital as I can use what's available within the community.
    • What I need depends on what's available through the various Touhou-related resources I have.
    • Proof of work required on applying
  • Play-testers
    • Very low priority; I can usually do play testing by myself, but more eyes is better quality usually!
  • Mapper/Eventer
    • Extremely low priority ; I will only need these if I can't handle mapping/eventing it all on my own due to Complications:tm: listed below. If I need them, I'll make mention of it.
• Jam Entry Title:
  • Touhou Puppet Play ~ The Festival of Curses
• Team Name/Team Members:
  • DerxwnaKapsyla: Mapper, Eventer, Plot-Writer, Misc.
  • Jelo: Tile Editing
• Progress/Screenshots:
  • No screenshots yet
  • Plot fully and completely drafted out
• Method of Contact:
  • Discord ID: Derxwna Kapsyla#9486
  • PM on Relic Castle
• Timezone:
  • GMT-5 (EST United States)
• Additional Information:
  • Foreknowledge of Touhou-related material is NOT required. It helps a lot, but everything I need done can be done without it, or with advice from me.
  • I'm about to go in for dental work on the second of February and may be a bit out of sorts for a few days after that. I should still have enough time to get this work done provided I'm not completely out of it.
  • Might need someone with Photoshop to do some quick and dirty work for me, because gimp doesn't do what I need

[Recruiting] (Now Full)

Jam Entry title: Pokemon: Secrets of the Cyber World

• Looking to recruit:
• Spriters/Artists

I need spriters/artists to help me make art and sprites for the game like trainer sprites, tilesets, backgrounds and Pokemon. This is pretty high priority for the project as only one person can do so much.

• Programmers/Mappers/Eventers

This is the highest priority I need for people wanting to join. People with experience in programming/mapping and eventing in previous game jams and fangames is a picker for me as I myself dont have much experience in doing stuff like that.

• Composers/Playtesters

This is lower priority for me, as any team members can test the game while in development, and I would like to have a few custom tracks in the game like the title theme and maybe a few battle themes? At least a title theme would be good.

• Writers/Story planners

This is the lowest priority of any I recommend for people to join, as team members can openly recommend ideas and story points and dialogue, and if you can do multiple different roles in the team, that would be great!

• Progress/Screenshots

No screenshots, but the google doc for my brainstorming document and ideas I had for the game is here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Y02R_dDrTz4NjyghPwOusFuCZZajqttyXsgPexY3Ysk/edit

• Team Name/Team Members: Me, Brysoon, Maurili, LuxDiablo

• Method of Contact

Discord is preferred, and my username is Kristiano100 #7784 and you can DM me there! I am also on the Relic Castle and Thundaga server so we can also contact there.

• Timezone: AEST, or Australian Eastern Standard Time.

• Additional Information:
• The first spriting bunch we are going to do is tileset making so we can begin mapping first, that is the priority first currently.
• If someone also had Photoshop, that would be helpful as well as I only have access to paint.net, though it is not needed.

[Recruiting]

• Looking to recruit: Mappers, Writers, Spriters
• Jam Entry Title: Pokemorphs
• Team Name/Team Members: Derek,
• Progress/Screenshots: Proof of Concept demo
• Method of Contact: Discord Maurili#3672
• Timezone: Not sure
• Additional Information: Derek strikes again!

[Recruiting]

• Looking to Recruit:
  • Trainer spriter: Mostly for front trainer sprites, i can handle OW characters but not the best lol. We need front sprites for new characters that will interact in story. (show some of your work too)
  • Composer: Would like to see some custom music for in-game places and battles for new characters. Preferibly in Gen 4-5 style but if you have a custom style, would like to listen to it.
  • Mapper: We need a mapper to make new places for the place where the story takes place. I can handle some indoor mapping but would like to recruit an OW mapper for it.
• Jam Entry Title:
  • The Tree of Discord
• Team Name/Team Members:
  • Darnoc (Me)
  • Gatophilia
• Progress/Screenshots:
  • No screenshots yet...
  • Plot is being developed right now.
• Method of Contact:
  • Discord - Air_Darnoc#7016
• Timezone:
  • GMT-04:00
• Aditional Information:
  • Idk first time doing this lol

[Recruiting Update]

• Looking to recruit: (2 Spots Left)
  • Trainer sprite artist (TL;DR: Overworlds, Front/Backsprites, Overworlds, Vs. Mugshots)
    • VERY High priority
    • Need back sprite for the playable character/s and VS. mugshots among others
    • Please send previous work to show experience when applying
      
      Spoiler: Required Trainer sprites for this project:

      ~1-2 Front Sprites; 1-3 Pokeball throwing back sprites; ~2 Trainer Mugshots; ~3 Trainer Overworlds
  • Tile Maker/Editor(Mostly Buildings)
    • High priority
    • Must be semi-experienced/experienced in making Gen 3 tiles
    • Must show proof of experience when applying
      
      Spoiler: Required Tiles for this project

      Editing buildings to make them look under construction, nothing major
• Jam Entry Title: Pokémon: Suit & Tie
• Team Name/Team Members: Vxpor (Myself) and lichenprincess
• Progress/Screenshots:
  
  Spoiler: Screenshots

  Most of the intro sequence is complete along with getting the starter. Most surrounding maps are done as well. Still need to make sprites for the player and for the end characters.
  

  

  
• Method of Contact: Discord - N3xus_#5810/DM on Relic Castle
• Timezone: Eastern Standard
• Additional Information: Happy Jammin! If you want to join the team, please try to keep information about the game secret until release. If you are interested in joining the team but want to learn more about the project, please add me on discord and DM me or message me on Relic Castle!

[Recruiting]

• Looking to recruit: Mappers/Writers/Dialogue Writers
• Jam Entry Title: A Wonderful Adventure
• Team Name/Team Members: Just me right now.
• Progress/Screenshots:
  Spoiler: Media

  

  
• Method of Contact: Discord: _pheebs#7009
• Timezone: London, i think?
• Additional Information: If you are to help, any infomation about the game must be kept secret unless I say otherwise, please.

[Volunteering]

• Expertise: Mapping, Testing
• Examples of Work:
  Spoiler: Some of the maps I have made according to time

  One of first map I have made :)

  

  

  

  

  Latest one (:

  
• Method of Contact: TheMichel#0556 in Discord! Or just here.
• Timezone: GMT+5:30
• Additional Information: This is the first time I'm volunteering. Would love to work on a Jam project.

[Volunteering]

• Expertise: Spriting, mapping, eventing, writing, and some minor code pieces. Spriting is the forte there, while coding is the weakest. (Not to say I'm bad! Just inexperienced. I've gotten plenty of custom moves/abilities working.)
• Examples of Work:
• Spoiler: Sprites

  

  

  

  

  

  
• Spoiler: Maps

  

  

  

  
• Method of Contact: on discord: marcie#5973 (i don't check my pms here at all lol)
• Timezone: Pacific Standard Time (UTC-8)
• Additional Information: First time applying for this! Excited to work on some things!

[Recruiting]

• Looking to recruit (1 spot left):
  • Spriter: Someone who can make a some overworld sprites and edit / make tiles along with me. Bonus if you can do trainer sprites!
• Jam Entry Title: CRADLE: A Pokémon Story
• Team Name/Team Members: Revolutionary Rat (Writer, Scripter, and partial Mapper, Eventer, and Spriter), XXTheMichelXX (Mapper / Tester), Derek
• Progress/Screenshots:
  Spoiler: Quick Mockup / Details

  • Currently the game centers around the main character, who is stuck in a VR loop until they discovers a Pokémon clutching a notebook, which will allow them to, if they piece together the clues, escape their routine and venture into the CRADLE, a derelict facility of sorts, where you've seemingly been stuck all your life with nobody but a robot companion as a friend. But being outside your loop is dangerous, and what's really going on outside the CRADLE? And what's your purpose there?

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• Method of Contact: Discord, contact me @ uUel#1545, I'm in the Relic Castle discord too!
• Timezone: CET
• Additional Information: Let's have fun and try to work as a team!

[Recruiting]

• Looking to recruit: Spriter (Someone to do overworld, and battle spriters), Mapper/Eventer (Someone to help map and event!)
• Jam Entry Title: Pokemon Orpheus
• Team Name/Team Members: Brysoon (Head Writer, Balancer), Aldo (Mapper/Eventer), Lilly (Spriter)
• Progress/Screenshots:
  
  Spoiler: SCREENSHOTS!

  

  

  
• Method of Contact: Shoot me a PM Here, or shoot me a friend request/DM on discord! Brysoon#9280
• Timezone: Central Standard Time
• Additional Information: This game is going to be a blast to make, hopefully you are having some fun with me!

[Volunteering]

• Expertise: Game Testing, Balancing/NPC Trainer Teambuilding, Writing (Spriting and Eventing too, but I do not recommend to recruit me for those traits, because I lack alot there)
• Examples of Work: I created Pokemon Pandora and Pokemon Climate so I got some experience in game jams.
• Method of Contact: Discord (Haunted Ditto#4332) and Twitter (@Haunted_Ditto)
• Timezone: CET
• Additional Information: I participated in several competetive Pokemon draft leagues so I know how a challenge Pokemon team has to look.
  My job takes alot of time which is the reason why I'm not able to make a own project this year, but I will try my best to support someone else's project.
  Also I won't join a team instantly. I will wait around 48 hours (or longer, if no one replies) and then decide which team looks the most fun.

[Recruiting]

• Looking to recruit:
  • Trainer Sprite artist (Specifically Trainer Sprite artists)
    • Very high priority; I can make do with what's available to me, but it won't be that good.
    • Required sprites for project: 10~14 Trainer Sprites, based off various Touhou characters. One trainer backsprite.
    • Proof of work required on applying
  • Mapper/Eventer
    • Low priority; I will only need these if I can't handle mapping/eventing everything on my own. If I need this, I will make a notice in roughly one week's time.
  • Play-testers
    • Very low priority; I can usually do play testing by myself, but more eyes is better quality usually!
• Jam Entry Title:
  • Touhou Puppet Play ~ The Festival of Curses
• Team Name/Team Members:
  • DerxwnaKapsyla: Mapper, Eventer, Plot-Writer, Misc.
  • Jelo: Tile Editing, Misc. graphic work
• Progress/Screenshots:
  • Plot fully and completely drafted out
  • Stage 1, complete (Warning: Video is an hour long)
• Method of Contact:
  • Discord ID: Derxwna Kapsyla#9486
  • PM on Relic Castle
• Timezone:
  • GMT-5 (EST United States)
• Additional Information:
  • Foreknowledge of Touhou-related material is NOT required. It helps a lot, but everything I need done can be done without it, or with advice from me.

[Recruiting]

• Looking to recruit: Spriter (Trainers and Overworld)
• Jam Entry Title: A Very Serious Pokemon Game
• Team Name/Team Members: Currently I'm the only one working on this.
• Progress/Screenshots: None so far.
• Method of Contact: CrimsonTy#7051
• Timezone: EST
• Additional Information:

[Recruiting]

• Looking to recruit: Spriter, maybe title screen artist and or tileset artist (not too much, just very specifically looking for gen 3 distortion world edits)
• Jam Entry Title: Does not have a name yet, I'm very bad at making names and it tends to be the very last thing I do
• Team Name/Team Members: Me and Monika
• Progress/Screenshots:
  Spoiler

  

  

  

  
• Method of Contact: Messaging on here or discord @Tomix9tomix#8625
• Timezone: (GMT+11) but honestly does not matter, I'm literally typing this at 7am without having slept.
• Additional Information: The project is well underway but we are still keen for new team members. Please message me with examples of past work if you wanna help us make this game!