I'd just like to vouch for Zen's work - she's great, definitely recommended!

Hey again everyone

First off, I'd just like to say thanks for all the responses I've had (mainly through email) - however, I'm still looking for a few things (mainly the character art, I believe).
But feel free to keep applying for anything, I'm always interested in seeing your work! Even if I don't hire you for this particular game, there'll be plenty more after it

Just thought I'd post some ideas on what kind of thing I mean when I say that the player character will be in power suit / power armor.

Basically it's a person in a robotic-powered suit. The character model doesn't even need a face Could just have a helmet on.

Here's Iron Man, a pixel art marine I found somewhere, and a Starcraft Space marine, just to give you an idea of what I mean.



(of course the actual art I need will be side-view, or partial side-view, like that red marine in the middle)

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Oh I forget to say, the character has to fit within 2x3 tiles, so that's 32x48 pixels at most (but you don't have to fit him completely, there can be some space left over)

That's cool RedKnight!

The objects are very nice - good box, and I really like the tree.

I also like how his nose waggles up and down as he walks - it adds to the "character" of the character

Sure, I can provide a bit of extra information!

I'm currently creating the engine - it's a tile engine that can generate and run maps up to 268 million x 268 million blocks in size (each block is 16x16 pixels).
(Terraria's largest map is 8400 x 2400 tiles, compared)

The game can be played as both singleplayer or multiplayer (so people can join together to explore and create together).

I'm still designing and adding details and ideas, but I have a rough idea of what it will look like. I just thought it'd be nice to get an artist on board right from the start.

So, as to the setting of the game, it's an alien planet, similar to earth, but a bit different, too.
The planet has some alien technology on it.

Environments will range from the usual dirt and grass, to stone, water, lava, mountains, caves, etc. (with some alien environments too)

As to the amount of graphics I'd need...

- terrain tilesets, probably about 6 distinct ones, with the rest being modifications of the others.
- trees, crystals, and other objects
- player graphic - a person in a power suit / mech suit / power armor - animated for running left/right, jumping, and looking towards where the mouse is pointing. Male and female versions would be required, but can be very similar.
- creatures (animated for moving and attacking)
- robots (animated for moving and attacking)
- technology items (player's base items, like turrets, generators, elevators, etc.)

There is no colour limit - I'll be using 32-bit pngs, with 8-bit alpha transparency.

There are also some ideas and details that I'd like to leave hidden at this stage

But I hope that helps!

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Removed some information about the game, as I don't want to reveal too much

Oh cool - are you doing the programming as well as the graphics for this game?