[gameprogrammer] Re: Looking for bitmaps for RPG-style game

Yes, sure, but in my opinion there are at least two major kinds of
"clients" for game-related artwork :
    - real professionals, that have very specific needs (say, a specific
horseman with given armorial bearings to fit in their scenario, and
technical requirements as, say, full-blown skinned 3D with articulated
skeleton etc.), that require an exclusive license for the artwork and
are ready to pay a lot for it, for example to freelance artists, as you
mentioned
    - hobbyist programmers like most of us, who have rather common needs
(if they have only a pikeman the game plot will be changed accordingly,
usual elements such as wands, swords, etc. are mostly needed, only
bitmaps are generally used), that care less for content exclusivity than
for rather inexpensive and easily available assets.

That's why I suppose there could be "artwork packs" for hobbyists, for
which the low income generated by each sale could be compensated by
their number and the lower cost of production of the assets.

Some conditions, beside low cost for the client, would exist, though,
such as minimal quality (alpha, high resolutions, animated), consistency
in style (ex : manga, or made from 3D models; with always the same
perspective projection, relative size
of objects, color etc.) and minimal richness (i.e. with really a big
artwork library, so that nearly 95% of their needs should be fulfilled,
not letting down half-way of their games because of a lack of relevant
content).

In my opinion the benefits of sharing graphics this way exist, I suppose
the business model is sane (even if it is a niche market; for example
royalty-free sounds are easily available this way), so I guess some
companies already tackle this issue. My only problem is I cannot find
any ! Either I am wrong, either I missed the companies when I googled
for them :-) .

Among all the readers of this mailing list, really nobody has heard of
such offers ?

Olivier.


Alan Wolfe a écrit :
> there are sites out there where digital artists are looking for work -
> either working for a fee, or other artists are working for free to
> increase their professional portfolio.
>
> I don't have a URL on hand but they are out there (:
>
> On 1/3/07, Josh Stewart <aek@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> this would interest me also as I have to program a simple game this
>> semester and usually buy my 3D models to make the overall package look
>> better.
>> I am looking for art tiles for 2D platformer style games (any theme)
>>
>> Josh
>>
>> Olivier Boudeville wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I am looking for RPG-style graphical content, 3D-isometric, and I have
>> > trouble finding good bitmaps (for example resources for RPG-maker & co
>> > are too often of low quality, or too small, or violate copyrights, or
>> > are in very specific formats).
>> >
>> > The best resource I have found yet is Reiner's tileset
>> > (http://reinerstileset.4players.de/englisch.htm), they are excellent
>> > indeed, but I would like even more tiles/character sets, maybe with
>> > finer details, if possible (ex : such as the ones of
>> > http://lostgarden.com/2006/07/more-free-game-graphics.html). Does
>> > anybody know any great resource site like Reiner's one (3D
>> isometric for
>> > RPG) ?
>> >
>> > I expected to be able to purchase tile packs, or character sets, etc.
>> > from dedicated companies (they exist for 3D FPS, Neverwinter, Torque,
>> > etc.), but for "simple" 3D isometric sprite-based rendering, not
>> linked
>> > to specific authoring tool, I did not find anything relevant (except
>> > http://roencia.com and http://www.spriteworks.com, which are rather
>> > inexpensive indeed, but I would like a more complete offer with higher
>> > and predictable quality, if possible)
>> >
>> > Maybe I was unable to guess the suitable words to submit to search
>> > engines : I believe there should be a market for these assets, they
>> > could edit CD packs with high-quality royalty-free animated
>> bitmaps, as
>> > it exists for musics, textures, 3D models, etc. If anyone knew such
>> > offers, please tell me, I am out of luck for the moment.
>> >
>> > Thanks in advance for any hint !
>> >
>> > Olivier.
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