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Hello! My name is Scotty Venable and I am the Creative Director for "Cerebrum", a game I plan on creating. I've been involved in the concept and ideas phase for over a year now and I'm looking to add some creative people to the team to help flesh this wonderful story into an amazing video game.
It is an age where artificial intelligence has taken over humanity. Humans no longer roam the physical world. Instead, their consciousness is uploaded to a vast cyber network- a digital world known as Cerebrum. One of these alters, Mark, has no idea that he is participating in one of the most sinister experiments ever created. That is until a brief glitch in Cerebrums database causes a select few to develop "The Sense", the rare ability to bypass the advanced suppression technology of Cerebrum and think freely. With no knowledge of their past, Mark and a growing group of alters possessing "The Sense" must come together to convince others of this horrible truth and stop Cerebrum from the inside once and for all.
The game will appear like an advanced computer terminal. All interactions and events happen on this terminal. Since the majority of alters are just a consiousness in a database, it makes sense that all their interactions and exploration is terminal-based. The team will be using Unity for development and HacknPlan for planning.
Players will need to use their developing skills to either force their way through with Intention, hack and craft with Intelligence, or convince and lie with Charisma. Players may also need to use their Willpower to resist others attempting to breach your mind and their Fortitude to resist viruses and increasing the total amount of Neural Stability. It must be noted that if your Neural Stablility drops to 0, your data is wiped from the system. However, it may not be the end. Some Datapoints you come across may allow you to copy your alter state for a fee, allowing you to reform if your current state becomes unstable.
Along the way, the player will encounter other alters. Some may be friendly and offer trading with Units, or may be malicious and seek to wipe you from the database and collect your Units and Neural Data. You may also stumble upon AI constructs seeking to remove all who posess "The Sense" from Cerebrum. Each location Mark "visits" are known as datapoints and can contain various pieces of lore, alters, or enemies to fight. Some quests may require you to revisit datapoints which is where the Navigator menu comes in handy. The Navigator stores all locations you've been to for quick access and fast travel, however the further the datapoint is from Mark, the more time and Neural Data it will take to get there.
As Mark traverses through the database of Cerebrum, he will come across many different pieces of information about the history of the world and how it got to where it is today. You'll discover history on events, locations, and notable characters that may give you the upperhand in future interactions. Information is vital and sometimes can be the difference between life and death. All this information will be kept in an orgainized journal that they player can view anytime. This is one of the reasons that having a dedicated Creative Team is important for this project!
Executive Role and the head of designing the plot and story of the game. Works hand-and-hand with the Creative Director to develop/write the story of the game and come up with ideas for the progression of the story. The Creative Lead will be in charge of directing the other Creative Designers towards the goal of the project dictated by the Creative Director. Will report to the Creative Director for direction.
Responsible for creating smooth and flowing dialogue. Will report to the Creative Lead or the Creative Director for direction. Creative liberty is encouraged throughout the designing of dialogue.
Responsible for creating/adding onto the lore of the world. How did the world run before the game starts? May be responsible for creating various events and stories to fit into a greater timeline of the world. Will report to the Creative Lead or the Creative Director for direction. Creative liberty is highly encouraged when creating pieces of lore not otherwise directed by the Leads.
Executive Role and the head of gameplay and how it connects to the story. Gameplay Leads will be responsible for overseeing gameplay designers and turning the ideas gathered by the Creative Lead into missions, dialogue trees, etc. Can also determine what rewards should come with completed quests and the overall stats and mechanics of enemies/NPCs. Will report to the Creative Director for direction.
Responsible for figuring out how the story and progression of the plot can be translated into gameplay. How can missions progress the story? Where can the player find hints of world lore? How can the dialogue be transformed into a smooth flowing dialogue tree? Will report to the Gameplay Lead for direction.
Executive Role. The head of programming for the game. Will have access to the games GitHub for all code, and making sure that the code created matches the vision of the Creative Director. Most code will be written in C#. Experience in C# and the Unity Engine is highly recommended.
Executive Role. The head of sound design for the game. Responsible for creating a list of sounds needed for the game and determining what will be needed for sound in order to make the game as immersive as possible.
Responsible for coding and programming for the game. Experience in C# and the Unity Engine is highly recommended.
Responsible for recording or aquiring sounds for the game.
Executive Role. Responsible for the artistic vision of the game. Works with the Creative Director to determine how the game will look to the player.
Responsible for designing the User Interface of the game such as menus, buttons, text, fonts, etc.
Responsible for creating concept art for various story elements or how it should look in-game.
Responsible for designing 2D art in the game such as sprites, icons, logos, etc.
Responsible for animating the 2D pieces of the game such as when buttons are clicked, how menus open, progress bar animations, and other computer themed animations.
Executive Position. Responsible for overseeing all aspects of marketing and making sure that the game is getting public outreach and financial systems are put in place in case of financial success. Will work with the Artistic Lead to create ads/posts for social media.
Will be responsible for the financial aspect of the game such as fundraising, tax information, expense reports, budgeting, etc.
Will be responsible for creating social media pages, maintaining them, working with the artistic team to create ads and promotions for the game.
If you have interest in this project or any of the positions listed, please email me!!!
PLEASE NOTE THESE LISTINGS ARE NOT PAID.
PAY WILL BE DISCUSSED UPON FINANCIAL SUCCESS OF THE GAME OR ANY FUNDRAISERS.
Email scottyvenable@gmail.com for which role you are seeking to fill along with a few reasons why you'd be a great addition to the team. If applicable, please include any experience you have in game design or creative design. Thank you!