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Charfade -> RE: =ED= June 5th, 2015 - EpicDuel Guest Artist Team (6/8/2015 13:44:21)
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Wanted to come in and answer a few questions and concerns.
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Why is there such focus on new artwork for weapons and stuff when it's already been noted by the community that constant releases of new equipment brings almost nothing to the game?
For most countries end of school exams are over so I wanted to put out the call for new artists who are looking for the opportunity to expand their CV / resumes / portfolios over the summer. This doesn't mean we are only focusing on only art or writing on EpicDuel.
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I really think the focus on how time is spent in developing the game is way off what it should be.
There is a lot of art that goes under appreciated by the player. Such as new backgrounds, mission items, mission drops, achievements, NPC battle views, animations, that war bar that gets graphicly changed out each war, on top of all the gear you guys really care about. All of this takes several weeks for a single ED release. So there is a need for new artwork always for ED, you couldn't have new missions or battles or new achievements without this team.
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I have a question though, do guest artists get compensated in any way beside having their own NPC?
There are several perks guest artist and writers receive who are in good standing. Such as special events they receive promo gear, var and sometime depending on the even perks in other AE games. But more importantly I stress the value of learning and developing skills under the close eye of industry professionals. I've taught college courses for 3 years in interactive media design ( fancy name for game design ) and then I pass along this knowledge to the artists and writers of the team. Anyone working on the team have a early jump into college placement or if they chose we help them along their own career paths. This includes building a portfolio, having your name on a published game and having AE as references. The course material I cover would cost a student on average $600 a month in a private american college. So the knowledge of interning rather then taking college course is just another option people can take.
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@Saf, 10 in total that are graphic artists. How many more do you need?
We currently have 6 active Guest artists besides NW and myself. As I mentioned it's summer, and guest artists are entitled to vacation just like anyone else. While there might be active, there are several weeks where we will be down to 3 or even 2 artists. We plan ahead for these weeks, but still. Emergencies happen when people need to take personal time off. And its good to have artists trained when these situations happen so the players of ED can still receive timely releases. Besides the EpicDuel concerns, as a educator I want to make opportunities available to those who what to further themselves. There is room on the team atm for 2 new artists and I can offer the opportunity if for those are interested in it.
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The devs have moved on from ED and to their new app project. Hopefully one day they'll come back to ED or someone else will, but right now that doesn't seem promising. It's a shame, really.
Dev team is still actively working on ED. Actually today, I just planned ED releases through Oct 2015. Titan and Rabble are on the new app project but are also still helping with ED releases. Think of it as our time just being split between the 2 projects currently.
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