First Person Horror Game

[harshitthanki]

Penumbra Studios
Location: Pune

*** UPDATE ***

We have currently filled up all vacancies.

Thanks to everyone who showed interest! There are some very talented people here on cgtantra!


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About us: We're a newly formed game studio working out of Pune. We use the Unreal Engine (UDK) for our games. We're currently working on a first person survival horror game (no shooting) and a MOBA game is in the pipeline. We would prefer working with people from Pune. Please email us if you think you can help and we'd love to have you in our team if you fulfil any of our requirements. If you're interested, we can share details of the project and about us as well. Just send us an email!

Position: Modeler (freelancer/part-time)
Profile: 3D modeling in software of choice. Should be good at at least one form of modeling (organic/non-organic). UV Unwrapping, rigging skeletal meshes, texturing, retopologizing to required polycount are some of the required skills. Knowledge of any gaming engine would be helpful but is not a necessity. You can work out of your home and we can help you gear up for modeling (tablet/software license).

Position: Texture artist
Profile: If modeling is not your cup of tea you can help us texturing the models we create. You can software of your choice (Photoshop/MARI/3D Coat/BodyPaint/Mudbox). We're looking for high quality maps for our lower poly models (high poly models will be provided). We typically work with 1k, 2k textures. We can help you with your texturing gear (tablet/software license)

Position: 3D Animator
Profile: If you specialize in Animation, we need your help. We plan to use multi-camera motion capture for our game but in some parts we need hand-crafted sequences.

[myfeedback.installer]

Hello Harsh,

This post is 2008 so, is a bit old. Still I couldn’t help keep my Curiosity to myself –I wish to ask if yeh all have actually managed to get started on the game yet?

When I read that the Game does not include “Shooting” or fragging then only one word came to my mind and it was “Penumbra” so kindly fill me with details because I am just a curious crow here.

Also, apart being a curious crow I am a concept artist and a game designer myself and I and my team of programmers are starting my project “Daali” which is a normal mobile game.

Yers sincerely,
shashKing

[harshitthanki]

Hi there,

The post is from yesterday (I registered on cgtantra in 2008).

Penumbra and Amnesia are the most popular survival horror games out there where there's no shooting so it's a fair comparison. Coincidentally, our studio name is the same , however there's quite a lot of differences in our game.

Also, I wanted to mention that we have the story plot ready so we would be sharing it with people wanting to help us.

We know that nobody likes to work for free and nobody wants to work on anything with a poor script, so we assure you that we can impress you with the story.

As for the money, as mentioned earlier, we're a startup and are composed of people who've quit their jobs to make games. We're working on a VERY tight budget and would really appreciate people helping us in their free time in return for a share in profit in the final product. However, we wouldn't hold back on remunerating people who are desperately in need of work and are good at it.

We might do a fundraiser on kickstarter when we have enough people on board. We've already received a few applications and some are quite good! We'll be contacting some of you very soon!

Please make sure that when you email us, send us your latest demo reel. We don't mind if it's incomplete - we just want to know your capabilities and your knowledge of latest software. Please also send your contact numbers so we can talk to you directly.

Last, please stop being overly formal in your emails!

[myfeedback.installer]

Oh, yeh really took me by surprise I mean…the reply was so fast that I BLINKED AND it was there…
I am basically surprised (INsert Happily Surprised) that some Indian group is keen on making an FPS and that too with no “Shooting” involved. I have my theories about FPS. Horror in FPS is as coooooooooool as having a car with a seatbelt and an ejection seat.
I maybe too direct but I wish to see a bit of draft of what yeh all wish to accomplish. I wish yeh all luck and wish…and wish-oh I forgot what I was saying…um…
Yeah, I was to tell that yeh all can trust on me for any kind of plot point yeh might (-might) wish to add in the story so as to increase the Levels in yer horror game. I and my team of VFX guys have made the following short movie based on my sci-fi book series called “Superdeeds.”
LINK: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJZL56uSD9E

Let me know how yeh wish to raise funds…I will help any Indian who will try to do unique stuff and stand firmly on the Indian soil…oh that just reminds me, I am very much looking for people who could help me make my game, “Vandemataram: Medal for Patriots”

LINK: http://www.youtube.com/user/seeingDm.../0/W_rOy1LRmjg

I know yeh all are full of excitement and I wish to tell yeh that I was so excited to see this post and felt PROUD. Please DO let me know if anything comes up, k? Be it good, bad, extremely good or if anything really good happens in making this Horror FPS game.
Yers sincerely
shashKing

[harshitthanki]

UPDATE: We have a new position in our team that we need to fill urgently.

Position: 2D Artist
Profile: Being able to create 2D sketches of characters in the software of your choice. We have several ideas for characters for our game and if provided with a detailed description of these, you should be able to sketch/paint them. Your artwork will be sent to the 3D modeler for modeling and used in-game and in marketing material for the game.

Please send your resume to mayank@penumbra.in.

Thanks.

[harshitthanki]

UPDATE:

We have filled the animator vacancy. Thanks to all who sent their CVs.
We are still looking for modelers and sketch artists.

[grinmation]

http://www.grinmationinstitute.com/

[harshitthanki]

UPDATE:

Our budget has been revised to $2500-$3000 for the modeling vacancy.

As mentioned before, we're looking for experienced modelers who can model, retopologize, layout UVs, texture, rig and skin low-to-mid poly game characters (about 30-35 in number and polycount ranging from 6k to 16k tris).
Concept art will be provided and the modelers are required to model based on the sketches.

We might also need a few other game assets for the game map.

We expect high quality diffuse and normal maps and UV's for all models. We have an animator who will take your rigged models so they need to be rigged and skinned properly as well.

We plan to wind up this project by February next year. We are able to allot 5 days per model (end-to-end).

If the models are good, we will continue to work with you even after February because our game will be constantly updated.

[BoneDust]

hey harsh

do you require a 3d modeler and texturing artist , if so am a experienced freelance artist .

here's my portfolio link :http://bonedust-3d.blogspot.in/
email : bonedust.3d@gmail.com