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Hello! My team and I are working on a game called “The Darkest of Lords!” - a mix of 4X and RPG genres, main inspirations for the game being the Crusader Kings series and Disco Elysium. The main USP (unique selling point) of the game will be both indulging and simultaneously ripping on all the “Dark Lord” tropes.
This game is meant to be a commercial project, and currently I have secured paid assistance of two amazing digital painters (one for character design, the other for object design), one professionally trained musician, and I am myself a very strong generalist, capable of programming, management, and a little bit of both writing & drawing.
I am willing to pay for assistance per-task-completed, although I cannot promise to fully hire writers now or soon - the development funds are still rather limited. There are a number of qualities I am looking for:
ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY:
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You must be able to write well. Although gameplay-wise “The Darkest of Lords!” will be heavily inspired by 4X games, we plan a “story mode” to be the main way the players enjoy this game. This a lot of writing is required, and we expect the player to actually enjoy it. I expect the writers to have read some good books in the past, and be familiar with RPGs that have enjoyable writing.
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You have to be able to imagine a world other than our own, and think like a person other than yourself.
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Please do not be a pedophile, any sort of fundamentalist, or a heinous criminal in general.
Nice to have:
a) Be located in Canada - I am planning to ask the Canadian government for financial assistance, and having a Canadian team member/employee will greatly assist with securing the funding.
b) Have good communication skills - you will for sure have to work with several artists & programmers, and likely several other writers.
c) Be ready for compromise - although this relates to point b), I would like to mention that some parts of the lore & the world are already pre-written.
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