The Divided Empire - Looking for staff

We're hobbyist developers looking for a number of dedicated persons who want to work with us on our upcoming PC game, The Divided Empire.

TDE is half RPG and half real-time battle (alá Dynasty Warriors) based on the historical novel, The Three Kingdoms. The player chooses to play as the ruler, strategist or a warrior of either the Wei, Wu or Shu kingdom. The chosen path is followed until the player's character is killed (at the historically correct date and location) at which point the player chooses another / the next ruler, strategist or warrior. Any items collected throughout the game up until a death are stored at the respective kingdom's main city so the player does not loose them. Character / weapon levels are lost, however. When the player has completed each character's story, he or she is free to re-play any story, keeping level info and items.

The above is a very preliminary outline of the game and will likely go through much modification.

A multiplayer mode hasn't been considered and will most likely be left to a sequel, if any.

Positions

Sound technician(s)
Sprite-set artists (character / animated object artists)
Map designers / artists
Game logic programmers
Design / ideas contribution
Anything else you think you can contribute regardless of your experience / knowledge - contact us

Note that examples of your work are required for every position except Design / ideas contribution and your experience is not important.

Sound technician(s)

We need one or two people to create sound effects and appropriately-themed music - a mix of humble / traditional Chinese music with appropriately up-beat soundtracks for battle scenes.

Sprite-set artists

We need a few dedicated sprite artists to create character and animated object sprite-sheets. You need to be comfortable taking (and following) instructions and working in a team.

Map designers / artists

We need a couple of people to design and create the game world - providing concept art and actually drawing the maps and buildings in them to be used in-game.

Game logic programmers

We need a couple of "entry-level" programmers to help spread the workload when it comes to programming the game logic, using our proprietary script language. Will be expected to learn the language in question from technical documentation written by the technical director.

Design / ideas contribution

We need a number of people to give input regarding the game plot / storyline & any ideas. You don't need to be an artist or programmer to do this, just have enthusiasm. Familiarity with The Three Kingdoms and related games (Dynasty Warriors, Romance of The Three Kingdoms) is preferable.

If you're interested in working with us, please e-mail me (technical director) at ahluka.lt@gmail.com

We will get back to you ASAP with a non-formal interview form which we expect you to fill-out and e-mail back, along with attached examples of your work if appropriate.