by maverick444
I am looking for an eager and reliable artist and graphic designer to help to create the look for my newest game, Bandemonium!
Bandemonium Art Proposal:
1. Name/theme/description of project:
The game is called
Bandemonium. It’s a deck-building game where you take on the persona of a band member recruited by the God of Metal so that you can defend Earth by stopping the flow of Demons being sent by Overlords. How will you stop them? Through the power of Heavy Metal!!! You will be gathering instruments, costumes, mascots, and more to build your decibel power and build songs so that they can be released and destroy the Overlords! Each Player will take on the different instrument in one of the many Bands (each with a different theme and loosely based on real life bands) and take the custom starting deck that they will improve throughout the game until the Overlord is defeated. This is a self-developed project by Christopher Brown and Laughing Rogue Games and is ready to go as soon as the art is finished.
While many different styles exist for Heavy Metal, if you look into the game Brutal Legend, you can see the art style that is desired. The art needed is the card art, game box, and graphic design.
2. Collaboration or Compensation:
For the Art and Graphic Design, the payment will be through compensation to be discussed at the time of offer.
3. Budget:
Budget will be based on the level/quality of art and (more importantly) the speed and reliability of the artist. The artist will have free reign to come up with their own unique vision for the art and graphic design as long as it evokes the feel of being in a Heavy Metal Band and combating demonic entities.
4. What are the terms:
The artist/graphic designer will receive, in addition to compensation, up to 4 copies of the game if desired. If a percentage of Kickstarter sales is preferred to compensation, that can be discussed. Laughing Rogue will take ownership and hold the copyright of all materials created for the game although only the digital files are required to be turned over to Laughing Rogue. The copyright for the art files will last for 5 years and will be used for advertisements, promotions, and other materials related to the sale of the board game.
Any art used for the game can be used for the artist’s self-promotion. In addition, as an addition to compensation, the artist’s name will be displayed on the game box cover.
5. Number of pieces:
The pieces required are as follows (specific pieces to be discussed after acceptance). Cards are Standard Poker Sized:
Rule-book/Box cover
32 Individual Band Members
3 Basic Song Card designs using a Music Sheet/Tabs type of style
10 Individual Overlords
14 Starter Deck Cards
35 Demons/Enemies
93 Metal Deck cards (smaller images like Items and so on)
6. Size of art:
Size and color specifications depend upon printer requirements and will be discussed with the chosen artist/graphic designer.
7. Art style desired:
The art for the game, as mentioned, will be a highly stylized look into the world of Heavy Metal music. It should look similar to art from the game Brutal Legend (
https://www.doublefine.com/brutallegend/). Now, that being said, the art style can be up to the artist as long as it is based on Heavy Metal and is agreed upon by all parties involved. The right artist can have free reign to design and express themselves freely as long as it is appropriate. That being said, as nudity would restrict sales, it is not acceptable in this case.
8. Deadline:
The game is completed, and I am looking for art to begin promotion. The ideal would be to go to Kickstarter no later than January 2019. I would like the rules/box cover and some images so that I can create promotional posters.
Most importantly is this: Communication, Respect, and Responsibility. I would expect that anyone accepting the contract would provide the art in a timely manner as laid out in the timeline to be discussed with the artist.
I look forward to hearing from any interested parties and I know that this will be a fun and exciting project!