Looking for Volunteers!

Good day! I am NKO Riko, the solo dev for Fire Emblem- Visions of Liberation.

With the hack reaching the point of the first act release, I still have ways away from finishing and polishing. So… I am hoping to ask for help for different forms of volunteers to make it on schedule. Please refer to the images below for what roles I need help with.

If you want to check out the project at it’s current state, click on the link below:

REQUIREMENTS-GENERAL

  • Communication Skills
  • Flexibility to adapt Schedules
  • A Team Player
  • Can critically and objectively comment on both good and bad aspects of the project.
  • Familiar with FEBuilder
  • Creativelly driven in voicing out ideas




If you are interested in Volunteering, feel free to comment down in this thread and maybe show a link as well to past contributions to see what you can make. Further details will be posted in FEU messaging. I hope to see you here soon! Cheers!

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Yo NKORiko.

Sadly I don’t have time for a commitment right now, but I at least wanted to wish you good luck with the development of your project.

I remember checking it out and still looking very interesting. Again best of luck. :star:

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Hi NKORiko, master headhunter (literal (lmao)) BigMood here with some minor feedback.

I feel like this volunteer request form might be slightly intimidating/off-putting for the average hobbyist hacker that lurks the halls of these sacred forums. The general requirements read akin to something I would see at the bottom of a regular job posting, but I would like to dissect some of these in the context of making a hack to try and clarify what it is you’re looking for in specific for some of these.

In regards to flexibility to adapt to schedules, are you looking for people to adhere to work deadlines for hacks? Do you have any in mind that you’d be willing to share as an example? Due to the hobbyist nature of FE project making, I would expect schedules to naturally fall through as people will (and honestly should) prioritize other needs in their life that arise.

In regards to familiarity with FEBuilder, is this a general need? Will artists and sound designers be inserting their own assets? Additionally, is there an expectation that multiple people will be editing the patch other than yourself? If so, I would unironically add ‘familiarity with (whatever version control you use)’ as a requirement under that.

When asking for a team player, what aspects of the hack are you expecting friction in? There are many artists of good skill and generosity that I would, uh, politically describe as not team players that would nonetheless be valued members of a team. Is there a large amount of intra-team interaction expected as part of this project? Will artists and writers be trading notes on characterizations? Many collaborative projects do not go quite so in-depth, which is why I ask this.

I’d also like to delve a little into the specific requirements.

Custom animations are a fairly large ask for any pixel artist. For reference, when commissioned, these tend to be in the hundreds of dollars each. Of course, it is not impossible that someone passionate would be inspired to make customs for your characters, but I would caution against this as an expectation because it’s a little unrealistic. Many people do actually like just fixing and adjusting existing portraits so that’s a normal ask.

Custom music creation is also something where you’re unlikely to get a full soundtrack out of volunteer work, unless a great number of people decide to join, or unless you (or someone already on your team) already has a few tracks produced that at least give some direction. I can count the number of hacks with custom soundtracks one one hand, and at least a few of those are in LT and therefore unconstrained by GBA music restrictions.

No comments on the writer expectations, but you spelled “Creativelly” wrong in your general requirements.

Lastly, I think the playtester expectations are slightly higher than average for a romhack team. It’s relatively unusual to expect a playtester to fix the bugs they encounter themselves. Generally that’s within the purview of the team actually making the chapters/gameplay.

In any case, I personally believe that your expectations are too high to attract a considerable enough staff to fulfill your creative goals. I could, of course, be wrong, but I would urge you to look over my notes on your request posting and either hone or temper your expectations so you can reach the people most willing to assist.

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I’d like to volunteer for everything except sound design, if you’ll let me :333

For a sample platter of my splicing chops (since all the mugs here are splices):
Aellan (Missing Blinking Frames) {Melia, UltraFenix, CherryBaer}Marcus (FE6 Head & Neck, FE7 Armor, Orange Armor, Full Frames) {Zelix, EldritchAbomination, Obsidian_Daddy, Lenh, CherryBaer}Isaac T2 (Full Portrait) {LaurentLacroix, WarPath, Ereshkigal, Plant_Academy, CherryBaer}Satchel (Missing Blinking and Talking Frames) {Quotedlass, Electric_Serge, CherryBaer}Lithi (Missing Blinking Frames) {CherryBaer}

For an example of my writing chops:

And finally, for my playtesting/FEBuilding credentials, I am currently playtesting for MegaCowsamMan on his hack “Steel Will” and for DarkSlayer on his hack “Unity War” (though the latter is very slow-going because I’ve also been busy with hacking projects of my own which I’ll get to right now), and on top of that, I have three PMEs to my name - one canceled, one on hiatus, and one in progress (just waiting for the first release from my collaborator on that front) - and am currently working on a remake of Taylor’s first Sacred Stones PME (the one with the Makima pfp, should be labeled “Baby’s First PME 5/8” under “AthenaBaer’s Version” in the OP).

I wish you luck with this, and if you decide I’d be a good fit, then just let me know :333 Have a good rest of your day :sparkling_heart: Oh, and if you’d also like to send some early birthday well wishes, that would be very appreciated too :two_hearts:

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Yesh I can play test, I’m very critical when it comes to gameplay flow, balance, etc. I can give very detailed criticism about any quirks that can present in the game and in the story.

You count on me for honest feedback!

EDIT: REGARDING THE OTHER POINTS

I’m someone who has a lot of free time on his hands, so (unless I suddenly get employed) I can handle almost any schedule.

Also I’m very familiar with FEBuilder, not a professional or something, but pretty familiar with it.

With communication and Team Dynamics I find myself as someone very sociable, a bit chaotic once trust is stablish, and that is always truthful to himself.

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Fixing portraits sounds fun
count me in

Splices

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hello! i can make music for gba.
here’s some stuff i made for someone else’s hack
i also have a soundcloud with music in a variety of styles

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Hello! (again)

I’m willing to give feedback, playtest, etc. as long as it doesn’t require art :slight_smile:

Good luck and hope everything goes well!

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You know what, this looks like kinda fun, count me in on the pixel artists division
my specialty is cleanups, and even semi-custom work


my only problem is that I’ll probs contribute here and there when I feel like it since my sprite quality works best that way. (also also I have a hectic irl schedule)
so uhh, do you still need to see my works? I reckon you’ve already seen some of them on discord-

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I always knew this day would come: the day that I’d find employment on FEU.

Application

Hey there. I’m Eretein.

As a novelist who has been around the industry for 10+ years, I’m always down to do some writing. But, I’m incredibly busy in real life, so I’d prefer it if I worked on an aspect of the game’s script that could be done alone and at my own pace (i.e. proofreading, beta-reading, critique, etc.).

Seeing as the legality of attaching my original stuff under my online identity is dubious at best, here’s my portfolio of fanworks and my very own romhack instead.

Resume & Portfolio.

Bootleg Awakening Lunatic Mode.

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Hi NKORiko i think you might have heard of me from the Steel Will playtestting group, if it’s fine with you i’d love to help with playtesting and maybe a bit of the story writing an proof reading. I have to be honest i’m not a good at hakcing in fe builder but i would love to put down any thoguhts i have on the game!.

Also a quick suggestion, I think making a small server for the group chat can be really good for organizing the groups and what not then making a FEU private group chat.

Cheers!
Samsung

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