Resources for new projects: what to do?

[mobilus]

Try to find someone on a graphics/music forum.
If you promise to share the potential benefits from your game, you will surely find someone.


Type of Work ..........................| Commercial Tools ....................| Free Tools ................
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3D Graphics ............................| Max3d, LightWave, Maya, ... .....| Blender ....................
2D Graphics, Post-Processing .....| Photoshop .............................| Gimp ........................
Scalable Vector Graphics ...........| Corel Draw ............................| InkScape ..................
Freehand Painting ....................| Corel Painter ..........................| MyPaint ....................
Music Composing .....................| Cubase, Fruity Loops, ... ..........| LMMS .......................
Sound Effects .........................| VSTi plugins, Microphone, ... .....| Free VSTi plugins .......
Programming ...........................| Delphi XE2, ... ........................| Lazarus, Turbo Delphi ..
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Cost: ..................................... > 7000$ .................................. 0$ ...........................
Satisfaction: ............................ ......................................... .........................

[paul_nicholls]

Try to find someone on a graphics/music forum.
If you promise to share the potential benefits from your game, you will surely find someone.


Type of Work ..........................| Commercial Tools ....................| Free Tools ................
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3D Graphics ............................| Max3d, LightWave, Maya, ... .....| Blender ....................
2D Graphics, Post-Processing .....| Photoshop .............................| Gimp ........................
Scalable Vector Graphics ...........| Corel Draw ............................| InkScape ..................
Freehand Painting ....................| Corel Painter ..........................| MyPaint ....................
Music Composing .....................| Cubase, Fruity Loops, ... ..........| LMMS .......................
Sound Effects .........................| VSTi plugins, Microphone, ... .....| Free VSTi plugins .......
Programming ...........................| Delphi XE2, ... ........................| Lazarus, Turbo Delphi ..
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Cost: ..................................... > 7000$ .................................. 0$ ...........................
Satisfaction: ............................ ......................................... .........................

haha! nice

[WILL]

You can't get Turbo Delphi anymore.

But there is Lazarus and Delphi XE2 Starter Edition is a more reasonable purchase for an indie than the other editions.

[Super Vegeta]

I have a friend who makes pixelart for my games, so luckily gfx part of this problem is mostly non-existent. I know how to do some basic stuff, be it GIMP or a more pixelart-focused editor - so if I'm missing something, I can create some acceptably-looking placedholder. Or, I can always try asking another one of my friends.

For sounds, I sometimes use findsounds.com, but most of the time - my quite extensive .wav library taken from a lot of games, game mods et cetera, quite often edited using Audacity.

Music is the biggest bummer, as none of my friends really does anything in this field.

[mobilus]

You can't get Turbo Delphi anymore.

But there is Lazarus and Delphi XE2 Starter Edition is a more reasonable purchase for an indie than the other editions.

You're right.

[Ñuño Martínez]

There are some sites that offers free resources. I use OpenGameArt to look for testing resources. They have a lot of nice resources, from graphics to music. Of course you should read the licenses for every resource you use.

[pitfiend]

That's really quite impressive, thanks for your advice. I have Delphi 7 & 2007. So the compiler is already taken. For sound effects I'll try that Paul's recomendation (I must confess that a project to build a sound maker is on my todo list, also a sprite editor). For the graphics I'll go with the Gimp and an old tile editor made with Delphi (http://tilestudio.sourceforge.net/). For music I still didn't decide between mod, midi, mp3 or ogg.

[LP]

But there is Lazarus and Delphi XE2 Starter Edition is a more reasonable purchase for an indie than the other editions.

By the way, if you are a student, you can get Delphi XE 2 Professional for around $30 using their Academic Program's portal.

[WILL]

By the way, if you are a student, you can get Delphi XE 2 Professional for around $30 using their Academic Program's portal.

David was telling me that they were going to be pushing this. $30 is a great deal. Where was this announced? I would have made a news post, would that I had been informed by Embarcadero.

[pitfiend]

I'm junior only on the forums, 20 years ago I was a student. Actually I develop comercial apps for the insurance and human resources business, but I have enough, need something more enjoyable and maybe could forget that I did that kind of boring crap.