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: ............................ ......................................... .........................
Last edited by mobilus; 27-03-2012 at 03:38 AM. Reason: I forgot about Turbo Delphi.
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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.
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.
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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.
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