a character in pixel art would take a professional artist about two hours per frame (four frames per day), at a salary of $20-$30 per hour. So a character with 500 frames of animation could initially cost $20,000 – $30,000, but then the cost of fine-tuning and reworking the animations to balance gameplay can actually double the price by the end.

Do you have a programmer? do you have any knowledge or experience in game development? what type of game are you making? how long is the game going to be? how much sprite work does it need?
Have those questions answered at the very least, if by some miracle a spriter in here considers joining you (very unlikely).
and an advice: if you're gonna make a free game don't waste the talents and the work hours of your teammates, but use per-existing sprites from sprite database and spriter resources.

A coder is required to create a fighting game. The spriter is optional.

So you better try to find a coder or learn coding by yourself, or no spriter would ever join you.

And so far, what we know about you is that you have a grandiose idea (which everyone also has) but you need at least a coder and a spriter to make that idea become real. So, what are you providing?

Again, people only join if they want, they know they're going to waste time, I know I'm going to waste time, it's a big project, one that I'm proud to be part of, it's very easy to get a spriter in somewhere else, if no one here wants to, there will be someone in this vast world that will.

a thing that may make you leave this thread right away (assuming you're a spriter): I don't pay. I don't get paid for this too, the artist doesn't get paid, no one gets paid, this is for pure enjoyment and fun

Thanks Felo, I'm sure everyone is able to understand what you're saying.

His name is the clit commander and if you want me
to join your team clit commander must be in it too.

these are my terms of service.

First off, sorry for the cold reception you had thus far, most users aren't like some of these guys. In addition, there are proficient spriters, I am one of them. However, most will ask for more detailed info on said project before joining. If you're uneasy about talking about it in the thread, PM me. All info will remain personal and confidential.

Welcome to the forum.

BlizzKrut said, November 05, 2014, 06:28:39 pm

I don't follow you? You think developers use Kickstarter for what? To pay for coffees?

You're either ridiculously dense or ridiculously overestimating your capabilities.

Let's step back and have a look at it. You want to make a full game, but you're not telling us anything about it. We don't know the storyline, we don't know the characters, what they look like, we don't even know how the game is going to play!

And on top of all this, you want people to donate money, which at this point is probably better spent tearing it up and letting the wind carry it away. All we know is that it's a fighting game. Even Bebe's Kids had better marketing, and their tagline was "It's Animation!"

Oh and what's the money going to go towards? Paying a dude that you're too lazy to pay yourself. That's insulting on so many levels, especially for me, since I actually have commissioned spriters for characters. Too expensive? Learn to enjoy ramen noodles and budget yourself, that's what I did.

If you're not getting how horribly you're presenting your "game" after this, I don't know how to get you to understand.

I'm still trying to follow your reason as to what do you think Kickstarter is used to, I simply don't have the money, as millions of other developers don't, that's why they go through the route of Kickstarter.

I COULD talk about the game itself, if you would just give me some time and stop trying to tell me I should just save some millions for the game, yeah I spent some million that I had in my wallet for a coffee you see --'