BrikWars is a new computer game based on the BrikWars wargame
(www.brikwars.com) where players can build custom armies of plastic
toys and battle against the computer or each other on the network. It's
written in C#/XNA and runs on Windows platforms with DirectX9.
We've already released the first playable version, which you can download from
https://sourceforge.net/projects/brikwars/
but as you can see from playing the game (or looking at the screenshots
or youtube clip on our wiki
http://brikwars.wiki.sourceforge.net/) the graphics need a lot of improvement.
We're mainly looking for people with skills in 2D graphics for the following tasks:
1. Improved gui for the main battle screen (background textures for
menus, icons for health/damage, unit types, improved fonts etc.)
2. Improved gui, background graphics and menu design for the main menu, army and minifig editors etc.
In addition, we're looking for some help with 3D graphics in the following areas:
1. HLSL coding - particularly to improve the appearance of model & terrain.
2. Skeletal animation - the challenge here is to be able to apply a single set of animations to multiple 3d models
3. Textures for units and terrain (including normal maps, etc.).
The project is free and open source, and would be a great addition to your portfolio. It's also fully playable already (something that unfortunately can't be said for many other projects that are asking for help), and will continue to grow over the next few months. If you are interested in helping out, please reply to this thread or email me at steve dot cook1@excite.com.
thanks
/Steve - project manager/developer
