As a community we all have lots of different skills, from art, to layout, to editing, to playtesting, to proofreading, to general cheerleading. I thought we could use this post to ask for and offer help while we make our games!
For example, if you are a new designer and would like some help with finding good stock art, figuring out InDesign, or would like to use one of my artworks (https://www.deviantart.com/philippamort/gallery) for your game, please do reach out and I'll see if I can help!
This is a great idea! I will also be on Twitter all of next week to help answer questions, or at least RT so that other people can help! For anyone reading, a couple of more notes: A lot of people use Affinity Publisher, so we should have lots of community wisdom to draw on. Also, Pixabay, Pexels, and Unsplash are some great sites for free stock art. And absolutely feel free to post in this topic or start a new one!
For the next jam, I'll set up a Discord server, but for now, community posts and Twitter will be our way of helping each other out!
I could take an editing pass for folks - grammar and spelling, etc. I’m still new to game design so that might be the extent of what I can offer besides enthusiasm. 🤷🏻♂️
I’m definitely in the market for playtesters, I have no contacts for that yet and may recruit for another bigger project later on if all parties are amenable.
I'm always taking feedback, criticism, ideas, or grammatical advice. I can't say I've got much technical expertise here, but I'm pretty good to spitball ideas with. You can message me on twitter (@mrfishy42) or on discord (mrfishy42#3380) to help me with Saltwater Dogs or for feedback on your own project.
I would love to do an exchange of skill for folks if possible. I can offer proofreading (grammar, spelling, tone, etc.) and editing (rules, flow, etc.) as well as general design feedback. I would love to have some do a quick sketch of an idea I had for the cover of my game: a character dressed in a sort of science fantasy look (Star Wars or Dune meets wild west or something like that). A literal sketch is fine here.
Alternatively, if you're an artist who can help me out here, I can just pay you for your time. Either way, let me know!
