I've seen a lot of people looking for team members based on specific skills, such as looking for someone to join purely because they have the skills to create a website or do the artwork for the potential ARG. This concerned me as my team has great creative and puzzle skills but not enough skills amongst us to cover EVERY aspect we might need.
So I mailed about it and got this response:
"I think that at this stage, you don't necessarily need
to have coders or artists - what we're looking for is a game design.
Having said that, it *will* be important, if you get shortlisted, to
have people with those skills available, or at least have a good idea
about how and where you would get them. If you have a good game
design, I don't think it would be too difficult to find coders and
artists who would be interested in helping out - you just need to find
the right websites and communties (e.g. artists forums, web
development blogs/forums, etc). People will be willing to help and
publicise you - it's for an important cause!
Adrian"
So, if like me, you were concerned by this or felt held back trying to find members just to cover all bases, then we don't have to worry anymore xD
Let's Change the Game
Hey, everyone.
I've seen a lot of people looking for team members based on specific skills, such as looking for someone to join purely because they have the skills to create a website or do the artwork for the potential ARG. This concerned me as my team has great creative and puzzle skills but not enough skills amongst us to cover EVERY aspect we might need.
So I mailed about it and got this response:
"I think that at this stage, you don't necessarily need
to have coders or artists - what we're looking for is a game design.
Having said that, it *will* be important, if you get shortlisted, to
have people with those skills available, or at least have a good idea
about how and where you would get them. If you have a good game
design, I don't think it would be too difficult to find coders and
artists who would be interested in helping out - you just need to find
the right websites and communties (e.g. artists forums, web
development blogs/forums, etc). People will be willing to help and
publicise you - it's for an important cause!
Adrian"
So, if like me, you were concerned by this or felt held back trying to find members just to cover all bases, then we don't have to worry anymore xD
Hope this was useful to some of you :/