The Smurfs: Realm Waker (Fan-made Animated Game Concept)
Project Overview
The Smurfs: Realm Waker is an animated fan-game proof-of-concept discovering the tiny blue smurfs in a whimsical adventurous life-sim/RPG game! (Basically a fully animated "let's-play" walkthrough)
What's the story?:
"When the evil wizard Gargamel concocts another evil plan to finally be rid of the smurfs alongside with his new apprentice, disaster happens in the process and dark magical tears in the space time continuum begin to form, destroying everything in their paths. Instantly, the smurfs village and its inhabitants are swiped along into them, separating from one another as their home is destroyed. Among the chaos, their leader and last hope left, Papa Smurf, creates a new potion as a final attempt to stop these realms from tearing everything apart; to look for help.
The help he gets is YOU, causing the magic to take you from the human world to what's left of Smurf Village, turning you from a human to a Smurf!
Your mission is to travel the other realms in search for the missing smurfs, help fix everyone's memories including your own, gain trust and form friendships with them, and build a new Smurf Village! All while defeating familiar foes and darkness along the way! The choices are yours to smurf!"
Since this is a fan project, no profit can be made off of it. I will try to pay everyone the best I can depending on circumstances if I can :)
Voice actors will not be needed until later in the process!
If you grew up living the original smurfs cartoon or any sort of smurfs content, the opportunity to help on this fan-passionate project is here!
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Concept Artists will be responsible in making character art, key illustrations, cutscene visuals, and environment design. You'll also be able to share input on UI design ideas, cosmetic ideas, and even design decorative pieces
Be part of a unique fan project celebrating the Smurfs!
Add animation/game concept work to your portfolio!
Collaborate with other creatives (writers, artists, musicians)!
What To Submit:
A sample or portfolio link of your work.
Your preferred role and what you’d like to contribute.
(Optional) Why this project interests you
- world building
- concept art
- character concepts
*Say something you think would fit*
2D/3D Hybrid Animators will be responsible with animating the characters and environments. This includes character movement and acting, expressive scenes, and even full cutscenes. You'll bring a semi-3D/cartoon look (think Billie Bust Up).
Depending on your skills, you'll also be able to either create the models yourself or make the effects (magic spells, environmental effects, etc.)
Be part of a unique fan project celebrating the Smurfs!
Add animation work to your portfolio!
Collaborate with other creatives (writers, artists, musicians)!
What To Submit:
A sample or portfolio link of your work.
Your preferred role and what you’d like to contribute.
(Optional) Why this project interests you
Timeline:
Phase 1: Storyboards, teaser trailer art, and test animations.
Phase 2: Short “demo” sequence (about 20 minutes of gameplay concept).
Phase 3: Full walkthrough animation (~1-2 hours+).
Phase 4: A second video will be made which will show off all side quests, activities, and collectables
- 3d animation
- 2d/3d artwork
- blender
- adobe after effects
*Say something you think would fit*
(Currently I am the only writer for this project)
The writers will be responsible in the creation of the project itself. This includes writing the main story, side quests, friendship quests, side activities, locations, and even how certain things work.
You'll be able to contribute with the head writer in making the big decisions when it comes to what happens, when, why, and where. You must be able to write clear emotion, setting, and tone in every scene we write and even give feedback on where things could be fixed.
Be part of a unique fan project celebrating the Smurfs!
Add writing work to your portfolio!
Collaborate with other creatives (writers, artists, musicians)!
What To Submit:
A sample or portfolio link of your work.
(Optional) Why this project interests you
(Note that to get this role, you must have a decent amount of knowledge about the smurfs since you'll be helping in the writing side of things)
- screenwriting
- scriptwriting
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Sound Designers will be responsible in creating, editing and inserting sound effects into the animations (ambients, the voices, environmental sounds, activity sounds, etc.). The goal is for them to sound cartoon yet emersive. Since this is for a game concept, a good background in this type of work would be preferred
Be part of a unique fan project celebrating the Smurfs!
Add SFX work to your portfolio!
Collaborate with other creatives (writers, artists, musicians)!
What To Submit:
A sample or portfolio link of your work.
Your preferred role and what you’d like to contribute.
(Optional) Why this project interests you
- sfx
- fighting sound effects
- ambience directing
- sound effects
*Say something you think would fit*
Composers will have the job of creating whimsical, adventurous, and emotional music inspired by Smurfs media and fantasy RPGs for this project. This includes boss battle music, songs for the dancing activity, and background music for the main adventure! Music that fits the tone is a must!
Be part of a unique fan project celebrating the Smurfs!
Add music composing work to your portfolio!
Collaborate with other creatives (writers, artists, musicians)!
What To Submit:
A sample or portfolio link of your work.
Your preferred role and what you’d like to contribute.
(Optional) Why this project interests you
- amateur musician
- background music
- music composer
*Say something you think would fit*
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