[CLOSED] Map Designer Needed

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The Job

Skyrise Entertainment is currently looking for a Map Designer to create the maps terrain, mountains, hills, islands, road layout, and a bridge.

Before any confusion arises, we are looking for a professional map designer who can create a road layout that players will enjoy and that can be enjoyed by everyone. We need you to place the roads, create all of the terrain, and other large areas (ex. boardwalk, but you won’t be making the things on the boardwalk). We provide the assets (Trees, rocks, whatever you need).

The map will be Mid-Poly, similar to Jailbreak/Mad City’s style of building. Note, we are not making a prison game haha. Realistic terrain with mid-poly buildings.

Map Overview:

  • 6000 x 6000 stud main island containing the general city, beach, boardwalk, city roads, placeholders for city buildings, and various grass elevation. The relative size of Mad City’s primary island.

  • 2500 x 2500 stud secondary island containing 75% of the games housing district, with the other 25% in the city. Connected via bridge to the main city island. A large portion of the island should be elevated with mountains/hills.

  • 2x 1000 x 1000 stud islands accessible by boat or plane containing an airstrip, rugged roads (brown unpaved), caves, and other adventurous activities to be negotiated.

  • Trees, Plants, Grass, Rocks, Roads, Connecting Bridge, Streetlights, Building Placeholders(places for each building to be put), Boardwalk, Dock, Beach, Mountains/Hills (if applicable), Road Bridges, etc. Any general assets needed for map design. Note, the building exteriors, interiors, and everything else is being covered.

Expectations

We expect the map to be done swiftly, and for you to have fluent communication with us throughout the design process.

The time frame we have set in place is 1-3 weeks. If you cannot finish it within that time period we can negotiate based on your work activity. We believe this is a generous amount of time given that the terrain and design is the only thing being done here.

You must have 1-2+ years of design, layout, and terrain experience.

Past experience in designing map layouts for efficiency and player enjoyment is not needed but will help your credibility tremendously.

Payment

Regarding payment, we can negotiate this three different ways.

Delivery time and design quality will impact your payment, but we are paying roughly:

100 - 500 USD

Note: If the design exceeds our expectations, we may pay above the 500 USD cap.

Way 1: Deliver payment upon completion of 25%, 50%, 75%, and 100% of the map. 4 separate payments. Note, we’ll need to see 25% of the map done to determine how much the final payment will come out to be.

Way 2: 50% of the payment given at 50% of the map completion, and 50% given at the end.

Way 3: 100% of the full payment given at the end of the commission.

Contact

Interested in this job offer?
Contact Pixepel#4553 on discord or via my messages on the DevForum with your portfolio.

Thanks for applying! :smile:

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#2

Apologies but did you just say 1-2 weeks is appropriate for a map that comes to a total of about 10k studs? Are you aware you are already super underpaying based on the time it will take to create this kind of a map, plus the added pressure of finishing it in 2 weeks. I would highly recommend to look at the time frame you will require from your builder and offer a lot more cash/percentage for this job. For reference, a post recently was made for RoCitizens which outlined 5,000 USD for a map roughly the size of 4-6k, minimal detail required.

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#3

I don’t think you’re realizing a few factors.

  • I’m only hiring a terrain artist to create the terrain for the main map, secondary map, and 2 islands. This terrain should have hills and such.
  • The builder should create a nice layout for players with roads and create building placeholders.
  • Trees and all other assets are provided.

Main thing here is, you’re not building an entire map, just the terrain portion with roads and a boardwalk with some other aspects.

As for the payment, I find 100-500 USD very appropriate for the task at hand. RoCitizens wished for you to build exteriors, interiors, and all of that. I’m straight-out asking for terrain. Before you ramble on, please read the full post.

#4

Apologies, while I do see you are looking for a terrain artist specifically, this:

Seems more of a job concerning both areas of map development, building and layout. I also assume here you want a builder doing this in a matter of 1-2 weeks, which I personally find virtually impossible. Just hoping to point out the requirements at hand doesn’t seem adjusted to price.

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#5

While I see your points, I find 100-500 USD a suitable amount especially for a map like this. Although you may not see that in your eyes, I’m not even paying someone to create an entire map here. Many people have paid 200-300 USD for entire maps with interiors and exteriors, and the assets are even provided here. As said in the post, the deadline can always be extended as long as I know you’re working. If you slack off for an entire week then you’ll be cut out of the initial payment, but that’s expected. I’m not looking for a top-of-the-line designer, just someone who can meet the criteria.

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#6

I have some reserved questions, i’ll get in contact.

#7

Are you guys hiring staff member. That would help too.

#8

We have found a candidate. Thank you to everyone who applied.

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