Introduction 
After 1.5 years and 47k lines of code, The Emerald Isle has finally been completed in terms of programming and studio structure. This means you as a developer can jump right into the studio project and start creating. The game is fully playable and only needs a world to be built!
Here is a YouTube link if you prefer a short video instead of written format:
What is The Emerald Isle? 
Welcome to the first official DevPost for The Emerald Isle. I’m looking to recruit 1 or more developers to build the world. Let’s start by understanding the game itself!
The Emerald Isle is a collecting and adventure game focused on letting players explore a world filled with various collectables (fish, minerals, birds, mushrooms, etc).
The general gameplay loop revolves around upgrading your character by purchasing new equipment for gold. You obtain gold by selling the collectables you find on your adventures.
The world will include Landscapes, Villages, Coastlines, Mysterious Areas and more. The setting is that of a relatively colourful medieval fantasy world.
If you have played Fantastic Frontier, you probably notice that these 2 games are indeed very similar to each other. The main difference is that this upcoming game is more focused on the collecting side of things.
Here are the main systems of The Emerald Isle that players can interact with;
- Inventory
- Fishing
- Mining
- Harvesting
- Bird Hunting
- Merchants
- Dragons (you can race vs them!)
- Crafting
- Itempedia (keeps track of which collectables you have discovered)
- Achievements
- Housing
- Quests
- Character Creation
- Tutorial
- Custom Player List
Here is an example of a player interacting with the mining system:
Which Skills Are Needed? 
The game needs a physical world with various areas. Work on these areas include;
- Modelling
- Terrain Sculpting (the game uses Roblox terrain)
- Building (placing models into the world)
- Animations
- UI Icons
You can have 1 or more of these skills to apply. The choice of which field you want to engage with is up to you.
Artstyle 
The game is what you may call squared low-poly. Here are some models that are currently in the game;
Creative Freedom and Monetization 
The core of a game project is not just what you are working on, but how you work on it. You will not work under me, you will work with me.
The goal of creating The Emerald Isle has always been to create something magical, while improving my skills as a game developer along the way. Because of this, I have never been that interested in heavily monetizing the game,
however I also realize that this is not the final game I will work on, and so if heftier monetization is something you as a developer are passionate about, we can look into what is possible. Currently, the game has Chat Customization gamepasses and additional Save Slots as gamepasses.
There is no planned upfront pay, mainly because the scope of this game is quite large. And because of that, I want to give you as much creative freedom as possible without the game losing its vision.
Let’s look at the current framework of the world;
The game setting is a fantasy medieval world. The artstyle is squared low-poly and the world has species such as dragons. The Emerald Isle is indeed an island, so the map is surrounded by water. The game already has some NPCs with dialogue in it.
That is the framwork we’ll work within. You as a developer can design new Species, NPCs, Equipment, Landscapes, Fish, Villages, Minerals, Birds, Quests, etc! I want to leave most of the world design up to the developers that actually sculpt the world. I have worked with an especially talented developer previously, and we got along very well.
Since the programming of the game is essentially finished, you don’t have to worry about the game not functioning, or the programmer quitting all of a sudden. The Emerald Isle is already here - all you have to do is shape the world.
How Do I Apply? 
If you are interested in joining the developer team for the game, and thereby shape the future of the game, you can message me on Discord [Username: perle ] or here on DevForum.
