I’ve been thinking about putting up something like a resource page for people here in the Philippines who are looking to try their hand at game design. The idea isn’t completely fully formed in my head, but it’s something of a directory where interested freelancers can post their contact details and samples of their work if they’re willing to do some stuff for games.
Artists are an obvious target audience for this but editors, playtesters, freelance writers and game designers are all welcome to add their contact details as well. What I’m hoping to put together is a showcase and network, so that when someone like me wants to try and make a game, I have one place where I can go to when I’m looking for someone to make interior artwork for a game, edit my work or playtest my game.
I’m not sure how big the pen and paper game development community is here in the Philippines, but I’m sure that there are more than a few of us who have always wanted to come out with a game of our own, especially now that I’m elbows deep into a new game’s development and I’m setting my sights a little higher.
can i participate
Hey there,
It’s all just an idea in my head right now but certainly there’s nothing stopping you from participating once I have it up.
Sites like Deviant Art are great places to meet the kinds of artists you are looking for, and I’m sure there are other similar artist sites. I’m not positive on game designers, but I know they’re out there… maybe professional sites like linkedin or something similar. Valid playtesters who give feedback might be a problem. I’ve seen a lot of homebrew games, but I’ve never seen legitimate feedback from these games (most have obvious flaws and sites are not always current). You seem to have a good following here and your site is very current, maybe you could post links to homemade rpgs or portions of rules and ask for feedback.
Please feel free to check out/link to/utilize my Intelligent Design Series. You might like it!
Thanks! I’ll add links as soon as I can grab them on your site from my home computer.