That is correct, except the upgrades range from 6 to 12. And uhh, the tooltips for them, set in a variable.
I've done 60 or so myself. Most skills take 3 hours in total (coffee breaks, testing the skills), and the 6 upgrade skills are passives, taking less than 1 hour.
None of the abilities are super complex, it is just the time. A few I have on my to-do list (off the top of my head) are a behavior which costs life and restores energy over time. Simple, then an actor or two to animate the cast and buff. Or another skill disables attack and deals aoe DPS. Nothing that is breaking Dow walls here.
The time sink is in the upgrades and tooltips. The skills base has to be put into an upgrade, which transforms the dummy skill into the new one. Then there are 6-12 custom upgrades, and an upgrade which represents leveling. Then they are set in a variable array, and a tooltip is set for them.
It is pretty irritating work, and organization is the only thing that holds it all together. If it matters, it is going into a mostly complete project that will be branching into other games, once I feel there is enough data to support it. If that doesn't mean squat, I will pretty much always need the same work done, and the pay isn't terrible.
My life is about to get pretty busy (wife having a baby) so I could use some boring data help. (I know your not looking for it, but I know you know how to do it) Creating abilities and upgrades from a spreadsheet and filling in tooltips in variables.
I have roughly... 15 abilities, I assume would take me 50 hours to make (35 if i didnt get distracted) and add to my system. If $250 sounds fair, and if you can't get any model work.
What is your asking rate per hour? I know its never that simple, but say I had something I believed would take me 10 hours, and you wanted 5 bux an hour, I'd agree to pay 50, whether you were early or late.
That is correct, except the upgrades range from 6 to 12. And uhh, the tooltips for them, set in a variable.
I've done 60 or so myself. Most skills take 3 hours in total (coffee breaks, testing the skills), and the 6 upgrade skills are passives, taking less than 1 hour.
Skype: [email protected] Current Project: Custom Hero Arena! US: battlenet:://starcraft/map/1/263274 EU: battlenet:://starcraft/map/2/186418
None of the abilities are super complex, it is just the time. A few I have on my to-do list (off the top of my head) are a behavior which costs life and restores energy over time. Simple, then an actor or two to animate the cast and buff. Or another skill disables attack and deals aoe DPS. Nothing that is breaking Dow walls here.
The time sink is in the upgrades and tooltips. The skills base has to be put into an upgrade, which transforms the dummy skill into the new one. Then there are 6-12 custom upgrades, and an upgrade which represents leveling. Then they are set in a variable array, and a tooltip is set for them.
It is pretty irritating work, and organization is the only thing that holds it all together. If it matters, it is going into a mostly complete project that will be branching into other games, once I feel there is enough data to support it. If that doesn't mean squat, I will pretty much always need the same work done, and the pay isn't terrible.
Skype: [email protected] Current Project: Custom Hero Arena! US: battlenet:://starcraft/map/1/263274 EU: battlenet:://starcraft/map/2/186418
My life is about to get pretty busy (wife having a baby) so I could use some boring data help. (I know your not looking for it, but I know you know how to do it) Creating abilities and upgrades from a spreadsheet and filling in tooltips in variables.
I have roughly... 15 abilities, I assume would take me 50 hours to make (35 if i didnt get distracted) and add to my system. If $250 sounds fair, and if you can't get any model work.
Skype: [email protected] Current Project: Custom Hero Arena! US: battlenet:://starcraft/map/1/263274 EU: battlenet:://starcraft/map/2/186418
What is your asking rate per hour? I know its never that simple, but say I had something I believed would take me 10 hours, and you wanted 5 bux an hour, I'd agree to pay 50, whether you were early or late.
Skype: [email protected] Current Project: Custom Hero Arena! US: battlenet:://starcraft/map/1/263274 EU: battlenet:://starcraft/map/2/186418