Hi.
For those of you that dont know me, I am the author of the masterwork df mod. You can find the link in my signature. It is essentially a massive modpack with a GUI that lets you select the features you want, and disregard most of the rest. I am planning a major overhaul/restart of the mod, starting in 1,5 months from now. I am currently travelling in the USA, and wont do much modding/work on the project. This is the reason I started delegating, and hoping for help from the community.
The most requested feature for the mod, because of the sheer size it has, is a comprehensive wiki/manual. I plan to include a html-based manual for the next version. From previous experience I know that people do prefer graphics and little text over a lot of text. I did graphical guides for each custom reaction, listing exactly what they need and do, and most players reported that this is the most helpful part of all. Therefore I would like to make the next manual in a similar fashion.
My only problem ? I am no designer, I am no artist. And that is where you come into play. I am looking for people that are interested to help me design the icons and. objects for that manual. If I happen to find no one, I will take from public wikis and frankenstein together what I can, but this will be difficult the more specific the items get.
I would like to do this for every inorganic item, any plant, armor, weapon, workshop, and some little guides for each industry line. I would present the list of what is done and what still has to be done, and would write all the text, since I am modding it in the meantime. Here is a little preview I made, to show you exactly what I mean:
I am not sure if this will be the final design (of course it wont be ^^) and if the entire icon thing is a good idea, or if you guys would rather have something that looks more drawn, more comicy... the major point for me is that the pictures should look similar in style. I want to avoid a patchwork-amateur-wanna-be look in the end
Apart from this I would really like to see some "landscape" pictures and some "character shots" of both the modded landscape and the modded invaders. I most likely will not do the creatures, because the mod currently contains about 850 creatures in total, and doing the sprites was enough work
But a little example picture for wildlife, megabeasts, forgotten beasts and demons would be nice.
So, if you want to help, just leave me a line, post here or send a PM. I will most likely answer within 24h. Thoughts, comments and criticism is also always welcome. People who have posted feedback about the mod will know how serious I take feedback from the community.
Thanks for the attention,
Meph
PS: This preview is a .PNG. I would not do it this way in the actual manual, but use icons and text instead, so people can use a manual-wide search for specific lines.
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