STARSHIP ARCHITECTS WANTED -- Get paid to design ships for Cosmoteer!

Doomderp

Will ship design contests still be a thing?

Walt

Doomderp Will ship design contests still be a thing?
LordTouchMe Does this mean there will be no more design contests for now?

This will have no impact on design contests. Design contests are much more free-form where players build ships under much looser guidelines.

ROSEtints would it be alright if I still wanted to do this without pay? I don't really have a good way of getting paid, and I genuinely don't want or need the money ya know? I'm more so into doing it for the reason of being apart do something I care about.

Maybe, I'd have to look into the legal implications of doing that. Feel free to submit an application if you want and we can maybe figure something out if you are selected.

kwhwwymwn I'm considering applying, and I'd like to know approximately when we will starting building ships (the amount of ships I can build depends of the time I can invest in Cosmoteer, and I may be busy in November)

As soon as possible. The game is ready!

kwhwwymwn Also I need to know if modders will also have an early access to have their mod ready for launch, because I won't be able to do everything at the same time.

I would like to provide modders early access so that mods can be ready by launch, but I haven't made any concrete plans yet.

TamerlanTl If I and a few other people put together a team - how will the work go if we are accepted as architects? How is the "casting" going for such an important place?

I'm hiring individuals, not whole teams. If multiple individuals that i hire want to collaborate on the same ship, that's fine, but I'm not hiring whole teams.

ROSEtints

Walt would it be alright if I still wanted to do this without pay? I don't really have a good way of getting paid, and I genuinely don't want or need the money ya know? I'm more so into doing it for the reason of being apart do something I care about.

Astrum

Very much looking forward to the excellent ship designs people will build — this community is home to some really excellent ship builders!

Ultranova

Walt I would be open to ship designers adding their own decals to the base game as well, but they would of course require my approval.

Official diagonal fades when???????????????

Eletes

Ultranova Going from using decals from at least 2-3 different mods to the base has me shook.

kwhwwymwn

I'm considering applying, and I'd like to know approximately when we will starting building ships (the amount of ships I can build depends of the time I can invest in Cosmoteer, and I may be busy in November)
Also I need to know if modders will also have an early access to have their mod ready for launch, because I won't be able to do everything at the same time.

basicbatpony

idd love to help design ships (heck even for free)

LordTouchMe

Does this mean there will be no more design contests for now?

ProntoManagement

LordTouchMe There will still be design contests in the future.

TamerlanTl

If I and a few other people put together a team - how will the work go if we are accepted as architects? How is the "casting" going for such an important place?
There is also a question about obtaining a key to the game: it will be issued to all team members, or not?

TamerlanTl

Walt Thanks for the answer! I think my friends will not mind if we work for one person.) It remains only to understand whether they are ready for this.

kwhwwymwn

Walt tanks for the answers

I'm going to apply, I said I'd be busy in November but I'm sure I'll find enough time to make ships
So I have more questions now :

On average, how many ships do you think you can design per week? (Assume the average ship costs about 1,000,000 credits.)

I dont really know how to answer this question, some 1M ships can be done in less that 2 hours, and some others can take days
this basic broadsider was done in 1h35
ship
and I remember spending around 6-10hours over 2 days on this one
ship2

Please upload your 5 proudest ship designs that you think best demonstrate your abilities as a ship designer. *

what is considered on these ships? only the shape and paint like for a design contest, or also its effectiveness during a fight, or even also the crew effectiveness?

is it better to upload ships that weren't already among the answers for the ships of the days and for the design contest winners, or is it expected to submit the same ships for these questions?

Walt

kwhwwymwn I dont really know how to answer this question, some 1M ships can be done in less that 2 hours, and some others can take days

Probably somewhere between those two ships, on average. Just looking for a rough estimate.

kwhwwymwn what is considered on these ships? only the shape and paint like for a design contest, or also its effectiveness during a fight, or even also the crew effectiveness?

Effectiveness is definitely considered, but I'm not looking for multiplayer meta ships.

kwhwwymwn is it better to upload ships that weren't already among the answers for the ships of the days and for the design contest winners, or is it expected to submit the same ships for these questions?

It is expected that some of the ships might be the same.

Danwood

I'm busy working on my own videogame and my 9-5 job, and i'm not very good at ship design aesthetically, otherwise I would apply just to contribute as i'm a big supporter of Cosmoteer!

Walt I'm really excited for the Steam release, I'll pay the full price as soon as it's released!

Namek

Walt

Is it alright that I send 4 specifically made ships, each fitting one of the factions, instead of the required 5 which the form requests? (Nearly done with them)

Or should I just make a fifth random ship?

Walt

Namek Why not just upload a ship you've already designed?

Namek

Walt

I bought a new laptop a while ago and gave the old one away, so don't have my old ships anymore. (+ the older ships have little less quality to it.)

But now that I think about it, I'm sure that can find one I posted in the Cosmoteer discord server!

ClassicJam

Walt One reason would be I haven't designed a large vanilla ship with all the new parts and things since.. 2018? And I've gotten a lot better with design since then, ironically. So for someone like me to apply, I'd need to create 5 entirely new ships.. guess that kind of comes with the job but..

BattleCruiserCommander

@Walt Does this mean the Bounty Hunter ships are being retired, or are they still being used?

Walt

BattleCruiserCommander Does this mean the Bounty Hunter ships are being retired, or are they still being used?

Most existing BH ships won't be used in the new Adventure Mode because they are no longer legal (due to building rules changes) and aren't designed with specific factions & gameplay in mind. But any BH ships that can be upgraded to be legal under the new building rules I will still include for use in creative mode.

Saris

Walt will, with the author's blessing, certain existing BH ships be converted into factional standards, such as the "inspirations" you used on your lore documents? It seems like it'd be superior to convert ships, rather than leave the disused in creative alone