It's time to ramp up production on TMJ, once again. Old Man Skunk needs a game realm in which to insult players, after all.

I've been planning this next demo for well over a year but have lacked the resources to do so. The demo will be of a same style as Teaser 3 but will actually delve into one of the cutscenes of the game: Jasper's childhood. Sure, we've all had childhoods, but not many of us witnessed the murder of our parents by thieves who are trying to find a magical stone from another universe.

This demo will come to both DSiPaint.com and 3DSPaint.com, so both portable sites get the love.

Before this demo can be developed, I need top-notch spriting artists. If you think artist means "plagiarism from RPG Maker", please don't bother. (We've already had several of those.)

There will be a meeting at 8:00pm Friday (EST / GMT-5:00) in Chatroom TMJ. In this, we will focus the discussion on the demo. Much of the game engine has been written, so we need to discuss artwork. If you would like to prepare samples, the characters need to be 32x64 pixels with 4 directions and 4 walking frames. Tiles are 32x32 pixels. Here are the needs:

Characters
* Jasper, a child around 3-4 years old
* Jasper's father, a middle-aged farmer
* Jasper's mother, a traditional farm maid
* Thief 1, a scraggly tall, skinny man
* Thief 2, an unruly tall, large man
* Helmer, traveling shopkeeper, bearded

Scene
* A log cabin farmhouse, Medieval northern European
* Large main room, two bedrooms down hall to left, kitchen to right
* Trap door to crawlspace in floor down hallway
* Fireplace near kitchen
* Wood-planked floor with visible cracks