While we maintain a steady progress with the development of Age of Empires II: Forgotten Empires, we thought it might be a good idea to expand the team on some crucial positions to make sure the final product will be better and why not, available faster?
Here's a list of vacant positions on the team, if you want to apply for one of them, send an email with "what you think is necessary" to get the position to [email protected]. Also post in this topic if you sent a mail, just so I have an extra hunch on who you are All applications require a Skype id!
Red= Filled in
Orange= Filled in, but more positions possible
Green= Vacant
Social Media Manager
Manage the Facebook and Twitter accounts for Forgotten Empires.
Duties include:
- Monitor traffic and report for peaks: e.g. being mentioned on a major website so we can maintain further contact
- Answer questions from fans/followers
- Moderation
- News posts, occasional screenshots and videos
- Forward important questions/mails
Translator
Translate the language files for AoFE from English to...
Required languages:
English*, Spanish, Chinese, Portuguese
*English isn't my native tongue, so it's more about checking the English rather than translating.
Others (optional):
French, Turkish, Vietnamese, German, Italian
Duties include:
- Translating the new AoFE material, it's more than you think
- Answer questions from fans/followers
Web Designer
Design the Forgotten Empires website. The site will be based on WordPress, so you won't have to code anything. Being familiar with the CMS is a plus.
Duties include:
- Designing a layout (PhotoShop skills come in handy there)
- Adding some content (minimum)
When to start: as soon as possible.
PhotoShop/Layout/GUI Artist
All sorts of graphical bits and bytes. There's loads of stuff to be done, so a little bit of time on your hands and a liking for parchment buttons in the AoE2 palette is a plus.
Duties include:
- Buttons and menus (in aoe2 style)
- Icon for AoFE (helmet)
- Cover image (the 3 warriors)
When to start: as soon as possible. This is quite a serious position, but hopefully it will be quid pro quo.
Fans/Historians
Technically, everyone with a healthy interest for history can fill this one in.
Duties include:
- Compose a list of historical events/heroes/battles that can be turned into a campaign/scenario
When to start: as soon as possible. This should be fun if you like history. However, this isn't just yelling at us "Hey, make a campaign about Richard the Lionhearted!". Here's an example of what a proposal for a short campaign should look like
Danegeld
Quest Giver: Charles the Bald
Quest City: Paris, France
Historical Summary: 854, Paris
Available:
Missions:
Ragnar’s Raiders
In 845, 120 Viking ships under the command of Ragnar Lodbrok attacked the city. The Vikings proved superior to the Franks, and withdrew only after being paid a Danegeld by Charles the Bald. This attack presaged the prolonged.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Paris_%28845%29
Collect 2000 gold before the Vikings breach your fortifications.
Siege of Paris
Sigfred, leader of the Danes, had demanded a bribe from Charles, but had been refused. He promptly led 700 ships up the Seine carrying more than 30,000 men, a number which is highly questionable. Paris at this time was a town on an island. Its strategic importance came from the ability to block ships' passage with its two low-lying foot bridges, one of wood and one of stone. Not even the shallow Viking ships could pass Paris because of the bridges. Odo prepared for the arrival of the Vikings by fortifying the bridgehead with two towers guarding each bridge. He was low on men, having no more than 200 men-at-arms available to him. He did have the aid of his brother, Robert, two counts, a marquis, and Joscelin, abbot of Saint-Germain-des-Prés.
The Vikings arrived on 25 November 885 and began by asking for tribute. This denied, they settled in for a siege. On 26 November, the Danes attacked the northeast tower with ballistae, mangonels, and catapults peppering the tower with arrows and stones. They were repulsed by a mixture of hot wax and pitch, however. That day, all Viking attacks were repulsed and during the night, the Parisians constructed another storey on the tower.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_P ... 0%93886%29
Protect the northeast tower until the Imperial army of Charles the Fat arrives.
Battle of Leuven
The Frankish force was led by Arnulf of Carinthia. The Franks successfully repelled the Viking assault and it is reported that the bodies of dead Northmen blocked the run of the river.
After the success, Arnulf built a castle on a small island in the Dijle River.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Leuven_%28891%29
Defeat the Vikings in a big DM like brawl
Quest Giver: Charles the Bald
Quest City: Paris, France
Historical Summary: 854, Paris
Available:
Missions:
Ragnar’s Raiders
In 845, 120 Viking ships under the command of Ragnar Lodbrok attacked the city. The Vikings proved superior to the Franks, and withdrew only after being paid a Danegeld by Charles the Bald. This attack presaged the prolonged.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Paris_%28845%29
Collect 2000 gold before the Vikings breach your fortifications.
Siege of Paris
Sigfred, leader of the Danes, had demanded a bribe from Charles, but had been refused. He promptly led 700 ships up the Seine carrying more than 30,000 men, a number which is highly questionable. Paris at this time was a town on an island. Its strategic importance came from the ability to block ships' passage with its two low-lying foot bridges, one of wood and one of stone. Not even the shallow Viking ships could pass Paris because of the bridges. Odo prepared for the arrival of the Vikings by fortifying the bridgehead with two towers guarding each bridge. He was low on men, having no more than 200 men-at-arms available to him. He did have the aid of his brother, Robert, two counts, a marquis, and Joscelin, abbot of Saint-Germain-des-Prés.
The Vikings arrived on 25 November 885 and began by asking for tribute. This denied, they settled in for a siege. On 26 November, the Danes attacked the northeast tower with ballistae, mangonels, and catapults peppering the tower with arrows and stones. They were repulsed by a mixture of hot wax and pitch, however. That day, all Viking attacks were repulsed and during the night, the Parisians constructed another storey on the tower.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_P ... 0%93886%29
Protect the northeast tower until the Imperial army of Charles the Fat arrives.
Battle of Leuven
The Frankish force was led by Arnulf of Carinthia. The Franks successfully repelled the Viking assault and it is reported that the bodies of dead Northmen blocked the run of the river.
After the success, Arnulf built a castle on a small island in the Dijle River.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Leuven_%28891%29
Defeat the Vikings in a big DM like brawl
Archive Crawler
Browse the online archives (AoKH etc...) for clever scenarios and campaigns. If you just like to do that as a past time, you might as well make your knowledge useful to us :P
Duties include:
- Look for clever and fun campaigns/scenarios that might be a good addition for AoFE
- Contact the original creators for more info and possibly cooperation
When to start: as soon as possible.
Campaign Manager
The chief in command over the previous 2 positions. So if you're into history and you're a well-organised lad(y), then we need you :D
Duties include:
- Outline a consistent set of campaigns, cooperating with the others on the campaign team
When to start: as soon as possible. I consider this position very important btw, you'll see later why.
Public Relations
A communicative type, the duties for this one aren't very lined out yet, and maybe I'll keep doing this one until I really find the 200% perfect help.
Duties include:
- Check out local communities and their thoughts on AoFE
- Look for occasions and happenings to showcase AoFE (LAN parties, etc)
- We're looking for a pro-active person here, so you'll probably outline the duties better than we can
When to start: as soon as possible. This is one of those positions that will be close to me, so once again, we better get along
Phew, what a post, hopefully I can get some feedback here, thanks in advance all!