The Game

I'm building DEADHOLD, a top-down wave-survival roguelite where you defend a boarded-up house against zombie hordes. The gameplay is working — rounds, upgrades, defense mechanics — and now I need to bring the visuals to life.

Genre: Top-down zombie defense roguelite (think Brotato meets CoD Zombies) Engine: Godot 4 Art style: Dark atmospheric pixel art — purple/cold exterior with fog, warm orange interior glow

I am in no way an artist! so I have a generated photo of conceptually what I am looking for but I know I don't want the who game generated by AI. I tried tiling my self.. Then I came here lol!

Task 1: Tilemap Assembly — $100 Flat

Take my existing pixel art asset pack (TheLazyStone's Post-Apocalypse pack) and my concept art reference, and assemble a finished single-room tilemap in Godot 4. This is to really polish off the existing alpha that I have and give the game character.

What I provide:

• The full asset pack (all sprites and tiles)
• Concept art showing the target aesthetic
• A Godot 4 reference scene with exact room dimensions, wall positions, and window locations
• An art bible with style guide, color palette, and placement notes

What I need delivered:

• A Godot 4 .tscn scene with:
  • Interior floor tilemap with tile variation (no single repeated tile)
  • Wall tile sprites matching existing room geometry (800×600 interior, 32px thick walls)
  • 4 window openings at specified positions left clear for game logic
  • Exterior ground tilemap (dead grass/dirt, surrounding the house)
  • Furniture placement: fireplace (north wall), table (center area), bed (east side), bookshelf (west wall), 1-2 lanterns
• Sprites imported with nearest-neighbor filtering
• Clean scene tree organization

Timeline: 1 week

Requirements:

• Experience with Godot 4's TileMap system specifically
• Comfortable working with existing asset packs
• Can match a visual reference (concept art provided)

Beyond Task 1: Original Pixel Art — Name Your Price

If Task 1 goes well, I'm looking for a long-term pixel art collaborator to create original art for the game as it develops toward Steam launch. Task 1 is a paid trial — a chance for both of us to see if we work well together.

The full scope (phased, not all at once):

Characters:

• Player character — idle, walk, shoot, reload, hurt, death animations (4 directions)
• 4 zombie types — each with walk, attack, death animations (4 directions)
• Base sprite size: ~12-32px per frame

Environment:

• Original interior tileset (wooden cabin — floor, walls, furniture, windows, boards in damage states)
• Original exterior tileset (dead ground, dead trees, debris, props)
• Fog/atmosphere overlay

UI:

• Upgrade card frames with rarity borders (Common/Rare/Epic)
• Category icons (weapon, defense, utility)
• HUD elements (health bar, round counter)
• Death screen and menu styling

Effects:

• Muzzle flash, bullet impacts, explosion, board break particles
• Damage numbers, hit flashes

I have a detailed art bible breaking down every asset with sizes, frame counts, animation specs, and priority phases. Happy to share it with serious applicants.

If you're interested in the long-term work, include in your reply:

1. Your portfolio (pixel art, especially top-down or 3/4 perspective)
2. Examples of character animation work if you have them
3. Your rate (per character, per asset set, hourly — however you prefer to price)
4. Your rough timeline for the full scope above (I know it's a lot — just a ballpark)
5. Whether you're comfortable working in Godot 4 or delivering sprite sheets for me to import

About the Project

• Gameplay is fully functional (rounds, wave scaling, upgrade draft system, defense/repair mechanics)
• Pre-alpha is live on itch.io for play testing
• Targeting Steam release (Early Access first, then full launch)
• Solo developer handling all code and design
• Art bible, GDD, and concept art are complete and documented
• This is a serious project with a clear roadmap, not a "maybe someday" idea

How to Apply

Comment or DM with:

1. Your portfolio link
2. Whether you're interested in just Task 1 ($100), the long-term work, or both
3. Any questions about the project

Payment: PayPal or whatever works for you. Task 1 is $50 upfront, $50 on approved delivery.

Thanks for reading. Happy to answer questions about the project, share concept art, or walk through the art bible with anyone who's interested.

Hello world!

In the early development of my game and looking for input and criticism on what i am doing wrong and what might actually be working! Being honest but most of the framework code was generated and I made tweaks where necessary to move the development into a place where the core loop was playable. Ill be posting in a few other places to look for a pixel artist to build out the tile map and possibly work with long term. Game is currently playable on Itch.io