I received an inquiry for participating in a game development project as a skinner / texture guy and maybe also for working with the storyline and tech manual.

Before I answer I would like to know if anybody has heard of the company "Clandcore design group" and the game "starsiege:2845"? I haven't but the sites look very convincing. I've received mail from a guy that is on their staff list - it looks personal but could be a "copy'n'paste" mail with replaced names.

The company:
http://www.clancore.net/corp1/index.html

The game:
http://2845.mechnex.net/

Any info would be greately appreciated.

This one? "Mr. Herczog, This email is to offer you a position with ClanCore Design Group. We are a game development company currently producing the PC title "Starsiege: 2845". Our website is www.clancore.net . I invite you to browse the entire site, but I would specifically suggest looking at our media gallery for the project: go to the Starsiege: 2845 section of the page and then click the thumbnail image on the left side of the new page. CCDG is a relatively new company that began as a group of volunteers who wanted to create a sequel to the game "Starsiege" (the company who produced Starsiege, a branch of Vivendi Universal, did not wish to fund a sequel), and as such we can offer no monetary compensation for your participation. However, our game has received much press coverage in the gaming industry, and upon completion VU will almost certainly distribute the game as widely as any of their other titles. I say "almost certainly" because the final decision is up to them. If they decide to not distribute the game, they will at least allow it to be downloaded from the internet. Our hope is that CCDG will be launched into a position to be paid for future ventures, but at the very least everyone involved in the production of Starsiege: 2845 will have an impressive addition to their resumes. Since our company is comprised of volunteers, everyone's participation is strictly part time, while they juggle full time jobs and family/social lives. Most of our members have never met face to face. However, I believe that after browsing through our gallery and the rest of our website, you will agree that despite the fact that our staff members are not being paid, the game is as professional as any on the market. The specific position I am offering is as a skinner for our 3D models. We are fortunate to have a good supply of volunteers skilled with various modeling programs, but finding people who can create skins of the quality we desire is a difficult task. After looking through your website, I think that you could do well in duplicating the look we have with our models. It is also possible to participate in some other capacities, such as an artist for our compendium (storyline and technical manual), or with anything else where your skills would be of use. Please feel free to ask any questions you have. I'll look forward to hearing back from you!" It can very well be legit, but you can never be to sure. I always get suspicious when someone wants me to work for free. :)

Exactly! Just what I suspected!! :D

CG is fun, but to work with people you dont know and MAYBE get payed is something ild avoid. But thats me. :)

I also received an offer for "cheap viagra" and "your doctor says no - we say yes". In my neighborhood "maybe get payed" = "don't get payed"

lol shows again how informative this forum is beware folks !

And lets not forget poor Mr Ugumbumbu Ghundumhuburu from Gambia who needs YOUR help to transfer $658000000 from his secret account.

Classic ;)

Snail mail me a dollar ( U.S. ) with your email addy... and I'll tell you the secret to happiness.....Just don't be unhappy...oops...gave it away...but hey... the world is still full of suckers...

Yes, I'd like to be my own boss and legitimately make $1,000,000 a year without quiting my day job. I'll gladly send my $500 to find out how!

Yet we forget the great deal we can get on a mortgage :(

Personally I'm ALWAYS interested in the the shy sluts next door..........

I had a similair one last year, I created an image for them based on their spec etc and they loved it. Strangely enough after that I had no more contact from them hmmmmmm! Seems to be another regular issue of getting us guys to do the donkey work for nothing.

I have heard about folks trying to do the next version of Starsiege. These might be the real people. I might have a link to the site. If someone tapped me to contribute for a game, I might be interested. No one pays me for my stuff so whats the diff? Other than you have to work within someone's specs. Might be a good networking opportunity and something to put in your portfolio. If they don't contact you again after you made something for them, then that sucks. Starsiege was a later version of the earthseige series, sort of a Mechwarrior ripoff, instead of Mechs, you had Hercs. I played it and hated it, the mission briefings were crap, you had no idea how to complete your mission. They came out with a turn based game and that's good stuff. Everybody only had a certain number of actions during a turn, if you did not move a unit, it could shoot at enemy units on the enemy's turn. Wish I could remember the name.