That's interesting that you thought that it was like Akira. It does kind of resemble that architecture, but I guess mainly because it's a futuristic city that got owned, hehe, 
Nexus I love your work, that NS map makes it look like Goldsource IS Source, lol.
You may remember the post about Birthstar needing animators, but now that we've filled up that department with three professional-level guys, we need to fill in a new position.
Basically, this person would need to be able to report back to the team constantly on the department's progress, and design parts of the city as well. Good communication skills are needed, a steady work ethic, and some solid previous work.
If this appeals to you, please reply to this post, or contact me at [email protected], aim: icedale1, msn: [email protected]
Here's some concept art, the style you'll be working off of.
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Well, it's a tech demo. Basically, we're using the Source SDK in order to develop a demo that we are listed at GDC to show. 
So it's not a standalone game, but that is definitely the end goal.
Hey! So, here's some info,
The premise of the game has a very deep backstory of which is not
actually touched upon in the first game and especially not the demo;
we want to create a franchise here. Birthstar places you in the shoes
of one of 16 troops that are deployed in the recon assault team Tango-88. Tango-88 is usually the first to fight, and sometimes the ONLY to fight, both in small-scale skirmishes, and larger scale battlegrounds. Tango-88 utilizes every member of it's team; each member has a role to play, a job to assume. These jobs can range anywhere from the marksman, to the medic, to the anti-air man, to the anti-air loader. Each member's role is key to the success of each mission. We're stressing co-op play; we want to maximize this gametype's potential for greatness and fun.
The storyline itself takes place about half a millenia in the future.
Human's have left Earth in favor of the stars, and have formed two
distinct coalitions. The Tusten Confederation are definitely more
militaristic, more industrial by nature than the UCS (Unified Core
Systems,) who favor a democratic approach to their life and their
military. Earth has become more than a wasteland to the Tustens; in
their eyes it is the mecca of their civilization, and they become
quite religious in their ferver to acquire it. The UCS control it
however, and are convinced the Tustens are just trying to start a war
between coalitions. Thus, the Tustens begin to encroach on UCS
territory, conquering planets and galaxies in their march towards
Earth. When they begin to attack the Republic, (one of the more
staunch allies to the UCS,) the UCS is forced to join the war.
For seventeen months, the Tustens and the Republic have been at a
tactical stalemate. The Tustens have been throwing everything at the
Republic defense and slowly but surely have been chipping away. At the
same time, they have been maneuvering reserve forces to the Republic
outworlds in order to stretch the Republic defense until it snaps.
It's working.
Meanwhile the UCS has been routing and staging forces to prepare for a
mass reinforcements operation. Special Forces units, Tango-88
included, have been doing espionage and insurgency missions into
Tusten territory and during one of hese missions three members of
Tango-88 were killed in action. Now, they have been fed replacementts
and have been rotated back to their assigned company, Charlie-18 of
the 2-1-21st, ready for their new assignment.
Gameplay-wise, we really want to focus on a solid co-op experience. In
the full-game, every member of the 16 man team will be playable; for
the demo, 8-10 will be available. We also want to revolutionize the
way tactical games are played by providing a sophisticated command
structure within the team; orders pass down the ranks, the captain,
(Capt. Remus Harlan,) is the only one who can communicate with the
OPSAT, (who is orbiting the planet with a satellite view of the planet
below him/her.)
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