The PHrZ Zquad

Please read before applying

A little transparency before you apply

PHrZ is currently in its pre-funding Alpha stage. Joining The PHrZ Zquad is an optional way to help the project grow and be part of our official contributor team. Alpha participation is currently unpaid. You choose whether to offer your time and skills, and we discuss each proposed contribution together.

To keep gameplay fair for every Keeper, Zquad membership and contributions do not earn PooPointz, other gameplay rewards, or progression advantages. Zquad members earn currency through the same gameplay rules as everyone else. Decorative role badges and agreed creator credits recognize their part in building PHrZ.

Once PHrZ receives funding, including through a successful Kickstarter, selected Zquad members may be invited to take on paid opportunities. We will discuss each opportunity's scope and USD rate together and agree on responsibilities, rights, credit, and payment timing before the paid work begins.

Joining the Zquad now does not guarantee a future paid position. You can decline a proposed contribution, pause, or step down without affecting your ordinary ability to play PHrZ. We want your participation to fit your interests and availability.

Real appointments · consented profiles

Meet the Zquad

These cards show actual appointed contributors and only the details each person agreed to publish.

The first member cards are still being prepared.

No people, testimonials, or contributions are shown here until an appointment and public-card consent are real.

Current opportunities

Open Zquad Pozitionz

Every published brief states its real status, possible scope, evidence, and review criteria.

Visual Art ContributorAlpha collaboration · Optional · Currently unpaid

Visual Art Contributor

Give a little Poo a whole lot of personality.

Possible contribution areas

PooPetz art
Keeper art
PooPetz and Keeper art

Initial scope

One or two people; PooPetz and Keeper specialties may initially be covered by one artist.

What to share

Two relevant existing artworks plus a short process note. If necessary, offer a rough thumbnail or annotated interpretation of a provided nonproduction reference, with a suggested maximum of 20–30 minutes. Do not require twelve species, all evolution stages, a full Keeper sheet, or animation.

Review criteria

Shape clarity, expression, stylistic consistency, readability at small sizes, drawing process, and ability to work from references.

Alpha collaboration · Optional · Currently unpaidContributions provide no gameplay currency, rewards, or progression advantages.

Story and Dialogue WriterAlpha collaboration · Optional · Currently unpaid

Echo casting · future paid opportunities

Voices for today, funded specialties for tomorrow

Echo Voice Performer applications may open for short original creature calls and chants when the private review and mail path is ready. Other specialist briefs remain future paid opportunities until funding and a concrete backlog exist.

No budget, rate, start date, roster size, or contract is implied here. Any future USD opportunity requires a separate discussion and written agreement covering scope, permitted use, rights, credit, rate, and payment timing before paid work begins.

Voice auditions are private evaluation material. Applying does not authorize publication, production reuse, editing for promotion, synthetic voice generation, voice cloning, or model training.

The art plan

From Alpha sketches to a human-made world

Rajaqua Alpha Demo 1.0 is a playable first look at PHrZ. Its visual development includes my original concepts and sketches, with ChatGPT used to help refine ideas and generate placeholder imagery.

Those AI-generated visuals are part of the prototype. My production goal is to replace the game's AI-generated visual placeholders with original digital artwork made by human artists, while preserving and developing the characters and world that make PHrZ its own.

Funding will help commission that work across PooPetz and their evolutions, Keepers, environments, items, interface art, badges, and other game visuals. We will publish the funded scope and replacement milestones as the budget is established, credit the artists involved, and share progress as the Alpha grows.

I am looking for artists with their own judgment, personality, and craft to help shape that next stage.

Application and review

A private, deliberate review—not a production handoff

Published role briefs explain the real status, possible scope, evidence to share, review criteria, and current compensation terms. Applications are private and remain visible to the applicant in My Applicationz.

Our audition promise

Show us what you can do, without giving away your work

Existing portfolio work is welcome. If a small additional sample would help us understand your fit, the listing will explain it clearly.

Your application and audition are for private review. We will not put an audition in the game, publish it, or use it in promotion without a separate agreement. Applying does not transfer ownership of your artwork, writing, code, or recordings.

For voice work, applying does not authorize cloning, synthetic generation, model training, or production reuse. Any production or promotional use requires a separate explicit agreement.

What happens next

Clear status, separate consent, no hidden appointment

The Owner reviews each durable application against its published brief. Saving a private note does not send an email. Any follow-up or decision message is a separate deliberate action.

Selection is not appointment. An appointment, decorative role badge, public member card, and any future paid agreement each require their own authority. A public card appears only after separate consent, and none of these records grants Admin permissions or gameplay rewards.

Plain-English answers

Questions from future Zquad members

Is Alpha participation required?

No. Joining the Zquad is optional. You can decline a proposed contribution, pause, or step down without affecting your ordinary ability to play PHrZ.

Does a Zquad role earn gameplay rewards?

No. Membership and contributions do not earn PooPointz, PPz, items, progression advantages, or competitive benefits. Every Keeper uses the same ordinary gameplay rules.

Will there be paid work?

PHrZ is currently pre-funding. If funding becomes available, selected contributors may discuss separate USD opportunities. Scope, rate, rights, credit, and payment timing must be agreed before paid work begins. Joining now does not guarantee a future paid position.

Can I apply with more than one skill?

Yes. A Keeper may apply to more than one suitable opening and may eventually hold more than one contribution role. Each application is reviewed against its published brief.

Will PHrZ use my audition?

An application or audition permits private evaluation only. PHrZ will not put it in the game, publish it, use it in promotion, clone a voice, or train a model with it without a separate explicit agreement.

What appears publicly if I join?

Only an actual appointment and information you separately agree to publish may appear on a Zquad member card. Your application, email, private samples, and review notes remain private.

Zquad

A little transparency before you apply

Meet the Zquad

The first member cards are still being prepared.

Open Zquad Pozitionz

Visual Art Contributor

Possible contribution areas

Initial scope

What to share

Review criteria

Voices for today, funded specialties for tomorrow

From Alpha sketches to a human-made world

A private, deliberate review—not a production handoff

Show us what you can do, without giving away your work

Clear status, separate consent, no hidden appointment

Questions from future Zquad members

Story and Dialogue Writer

Possible contribution areas

Initial scope

What to share

Review criteria

Social Media Lead

Possible contribution areas

Initial scope

What to share

Review criteria

Alpha Playtest and QA Coordinator

Possible contribution areas

Initial scope

What to share

Review criteria

Echo Voice Performer

Possible contribution areas

Initial scope

What to share

Review criteria