Started as an idea for a game, now an idea for a thread of glory...

[esper]

Skip this post, unless you are interested in a really cool game idea by yours truly. Don't listen to Kinoko either (sorry, K, just kidding) ... Go down to my heavily edited second post to see where this is going...
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Now, listen, dammit.... This is straight from M0ds' mouth:

I am implementing a brand new rule. ONLY post a topic asking for team members for a game if you include one or more of the following; screenshots, example of your work, storyline/synopsis of the game, music etc.

Example of my work: http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/index.php?topic=22452.0
Ã,  Ã, ESPER: Town on the Edge of Darkness.

If anyone wants to work on the ESPER series with me, that would be cool. I have a couple of stories lined up and a background artist. BUT that's not what I'm posting here for.

SYNOPSIS:
I am looking for a crew to help me out with an in-between game, not part of my ESPER horror series. The idea is this:

ROBBIE-29

Ã,  Ã, Robbie-29 tells the tale of a little service droid that wakes up one day with a glitch in his programming. He is normally just a janitor on board the freighter U.I.S. Maelstrom, but today he realizes he is something more.
Ã,  Ã, As he comes online, his diagnostics tell him that there is something wrong with him, so he goes to see the chief engineer. Unable to vocalize his problems, she sends him to run some errands, one of which includes cleaning up a mess caused by a strange interstellar traveller the Maelstrom picked up at Thoth station three weeks ago.
Ã,  Ã, When he arrives, he finds a strange biomass that he stores in his cleaning units. Upon discovering it there, the chief engineer sends him to the ship's library to research it. In the meantime, a strange area of darkness is approaching the ship. When ROB-29 comes out of the library, he finds the entire crew has been completely wiped out and there is no trace of the strange "guest." Thus begins Robbie's quest to find out what wiped out the crew of the Maelstrom, including the Chief Engineer, who was the only person who ever showed him any compassion.
Ã,  Ã, The quest takes Robbie to space stations, distant planets, and to the end of the universe, where a dark secret eons dormant is awakening.

Ã,  Ã, I have the entire story plotted out, and maps drawn of the entire game. All the puzzles are in place, but if anyone has any ideas for more, that would be great.
Ã,  Ã, I also have five backgrounds made that I will post tomorrow if anyone shows interest today. However, I am not toally pleased with them. If any background artists would like to join up and give new life to Robbie's world, or at least give better life to my backgrounds by doing paintovers, that would also be welcome. There are three decks on the ship, each with 4 locations. There are three planets, each with 5 or less, and a space station with 4 locations. Thus, there are roughly 36 total locations. After the crew gets wiped out, there might need to be some revisions to some of the rooms on the ship.
Ã,  Ã, I will of course need some music and SFX. What is needed will be open to interpretation by whatever musician would like to join, as long as it is a serious attempt.
Ã,  Ã, I am also looking for someone to make a GUI that would reflect the main character being a small robot without the capability of speech or manual interaction, but who can gain upgrades.
Ã,  Ã, The biggest thing I'm looking for is character artists and animators. I could conceivably do everything else, but I'm lousy at this. I was relatively pleased with Town on the Edge of Darkness, but I think the character art and animation left MUCH to be desired. I have concept art for Robbie, the Chief Engineer, and the ship's security guards, and have a good visualization of what the other characters will look like.

Ã,  Ã, If anyone is interested, please let me know either here or by PM, and I will (tomorrow, as I don't have my laptop with me tonight) send you the full story and the current backgrounds and concept art. I am VERY serious about this project, but my inability to do themed art has been hindering me. Help a brother out

[Kinoko]

It was a nice try, but I'm afraid Mods still won"t be pleased. There's a whole seperate thread for looking for team members stickied.

[esper]

Hmmm. There isn't a smiley for what I'm looking for, here. I kinda want an angry face that looks like it's saying "FRAZ!!!! I'm relatively certain that NO ONE EVER GOES TO ACR!!!! And when they do, it's a bunch of nine year old fishburgers (with the exception of the recent post by Barbarian) that are like "I aer t3h r0x0rzzzzz hepp me maik t3h gayme aboot t3h dogge that wnts 2 eet fud!!11!!!!!" I'm mad serious about making this game, and will set myself entirely on a gasoline-assisted fire if I never get to make it!!! AND GAS PRICES ARE FRIGGIN'Ã,  EXPENSIVE IN AMERICA!!!"

Seriously, M0ds, go out and get yourself a PO box and I'll send 20 bucks to it to keep this here. Otherwise, at least please move it to ACR instead of deleting it or locking it!!!

EDIT: Or here's a better idea.... Let's change the name of this and sticky it and make a new thread for experienced gamemakers looking for crews, so that people will take it more seriously. Or start a "game ideas" thread... OR DO SOMETHING!!!!!

::whines like wee little whacker::

EDIT2: Plus, this is too long to go in ACR. It's huge, man.

EDIT3: Or this.... This is brilliant. PROVE ME WRONG!!!! You can't.... Because this is just too brilliant....

Let's start a thread for people looking to form PERMANENT teams... Not just for ideas of games that they want to have made, but people saying "Pardon me, I want to make a game. I'm a background artist." "Hey, I'm good at writing stories and proofreading." "Whattup, you, I is the mad awesome animator" "h3y, 1 4r3 t3h l33t h4xx0r pr0gr4mm3r" and then putting them together... Kind of like classified singles ads, only not classified and not exclusive to singles. And not necessarily an ad...

EDIT 4 (bordering on postwhoring): Okay, this is getting old and lame, I know... I'm sorry.... I know that there is a thread for people to offer their services, but this is not that... It's not for people who say "I want to make a game, but I'm no good at animating, let me go find an animator and ask for help," but rather for people who say "I would like to form a team of people that make games together, each with varied skills... " You get it, right?

[Andail]

Take it easy dude. You're being pretty noisy for someone who's been around for just a couple of months.

Do what every other responsible person would do:
* Make a game of your own. (you have done this, go to number 2)
* Establish contact with people who have shown interest in your projects, or people whose art/music/scripting you admire and find suitable.
* Advertise in your own project-threads, your homepage, your signature etc. Make sure you learn to know the people you want to team up with.
* A ridiculous amount of team projects fail in a very early stage. It is your responsibility to make sure you waste as few people's time as possible.

Good luck.