   [mmo] 2020 it ends here
  Team name:We currently have no team name, but im hoping for 2020 studiosProject name:2020 It ends todayBrief description:The year is 2020 the location classified, the time somewhere between Midnight and 2am. The job survival.This was no ordinary day, the world is in a mess, the reasons, mass invasions from aliens.Let me give you a bit of history the aliens landed in 2018 with a peacefull yet purposfull visit, they came and spoke with our world leaders at first offering to help sace us from the mess we had created.Shortly in all turned to panic and the Department of Citizen Defence Networks or DoCDN realesed its protype X-21 fighting machines, essentailly a robotic human with a gun and sensors for eyes, not a pretty beast but it did help in the begin of THE WAR.Target aim:Retail / Monthly SubscriptionCompensation:Offering a percentage of potential revenue, + lifetime subscriptions and Game Master title in game.Technology:I am looking at Realm Crafter or Torque or maybe Unity, This will be upto the programing team to decided.Talent needed:We need all talent, artist, programers, scripters, creative writers, ect.Team structure:Currently their is no team just me, My job is to put the team together, to motivate and to help out where I can.Website:Currently we can use opensourcedesign.co.uk/2020 but soon I will buy a new domain for this.Contacts:2020@opensourcedesign.co.ukYahoo wkd_marty06AIM wkdboi06@mac.comPrevious Work by Team:No previous workAdditional Info:Some background info on two of the factions, These can be changed. Everything is rough and the team has alot of creational input.Independant Army Aliance; Leader Jeff SandersBio: Jeff SandersJeff Sanders was born in pandomania in 1985, He was educated to degree standard at the University of Zods, Where he undertook a degree in Computer Science, Since accomplishing that, Jeff went on to do many great things including in late 2007 design on of the most secure communications networks every to exsist, Delta-Comm.Jeff is a born leader and had a busy team underneath him thourghout his career, Jeff became leader of IAA due to his skills both in Computers but also the qualities he possed in leadship/direction ectUnited Front Army; Leader Mike FinnBio: Mike FinnMike Finn was born in Junipor 9, He grew up and went to juni universcity, where he studied Business, Mike is a director of United Front, United Front is a Miltary funded program in Robotics and engineering, Mike became director in september 2004 taking over from WJ Bishop.Since Mike became director of UF they have created many systems including Eagle Eye, Which is a satalite based missle guidence system, he also help out with the greatest project (Artifical Intelligence, One of the Early X ProtypesFeedback:ENCOURAGING/ANY[Edited by - 2020 on February 22, 2010 1:31:58 PM]
  Can you briefly explain what role would the manager of the game do?;  Manager is Team Leader, and also to overview designs, Lend a hand where possible and where I can.   ;  The following is just my humble opinion.You will need to do much more than that to start a game. It takes a lot of effort to make a game, especially a MMO. A good project leader should have some experience of leading a team, spread out in different locations across the world. He will also have to motivate the team when the chips are down. This is not a personal criticism, so dont take it personally. There have been many who have tried to develop a game without contributing to the game code, art or music. Some have at least prepared a design document of the game.;  I have prepared lots of docs in relation to this game, I also have the leadership due to lead serveral web development projects thourghout europe/ india / ect   ;  You should share a bit more info of the game, so that some of the guys interested would be able to see if they are up for it.Also, I wish you all the best in your endeavor.;  A little teaser.I have alot more but this is just a part of the design doc--Extarct 2020 Game Design Doc --The year is 2020 the location classified, the time somewhere between Midnight and 2am. The job survival.This was no ordinary day, the world is in a mess, the reasons, mass invasions from aliens.Let me give you a bit of history on this the aliens landed in 2018 with a peacefull yet purposfull visit, they came and spoke with our world leaders at first offering to help sace us from the mess we had created.Shortally in all turned to panic and the DoD realesed its protype x21 fighting machines, essentailly a robotic human with a gun and sensors for eyes, not a pretty beast but it did help in the begin of THE WAR.-- End --I hope you like it   ;  Just a friendly suggestion (since you asked for all feedback); start smaller and build your way up. An MMO takes years to build and I don't think you are quite there yet to tackle something like this. Management alone on a big team is hard enough; especially when you have a constant flow of emails coming in that are high priority and they need answered yesterday.Without a proof of concept, no real story or events, etc. it's going to be hard to find a team. There is no security or comfort blanket at all so people will be going in blind and not really knowing what to expect. A note about the design doc... No offense, but you really need a writer. A design doc/story for an MMO is a novel (hundreds if not thousands of pages). Also, make sure the grammar in your design docs are top notch so the staff have an easier time understanding what is trying to be portrayed. Also, make sure your words are real. I'm not an author by any means, but I have never seen, nor used, the word shortally.My best advice would be to take a step back. Sit down and really think this thing through. Jot down your ideas as they come to you; whether they are good or bad! Jot down ideas about missions, characters, events, societies, etc. Once you have enough ideas then go back through them a second time. This will allow you to do the "wtf was I thinking there?!? What a dumb idea!" type of thing. Likewise, on your good ideas you can improve upon them. This would be your design doc. Sure you can have an executive summary in there, but not the whole story line. Since it's an MMO I would write it in another doc just because of how large it will be.I hope you took this as advice and not personal. My intent was to help you so I hope you got something out of it.   ;  Anyway contact me if you'd like to know more.I would like to start work on this project asap, and hope to get an alpha ready by Mid/Late 2010[Edited by - 2020 on February 9, 2010 3:34:59 PM];Quote:Original post by 2020Anyway contact me if you'd like to know more.I would like to start work on this project asap, and hope to get an alpha ready by Mid/Late 2010Don't mean to dissapoint you, but the chance of getting an alpha out for an unstarted MMO game in under a year is slim to none. I've been programming a third person, singleplayer RPG with an experienced team of 15 for close to a year and we don't even have an alpha build out yet.   