   Avatar Unlocked : Social Gaming Site
AVATAR UNLOCKED Interactive Wesbite ConceptCopyright (c) 2010 - Digital Ink ProductionsSummary : AVATAR UNLOCKED will be a social networking focusing on the Gamer community where each member get a customizable avatar and unlocks achievements by doing tasks in the website. Games, contests, and multmedia will also be available Information : The idea of Avatar Unlocked is to create a social networking site that will appear to gamers for consistent returning visits offering special contests, surprises and many playable games to unlock special items, minigames, page unlocks, and bonus features.The appeal will be social networking  on the forums and also various other means such as status updates and page comments. Viewers will be able to update what game they're currently playing, all their personal information, page layout, and of course their 3d avatar.Payable items will also be purchasable for your character or additional content to fill your page or avatars 3d box such as pets, vehicles, and various other objects.Achievements will be unlocked and points attained for moving on the website, posting, updating consistently and participating in community events and polls, as well as playing the mini games using your avatar ( and winning ! ) The front page will display mainly game / geek news upon login as well as informing the user of the most played games and other information of personal preference. The purpose of the website is to appeal vastly to the gamer/geek culture and create a social networking site where everyone can have fun discussing and updating!Some features will include :- 3D Integrated Avatar System and items.- Social aspects such as Forum, Updates, Statuses and a custom personal webpage.- Mini Games utilizing the Custom 3d Avatar to collect AP ( Avatar Points ) and achievements.- Contests, Polls and various other community interactions.- Purchasable Items and Addons for your Page using the Avatar Points and Money.- ( In Future ) An accompanying iPhone application to update status.THE GOALBasically I'd just like some open feedback and if anyone is interested in helping out with the development I'd be more then happy to collaborate on it. I'm hoping that in the end it will be a mid point of something like Gaia Online / Facebook but for gamers of all sorts.LOOKING FOR -Web Coders for the site layout and functionality-Unity or other Engine Developers to create the 3d avatar box on the userpage, editing system on the avatar page, and the games section to utilize the avatars. I'm already in discussion with people from gamr about bundling our efforts with more team members so stay tuned for that.We can work out a form of compensation wether it be milestone based or other. I'd ideally like to spend less as possible but I understand skill is worth money! The overall goal is to have revenue come in via paid content and ads.Concept Image down below ( A quick mockup ) :For more information please reply, pm or email me at : david@avatarunlocked.comThank you for your time : )[Edited by - DavidAU on May 25, 2010 9:11:24 AM]
  If you want to, you can link to your images using<a href="http://avatarunlocked.com/image.jpg">image</a>or embed them using<img src="http://avatarunlocked.com/image.jpg" />Good luck with your project!   ;  Most all sites like this that I've seen that have game type elements in it (such as Neopets and Gaia Online) have been targeted toward the younger crowd.  A more adult audience site would be a wonderful addition to this, and I admit -- I'd use it!Good luck with the project, looks promising so far.   ;  Very interesting.I definitely love the site mockup. 10/10Good luck to you and your company with your endeavors.   ;  @Everyone : Just want to thank you all for you support and interest! I've had this idea stirring for a while and was hoping people would be interested and so far it's been great letting it out in the open!If anyone is interested in discussing the happenings of AU please feel free to visit our new temporary forums at :http://avatarunlocked.com/forum/Not much happening at the moment other then just setups and simple threads but hopefully given time we can have some great discussions about the forthcoming AU website!   