   Searching people to develop a MMO
  Hi!! I'll be fast: im searching people to create a MMO, actually I'm an addict of Runescape so I want to create my own game. Hey, i know its impossible and nobody is gonna help me, in fact I don't know why I writing this, but thats not the point.I know about MMORPGs rules, economy, items of the game (weapons, monsters, NPCs, places (dungeons, citys, etc.), etc.), quests, combat, etc.So I need:someone who programs the network part, someone who programs the device (graphics) part (which may be an own engine, Ogre3d or another one), someone who makes the database stuff and someone who creates the GAME engine, which mixes this 3 things together with the rules and economy of the game.Thanks for nothingnoob84   
  You'll probably need to learn a lot and actually start implementing it to show that you're committed to the project before people will join a team with you.   ;  Remember that i'm not talking about myself, this means that like nobody cares about me (coz Im just an MMO addict), what i want is to join the people who worth the trouble here in GameDev to create a game. What i can do is just to HELP with the rules and economy features of it.   ;  I will make a MMORPG for you! OMG I don't know why I didn't think of this before! A MMORPG! WE WILL BE RICH!! HAHAHAHAH LOLOOLOLOL!!!!But seriously. Making a MMORPG takes years, Runescape has been in development for eight years, and has been rewritten four times.  If you ever want to be involved in such a project then you will need to bring some skills to a team.  Just being a MMORPG addict is not enough, there are millions of them afterall.   ;Quote:Original post by noob84Remember that i'm not talking about myself, this means that like nobody cares about me (coz Im just an MMO addict), what i want is to join the people who worth the trouble here in GameDev to create a game. What i can do is just to HELP with the rules and economy features of it.So, you want to join an already existing team?Well, the AP is right, you'll likely need some technical skills to bring to the team, or you won't be pulling your weight.Please note that I'm not attempting to say that you're unskilled or belittle your plans in any way, but in a team, each team member needs to do an equal amount of work, and since most of making an MMO is about the actual engine and networking, by concentrating on the actual MMO world (rules, economy, etc) you won't be contributing as much as the other members in the team.If you had some more experience in implementing the rules, economy and such (the coding side, or at least some scripting), you'd probably get a better response.But, bottom line: to create an MMO or join a team that is developing one, you will need technical skills.   ;Quote:Original post by noob84I know about MMORPGs rules, economy, items of the game (weapons, monsters, NPCs, places (dungeons, citys, etc.), etc.), quests, combat, etc.Sorry, but knowing about these things is near-useless to a development team by itself.  As others have mentioned, you'd need some technical skills if you want to either work with an existing team or to attract a team to work on your own design.  As an alternative, you could probably also pursuede a team to create your design with sufficient cash, but that would be quite expensive.There's an old saying that ideas are a dime a dozen, and that very much applies to your present situation; it's very rare that anyone with the skills required to develop a massively multiplayer game wouldn't have thier own ideas for how it should be done, and persueding them that they should work on your idea rather than someone else's would be very difficult to say the least.  Likewise if someone is already developing an MMO, they're going to be looking for someone who can contribute something meaningful to the project, and the things you've listed are generally the things people want to handle themselves.So......if you want to join an existing team that is already working on an MMO:You're going to need some additional skills to offer.  You may be able to get away with this being writing if you're particularly good at it, but generally you'll need either programming skills, or the ability to produce game assets (music and sound).  If you can offer some useful skill to a team and manage to find one you then may be able to get some input into the design of the game....if you want to recruit your own team to create an MMO:Again, you'll need some skill yourself.  Noone wants to work on someone else's idea unless that person is also pulling thier weight on the team, whether that be through programming or asset production.  You'll also need to write up your ideas into some presentable form in order to attract people, and until you're able to show off some kind of content you'll find it very difficult to get any non-negative attention.As an alternative route you could consider modding an existing game such as Bioware's Neverwinter Nights; an excellent game can be created this way with somewhat less difficulty, although you are restricted somewhat by the game you choose to work with.  You'd probably still need to find some help, but it'd be a lot easier to get some of the work done yourself and be able to show that off to potential helpers.As one more alternative that doesn't really involve you getting much done at all, you could just discuss your ideas publically through our Game Design forum and similar other forums on the internet - if you're lucky some skilled developer might pick some of them up and use them, and if you're very good someone might even offer you some (probably very minor) place on a team.Also, I'll point you in the direction of the Help Wanted Forum - just be sure to check out the *** READ BEFORE POSTING *** sticky thread before posting if you decide to create your own Help Wanted thread.Hope that helps you somewhat. [smile]   ;  You should save that post away somewhere, then bring it out ad verbatim when necessary.   ;  There is one way to get into a team other than what Kazgoroth mentioned: you could supply the money.But if you're playing Runescape and not WoW, chances are you don't have several  million to spare.   ;Quote:Original post by EzbezThere is one way to get into a team other than what Kazgoroth mentioned: you could supply the money.End of my first paragraph. [wink];  My bad. :DLooks like you covered 'em.   