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I''m designing a commercial strategy/RPG game (nicknamed Project: FurryRPG; no real title yet)...this is my first major project, but I have been programming for years now and have experience with testing out design ideas, and have some ideas of what can and cannot work in a game. I am experimenting with fuzzy logic (and writing a Python AI lib called Magrathea). At this time I only have a small bit of code and documentation, however much of the concept has been floating around in my head for a couple years now. I think I just need some help in getting everything down "on paper" and in code. I do not have a publisher at this time; I wish to develop a demo that may attract the attention of one, to help in developing the game.
I''m programming the game in Python, using PyGame (an SDL binding) and PyOpenGL. I had considered other languages such as C, C++, and Java, but have rejected them because my design does not demand high performance nor any serious amount of low-level manipulation, and I have found Python to be much simpler to write code in (especially maintainable code) and debug. I need programmers to help me design and implement the code.
Note that I do not need game designers at this time; I wish to be the one making the design decisions. I will accept game design input from other team members, but I will not consider it to be "a democracy" and will choose for myself what ideas have merit. However, code design and implementation issues are a different matter.
At the moment I need one pixel artist (most of the game''s graphics will be 2D), one 3D artist (I''m experimenting with some limited use of cel-shading), and preferably several Python programmers. Your amount of experience with Python doesn''t matter; you can even join if you don''t speak a word of Python but you intend to (but I hope you have experience with other programming languages if you do).
I would like to regularly hold small conferences on IRC or AOL Instant Messenger to discuss any issues to be resolved. (Like business meetings, except not useless.) My AIM name is FurryKef; you can contact me there if you wish to join. (Of course, I''ll stick around for responses to this post.)
If you have any questions, ask away.
- Kef