Myr

The idea you've all had for a community-developed piece of software is pretty interesting. It's one I've been considering for a while since I just haven't been all that thrilled with what's out there right now, including the user-created mods and additions. They're great work, but I feel the core of the game is out of date and not open enough to allow complex new and modern ideas. From what I've read it doesn't look like any of you have real game developing or software engineering experience or instruction. Having those skills is what takes you from creating a few little pieces of a program over the short term to putting it all together months down the road on the long term. You need a roadmap, vision and design documentation, and a general architecture for the game itself. You also need a meeting place that's for project members only so that you can focus your thoughts and get on the same page without distraction. Good luck with your project. Hopefully you all don't disappear like the Roller Coaster Tycoon 4 community project did. I'd offer to join in, but I've been burned on too many community projects so what I'm working on is a personal project until I get to the sounds part.

EA's CEO sounds a lot like Disney's CEO when he made the comment about 2d animation being obsolete, a thing of the past, and inferior to 3d animation.