Creating a browser MMORPG, Need a team!

[The Titan]

First off, let me say thank you for reading this post. I am starting an MMORPG and I am looking for a team of dedicated individuals that are willing to join a group to put this thing together.

If you fall into any of these category's I would love to hear from you

A bored programmer looking for a project.
Somebody who is willing to make some money in the future.
A very dedicated person.
A new programmer that is looking for team project experience.
Somebody looking for a learning experience.
A gamer.
A Storyteller.
Somebody that needs some experience in there field.
Somebody looking for something to add to a portfolio.
Simply interested in this idea.

No Experience Needed!
I am looking to make a community of developers that can help with the projects, as well as with the other developers along the learning curve of there field. This will be a learning experience for everyone involved!
Having experience will definitely help and it would be great to hear from you, although having a ton is not necessary. Please note, some knowledge of your field will be necessary.

What positions are available?
I am looking for people in these areas:


PHP/MySQL Programmers
Web Designers
Graphic Designers
Story Designers



If you are a developer or aspire to be in one of these fields please apply! Please note that some knowledge is necessary.

How do I get in?
Simply navigate to http://platedcity.com/developers and fill out the application form.

I know my field, but i don't know if I can write a game...
Nonsense... Writing a game is nothing more than writing a web application. Just be confident, and if you don't like it don't bother! Nothing is forcing you to stick around.

How old is this project?
This project is under a week old! That means no code to try to figure out, no old crap to try to deal with. Start fresh with me and lets make this happen!

So whats this game all about?
The game will be called "Plated City". Is a MMORPG with a twist of RTS. It is a medieval based game with a great story, gameplay, and economy in mind. I am trying to keep it in this genre but that is all there is. I want the team to be able to congregate and build the game from the ground up from all aspects, including the story.

You said money! I like money... What's up with that?
If you want to make money, there will be a time for that. The dedicated and good developers will be able to make a portion of the websites monthly income (when that time comes). So the harder we work, The faster we update, and the better the game, the more money we can make together.

Who are you?
My name is Daniel, and i am a web developer. I specialize in PHP/MySQL applications and I have over 10 years if experience in my field. I have done a lot of freelance programming, and I love a frozen pizza, a cup of coffee, and a keyboard in front of me.
My problem is I can't make this happen by myself. I need help from YOU.

Thank You!
Thank you for reading this post and considering joining the Plated City development team!
Apply at http://platedcity.com/developers!

[edin9]

Will it be open source?

[NoaHall]

Cool. I signed up.

[The Titan]

No, not open source. However eventually I would like to have clients written in java for phones and other mobile deceives. These could possibly be open source.

[edin9]

No, not open source. However eventually I would like to have clients written in java for phones and other mobile deceives. These could possibly be open source.

No sale, sorry.

[The Titan]

No sale, sorry.
No problem. It wont be for everybody. But if you ever do change your mind you know where to go. :)

[Danoz]

No problem. It wont be for everybody. But if you ever do change your mind you know where to go. :)

Should consider going open source.

Sounds like an interesting project, anyway...

[virusiidx]

Sounds very interesting. Subscribing to this topic. :)

I fall into most of those categories, but I will still consider.

[The Titan]

Sounds very interesting. Subscribing to this topic. :)

I fall into most of those categories, but I will still consider.
That's great that you fall into these categories. I am trying to get a range of people to help out, and I hope I can help somebody else while they are helping me.


Should consider going open source.

Sounds like an interesting project, anyway...The reason I don't want to go open source with this project is because I don't want the entire world to be able to view the source of the game. This would make it easy on anybody with the intentions of malicious activity.

[The Titan]

Also, I forgot to mention that it will be a free game, if that matters to anyone. and I am also in search for somebody to do recruitment and marketing, as I am obviously no good at it. :)

Thank You

[133794m3r]

i'm sorry to say this but i honestly doubt too many people from this forums to help you in making a closed source project as this is an open source market. Also browser based games are a dime a dozen. Something that i also don't think too many people will be interested in doing.

I do wish you luck in finding a team for this thing. And i hope you truly making it innovative and such and not be like EVERY OTHER PBBG that's what this is shaping up to be. If you do well good job. I just hope you post this info somewhere else where people are more into closed source applications as most of the "linux community's" all against closed source.

rant
This makes a little bit of sense to me as i know of plenty of people who like and use photoshop and gimp is ok but it's not exactly able to hold it's own against photoshop cs4. Some closed source applications such as big market games would be good. As game companies don't care about what os they're making it for all they care about is money. But alas, that's why most big games'll never come to linux is that no one is willing to purchase closed source software./rant

I hope you and your team enjoy the experience and make something good of it as projects are always a good way of making new friends.

[The Titan]

i'm sorry to say this but i honestly doubt too many people from this forums to help you in making a closed source project as this is an open source market. Also browser based games are a dime a dozen. Something that i also don't think too many people will be interested in doing.

I do wish you luck in finding a team for this thing. And i hope you truly making it innovative and such and not be like EVERY OTHER PBBG that's what this is shaping up to be. If you do well good job. I just hope you post this info somewhere else where people are more into closed source applications as most of the "linux community's" all against closed source.

rant
This makes a little bit of sense to me as i know of plenty of people who like and use photoshop and gimp is ok but it's not exactly able to hold it's own against photoshop cs4. Some closed source applications such as big market games would be good. As game companies don't care about what os they're making it for all they care about is money. But alas, that's why most big games'll never come to linux is that no one is willing to purchase closed source software./rant

I hope you and your team enjoy the experience and make something good of it as projects are always a good way of making new friends.
I truly, truly appreciate your honest reply. The problem is that this is the only forum that I have ever really been a part of. I also don't have a problem making this an open source game if i could find a way to do this safely. If anyone has any suggestions on how I could do this I would appreciate it.

Also, if anyone knows a place where I could find some developers (that don't want money up front) I would like to hear about it. Putting this team together seems like it will be harder than I anticipated.

BTW. I hope to god that I can make this game unique, I have some interesting ideas and I hope they can be implemented the way i see it in my head.