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Baka:

--- Quote from: Flamelass on January 08, 2015, 12:07:13 PM ---Well yeah, the point of this MMO was that it would be entirely f2p without any stuff to pay for. The game was made because people found it fun to do and that was all that mattered. =w=;

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Yeah, but people are more willing to add for free/fun if a game already exists (Eg. Skyrim). So make the game, and make this a free unofficial mod. Hell, you could even kickstart it, and Ninty won't be able to do anything. 

Tickles:
Explain your premise. Are you asking we make an entirely new game, or make the same game with kickstarter backers? Either way, there is a tiny problem. We lack programmers. Any people with even basic knowledge of programming haven't responded a to whether or not they wanted on board. There is a good chunk of code done in GO, and some people have glanced at it. I realize now that we need more capable people with knowledge in this language. I'm all for getting this on kickstarter, but people want to see that we have at least the basics before they will be willing to back this project. If we do kickstart it, get then funds, and hire capable people, this will no longer be f2p. We might as well just build an entirely new game from scratch simply to avoid copyright and law issues, and we were already pushing it with PU.

I'm not ready to give up on this project. It may have started as a hobby idea, but thousands of people believed in it at some point. It's that level of indifference that is killing this entire thing, and I for one am surprised. I wasn't part of PU in "the golden years," I started off as some noob who seen a game that was promised to be different, and I wanted to see it happen. This was a little over four years ago. I didn't see a hobby project, I seen passionate people willing to give up their time to make something big. And over these four years I seen that passion slowly disappear. Maybe I'm stupid and naive to still think this can be done. Maybe I should leave it behind as well if this is how everyone truly feels about the game. Maybe everyone should leave and move on from this since it was a hobby and we all wasted our time. We can put this as one of our sad memories. That, or some people need to wake the hell up, realize what got them into this in the first place, and want this to happen. Excuse me, I have some writing to do. I said I was going to take on programming, but I was brought on to write. By June 30th, I will have found some more writers, and we will have the beta story and some miniquests finished and ready to go. Now it's on the rest of you. What will you have by that time?

Baka:
I'm so sorry if it sounded like I was suggesting to drop this project entirely.

I merely tried to suggest this:
1. Keep developing current code
2. Kickstart it as a different game (a Pokemon clone for PC and mobile platforms/whatever)
3. Use money to pay for additional programmers, and graphical art through websites like "fiver".
4. Sell the game or make it f2p/whatever. Premium accounts? You name it!
5. Develop an original Pokemon mod unofficially and release it for free. If it's open source anyway, it's a simple task.

Basically let other people do the job for you. I may be optimistic, but if the project is stalling anyway then it doesn't hurt to try right? 

Tickles:
That sounds a lot better. Im not against most of these ideas. Im pushing for number 5, but I'm not against a pokemon clone. Could give an excuse to redefine the genre a bit.

ArmandCool:
About 30th June. I could probably start working on pixel art again, but I really don't want to waste time. Probably no one doesn't want to. All I need is a guarantee that this game is worth working for. I've had a lot of hope at the beginning, as I've heard the PU creator was on vacation, I thought of working a few months until he comes back, but he didn't show any signs of activity since I joined. He does visit pretty often, but I think it's all because he got used to doing this. If you really think you can continue the programming development yourself or with the help of other people, tell me and I'll get right back to work. :P

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