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I wish I could clone myself. I'd so be all over developing something using this.

Just wait for the cloning patch - it'll happen.

The only words I have in reply to this post come from the man, the myth, the legend... Mr. Stan Bush

same here. my clone and your clone can work together...

I got 4 games in my mind which I would create using this...

One is like Fort Zombie Dead Rising all those zombie goodness IN CO-OP (who thought about that? ), and it would be free-roam, or survival type...etc.

The other one is like Resident Evil OutBreak, because I already said a million times that I'm angry because they close down the servers. I would make a remake and make it more badass and stuff (it's a Co-op game, so...)

The third game would be a survival game too, but you are stranded on an island and need to survive. This could be played in Co-op too.

The fourth game... well I'm not talking about it, because I've made the WHOLE game up years ago. Now I just need to make it (dunno if it will be in Co-op, but yeah...)

Well, if anybody is serious about this PM me. I haven't got much time but I'd love to get my hands dirty. I have a bit of modding experience (no final products, but a lot of partial ones!) with a few games.

Since we have some people genuinely interested in creating games, what would you guys think about a contest for a co-op game creation with some connection to Co-optimus? Maybe we can work something out the next time we get a great prize pack.

I would love to team up and do something, but I got Calculus II and then next semester Differential Equations, Linear Equations, and Physics.

So my ability to focus on any kind of project would be limited to only those required for my Academic progress.

But it's very, VERY tempting. If only....

that sounds rather competitive... i'm scared /hides

i'd love to do something like this but i don't think i'll be able to find the time.

"Recommend for Content Development:
...
8 GB System RAM"

What? I don't even know if my laptop can support 8 GB of RAM

It has 4GB of RAM, heck I don't even recall seeing any systems for sale with 8GB of RAM. That's a whole lot.

I'm a novice animator in blender and I'm currently learning to code, though I still haven't even got a game clone up and running yet. I fancied doing a mod for crysis once, but didn't have the system for it.

My plan is to make a 2D action game in XNA, but if you really need a coder or animator give me a bell.

Lastly, a tip for all those out there who are now going to make "the bestest and epic game evar!!!!11!" and you haven't made any game before, start small.

My current experience is thus
-Made a few crap maps for Half Life 2
-Messed with stats in Smod
-Horribly failed at modeling and rigging

...so yeah.

Wow, good on them for doing this.