I really don't know tha tgame that well, played maybe a dozen hours before I got distracted.  What exactly are we doing tho?  Do we want to make a mod that someone can download and play in their game?  Do we want to make a showcase of our skills we learned and try them out in an actual game?  Do we just want to make a really cool gearset that we can play around with in game and feel like we really personalized the experience?  Do we want to make some emvironment pieces to stick into a mountainside somewhere inconspicious?

The class was based around medievel environment type stuff so just making a building and populating it with props seems like a good enough place to start.

http://cs.elderscrolls.c...wiki/index.php/Main_Page

Elderscrolls wiki, has links to tutorials for how to use the Construction Set.  However, I don't have this game and can't test anything we make with this, so that's something that we'll have to take into consideration. 

We also have quake 2 and call of duty on the table, any other sugestions?

i think a standalone world would be fun to try to build, not just an expansion on an existing game.  i'm just gonna throw in ideas here so we can brainstorm some. 

arena-style game.  team based maybe.  kind of a gladiator thing with increasingly difficult fights.  shooting or stabbing are both viable gameplay options.  

it's pretty broad, but sketching out cool characters (with an emphasis on thier ability to shoot and/or stab other characters) could be a fun exercise, just to get the juices flowing.  pictures speak a lot more loudly than words on the internet.  

i also think this should be an open project that anyone can contribute to.  nobody's getting paid anyhting, i don't see any reason to keep people out at this stage.  

i am taking animation in september, ostensibly, so that's a thing.  

LIST OF POSSIBLE ENGINES TO USE:

UDK, which we're all familiar with on a basic level

Source, which i hear is pretty accessible

Unity, which seems well-suited to smaller projects (i'm guessing we're not gonna take a huge bite on our first try)

iOS, which has probably the biggest user-base

Oblivion, which i still know nothing about except it's been mentioned so far (what are pros and cons?)

Crytek 3, which is cool but i don't know how to get a license or whatever.  also, the title of this game made me smile for reasons i don't fully understand

Android, which seems a lot like iOS but windows.  

i used this for reference, if anyone else spots anything sweet or interesting there then add it to the list.  

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_game_engines

Anyway, i don't know if choice of engine is the first step or not, or even what the first step is.  

Hey guys,

I too have been keeping busy working on a scene at home, so that's been taking up a lot of my time.  For me, I'd have to say joining a project will have to wait a bit while I work to complete my current project.  I still think this is a great idea and am still very much open to it. 

Rob