It looks like a lot of people are after much the same thing, I'll toss my two coins to Charon and see where the boat ride goes.
I'm looking at creating a game world where every single player has the opportunity to be a GM, if they so choose. This world will start out pretty rough and will be slowly populated by creations of the actual players. Like a wiki it will grow and be tempered by it's very audience. You won't feel driven to grind mobs for new petty possessions, but rather grind hardcore story-telling in order to gain community respect and the right to tell new stories.
In short, I want a world bubbling with life, not filled with idiots bunny hopping at the mail box near the AH. I want to be part of a renowned group, and not be seen as just another Paladin in Light-bringer. I want to spend my evening with my friends moving through a new story arc, taking on new foes, not killing them for the 25th cooldown because the newest member wants some cheap drop.
I have an original idea, and a decent starting point. I have 30 years of programming experience, raid leading, story-telling and good old 20 sided die dungeon mastering. I'm looking for people who have their own ideas, drive, passion - who share a base and want to exchange ideas, implementations and even work in each others worlds...who knows, maybe they're the same world.
My base world will be known as Clothos - the spinner of threads. It is here that the technology and ideas will first be given form. I envisage Clothos as being small, but potent, like a mother.
Clothos will be built on the foundation of Hero Engine. On top of that will be layers and basic implementations of things - such as:
- Chat System
- Skills based combat
- Skills based crafting
- No level system to break apart groups and friends
- Optionally an AA system
- Justice System (prison, etc)
- Role based management of the world
- Questing System
- Inventory / Bags
- Buddhist teaching
- Karma System
- Buddhist path of progression (non-combat)
- Hand to hand combat
- Three unique races (assuming you haven't seen the Dark Crystal!)
- Campaign system
Let me know if any of that sounds interesting to you. With my long years of coding, putting together screens and systems will be...um...not so hard

I'll be looking to find others to assist me in creating my base world. I have no 3D skills worth speaking of, except to say that I can spell it. I know at an abstract level ways to create topography, and from years of game playing smart ways to put it together - but that's not the same as being able to madly hack it all out on the tools. I'll be very interested in finding others who share my vision and want a place to spend their energy.
Finally, about money, this is not about money. If people want to play for free then I want them to as well. If they want to toss a few dollars in a hat then I'll make sure there's one for the coppers to land inside.
Want to play a game?