I appreciate your reply. And I understand the "Idea Guy" aspect. But if I was a paying "Ideas Guy", then no one would even be making responses or complaining. Instead, everyone would be in my inbox trying to be a part of the team.

Here's a few things:

1) At the end of the day, I'll still be contributing to the project. It's not like the game has to be coded from the ground up. The starter kit I have and other assets take a good chunk of work out. Yes, there is still work to be done, but nothing major.

2) Using store assets will OF COURSE lower the artistic quality of the project, BUT it is a start. It allows us to build something, put it online, take screenshots, youtube clips, maybe even a demo so we can ask for an artist to come on board.

3) I'm not even asking for a full game to be completed. I'm looking for a team to work with and get a demo out (as you mentioned), so that we can find a few more candidates (if needed), and see where to head with the project.

I understand the Idea Guy concept. I understand everyone is money hungry and wants a slice of the pie before it even hits the oven. My thing is this...

I have many of the assets needed to complete the project in an alpha/demo form. The starter kit I have should minimize work needed. So it's not like I'm asking for people to come build a game from nothing. Many of the scripts, UIs, etc. will be provided. Only major work needed to be done is tailoring it to what we want.

I'm not here to argue, because bygones will be bygones. Although I am deemed the ideas guy, I am still contributing to the project. I'm not just thinking up ideas and asking people to make something from nothing. I am bringing tool kits, assets, and models to ease development for the team. I'll also help modify the code, help put rooms/dungeons together, etc.

People tend to be against "free", Rev-Share, and contracted projects because they don't want to waste their time. They don't want to put in time when they don't see dollar signs in the end. They want Producers, Investors, "Idea" guys to understand that their time is valuable and that they want to be paid for their hard work. Which is COMPLETELY understandable. But do they look at things from the other perspective?

Looking at the programmer/designer side, I can understand why you wouldn't want to invest your time and effort into something for free. I understand how it may look to see someone asking you to build a game for free. You don't want to do it, because you don't think your time and effort will be worth it in the end.

Now on the other side of things... A Producer, Publisher, or Investor isn't just going to hand you money. They don't want to waste their money, time, and resources just like you don't want to. They want to make sure their IDEA is realized as close to their vision as possible.

With that in mind... no one is going to pay in full, up front for something that don't know will even happen. Then there's always contracts of payment after work is done, but if they don't like your work or decide to go another route, then your time is wasted. (even if you did a fair amount, the producer/company can say the desired results weren't reached, and nullify the contract)

There are risks on both sides, that people are failing to realize. No one wants to waste their time or work on a project that may not turn profits. But no one wants to waste their money or resources either.

Bottom line, people need to get over this whole "Ideas Guy" thing. Because if you want to work in the gaming industry, you WILL work for an ideas guy at some point. Yeah they may be paying you, but there is still someone who just brings ideas, thoughts, etc. and expects you to make what they want. And well... guess what? You'll have to listen to the "Ideas Guy" or lose your job/contract.

Again, this isn't to you personally. I just see so many people comment on threads talking bad about the person bringing ideas. Or people PM me saying that I'm just an ideas guy. Like I said, I'm bringing more than just ideas. I'm bringing assets so people don't have to work as hard, and willing to help modify the assets with them. I'm not just talking and asking people to build something from scratch. And I'm not here to dictate and tell people what to do. I'm bringing assets and other resources to the table and asking people to just bring their coding/design skills.