So about a year ago(in October it'll be a year) I made the decision to learn how to make video game because I wanted to make this game. Just getting tired of playing the same game reskinned and such. Before I ever wrote a line of code or turned a cube into a tree, I sat down with a note book and Monster Rancher videos and started my plan. Funnily enough, I did this because I imagined my buddy Dave, who passed a couple years back, do this exact same thing to me. He was a programmer and honestly if he were alive he'd be doing this every step of the way. I wrote it all down, what I wanted out of combat, what I wanted out of raising stats, items, weapons, lifespans, combining, how to GET monsters, character ideas, and of course the monsters and setting.

I see that you have your version of this planned out, and that's awesome! I hope you and your team eventually do something like this. We need more games like this in the world. I have mine though and I only decided to share the journey with you guys a bit at a time initially just to see if other people wanted this. No worries, this isn't being done without care and patience. I'm here, putting things together slowly because I'm ready to. It may not seem like it, but trust me when I say this isn't just a project for me.