MMOFPS The Untouched Market

[F00zman]

Hi I have a great idea for a MMOFPS looking to collaborate or join a team willing to take on this project. I have design Ideas and currently working on story boards. If anyone is interested please let me know. I am fairly new to the game design world but have alot of ideas to basically try and corner a market that has been for sometime untouched. Please MSN me or Drop me an email.

F00zman@hotmail.com

Thank You
Ross

[IchII3D]

I don't mean to go off topic, but if your early into design I would work on small personal projects, look at reinventing small aspects of games. Develope new gameplay ideas and look into the basics of marketing and what sells. In any company you will 'VERY' rarely be told "go design a whole world" it will typically be a group of 2-10 depending on the size of the company who will be designing gameplay aspects such as.... an interesting reload system, new ways of movement or control. Looking at designs that 'sell' and expanding on them.

Also, as a designer. If you gave the person interviewing or looking at your work a 200page document of a whole MMO, I think they would beat you to death with it.

Again, sorry to go off topic. I just had to express my opinion on the subject.

EDIT: Also I highly recommend you check industry websites as much as possible, as knowledge of the industry. Whats happening as well as new developments and sales will help you a great deal in any interview.

Voodoo Extreme - News, Screenshots, Videos, Reviews and More! (general)
Kotaku, the Gamer’s Guide (everything)
GamesIndustry.biz - games industry news, features, and jobs. (industry)

[Talon]

Moved to Hiring Mods/Volunteer.

Good luck with this. You'll be hard pushed to get anywhere as a "hey I have a great game idea" man. Every gamer and developer in the world has a list as long as their leg of cool game ideas they want to make. But the ones who go out of their way to learn productive development skills will tend to see their ideas get taken a lot further because they become a useful member of a team that people want to work with.