I was thinking. We have a lot of talent here, and even though we got our start with a StarGate MOD, why should we be limited to that?

I think it's time we branch out, find new games to work on, new directions, new theories, new ideas to explore! We have already proven we have the talents to do what we set out to do, but why keep all that confined to one thing?

That's my opinion. If anyone agrees with me, then I will begin either working on the changes needed for this site, or make a new one.

EDIT: Uh... But we will definitely keep the name! Horizon Studios has a nice ring to it!

Lets make a standalone game Or a damn good HL2 mod!

I'd say Stand alone, Something completely different then anything we've done before!

Hmmm now all we need is $200,000 for a Source Engine license, a large building, about 50 employees, 90 PC's a large server room, so basically we need to set aside about $20 million to get started? Lolololololol

I say we go with a mod

True nuff.. or, anyone on here know anything about programing? i know you can use the Q3 engine freely, but thats outdated. And yea a MOD for the Source engine would be cheapest...

Q3 may use an old engine, but since we started as a JKA mod, wouldn't it make sense to make a standalone game on the Q3 engine? Didn't they release the engine free or something?

If not, then Source is the way to go, you can still build a full game from scratch, its a matter of finding programmers and such, trust me if it does all go to plan and it gets noticed, as long as it looks good too, we may have an opportunity if you get my drift, I think we actually need to like register our 'studio' name, I think we may be able to hit it big! With enough resources!

I don't know what to say, Source engine is really appealing, but I personally don't think that I have the skill to work with you guys on a stand alone game, I think it might just be too hard, cause we would need:
- A modeller
- A coder
- A mapper
- A scripter
- A team of beta testers
- Good computers
- A team of people

It would be realy hard, but I hope we could do it.
Would I be allowed to code for u guys if u have license and I'm 13?

BY THE WAY:
I CAN MAKE A WEBSITE FOR YOU GUYS

The beta testers arn't the problem, its the matter of resources that we just don't have at the moment.

resources a.k.a money?

That would be the most important one yes, money. Time is another, with my work schedule I don't have a lot of free time.
And I'm not sure if you could code with us or not.
Mappers, modelers texture artist, those are easy to find. And if we use the Q3 engine (which was released to use freely) I can do all 3 easy enough. Hell even the MOH, and D3 engines I can do.
And we have scripters for the q3 engine, just look at USS and Berle's work.

Whatever you guys decide to do, you still have me as a storyboard writer if you need me.
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That reminds me, I have punched into work for the Stargate MOD dudes as their writer in... months... Ah well.
Anyway, can't lend you money (flat broke), but you have my sword, and my bow, AND MY AX
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Sorry... I've been awake for like, two days now...

Its decided, we will make a standalone Q3 mod, I can probably make some textures, but I was wondering, should we begin work this year? or next year? Plus we'll need a domain name and all sorts of other stuff, trust me, this would be a major commitment, plus we'd have to like advertise for like people willing to work for nothing We don't want too much put on Dex!

Well, as you all know, I have virtually no mapping skills. I can make textures for sure if it's Q3, and I have a BASIC knowledge of scripting now (finally sat myself down and read over the tutorials).
What I can help out with is advertising. I've currently got status on ex isle forums (a community of novelists and screenwriters), I have my studio site that gets modest traffic, and I have a new blog website and I could just add the new site to the affiliates page.
I've also got a sort of in at scifi-meshes.com, I may be able to find people who will work for zilch amount of money.
Anywho, I've also become much better at public relations (funny how writers can weave a good email or blog post ), so I can lend a hand if the regulars aren't enough.
Just tell me what you need me to do and I'll give it my all. I've got a rare thing going for me at the moment: time.

lol, since were going to use Q3 we dont really need money. we will for the site to get a domain name.. and to pay for it every month... but if i can get one cheap enough i'll handle that.

So who here can actually 'build' the site from scratch? I can do graphics for it, but thats it

I can make you a site for free that can use up to 1Gb for the first month, and it's space limit will rise when it gets popular (lol my website can already fit 3GB, but it takes a lot of time to upload that much)
And I can get the site to be seen on google and I can promote it

Could I do the web site?

Got any examples of your work?

my website is a good example:
www.freewebs.com/jediraslan
(lool first it was star trek, then I made it star wars, then Stargate)

No offense or anything, but that is merely a template provided by Freewebs with a little bit of your own thing.

When I said website I mean't something OVERLY professional! Take a look at some other mod sites and you'll see.

Oh ok, sorry then
What should I use
Xara webstile (full version)
Frontpage 2008 (full version)
something else?

Or I'm not allowed by law if I'm 13?