I'm entering the Get Something Done contest. One of the rules is to announce it, so I'm copying this from Iains blog:

I'm starting a new project. It's going to be retro and I'm trying to decide whether it will be an action game or more RP-oriented building game. Either way, I want there to be some sort of feature that allows the players to express creativity.

My game is incomplete on June 1st unless there is at least 1 detailed map, stage, level, or whatever I decide to call it, some sort of combat system, and some sort of AI ( I.E. monsters ). The game will also need to be down loadable, have a custom interface, a help file, and ( the most toughest thing of all ) a name.

One neat thing I plan to do with this game is deviate from the norm a little bit. I'm tired of classes honestly - knight, wizard, ranger... it's all going out the window with this project. I will also try to have generated maps, but since I don't know how to do this yet, I won't make it a requirement for the game to be complete.

Keep in mind this is a new project, I have not started on it, just coming up with all the ideas right now. I should at least have an idea of what I will want the characters to look like by tonight.