Yep. Toooootally treading undisturbed waters here, right? Haha. I plan on making it from the ground up, and it'll be a long, long process, but I definitely plan on finishing it. I feel like a lot of ideas I'm bringing to the table will make it an immersive and original experience. (As far as making a BYOND game goes, at least.)

I'm learning coding on my own, at the moment, but the game won't really start being coded until I have every system laid out in words how I want it to work. If I do have a team, I want it to be a small one. Possibly just another programmer, preferably experienced and not douchey, and a pixel artist of the same prerequisites. I may or may not have a base icon from an acquaintance, and I'm working on taking turfs from RPG Maker XP's tilesets, since those would work more than well for what I'm trying to do.

If you're interested, check out the forums. I'll have a layout for them soon-ish.

http://z7.invisionfree.com/NarutoSagaofShinobi/index.php