How?

#1

Quote:could it be published on X-BOx?

It's possible, but it's a slim slim slim chance. As it's been said before, "If you have to ask..."

Quote:I admit to not being very artistic

Good games need good artists -- and not just 3d artists but concept artists, sound designers, animators, musicians...

Quote:so is it possible for one person to make a great game on his own, without a big team?

Sure, it's possible but you have to "right size" your game -- break it down to a core gameplay element and focus on that. Start small.

#2 You can do everithing of that, but first you have to learn a lot of programming, 2d and 3d design, sound design and things like that.

#3 So I already have most of the story line written out. And I am good with animation, just not REALLY good with it. I can still draw some pretty impresssive character models, and their animated movments. And my gameplay element is survival horror, the story is pretty deep- atleast for a video game....and I have a whole set of combat moves and controls written.

Also, in the Torque game engine, it uses Polygons for character models, right? Cause if you do, I know somebody who's great with 3D polygon thingamabobers. So....can this actually be POSSIBLE for a decent game? Even without the whole team with all those talented artists....since I live in an extremely small town....there aren't many of those around.... : (

#4 Well, Torque works well with polygon thingamabobers, but your outline is simply that: an outline. You've been working on the easiest part of the project. The part that takes .01% of the time to initially draw up. Creating the assets, making it work within the engine, redrafting to accomodate changes, fun-balancing, and then the post-project support will be where you will spend the other 99.99% of your time.

#5 So then...it's hopeles.... :'(

#6 Just start really, really small. Read some of the recent plans about people's game in a day experiences to get an idea of how small I'm talking about. Once you've gotten your hands dirty so to speak, you'll have a much better idea of how much work is actually involved in producing a releasable title.

#7 Alright, thanks for your help. : )

#8 Also, If you read my resource, theres a lot of information from Microsoft on what there looking for. There's also links to other interesting stuff
www.garagegames.com/index.php?sec=mg&mod=resource&page=view&qid=6694

#9 www.gameinaday.com/entries-GID7.shtml

That page has links to all of the Game in a Day plans from the most recent event.