Well, contrary to what most people start off with in this topic, I'm at least impressed by how you withstand the incoming critics lol. I must say that it's quite an ambitious goal, and will take you a lot of time, but you guys are probably as headstrong as can be, and hey, that's only for the best, isn't it?
I mean, if noone would start programming games because it is 'too much work', 'needs more members', 'is far too much', we would still be stuck with black and white games. It's ambition and people who just try that keep gaming fun. GTA once started as a 2D game with a few people trying to do exactly what you are doing!
So, I wish you good luck. I'm afraid I won't be able to help (not my genre, and I tend not to move out of my genre - which is space art (graphics/models)).
Keep up the great work!
Oh, and yes, the HUD sucks really really bad lol - take a look at that.
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