Seeking Collaborators for a new project called "Full Spectrum Shanzhai"

[TheLavros]

Hello,
Been playing since Gen 1, and playing fan games for the last few years. I really like where things are going! After playing a lot of Rom Hacks, in my search for the perfect game, I've noticed a lot of things. I like Gen 4 the most, but Fairy Typing is a must. Quality of life features like auto-run are great, but the newer Exp-All nonsense negates the whole premise of the game. Speaking of which... would be ideal to have a curated local-dex of around 200, though I like the idea that your character is making the observations in a journal, rather than a machine.

Plot matters, of course, but so does context. Things that change our perspectives and make us think, like the original Team Rocket Edition (where morality is at play), really appeal to my 13 year old self, who also loved playing Fable. TRE is cream of the crop, for sure. The LORE alone is worthy of someone actually making an anime, or at least a Manga. Would love to see more games with that level of dedication the the plot, but I don't think we need to worry ourselves at Full Spectrum Shanzhai with that sort of depth unless it overlaps with the new game mechanics.

I'm hoping to find likeminded folks who have the ability to implement some changes so that the "traditional" plot, pace, and general mechanics work a bit differently. I envision things to make the experience more challenging and realistic, along with some idealistic concepts like "perennial" berry bushes, when planting in-ground (rather than "annual" berry bushes when planting in the pots).

At the present: I'm still in the process of hand-writing notes for ideas as they come while gaming on my phone... I plan to have everything typed up properly by June 10th. It's my first time posting on here, so I'm not sure about the post-editing process, but I'll delete and a repost with more information if need be.

If anything so far has you interested, please get in touch. Collaboration is the only way I'll have any hope of seeing this come to light, as I don't have a PC to work on and my computer is a bit too old to run emulators effectively. Unless someone knows Mac-friendly software for something like this? I haven't even been able to find a good map builder, alas!

Thanks for your time, etc.