That is pretty cool! DugOLas, have you considered putting together a team to make this game? It seems as though there are people who would be interested in helping. You said that you don't really need a spriter for this as you can do that while leading the project, but would you want some help with the music, sfx, mapping/tiling, etc.? Maybe you could advertise to recruite a programmer to design your engine, etc. to get this project on the ground! Just a thought.