I too was very angry when Spineworld was closed, like most of us here. Out of my nostalgia and general void in my video game satisfaction levels I have decided to remake Spineworld. Not exactly though, I'm making something like it. Same (general) art style, same (general) music, and the same game mechanics. You'll eventually see the similar minigames and features show up during the development period.
I've looked around the forums, and I'm going to answer some questions I saw for Spirea, so you don't have to ask them again.
How do I know this project isn't just going to become a flop?Honestly, there is no promise. If I push myself to get a good start I can usually power through. At least that's how all of my other projects have been in the past.
Will there be memberships?Yes, however the game will NOT be a pay to win (not like you can really win in a game like this
). I would go into all of the technical details but I'll just explain it simply: The website costs money, hiring staff costs money, paying for the servers costs money, the music costs money, and the art costs money. Basically everything costs money. Memberships will be cheap, and non members will be able to use most of the features.
Linux, Mac, and Windows?Should be compatible for all three, I'm still picking a language to develop it in and all of my current choices are multi OS.
Will you be using the Spineworld art?I don't plan on getting sued. I will probably do the art myself until I have a good little demo for a kickstarter, then I'll hire some professionals to do it.
If you want to check out the website for it I've provided the link below. There are also forums, check the site often for blog posts if you want to stay ontop of the current news and even test the game from time to time. Also join the forums if you want, you'll get to talk to the developers and maybe suggest some features or get beta access.
skyrunn.com
Subject: I'm making a game like Spineworld 
Sun May 11, 2014 10:50 pm
but keep up the good work
