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[thesparki]

Finding someone who can code this website is seriously ridiculously difficult. I've gotten quotes from $250 for amateurs to $150k for professionals, but so far nobody has really shown me anything that makes me confident that they can do it.

I'm sure the professional company that emailed me giving a price of $150k could or could find someone, but if I had that money I'd...you know. Buy a house.

Isn't there just some high school kid with a lot of spare time who'll do this for drug or Cheetos money?

Functions We Need

- "Adoption" system
- Ability to give users custom "pet"
- Growing system
- Breeding-birth system/permanent "mate" system/"genetics" system
- Generate colors automatically for all forms of "pet", limited color ranges
- Change image of "pet" several times per month
- Clothing/equip-able items system for "pets"
- Battle/stats/health system/items
- Auction/shop/sales system
- Cash/bank system
- Games to gain cash
- Games to gain items that go into inventory

Other Website Stuff
- Basic login/logout/profile
- Integrated forums
- News with comment posting
- Ability to upgrade account
- Wiki?

Yeah I know it's a lot of work. One step at a time, I suppose.