I am taking VB.Net now, and i'll be taking C++ or C# next semester. I wold love to help with a game, but I can't help with the site. My HTML skilz are really bad.
Overlord and Link and others at J2HG can Program, and lots of people can draw tilesets/textures and animations.
Sounds like a great Idea.
Hey, and on the storyline, there could be some kinda time flux, so you can see a wide veiw of the history of the planet.
That way you meet mostly naturel animals at some places, and mostly mech at other.

Ne ways, I have homework to do,
`N0