I am trying to make a 2D MMO game engine:
client side takes the input from the keyboard and sends it over to the server. The server will calculate the new position and animation details and send the information back to the client.

The client will recreate the scene according to the information received from the server.

This is the design which is in my mind- I would like to have your thoughts on this design model. And I need your support to continue this venture.
https://github.com/ThinkalVB/NearEarth

Thank you Chris Katko for your replay,
Well, I am going to be the first one to hit the finish line then ;-). This game is so important to me. It may take a lifetime to make one - but I am going to take all of my time to make this one. It won't have big graphics at first - but I want to make the progress bit by bit. I learned network programming (boost::asio), c++, Allegro(learning on the run), read and waited for long to make my move on this game.

On the BRIGHT SIDE, even if you have huge ambitions and never "finish" the game, Thinkal VB, you'll LEARN TONS in the process.

Just remember that one thing EVERY developer stresses--whether professional, or indie--is to keep it simple. Every single game ever made had more stuff that the developer wanted to include, but the only developers who ever finish are the ones that cut all the fluff down to the bare essence of the gameplay. At the end of the day, you really should have a deadline that says "no new features after this date" and just polish polish polish and get the damn thing out the door.

The best game ever, that is never released, is not the best game ever.

Personally, I struggle with that. I have lots of ideas (who doesn't, eh?) but some of my most favorite require larger resources/teams/budgets than I can produce. So I have to keep my eyes open, and my creative vision "flexable" enough, to adjust my vision into something that I can produce. An FPS game? Almost zero chances of me pulling that off by myself. Even though, I have an amazing sci-fi adventure that would blow people's minds with it's originality (and it's not even that "difficult" story/mechanic wise--it's just damn good scifi) but I can't pull off a FPS. So... can I make an isometric game? Could I make it an adventure game? Can I "change" my vision in a way to keep most of the unique offering, but make it more producible? Unfortunately, in this case, no. The horror and interactivity elements simply don't work for most audiences unless it's first person. It's not revolutionary or awe-inducing to solve 3D puzzles (think Half-Life 2 gravity gun) if the visual interface is too simple. Imagine Half-Life 2 if it was a 2-D game. All those amazing cinematics, puzzles, and battles would just be another "toy" game. So, I just have to put that sci-fi game on the back-burner for now. Maybe I'll make it as a 2nd or 3rd game if my first is successful enough to get me funding. But one think I can do is funnel the game into a novelization / short-story and then, at least, people can "experience" what I was trying to offer but cannot technologically offer yet.

Anyhow, food for thought. You're NOT restricted to one venue for an idea, and you're not restricted to making your first cool idea first. But either way, if you start an MMO, you're going to learn a lot. You're going to learn how much more you have yet to learn!

Good luck!

MMO. Massively Multiplayer Online. You've got the O down, now work on the Multiplayer part. For now, your game could be a single room or screen. Make it Massive last.