Your game idea is too big

<html> <head> <title>Your game idea is too big</title> <script type="text/javascript"> function estimate(form) { var budget = 1000; for (var i=0; i < form.elements.length; i++) { if (form.elements[i].checked == true) { budget = budget * form.elements[i].value; } } budget = Math.round(budget); // format estimate var formatted_budget = budget.toString(); formatted_budget = formatted_budget.replace(/(\d)(?=(\d\d\d)+(?!\d))/g, "$1,"); document.getElementById("estimate").innerHTML = "<p>Estimate: $" + formatted_budget + "*</p>"; var solo_time; var solo_units; if (budget >= 50000) { solo_time = Math.round(budget / 50000).toFixed(1); solo_units = "years"; } else if (budget >= 4000) { solo_time = Math.round(budget / 4200).toFixed(1); solo_units = "months"; } else { solo_time = Math.round(budget / 1000).toFixed(1); solo_units = "weeks"; } var descr = "<p>You could hire a team to make it for that price.<br />Or you could make it yourself in about " + solo_time + " " + solo_units + "</p>"; document.getElementById("description").innerHTML = descr; } </script> <style> body {text-align: center; margin-top: 50px; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;} h1 {font-size: 32pt; text-align: center; text-shadow: 0px 1px 0px rgba(255,255,255,.5);} #content {width: 600px; text-align: left; margin: 0 auto; border-radius: 10px; background-color: #dddddd; padding: 20px;} #intro {margin-left: 100px; font-style: italic;} form {margin-left: 100px;} #estimate {text-align: center; font-size: 32pt; color: #ff0000; text-shadow: 0px 1px 0px rgba(255,255,255,.5);} #description {text-align: center; color: #666666;} #footer {color: #999999; font-size: 8pt;} #footer a {color: #6666ff;} #left_ads {float: left;} #right_ads {float: right;} #advice {font-size: 9pt; text-align: center;} </style> </head> <body> <div id="left_ads"> </div> <div id="right_ads"> </div> <div id="content"> <h1>Your game idea is too big</h1> <p id="intro"> Tell me everything about your video game idea! </p> <form action=""> <input type="checkbox" name="feature" id="start" value="1.0" checked="checked" disabled="disabled"/> <label for="start">Ok, so it's this game with ...</label> <br /> <input type="checkbox" name="feature" id="threedee" value="4.2" onclick="estimate(this.form);" /> <label for="threedee">State of the art Visuals!</label> <br /> <input type="checkbox" name="feature" id="openworld" value="7.6" onclick="estimate(this.form);" /> <label for="openworld">Vast, Open World to explore!</label> <br /> <input type="checkbox" name="feature" id="mmo" value="12.0" onclick="estimate(this.form);" /> <label for="mmo">Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)!</label> <br /> <input type="checkbox" name="feature" id="fps" value="3.5" onclick="estimate(this.form);" /> <label for="fps">First Person Shooter (FPS) mechanics!</label> <br /> <input type="checkbox" name="feature" id="rts" value="3.2" onclick="estimate(this.form);" /> <label for="rts">Real-Time Strategy (RTS) mechanics!</label> <br /> <input type="checkbox" name="feature" id="fighting" value="2.8" onclick="estimate(this.form);" /> <label for="fighting">Melee Combat or Fighting Game mechanics!</label> <br /> <input type="checkbox" name="feature" id="driving" value="2.4" onclick="estimate(this.form);" /> <label for="driving">Vehicles and Driving!</label> <br /> <input type="checkbox" name="feature" id="rpg" value="1.8" onclick="estimate(this.form);" /> <label for="rpg">RPG Elements! Lots of stats and upgrades!</label> <br /> <input type="checkbox" name="feature" id="puzzle" value="1.2" onclick="estimate(this.form);" /> <label for="puzzle">Puzzle or Platforming Elements!</label> <br /> <input type="checkbox" name="feature" id="creation" value="2.0" onclick="estimate(this.form);" /> <label for="creation">Fully customizable Character Creation!</label> <br /> <input type="checkbox" name="feature" id="classes" value="3.0" onclick="estimate(this.form);" /> <label for="classes">Many distinct Classes or Characters to choose!</label> <br /> <input type="checkbox" name="feature" id="crafting" value="1.2" onclick="estimate(this.form);" /> <label for="crafting">Deep Crafting System!</label> <br /> <input type="checkbox" name="feature" id="pve_pvp" value="2.4" onclick="estimate(this.form);" /> <label for="pve_pvp">Both PVE and PVP Gameplay!</label> <br /> <input type="checkbox" name="feature" id="story" value="4.5" onclick="estimate(this.form);" /> <label for="story">Hours and hours of Campaign Story Mode!</label> <br /> <input type="checkbox" name="feature" id="procedural" value="2.6" onclick="estimate(this.form);" /> <label for="procedural">Procedural generation for endless replayability!</label> <br /> <input type="checkbox" name="feature" id="dialog" value="1.5" onclick="estimate(this.form);" /> <label for="dialog">Branching Dialog Trees with a novel of text!</label> <br /> <input type="checkbox" name="feature" id="vox" value="1.2" onclick="estimate(this.form);" /> <label for="vox">Quality Voice Acting for every line!</label> <br /> <input type="checkbox" name="feature" id="mods" value="1.5" onclick="estimate(this.form);" /> <label for="mods">Modding Tools for the community!</label> <br /> <input type="checkbox" name="feature" id="platforms" value="1.5" onclick="estimate(this.form);" /> <label for="platforms">Available on all Major Platforms!</label> <br />  <input type="checkbox" name="feature" id="polish" value="9.0" onclick="estimate(this.form);" /> <label for="polish">Expertly designed and polished GOTY contender!</label> <br /> </form> <div id="estimate"> <p>Estimate: $1,000</p> </div> <div id="description"> <p>You could hire a team to make it for that price.<br />Or you could make it yourself in about 1 week.</p> </div> <p id="advice"> <a href="advice.html">But...!</a> </p> </div> <div id="footer"> <p>* figures completely made up by <a href="http://clintbellanger.net/">Clint Bellanger</a>, who should be working on his game (which is too big)</p> </div> </body> </html>

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Your game idea is too big