Thanks guys for the continual input of ideas. I'll be putting up another blog post in a bit explaining what I've been up to but I've also been pretty busy with some other things.
I'd love for the community to get involved for arts in this project but I'd like to tread very lightly in this area. I know there are some people with particular egos and those that will overstate their contributes before even doing them, so I'm looking to hold of off until I have specific needs for art.
Right now is just programmer art, interfaces, and text.
I'll be able to comment on the other ideas for items and such once I get to implementing some basic items in game.
Thanks again guys.