Well guys I have decided to GET SERIOUS about this (I am not the OP just a random VIPPER). I have no talents that are of use to this project other than ideas and organization so I would like to get us rolling on this (assuming we are still interested). I have begun to outline a plot and some basic ideas that I think everyone will find appealing. I will post it sometime soon when I am done.
One key thing that I think will make this project more appealing to everyone is to have the Kikkoman story actually its own path rather than the whole game. I've also managed to develop a good method for us to include SAoVQ/internet/VIPPER references in game without being too obnoxious. I need some more time to work out the rest of the storyline that I am creating and then I will post it in this thread along with various ideas I've been thinking up and little quotations and such that we can use.
My main thought is that we can use my structure and modify it as much as we would like as we go, adding specifics to each portion of it. We can create like pools of ideas and then create outlines for each scene (ex: We want to meet this girl here and talk about food which reveals that the main character is sad). Hopefully we have some good writers that can then translate our detailed outlines into a script.
Other than the storyline we will definitely need artists. Music shouldn't be a problem because there is such a large VIP quality music community. We need to confirm whether or not we have any artists at all and this is important. If you are an artist or know an artist (as long as they can draw well and would be willing to help it shouldn't matter if they are actually VIPPERs or not) get them to post some samples of their work here. That way we can at least know in our minds "we have an artist who draws quite well and know this for sure." We don't NECESSARILY have to have artists though either. We can steal from other games and edit and backgrounds can just be stock images that are edited to look drawn. Keep all of this in mind.