Dave Perry's plan to create a community-driven game is off to a flying start, with the Acclaim-backed title boasting that it is being made by the 'world's biggest game studio', with 20,000 developers so far on-board.

The project is the first be directed from the very beginning by its community, and Perry has helped drum up interest with the promise that the top contributer will earn a games directorship once the title is complete and released to the masses.

The game is called Top Secret at present, and presently requires artists, writers, designers and audio technicians to contribute to the evolution of this highly ambitious project. "With 20,000 people signed up we are already the biggest team in history," Perry enthuses.

"We will end up with 100,000 people on this team. if 1% is any good, we are good to go."

"There is a real pent-up level of interest we didn't expect. We have touched a nerve," Perry adds, noting that the 20,000 figure has been achieved since the project launched last week.

"We are not doing this for fun; this is a professional game we are trying to make. It's a business. I hope it will prove to us that consumers are useful," Perry told the BBC. He revealed that he expected many of the top contributers to the game to earn jobs elsewhere in the industry, and that developers will come and go as time passes.

"I am expecting a lot of head-hunters, developers and publishers to be looking around and trolling through the responses and hiring anyone that is good. I also expect to see splinter groups; teams of three or four working together on other projects."

More on Top Secret's progress as we get it.

By Luke Guttridge

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