This is sort of great, more comments and interest...

My thoughts....

We can make a Basic 2D engine for the first try, since we are at least 4 Java devs...

But moving on probably we will need a better and advanced game engine, since we are starting with 2D there is no big issue, but with 3D I recommend start with Blender GE and then move to JMonkey(Java) or Ogre...

Anyways, I will follow the trend...

I'm in the Game Development program at my university, but I've only done one year so far and haven't gotten into anything specialized for games yet (unless you count Creative Writing And Game Narrative). All I've had are general Photoshop, math, programming, etc.

I could do something in PHP, though :-p

1.  If you use GameDev just make sure to back up often.  It's free but it has a lot of bugs and quarks about it that definitely remind you that it's a free to use program.  Still though, free is never bad and it's a good thing to get everyone into the habit of working together.
2. Is Blender free?  I had thought it was just a modeling tool too. 

Which RPG maker are we talking about? Any one available where you could insert your own original musical score?

I have thought about doing this for quite some time now but not sure which one would allow me to do such a thing.

I'd actually be interested in helping with an RPG Maker XP project as I bought it a while ago but I just haven't had time to learn it. I'm about 1/4 through the GDD for the first game I want to make but I would love to work on a project with people for that.

Sounds nice and all, but I already AM a game developer =)

 Then you should help make this endeavor easier. Show us your support. :)

I had a project just like at QJ forums but unfortunately soon after people started bailing out. :(

I wish i listened in computing class now :(.

So are we set on Game Production?

Maybe we should start on development.

Also, I have been thinking about some of the more popular games on the internet.

The Impossible Quiz, Bubble Struggle, Bloons, and Line Rider.

What I have seen is that they all use a very simple core formula. The Impossible Quiz, press the right answer. Bubble Struggle, pop bubbles, Bloons, pop ballons, and Line Rider, draw the course.

But the other things they use is a challenging design. Bloons, it can get hard in the later levels. Bubble Struggle 2, that is friggin hard later on, The Impossible Quiz 2, same thing. Line Rider has no set goals, but you are challenging yourself to make better courses.

I think we should try doing that. Wrapping a simple formula around a challenging design.

Is there any other roles we could play , like music , concept art production maybe ?