I just started mine two weeks ago. I wasn't going to tell anyone about it until I thought I was actually going to finish.
I'm using all the old graphics, recycling most outfits (really, why should I make practically identical new ones?) and settling for a small "Galaxy." (The first half of the game takes place within the Sol system, but I make each planet and major asteroid it's own system, to actually give justice to the little place we call home.) The second half of the game takes place in a parallel dimension, but most of the planets are hostile and will never let you land, so I don't have to actually do all that much work.
Overall, I think it's doable. In the two weeks I've been working, I've done two hours a day or so, and I've made considerable progress. (The systs and spobs of the Solar System are almost done, outfits/ships are coming along and I've started the mission string.)
Only two major plotlines. I'm not bothering with all the little side ones that everyone always asks for but never really likes.
Is it the next Nova? No. Will I finish? Probably.
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