I typically would build out all the details of a project before I would even estimate the cost of doing the project. This is the example breakdown for programming work that I would send people before they even got a full estimate to give them an idea of the level of detail I needed before I could begin working on it. Anyone is free to use this breakdown style or example:
- Join, login, logout, lost password - $50
- Message boards - $150
Add categories and subcategories
- Sort order
- Pin posts
- List of active posts
- List of recently replied to posts
- Upgrade only option
[*]Layouts - up to 3 designs for $100
[*]Horses
Bought from the store
- Live from 0 to 25 years old
- Die or retire?
- Breed from 3 to 20 years old
- Age 1 year every x days
- Mate
horses can only breed to their mate
- players must request/accept mates
- Baby inherits genetics
[*]Game Stores & Items - $300
Add/edit/create stores
- Add/edit/create items
- Custom store pages
- Upgrade only stores
[*]User Stores - $200
Buy/sell items
- Customizable store page
- User store item search
[*]Items - see stores
Equippable
- Consumable - increases health/energy/stats
- Upgrade only
- 4 special items (ie age change, color change, gender change, etc)
[*]Moderators and Staff - $100
Action logs
- Notes section on each member
- Ban members
- Kick members
- Manage message boards
- Pin message board posts to the top of the board
- Whatever other add/edit/delete admin features you want them to have access to
[*]Polls (ajax) - $100
[*]Player Notes - $100
player can add/edit/delete notes only visible to player
[*]Members Online - $25
[*]Bank - $50
savings account
- send money to other players
- interest - extra $5
- log of money transactions - extra $25
[*]Chat Room (ajax) - $100
[*]Newspaper - $75
add/edit/delete articles
- comment on articles
[*]Message System - $50
[*]Mass Message System users - $25
[*]Mass Email Users - $75
[*]Google Ads - $10
[*]Art Depot - $125
add/update/delete layouts
- sell layouts
- upgraded only
- apply layouts to the whole site
[*]Special Value - $45
adding a value amount to genetics - $25
- adding up the amounts on the genetics the horse has - $10
- adding up the amounts on the skills the horse has - $10
[*]Battles
Computer opponents - $100
Admin panel to add/edit/delete characters they can fight against
- Display a list of all available foes
- Stats you can edit for each character opponent to make it a stronger or weaker foe
[*]Computer deathmatch - $75
characters will always attack back, no waiting period
- the one to run out of health first looses.
- player takes prize if they win
[*]Computer Sparring - $25
adds a forfeit button to the fight
- player takes prize if they win
[*]PvP Death match - $100
turn based, the one who runs out of health first loses with the win forfeit to the player waiting for the other to attack after a 48 hour period if the battle is still in progress
- Winner takes prize
[*]PvP Sparring match - $25
add a button which allows either player to forfeit the match before their character runs out of health
- Winner takes prize
[*]4 Additional Battle Challenge Rules - $100
[*]Dynamic Images with Genetics - $500
[*]Map Exploration - $50
So your map system is different from the one I originally quoted you for:
- Page of territories
- Page of herds in each territory
- Admin panel to add/edit/delete herds and their leaders
[*]Herds
claiming a herd - $25
- deciding a herd mate - $10
- increased points/stats of herd owners - $10
- Forum - owner can add/edit/delete categories and posts
- Forum - owner can they make sticky posts
[*]Enemies - $10
if you lose a PvP battle to a character it becomes your current enemy
[*]Hall of Fame - $25
Non-deceased horses top points list
- Deceased horses top points list
Total Project Cost - $2,775
