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Help Wanted!
Kornel Kisielewicz:
As many people ask me how they could help out, here's a list of help I'd love to get. All of these positions are "high-profile". I may post another list of "low-profile" tasks and positions that I'd love to see. Feel free to discuss the positions in this thread. I may also modify and add additional positions later.
What can I offer in return? Not much. Full recognition of course, both in-game and on the websites and forum. Apart from that, webspace and e-mail adress on ChaosForge if wanted. Any suggestions for other things I could offer are very welcome.
Also, if the donation-driven development seriously kicks off (which I doubt that would happen anytime soon), I'm willing to set aside a small share for anyone that takes his position seriously (but bear in mind that it would be based on time spent compared to my time spent on ChaosForge, so it wouldn't be much).
Time investment in all cases is very low compared to even a part-time job, so don't be scared by the official character of the below ads :)
Web Administrator
Skills needed
* good knowledge of linux, PHP, possibly Ruby
* web administration
* high dependability and availability
* some kind of previous experience
Responsible for
* maintaining chaosforge.org websites
* maintaining the technical part of the forum (addons, possibly new plugins)
* maintaining and performing additional instalations (Trac/SVN/Mercurial)
* maintaining the wiki's and bugtrackers
Example tasks
* installing and configuring Trac (possibly)
* safe upgrading forum to SMF 2.0
* award badge plugin for SMF
* integrating a scoreboard to ChaosForge (once it's done)
Difficulty : very high
Time investment : high
Responsibility : very high
Currently on team : NO ONE
Web Programmer
Skills needed
* good knowledge of PHP/Python/MySQL
Responsible for
* writing a scoreboard and player database ( parsing of score.wad/player.wad )
* writing rankings, charts and handling of player data
* designing a fun and exciting system of browsing the forementioned data
* maintenace of the system once it's completed, integration into the forum
Difficulty : medium
Responsibility : medium
Time investment : medium
Currently on team : NO ONE
FreePascal-aware Linux Programmer
Skills needed
* good knowledge of Linux
* basic knowledge of FreePascal
* good knowledge of proper Linux application behaviour/packaging
Responsible for
* keeping Valkyrie Linux-happy
* fixing Linux-related bugs
* helping with designing a proper application deployment for the roguelikes
* packaging Linux releases
Difficulty : medium
Responsibility : low
Time investment : low
Currently on team : NO ONE
FreePascal Programmer
Skills needed
* good knowledge of FreePascal
Responsible for
* taking maintenance of FPC Valkyrie and keeping the Valkyrie-based projects compiling
* future of FPC Valkyrie
* fixing bugs
Difficulty : high
Responsibility : high
Time investment : very high
Currently on team : you
Forum Public Relations
Skills needed
* great communication skills
* good knowledge of ChaosForge games
* bag of ideas
* high availability
Responsible for
* keeping the forums active
* throwing ideas for forum activities (ChaosForge related!)
* answering repetetive and simple questions
* commenting on recurring RFE's
* ideas for making the donation system work
Difficulty : low
Responsibility : medium
Time investment : very high
Currently on team : MaiZure (lead), Tavana, Anticheese
C++ Programmer
Skills needed
* very good C++ skills
* knowledge of STL and Boost
* good knowledge of roguelikes
* Linux/MacOS X/SDL/OpenAL/OpenGL knowledge a big advantage
Responsible for
* cooperation on the development of the Neko library (the new roguelike engine)
* bugfixing and testing
Difficulty : high
Responsibility : medium
Time investment : medium
Currently on team : Melon, Tavana
C++ Linux Programmer
Skills needed
* good C++ skills
* good knowledge of Linux environment
Responsible for
* maintaining full Linux compatibility of Neko and managing the build system and Linux portability of Neko-based roguelikes
Difficulty : medium
Responsibility : medium
Time investment : medium
Currently on team : NO ONE
Web Artist
Skills needed
* artistic skills
* web-design awareness
Responsible for
* design and artistic look of the chaosforge sites
Difficulty : medium
Responsibility : low
Time investment : varies
Currently on team : NO ONE
UI Artist
Skills needed
* artistic skills
* awareness of UI-design
Responsible for
* design and artistic look of the graphical chaosforge games
Difficulty : medium
Responsibility : low
Time investment : varies
Currently on team : NO ONE
ParaSait:
If it is OK, I'd love to help with the Forum Public Relations.
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No problem for me.
--- Quote ---good knowledge of ChaosForge games
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I play CF games a lot so I have quite a lot of experience. I have read almost everything about DoomRL and BerserkRL (like the wiki, I've completely read that).
The only problem here might be AlienRL and DiabloRL. I know the basic knowledge about those games, but not everything actually. Of course I can answer some "standard" questions, but when it gets advanced then I can't help very much. But DoomRL and BerserkRL are no problem at all.
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You mean suggestions for the forum and the games? Yes =)
I have very much inspiration for new stuff and in fact I've always tried contributing every bit to CF I can. (See the Big CF Poll for example)
--- Quote ---high availability
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That is for sure. I spend much spare time on my computer, and basically every time I open my browser to explore the internets, I have the reflex the check the CF forum for new posts, and I read them all. Usually I check it 2 or 3 time per day. Also, there are not very much things I am a member of so much time goes to CF.
--- Quote ---keeping the forums active; throwing ideas for forum activities (ChaosForge related!)
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This forum has always been quite active I think. Though if it does idle for while I am sure willing to pull the trigger again with constructive ideas and comments. =)
--- Quote ---answering repetetive and simple questions; commenting on recurring RFE's
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No problem for me, for both the forum and the games. But then again, if it gets advanced for AlienRL and DiabloRL then you can't fully count on me I'm afraid.
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No problem. Plus, I can also persuade people to donate, heh =P
Also, it is no problem at all to make myself available more often on the IRC, as my IRC client is running most of the time I'm working on my pc.
Igor Savin:
Mrazerty, I for one would be glad to have you around as a Forummeister :-P
Regarding the ChaosAd: I'm afraid both my skills and availability are sub-par to the requirements, although I'd like eventually to become the maintainer of Valkyrie; so far I can be a Valkyrie apprentice, hardly anything more.
But you can count on my donations ASA I get my promotion :).
Kornel Kisielewicz:
--- Quote from: Mrazerty on April 27, 2009, 09:14 ---
--- Quote ---bag of ideas
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You mean suggestions for the forum and the games? Yes =)
I have very much inspiration for new stuff and in fact I've always tried contributing every bit to CF I can. (See the Big CF Poll for example)
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This mainly included ideas for the expansion of the community -- new ideas for additions to the community, ideas how to gather more people, promotion, and generaly PR-idea stuff.
--- Quote from: Mrazerty on April 27, 2009, 09:14 ---
--- Quote ---high availability
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That is for sure. I spend much spare time on my computer, and basically every time I open my browser to explore the internets, I have the reflex the check the CF forum for new posts, and I read them all. Usually I check it 2 or 3 time per day. Also, there are not very much things I am a member of so much time goes to CF.
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That I believe, and this is a big plus in your favour.
--- Quote from: Mrazerty on April 27, 2009, 09:14 ---
--- Quote ---keeping the forums active; throwing ideas for forum activities (ChaosForge related!)
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This forum has always been quite active I think. Though if it does idle for while I am sure willing to pull the trigger again with constructive ideas and comments. =)
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There were times when this forum had about 60 post per day, that was active. From my side I'll provide new material (releases) for discussion, from your side I'd need ideas for promotion, and promotion itself.
--- Quote from: Mrazerty on April 27, 2009, 09:14 ---
--- Quote ---answering repetetive and simple questions; commenting on recurring RFE's
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No problem for me, for both the forum and the games. But then again, if it gets advanced for AlienRL and DiabloRL then you can't fully count on me I'm afraid.
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Basically, sometimes questions are posted that no one answers, despite the fact that it's common knowledge. At least posting a link to a revelant topic would be enough.
--- Quote from: Mrazerty on April 27, 2009, 09:14 ---
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No problem. Plus, I can also persuade people to donate, heh =P
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If this would work, or any ideas to make it would would be worth their weight in gold (quite literalily)
--- Quote from: Mrazerty on April 27, 2009, 09:14 ---Also, it is no problem at all to make myself available more often on the IRC, as my IRC client is running most of the time I'm working on my pc.
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I'll probably be available more often on IRC in the near future -- these vacations will see a lot of CF work.
You also received a thumbs up from one of the Chaoslords, and that counts.
Please post, PM or mail with any ideas you have that can be convincing, and we'll probably set you on some probation time ;).
Kornel Kisielewicz:
--- Quote from: Igor Savin on April 28, 2009, 01:06 ---Regarding the ChaosAd: I'm afraid both my skills and availability are sub-par to the requirements, although I'd like eventually to become the maintainer of Valkyrie; so far I can be a Valkyrie apprentice, hardly anything more.
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As for the moment, you're the only person I trust enough that has the skills to take that position. I'm still waiting eagerly for your vision of Valkyrie's future. Actually I think it'd be even more cool if you post it on the Valkyrie forum :).
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