PlaneShift

Gameplay => General Discussion => Topic started by: Induane on January 11, 2006, 07:35:32 pm

Title: Community involvement in Settings - ... seriously! :D
Post by: Induane on January 11, 2006, 07:35:32 pm

I\'ve brough this up before as a side comment far down a thread a while back, but  I thought about it for a long time and decided that it warranted its own thread imho.

The community has many talents.  Some are programmers.  Some are writers.  There are many more however who do graphical things.  The Fan art thread is filled with fantastic examples of exceptional skill, and lack of skill too ;)

I would like to see one fact of planeshift change.  That is community expansion of the PS world.  Right now there is basically none.  You must be a dev to do that.  I think this is a tragic thing.  Too much talent is wasted.  The PS team has lots to do and it would be nice if the 3d and 2d devs could relinquish some of the lesser tasks to the community in the form of contests.  These would serve two purposes - one is getting work done that would otherwise take more time, and the other is recruiting.  Contests like this bring out the best in peoples talents.  You might well find some good devs to recruit along the way.

Rules could be formulated in a way that would let the PS art license apply to the different things that are  contributed.

Winners could either be \"featured\" on the main site and in the forums, or they could be rewarded by having their creations appear ingame.

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Post by: Wired_Crawler on January 11, 2006, 09:01:35 pm

Challenge #1 (http://planeshift.oodlz.com/wbboard/thread.php?threadid=8927&boardid=22)

Challenge #2 has never appeared (yet?).

Laanx Wheel of Wishes (http://lww.demon-host.com/index.php) is still online, I think anybody can upload new files there, but who knows, what would be their fate...

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Post by: ThomPhoenix on January 11, 2006, 09:03:24 pm

Art contests, I like the idea!

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Post by: Cherppow on January 11, 2006, 11:14:25 pm

I liked the acraig\'s challenge. Maybe we can have #2 sometime. :) I hope.

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Post by: zorbels on January 11, 2006, 11:28:10 pm

Induane I think you ides is great, and I support it. \\o/ :D Motivation works!

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Post by: Falzaek on January 12, 2006, 12:35:13 am

My sister would love this. Although she\'s adamen tshe\'ll never play (don\'t ask) she saw the developing game and wanted to contribute in the graphics area.

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Post by: Janie Kidu on January 12, 2006, 07:34:00 am

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Originally posted by Induane
I would like to see one fact of planeshift change.  That is community expansion of the PS world.  The PS team has lots to do and it would be nice if the 3d and 2d devs could relinquish some of the lesser tasks to the community in the form of contests.  These would serve two purposes - one is getting work done that would otherwise take more time, and the other is recruiting.  Contests like this bring out the best in peoples talents.

i think that\'s a great idea. and not just for 2D or audio art, either. the degree of \"relinquishment\" could be quite variable ranging from \"we need someone to design four gates in such and such file format, these were the ideas and sketches\" to \"design an entire dsar for the klyrosi quarter\" to \"develop a rules framework for the creation of objects or the modification of buildings/landscapes by characters\" (architects and gardeners, right? :} )

as a kinda related idea it might be nice to have a small \"sandbox\" type server to explore new ideas, and let um... _alpha_ playtesters examine and give feedback to dev-team or designer/coder contestants before polishing and integrating into the beta/main release.

peace out,
janie kidu

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Post by: Induane on January 15, 2006, 11:12:34 pm

Hmm well everyone seems to think its a decent idea.  Now what can be done to get this started!  I am sure that there are many things that could go along with this.  The question is how do we get started? D

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Post by: Lordbug on January 18, 2006, 07:59:17 pm

I like the idea :D

Competition always makes things more fun and makes people do their best. I\'m pretty sure that with regular challenges Planeshift would be developed alot faster...

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Post by: Cherppow on January 20, 2006, 12:07:55 am

Hi

Well... ;) while waiting, maybe fan artists can join forces and create some serious fan art together. Let\'s say eg. an inside of a big building, like a city hall? If you make it gorgeous enough, devs can\'t help but to daydream of it being in-game. >.> Why not let everyone contribute there a bit, from writers and sketch artists to modelers and musicians.

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Post by: Induane on January 20, 2006, 03:39:52 am

Excellent suggestion! A community designed hall!

I\'ll link from the fanart forms to here and see if we can get this party started.

Edit: Here is the thread I started (http://www.planeshift3d.com/wbboard/thread.php?threadid=21659&boardid=22&styleid=2)