Development questions

[Gripen]

I am a little bit interested in wtb, just what it is.

Does game development include story development, or generating concepts for new places/maps/worlds?

Does it also include art development?

The way I understand the main site is that it does, but I\'d like to verify, and everything I found on forum had to do with the program and code devving.  This is certainly not that.

[Karyuu]

Game development includes everything - engine, code, art, story, etc. However, it\'s a lot harder to get into Settings than it is to contribute code or art, for example (mainly this is because many applicants want to go creating their own stories instead of working within the PlaneShift world and its goals). You apply (you being anyone) in the department you\'re best in - e.g., 3D art, rules, music - and finish enough test tasks for Talad. After enough months, you may get WTB status, and later become a fully fledged PS dev.

[Gentar]

Well, how do you do that then Karyuu, because I have sent in about 5 applications over a year\'s time and have never gotten a response to any of them. I know Im not the greatest at art but I was hoping to at least have been considered.

[Karyuu]

Talad is the one who looks at applications, and he is usually extremely busy. This is a hectic project made by people with hectic lives :) Sometimes poking directly after several applications is a good idea - have you ever tried catching Talad on IRC? He isn\'t always by the computer or willing to answer everyone\'s questions, but there are many times when the opposite is true.

The applications being answered are often determined by the need - you have great designs Gentar, without a doubt, but I have only seen a few attempts at texturing, which is needed more - and the artists on the team can do both the on-paper designs and their actual production. I don\'t know what you have submitted in your application so I have no idea what to suggest, but this is just a general thing :)

However, I would definitely suggest that you talk to team members about your application, particularly the high-higher-ups, and particularly Talad.