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Die Nacht

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So if Toady works alone.....
« on: February 16, 2012, 09:56:16 pm »
Who are all these people who work on bugs? There are 5 people in the Bug Tracker that also work on bugs. Who are these and what did they do to gain Toady's holy acceptance?
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Re: So if Toady works alone.....
« Reply #1 on: February 16, 2012, 10:23:45 pm »
They don't actually do anything to the code, they're just moderators/organizers for the bug tracker. They got that position because they were people who've been well-known and in good standing in the community for a long time.

EDIT: Except Baughn, forgot about him. He works on the graphics and interface code, because 1) Toady released the source for those bits, and 2) Baughn's good at it.
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Re: So if Toady works alone.....
« Reply #2 on: February 16, 2012, 10:49:09 pm »
Toady does not work alone; his brother Zach works with him. If you are not Toady's brother, your chances of becoming a source contributor are not good. :)

DF is not an open-source project and Toady has made his feelings about this quite clear. There are many good indie games that are also open-source projects that anyone can contribute to. If you are looking for one, I personally recommend Dungeon Crawl: Stone Soup, a tile-based Roguelike dungeon crawl. Even if you are a non-programmer they are looking for people to contribute descriptions and other game text.
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Re: So if Toady works alone.....
« Reply #3 on: February 17, 2012, 12:18:35 am »
I covered this quite well in the FAQ, found here: http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=100506.0

Both the previous responses are very true as well.
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Re: So if Toady works alone.....
« Reply #4 on: February 17, 2012, 12:36:01 am »
Quote from: Urist_McArathos on February 17, 2012, 12:18:35 am
I covered this quite well in the FAQ, found here: http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=100506.0

Both the previous responses are very true as well.

I did read your post, hence why I was surprised when I saw the other names in the Bug Tracker. There are more than the 2 u mentioned. Do the rest also just do UI and Bug curating?
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Re: So if Toady works alone.....
« Reply #5 on: February 17, 2012, 01:02:13 am »
As far as I know, yes.  No one besides Baughn and Threetoe are "officially" involved in the project's development.
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