Programming Applications & Chicken Brains

[Jeru]

First, a small change of policy: Up until now we welcomed application forms for all sorts of volunteer roles in Wildfire Games, spanning everything from 3d animation to AI programming. The application system seems to be working well for graphics, sound etc., but not so much with programming, because we want to see programmers make good contributions to the 0 A.D. codebase before we can conduct any interviews with them. Candidates would apply, and then we would send them to the open tasks, and then the whole application would sort of lose momentum.

So from now on, if you're a programmer and you want to contribute to 0 A.D., just get your feet wet and get started. We don't want to hinder your progress with any applications. If you do a good job over time, you'll get inducted to the team anyway. All the relevant pages have been updated. Let's hope this improves things from now on!

Next, in other news, our gifted programmer Philip has implemented a chicken brain in 0 A.D. and chickens can now run away from their attackers. Some say they are now impossible to catch. Check out the Unit AI thread for more info.