Might PG ever allow community code contributions to help continue development?
Welcome to Project: Gorgon!
Project: Gorgon is a 3D fantasy MMORPG (massively-multiplayer online role-playing game) that features an immersive experience that allows the player to forge their own path through exploration and discovery. We won't be guiding you through a world on rails, and as a result there are many hidden secrets awaiting discovery. Project: Gorgon also features an ambitious skill based leveling system that bucks the current trend of pre-determined classes, thus allowing the player to combine skills in order to create a truly unique playing experience.
The Project: Gorgon development team is led by industry veteran Eric Heimburg. Eric has over a decade of experience working as a Senior and Lead Engineer, Developer, Designer and Producer on successful games such as Asheron’s Call 1 and 2, Star Trek Online and other successful Massively Multiplayer Online Games.
Might PG ever allow community code contributions to help continue development?
I followed the game for a long time and only recently started playing. After seeing the last blog post I was wondering if the developers would ever consider releasing the source code so the community can help with development should they be unable to continue developing the game.
I could imagine it might also be very beneficial for the game to be source-available rather than open source (as in FOSS). That way players with the skills to do so could contribute potentially a lot to development while the IP, code, direction, and vision are still controlled by the current team. To put it another way -- making the source and assets available but under a license that would disallow others using them and a community contribution agreement that all contributions would belong to Elder Game, LLC.
I know I would love to contribute if the code were available! It might be a way forward for development to continue even if finances become too tight for a full time development team.
I would hate to see this gem of a game disappear. There are likely a lot of talented developers and artists in the community who would love to contribute to its continued future. Has this option been considered? Is it a possibility?