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Promotion KAG Contributor Bounties Coming in June

Discussion in 'Announcements' started by Geti, May 7, 2018.

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Would you be interested in crowdfunding KAG development?

Poll closed May 31, 2018.
  1. Yes - one off donations

    25 vote(s)
    71.4%
  2. Yes - subscriptions

    11 vote(s)
    31.4%
  3. Maybe

    8 vote(s)
    22.9%
  4. No

    1 vote(s)
    2.9%
Multiple votes are allowed.
  1. Geti

    Geti Please avoid PMing me (poke a mod instead) THD Team Administrator Global Moderator

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    Hey Folks,

    Next month, we are going to trial a contribution bounty system!

    We want to help support and encourage community contribution in the game, both for code savvy folks, and for anyone who'd like a say on the future of the game. We'd also like the make development a little more democratic.

    Starting next month, the top 3 contributor-applicable issues on github will be tagged with monetary bounties, paid upon integration of an applicable pull request. The wait should give some time for votes to accumulate, and ensure a set list of bounties. Issues will be ranked by the number of +1 reactions they have received from the community.

    The bounties will be scaled according to popularity, with the #1 issue receiving a $50 bounty, the #2 issue receiving a $30 bounty, and the #3 issue receiving a $20 bounty, for a total of $100 over the month. Amounts are in USD.

    We're starting out small, as we're not sure of the reception this will get. We are open to increasing the number and size of the bounties over time, and will look at crowdfunding options, should it prove popular. We hope that this will encourage contribution on other (non-bounty) issues in the meantime, and help get people involved with the repository and the game's development.

    For Anyone:

    • Get on github if you haven't already! No programming experience required, interacting with the issues section is much like an online forum.
    • Be sure to star the kag-base repo to help increase our visibility within the wider open-source ecosystem.
    • Anyone can vote on issues - react with "+1" (the thumbs up) on issues you'd like to see fixed.

    Pitching Features:

    • Anyone can pitch.
    • Pitch proposals under the issues section on the repository.
    • Start your issue title with "Feature Pitch: ", so folks know that it's a pitch.
    • Be as descriptive as possible
      • If you're not going to be the one implementing it, you don't want someone to be working off a vague spec.
      • If you're planning on implementing it, you want people to be clear what they're voting on.
    • Keep scope limited for this round - it's got to be able to be completed in a month by contributors who are often hobbyists, and the payments aren't huge.
    • Spread the word to players you think would like to see your feature implemented to secure votes!

    For contributors:

    • Be sure to read the guidelines!
    • Consider pitching something you'd be confident to work on.
    • Join the discord and drop into the #development channel for support.
    • Wait until the bounties are posted - consider working on other issues in the meantime!
    • Post your intent to pursue a bounty on any of the bounty issues
    • Multiple bounties can be claimed, but please only work on one at a time.
    • Complete the required work to fulfill the bounty
    • Submit a Pull Request suitable for integration
    • Work with the developers to resolve any concerns prior to integration
    • Get paid!

    Notes/Fine Print:

    • One pitch per person per month.
    • "Contributor-applicable" means "able to be addressed directly through the kag-base repository". This basically means "no engine changes".
    • Votes aren't restricted to feature pitches. Contributor-applicable bugs are also suitable, and votes will be counted and bounties paid if there are popular bugs. Bug issues are not restricted to the one pitch per month restriction.
    • Bounties will be paid through PayPal, so contributors looking to claim a bounty should ensure they have a suitable account to ensure prompt payment.
    • Bounties will only be paid for suitable contributions. We do merge optimistically, but the work must be in line with community expectations and suitable for .
    • Be careful if multiple people are interested; the bounty will only be paid out once, to the first suitable pull request (ordered by submission time if multiple suitable submissions are made)
    • Probably don't pursue a bounty on something a past contributor has pitched without consulting them; that's bad form.
    • We reserve the right to "veto" features that we feel are against the spirit or design of the game, but are going to take as open a mind as possible. We want to build a collaborative environment, not a competitive one. We want the community to be able to self-direct as much as possible.
    • We'll formalise this somehow in the repository going forward, and likely revise the contribution guidelines should this prove popular.

    We're anxious to hear your thoughts, and looking forward to seeing how this goes.

    It'll probably work best if most pitches come from contributors with an idea of the scope they're capable of taking on in a month, and if there is as much voting activity as possible to ensure representative voting. We're quietly optimistic.

    Have fun!
    Max
     
  2. Furai

    Furai THD Team THD Team Administrator

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    @Geti thank you for your time and effort to put it all together! :)
     
  3. i hope you realise this WILL get trolled :^)
     
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  4. Geti

    Geti Please avoid PMing me (poke a mod instead) THD Team Administrator Global Moderator

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    Maybe so. I'm hoping we can just work around the trolls as we've always done, and collaborate with the people who are keen to do so.

    I would love to see more voting though! Most of it has been on an only-so-applicable-to-contributors issue with the animations; it's great to know that that's a huge priority for people, but it's not so useful for the bounty system!

    Re: crowdfunding - a lot of people are saying they would prefer to make one off donations rather than subscribe to anything. I'm not sure there's enough interest for a patreon in that case, but would a paypal button for donating to dev suit most people?
     
  5. Mazey

    Mazey Haxor Global Moderator Forum Moderator Staff Alumni Donator Official Server Admin

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    I chose both one-off and subscribtion. Subscribing can make a larger impact, but without proper rewards (or goals, eg 300$ a month “I can work on KAG 3 days a week instead of 2”) it’s not worth it.
     
    Last edited: May 10, 2018
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  6. Geti

    Geti Please avoid PMing me (poke a mod instead) THD Team Administrator Global Moderator

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    That makes sense.

    I think it'd be getting mostly funnelled back into bounties (-> subscription would give a good indication of how much money the bounties would be approximately worth), but I understand that that's probably too nebulous for many people to cough up money for.