Here are 10 reasons why you should dedicate some of your time (or your entire life, as you prefer) to PlaneShift:

1. PlaneShift is the first 3D MMORPG to be free for all players to play, as much as they want
2. Thousands of fans will see and enjoy what YOU made
3. It will not be your job, but your hobby, so you can really enjoy it and work in the areas you like best
4. The team is ever growing, with talented people from all over the world sharing the same dream
5. Unlike pro games, no commercial constraints such as money, time, or schedule can stop us. Only our own quality standards and talents determine how far we can go
6. We are a fair, friendly and happy team! With contributors from 11 countries currently, you can make new friends all around the world--all with talents and interests similar to your own
7. We have a unique license which we feel will ensure the success of the project and the integrity of the game we are creating
8. The core engine is released under GPL giving to it endless life and endless ability to improve.
9. You will have the chance to contribute to the fun of thousands of players
10. With our vision of free and open code and free play, Planeshift Will shake the gaming community in the next few years

PlaneShift is a complex project and first of all it needs a good organization, for this reason we have divided the project in different departments. Each department has a leader that will ensure the progress and coordination of contributors.

To be a leader you must pass the approval of the director. Before that you will be considered a W.T.B. (Want To Be) Leader and only after proving that you have the right skills and dedication to the project you will officially become a leader.

There's one leader for each department and he can have also one co-leader helping in his job.
He will ensure progress in his department completing the most important tasks in his area and will organize work of other members.
He is the primary reference for development.
Required Skills:

• Strong committment to the project.
• Good skill to organize work of the Team.
• Team leadership.
• Good knowlegde of the area in which he applies

To be a member you must pass the approval of the current leader of your department. Before that you will be considered a W.T.B. (Want To Be) Member and only after proving that you have the right skills and dedication to the project you will officially become a member.

You should choose one or two department where you want to contribute. As a member you will benefit of many advantages in the game: you can have special character with a defined social position in Yliakum society, free magical items or weapons, a permanent house and more...
You will have tasks assigned by your leader and you will be asked to respect deadlines to finish those jobs, you are requested to dedicate at least 1-2 hours a day to PS.

The skills required are listed below in the description of each department.

Will contribute to the core development of PlaneShift, client or server side depending on skills.
Skills:

• 2 years or more C++ programming.
• CS experience really helpful.
• Good OO skills.
• Ability to work on large projects

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- Previous experiences on other C++ projects.
- Previous experiences on other games projects.
- Knowledge of 3d programming (not required but good to have)
- Knowledge of Crystal Space (not required but good to have)

Will create models for characters of the game (players and NPCs), buildings, terrain, etc... Will also contribute to the intro of the game and all rendered animations.
Skills:

• Good modeling and texturing skills.
• Knowledge of major 3D programs (3DStudio MAX, ...)
• Bent for medieval setting.

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- Programs you use to model (3DSMax, Maya, Blender, etc...). Please tell us how many years of experience you have in those.
- Previous experiences on RPGs. Which tabletop games you played. If you have been DM and for how much time. Which RPG computer games you played.
- Send or point with an URL to some rendered images of models made by you, Models can be buildings, items, or characters (preferred). Try to send the type of models you would like to work on in PlaneShift.

Will create all texture for 3D models, concept art for new races, monsters, weapons, and maps.
Skills:

• Strong artistic ability.
• Knowledge of major 2D paint programs (Photoshop, FractalPainter, ...)
• Bent for medieval setting.

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- Programs you use to draw (Photoshop, etc...). Please tell us how many years of experience you have in those.
- Previous experiences on RPGs. Which tabletop games you played. If you have been DM and for how much time. Which RPG computer games you played.
- Post an URL to some black & white artwork and some images colored with a paint program.

Will improve the current web site with drawings, new layout, new pages, more content, flash intros, etc...
Skills:

• Strong artistic ability.
• Knowledge of major 2D paint programs (Photoshop, FractalPainter, ...)
• Knowledge of Flash

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- Previous experiences on building web sites.
- Web languages you know (php, perl, asp, javascript, etc...)
- Web applications you use to build sites. Please tell us how many years of experience you have in those.
- Post references to sites made by you, or send a proposal to update the layout of our main page.

Will create background stories, quests, legends, NPCs and anything related to the setting of PlaneShift.
Skills:

• Dungeon Master of pen and paper RPGs for 2+ years.
• Bent for medieval setting.

Will talk to press giving information about PlaneShift. Will create new opportunities for PlaneShift to be present on the major sites. Will provide interviews with devs, on-line events, and others to increase the popularity of PlaneShift.
Skills:

• Must be heavily present on-line in terms of hours/day.
• Knowlegde of Net sites related to RPG, multiplayer, communities.
• ICQ, IRC channels, Newsgroups.

Will create background music for the game, music for Web page and other presentations.
Skills:

• Compositor.
• Play the keyboard or other MIDI instrument.
• Knowledge of main music formats, compressor, optimization.
• Bent for medieval setting.

Samples should be in OGG format (www.vorbis.com).

Will create all sound effect related to spells, interface options, monster voices, speech, etc...
Skills:

• Knowlegde of main sound formats and programs to manipulate those.

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Please insert this information :

- Previous experiences at producing sounds. Instruments you play and which experience you have at those.
- Programs you use to produce sounds. Please tell us how many years of experience you have in those.
- Previous experiences on RPGs. Which tabletop games you played. If you have been DM and for how much time. Which RPG computer games you played.
- Send or provide an URL where we can download some sounds made by you. Best if the sounds can be used as spell effects, medieval weapon effects, monsters voices/effects.