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JASS programmer wanted for debugging input

03-18-2006, 09:13 AM#1
Anvilsmith
I'm working on a map that aims to simulate life in the wilderness, much like the legendary Troll Tribes games, although unlike them, this map can still be a challenge when played cooperatively. Among the things included so far are a random maze generator, an elegant system for placing resource sites on the map and a quaint GUI that lets players establish the map's parameters (such as its size, resource density and the level of "connectiveness" between cells). One of the problems I've encountered while desigining it was that, although the logic of my scripts looked excellent on paper, the syntax set a whole new level of challenges that I can never quite topple without hours, sometimes days of work. Rather than plod through the same struggles I've been forced to undertake so far, and slowly construct this map as I sort out my own errors, I want to ask if someone might be willing to work on Elven Village with me, though not as a "full-time" scripter, but as someone who debugs my code and presents his own when he feels like it. The assistance of a veteran would be enormous in value, even if that veteran didn't submit his own scripts.

Some of the key elements I plan to introduce, most of whom are already on paper:
-a realistic ecosystem, where animals hunt each other, breed and, once they die, stay dead
-weight-based inventories, using a system akin to Vexorian's
-ways to influence the forest at large by "corrupting" it with dark magic and technology - this also gradually defiles the elf, making certain spells and features work differently on him
-a skill-based system of character growth, which includes such skills as skinning animals and mining
-a double-matrix system of weapon and armor bonuses, taking both the item's type and main material into account, as well as an item enchantment system
-rituals: complex series of actions and spells that require perfect timing from more than one caster
Naturally, all these would require lots of time and energy on my part, which I'm willing to devote; what worries me, however, is that I won't manage to finish until late summer if I have to pick through my code on the lookout for errors, as some of it can get quite massive and forbidding.
03-20-2006, 02:41 AM#2
karukef
Debugging your code is the most boring and least rewarding part of any programming. Debugging someone else's code...

Personally, I feel like you can't ask for something like that.
03-20-2006, 10:21 AM#3
Anvilsmith
I don't see anything wrong with a being consultant of sorts; I do that at thehelper.com all the time. Still, you're right about the popularity of this offer, or lack thereof. I suppose I'll just have to forget about it.