Jidousha Shakai
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Looking for Volunteers to help out with development!
I am now looking for volunteers to help me with developing JS.
The game is finally shaping up well enough that I'd like to start getting some of you to help me get the game out faster.
How to become a volunteer?
Join the Discord and go to the #volunteer-work channel. All info should be there.
What are the benefits?
First things first: Let's be honest. Volunteer work is just a way for me to take some of the development burden off of my back for free. I want to be completely open and honest about this from the get go. There is no money to be made here. I often don't have enough money to pay myself minimum wage, so it would be unrealistic to say I could afford to pay other people. You should only volunteer your time if you are free and ready to contribute to the project. You are not bound by any contracts and can leave at any time. However, I expect there to be some degree of professionalism when you are volunteering. If you volunteer for 2 days, then leave, then want to come back a week later, then leave a week after that, I won't be letting you back in. I'd like people that are dedicated and can spend at least an hour a day on producing assets for JS.
Moderator: With that said, volunteers are automatically moderators of the server. You will have the extra responsibility of looking after the server when I am busy. You are not dedicated mods though. You can just step in when there is no one else around and are not obligated to do any kind of moderation or cleanup.
Free game: Also as a volunteer, you will receive the game completely for free. You are essentially the next step above @Tester. You will be engaging with me and other @Volunteers in mod chat. It should be clear that you will only have access to the game when you are a volunteer. If you leave after 2 weeks, you will not keep the game. But if you show dedication, produce good content, work well with others, and stay with the team for an extended period of time, you will be able to keep the game permanently.
With that said, I appreciate those of you who have stuck around. Please make sure to join the Discord if you are looking to be a volunteer or are just looking forward to the game.
Previous Owners Beta Testing
Hello all!
Hope you are doing well. It's been a couple months since the announcement for the re-release and things are progressing at a steady rate.
As of right now, the game is starting to get to the point where I'd like to get people to start testing the game in an early state so we can be ready for the bigger, public*, pre-release testing phase. Right now we are mainly testing UI framework and controls, but we will soon be testing physics, the new customization system, and many other things.
Right now, the testing is only being done through the Discord server so I can personally talk to all of the testers about feedback and suggestions. If you'd like to participate in this testing, then please join the Discord and DM me to obtain the tester role.
Discord: https://discord.gg/Efy2vs9
My Username: Freznosis
I hope to see you guys there so we can get some testing done! ːcarː
*Public, as in all owners of JS can freely test without contacting me for pre-release testing phase.
Join our Discord!
Hello everyone,
Make sure to join our Discord so you get the most up to date information on the game.
Also subscribe to the YouTube channel as I will be posting videos of Jidousha Shakai over there.
If you are a previous owner of Jidousha Shakai, click here.
Jidousha Shakai Re-Release - More Info
First of all, make sure to join our Discord for the most up to date information on JS. Also be sure to subscribe to the YouTube channel as I will be posting a lot of videos there.
If you aren't already aware, Jidousha Shakai will be re-releasing on Steam. Read about that here. Some questions I have received will be answered below, as well as some other info I'm sure some of you have.
- Is this really happening?
Yes! Stay tuned. - Why should I trust you? You'll probably abandon the game again.
I don't really have an answer to that. I won't promise anything as I have in the past because over-promising was one of the main things that had doomed the game originally. Additionally, I was still a very inexperienced developer and there were a lot of things I could have done differently. I've grown a lot as a developer and all it takes is two seconds of research to see that. So I'm having a go at developing this game again. As I said, I won't make any promises, but I hope to actually finish the game this time around. Giving all previous owners the game for free is the first step to fixing what I ruined with JS. - Will I have to pay again?
No. As I've said, all previous owners will get the re-release completely for free. As long as you have the original JS in your library then you will be OK. You will not get the re-release if you've refunded or deleted the original game from your library or for some reason don't have access to the account where you purchased JS. - How will I get the re-release if I own the original game?
All original owners will receive the re-release (and all future updates) as an update to the original game. You will be able to play it simply by launching JS as you always have. New owners will play the game by purchasing the re-release on Steam. I am looking for alternate ways to handle previous owners, as it would be preferable to transfer all previous owners over to the new App ID. But Steam doesn't currently support this. so as of right now, this is how it will be done. - Will there be multiplayer?
I would like to say "yes", but I won't. This is because I don't know the future of Jidousha Shakai right now. If the re-release only gets 10 players daily then it wouldn't make much sense to try and spend thousands of dollars on multiplayer servers. At the very least I would like to maybe add "self hosted" multiplayer so you could download and host a dedicated server yourself. With that said, I don't plan on working on any kind of multiplayer stuff until the core of the game is finished and there is a good amount of content. I don't want to fall into the same trap as last time. - Will there be mods?
I would say it will be similar to the answer above. I'd love to do it and I most likely will, but I won't promise anything. Mods will be a lot easier to do than multiplayer so there is a higher chance it gets done, but I will have more info on that when the time comes. - Have any other questions? Head over to our Discord and ask as many as you like!