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[/list]Overview
I'm currently in the process of tactfully establishing another Ragnarok Online server. In the past, I've engineered some of the largest and most successful servers. However, each server has had its own array of issues that were less than ideal. Professionally I've started recently as a Software Engineer for a company and while my time is limited, I still have been investing the last month into creating a completely overhauled server. I've got a massive playerbase of followers and tactics to bring the masses when we launch, but my focus and reservations are in the amount of time spent to produce the server.
So, what's different this time?
Attention-to-detail on the details... Ultimately, my goal and plan was to emphasize pacing ourselves with the pre-launch development to help properly position the server for opening. This means we're not trying to push yet another RO server out, but a server that has its content to a higher completion level and at a place where I won't have to spend weeks and weeks continuing to develop a list full of promises we made to the community. To help make this possible, I'm writing our entire website code and I've been working to create a control panel dubbed Crewkie CP that will universally connect site, forum, and game accounts (each site account will have all game accounts associated for easy management for players). On top of that, Crewkie CP will feature tools for the staff team to easily add custom items, write simplistic scripts with a UI WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) editor (all of which will be closed-source).What about donations?
Consumables (e.g. Battle Manual), services (e.g. Premium Account) and that's it; No donation promotions, no selling of equipment, no revenue building schemes. So, you may wonder, why are we opening qt-RO? We've got our own goals we'd like to accomplish. For me, my goals are centered around improvement of my programming skill-set outside of my current job tasks and responsibilities. For example, for our website code we're building off of the PHP Framework Laravel (www.laravel.com). I'm utilizing a lot of the most up-to-date techniques.About the server
What I can say is the server is a low rate. We're using simple / scale-able agile development techniques to properly streamline our development via project management.
Features & "Polish"
The server content itself will feature a vast array of custom quests, different methods of leveling up as a player, emphasis on competition / PVP / BG, tons of custom items, special attention to WoE/BG implementation (we've got a few of the top-tier private server players closely assisting these areas), dynamic events (triggered by players and built around community involvement), instance / party dungeons with vast story development, custom maps (including some being produced specifically for this server), custom-built RO client (built by our team with protection from all 3rd party programs), custom Battlegrounds games, extensive ranking and detail analysis of players and their progression, advanced vending / economy tools (i.e. trending item graphs), and much, much more.Positions
We're looking for motivated, dedicated staff members with motivation to learn and invest time into our project. Staff members will be offered GM positions or a position on the team after launch. Our donation plan is to compensate staff members that invest and contribute the most on a weekly basis. The fine details of this plan aren't ironed out yet, but we plan to have this completed soon.
Project Management
Technical Project Manager
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[*]Responsible for management of issues and tasks for the development team.
[*]Manages plans for the development roadmap and organizes efforts.
[*]Collaborates with the entire development team and ensures project direction is always moving forward.
[*]Builds schedules and time-tables to estimate completion of development tasks.
[*]Follows-up with development team individuals to ensure deadlines are met.
[/list]Development
I am recruiting smart, energetic, and dedicated developers. You must work well with a small collaborative team, enjoy seeing a project to completion, and have an "open source" attitude when it comes to criticism and sharing of ideas.
I've been programming in PHP, C/C++, and other various languages for a long time. I have some experience working with node. Additionally, I've got many years of HTML5 templating, CSS3 and Javascript/jQuery experience. About 10 years ago, I started designing as a pre-teenager soon after getting interested in deploying Apache servers and found PHP. Since then, I've had a passion and drive for programming.
PHP Developer
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2+ years experience:
[*]Apache / MySQL / PHP 5.3+
[*]MVC Frameworks
[*]jQuery / CSS3
[*]HTML5 templating
[*]Developing midsize projects
[*]Analytical problem solving
[/list]Should be comfortable with:
[*]Setting up their own LAMP/WAMP environment
[*]Building database schemas
[*]Managing code repositories (Git)
[*]Attention-to-detail with testing and ensuring code integrity
[*]At least 1-2 years of prior PHP experience
[/list]C Developer
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2+ years experience:
[*]Fundamentals to programming and OOP
[*]C/C++ development
[*]MySQL experience including writing queries
[*]Bonus points for experience with the *athena source code
[/list]Should be comfortable with:
[*]Setting up their own environment (MySQL, *athena)
[*]Building database schemas
[*]Managing code repositories (Git)
[*]Attention-to-detail with testing and ensuring code integrity
[*]At least 1-2 years of prior C programming experience; bonus for examples of commits on *athena communities
[/list]*athena Script Developer
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2-3+ years experience:
[*]Understanding of *athena script language and basic programming fundamentals
[*]Willingness to learn beyond *athena scripting (as it is not a real language and watered down C powered scripting language to streamline NPCs)
[*]Bonus points if MySQL experience
[/list]Should be comfortable with:
[*]Setting up their own environment (MySQL, *athena - including compiling!)
[*]Building database schemas
[*]Managing *athena configs
[*]Using code repositories (Git)
[*]Attention-to-detail with testing and ensuring code integrity
[*]At least 1-2 years of prior *athena scripting knowledge; bonus for examples of commits on *athena communities
[/list]Contact
If you're interested in a position, please feel free to contact me on Skype at yumcookiecrumbs. All staff are required to use Skype. You're also free to e-mail any information about yourself to cookie<at>qt-ro<dot>com.
I appreciate your interest and look forward to hearing from applicants! /lv
