Guide to contributing to the game: Difference between revisions

This is more of an index to contributing to the game. Note that your solutions might not be used and it is possible for them to even be ridiculed. Please do not take offense and try to get as much constructive criticism out of it as you can. If your work does get put in, than congratulations!!

I hope this covers everything, if not, join the coder irc channel and ask there.

Ideas

So you have an idea and don't know where to post it? Simple... check if it's already been submitted and if it hasn't, post it here

Icons, glyphs, sprites, animations... images

For an overview on spriting see our Guide to spriting.

You have what it takes to make a 32x32 pixel image actually look like something? The forum for sprites can be found here. We're always on the lookout for good spriters.

Coding

A code overview is available as well as a guide for experienced programmers.

There's actually a whole forum dedicated to it here.

Mapping

A Guide to mapping is available. If you have any additional questions please ask here. Ask Errorage / Erro for help, suggestions or opinions, should you need them.

Development and contribution guides

TG Station 13 is an open source project, so anyone can contribute to it. Here are a few guides to help you if you're interested in contributing.

Starter Guide to Admin Tools

Helping with SS13

See From blank to commit to see how to commit your code, images, map updates or anything else to the tgstation repo.

Contribution guides
General	Development, Downloading the source code / hosting a server, Guide to git, Game resources category, Guide to changelogs
Database (MySQL)	Setting up the database, MySQL
Coding	Understanding SS13 code, SS13 for experienced programmers, Binary flags‎, Text Formatting, Guide to signals
Mapping	Guide to mapping, Map merger, Exploration Ruins
Spriting	Guide to spriting
Wiki	Guide to contributing to the wiki, Wikicode