Ideas of tasks for new contributors

Providing tasks for new contributors
You can add a task or start detailing one of the tasks listed below.

To add a task to a category, create a page describing the task and add the following tag to the source of the page (replacing "Code" with one of the topics list below):

Game design

 * Provide Feedback
 * Organize a play test
 * Organize a brainstorm
 * Design a mission
 * Identify needed feedback
 * Identify games that could provide inspiration
 * Review game design ideas and blueprints
 * Spot issues with gameplay
 * Describe popular use cases
 * Develop an idea into a blueprint

Graphic design

 * Create brand design
 * Improve the game or website designs
 * Create a new skin for the game
 * Create a banner
 * Design a goodie
 * Create game artworks
 * Identify sources of design inspiration

Community

 * Classify threads
 * Write summaries of discussions
 * Organize "in real life" events
 * Welcome newcomers
 * Provide help on the forums
 * Design a survey
 * Moderate forums
 * Find contributors for tasks
 * Improve the description of tasks for new contributors
 * Write for the newsletter, the blog or the social network updates
 * Find new ways to engage the community

Translation

 * Translate missing text in available languages
 * Start translating into a new language
 * Review existing translations

Code

 * Develop a feature
 * Fix a bug
 * Develop a plugin
 * Develop a mission
 * Review existing code
 * Create unit tests based on testing use cases
 * Document code
 * Triage bugs
 * Review ideas and blueprints from a technical standpoint

Testing

 * Test the game
 * Confirm bugs and bugfixes
 * Write use cases based on bugs and popular usage
 * Create automated tests bases on bugs and popular usage
 * Report bugs

Business

 * Analyse business plan and projections
 * Identify potential partnerships or investors
 * Invest
 * List examples of projects that have similarities with us
 * Improve the acquisition and conversion processes
 * Share news about the video game or free software industries

Storytelling

 * Write stories
 * Write background and character development
 * Write events
 * Write missions
 * Identify potential sources of inspiration for the story
 * Review stories and background proposals

Event management

 * Write events
 * Organize an in-game event

Marketing

 * Find new ideas of materials to distribute
 * Organize press relation events
 * Write announcements and press releases
 * Contact journalists and news websites
 * Spread the word on forums and social networks
 * Identify inspiring marketing events
 * Identify potential information relays (news websites...)
 * Conferences (list them or attend them)
 * Review proposed marketing actions
 * Improve game advertising (list potential places and analyse results)
 * Improve the acquisition and conversion processes
 * Find new ways to bring players to the game
 * Organize contests
 * Submit HackIt to games contests

Sysadmin

 * n/a

Documentation

 * Write summaries of discussions
 * Improve the description of tasks for new contributors
 * Write tips and tutorials about the game
 * Create a leaflet or a reference card for HackIt
 * Review changes to the wiki
 * Improve and review the wiki editing rules
 * Maintain the structure and organization of the wiki
 * Flag and categorize pages
 * Improve stubs
 * Write missing pages

Data analysis

 * n/a

Feedback (applies to all themes)

 * Provide Feedback