Hehe, double answer from Xav and I... This had to happen at some point, talk about a decentralized company ! Interesting to check the small differences between the two mails by the way ;-)
> -----Message d'origine----- > De : [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] De la > part de Xavier Antoviaque > Envoyé : jeudi 21 octobre 2010 17:34 > À : [email protected] > Objet : Re: [Farsides] Video presentation of Farsides > > On Wed, 2010-10-20 at 11:32 -0400, Alex Vachon wrote: > > Hi all, I'm totally new to your work. I'm a video > producer/director. > > I am trying to get a grip on what you are and what you are trying to > > do, but between forums, blogs, wikis, I'm overwhelmed, and I want a > > good picture quickly! :-) > > True, going through the different tools to get a grasp of the project > right now can be a bit overwhelming - we don't have an intro/path for > the newcomers yet. It's early, so things are still changing a lot... > > > So in a nutshell, one sentence: > > > > What is Farsides? > > It's a free software videogame studio. It's a French company, based in > Paris, but operating from a "virtual office" (in which you are right > now > since you're reading this email : ) ). > > > What is HackIt! ? > > What it is right now: a prototype of a game where you go around the Web > and hack "real" websites. See http://hackit.cx/ > > What it's becoming: a mission engine, where you can easily create > missions that use the Web as a playground (like "find an article on > this > subject", "help preventing a virus from infecting the Web", etc.). See > http://farsides.com/wiki/Missions_Ideas > > What it will be: We don't know! : ) Currently, we'd like to try a > serious game setting: an ecological NGO contacts you, tells you the > planet is trying to wipe out humanity, and asks for your help > > > Who is in the crew or who does what? > > It depends on what you consider a crew : ) For the core team: > > - Vlad: development > - Deborah: graphic design > - David: business, game design, project management > - myself: development, game design, project management > > On top of that, a few people like Nico, Marius, Proppy, Josselin, > Aurelien, Arthur etc. occasionally help or provide advices on specific > parts. > > Hope I helped you gaining a few insights! If you have other questions > don't hesitate, it will help build the FAQ : ) and see what's necessary > to know when you get started in the project. > > Xavier. > > _______________________________________________ > Farsides mailing list - [email protected] > > Wiki: http://farsides.com/ > List: http://farsides.com/ml/ > Forum: http://farsides.com/forum/ > Ideas: http://farsides.com/ideas/ > Chat: http://farsides.com/chat/ _______________________________________________ Farsides mailing list - [email protected] Wiki: http://farsides.com/ List: http://farsides.com/ml/ Forum: http://farsides.com/forum/ Ideas: http://farsides.com/ideas/ Chat: http://farsides.com/chat/
