cocos2d for iPhone

A fast, easy to use, free, and community supported 2D game engine

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   sunsu
   Member

   Hi guys,

   I'm wondering if people in the community would be against someone offering up a "Bounty" for specific Cocos2d-iPhone features? For example I'd like to see Hex Tile Map support and might be willing to pay someone a "bounty" to work up a patch so that Cocos2d-iPhone would support them.

   The problem with Bounties is that they have the potential to take effort away from areas that the community as a whole might deem more important.

   I've done a few Bounty requests in the Drupal community in the past, and usually they were for things I was already doing anyway so I just got paid to do them. So, I always liked them.

   Just wondering what you guys thought about this.
   -Sunsu

   Posted 2 years ago #
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   Clain
   Member

   The problem with Bounties is that they have the potential to take effort away from areas that the community as a whole might deem more important.

   Bounties are more an ethical problem to me. I don't like the idea of paying for some features while having others for free. Who would get the money anyway ? What about the people who worked on cocos for free, for the sake of sharing ? I think it would be unfair.

   On the other hand you could always hire a guy on your side, have him develop some hex tile map support and then submit a patch without the community knowing.

   It would be nice to know what others think about this, especially the people who contribute a lot to the cocos source code.

   Posted 2 years ago #
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   sunsu
   Member

   I agree Clain. Riq, and others who contribute so much to the project should determine if this is a good idea or not.

   Who would get the money anyway ?

   Traditionally, someone offers a bounty for a "feature" and anyone can accept it that wants to do it. I've seen this work on a first come first serve basis, or by a bidding system. Typically the "first-come-first-serve" approach works better.

   On the other hand you could always hire a guy on your side, have him develop some hex tile map support and then submit a patch without the community knowing.

   This is true. But if you open the bounty up to people in the community that already work on Cocos all the time, it becomes an opportunity for them to make extra money doing what they already do. This seems better in some ways than paying some random guy to do it.

   Posted 2 years ago #

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