no worries was more of trying to get an idea of where you guys are atm, im trying to figure out the source code for game atm,
We're trying to keep everything as local as possible, without too much fuss where that's not required.
sorry honestly only second time ive touched Python, and the first time i was using binary data not json
There is a lot you can do without advanced knowledge of Python, I think knowing how the game works in general is more important. JSON/Binary doesn't matter much, you can replace 2 lines of code per loading routine and everything will be stored in/loaded from binary, that part is not really relevant to anything.
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It's not easy to get involved with the project so far along, especially if you want to work on the core code... but even without that, you can work in many areas with just the limited knowledge of the games, like for example
MC Setups at game start (we actually have 0 MC setups at the beginning of the game),
new areas/events (requires basic understanding of Python/Ren'Py, mostly you can gather everything that you need from examples we already have),
attacks/animations for BE, and generally more content in any area of the game.
I doubt that you can just jump into development of core code and especially buildings/jobs (in development at the moment) with just the basic knowledge of Python, techniques used there are very demanding.
But we have a dev environment setup so you can contribute whatever you feel like freely.