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=The Founding Developers=
 
=The Founding Developers=
At the core of any game are the people that make it. Wurms original creators are Rolf and Notch. Rolf to this day is still the server developer and is the guiding hand that keeps the game moving. Notch retired in 2007 as the founding client dev, and since then Rolf has created the client dev team.
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Wurm Online was originally created by [[User:Rolf|Rolf Janssen]] (Rolf) and [[User:Notch|Markus Persson]] (Notch). Up until 2007 Notch and Rolf continued to work together on the game; developing the client and server sides respectively. In 2007 Notch retired, but Rolf continued working on the game and created the Client Development Team to continue improving the client.
  
 
=What do Devs do?=
 
=What do Devs do?=
Developers are responsible for developing the game. This includes a vast array of things from fixing bugs, graphics, website maintenance, sysadmin work and much more. They directly affect the game by making changes to code, adding content, and altering how things work. While Rolf remains the sole server dev Wurm has expanded its client team to help increase progress. Rolf is the only employee of OneTooFree, all other developers are volunteers.  
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Developers are responsible for a vast array of things from fixing bugs to creating graphics, maintaining the website, managing sysadmin and much more. They directly affect the game by making changes to code, adding content, and altering how things work. While Rolf remains the sole Server Developer, he has expanded the client team with volunteers. Until early 2011 Rolf was the only employee of OneTooFree AB, but recently he has employed two additional developers, Haradur and Wox.
  
=== Developers ===
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=== Employed Developers ===
 
* '''[[User:Rolf|Rolf]] - Founder / Server programming'''
 
* '''[[User:Rolf|Rolf]] - Founder / Server programming'''
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* Haradur
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* Wox - Lead Art Developer
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=== Volunteer Developers ===
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==== Client ====
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* [[User:Dashiva|Dashiva]] - Lead Client Developer
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* [[User:Wintermute|Wintermute]] - Client Developer
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* [[User:Budda|Budda]] - Client Developer
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* [[User:Zcul|Zcul]] a.k.a. Andreas - Client Developer
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* [[User:Cryptik|Cryptik]] - Client Developer
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* [[User:Wollschaf|Wollschaf]] - Client Developer
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==== Art ====
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* [[User:Saroman|Saroman]] - Art Developer
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* [[User:Kinoss|Kinoss]] - Art Developer
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==== Sound ====
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* Taliesin a.k.a [[User:Doughboy|Doughboy]] - Sound Developer
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==== Other ====
 
* [[User:Egal|Egal]] - Website Programming / Web Sysadmin / Client programmer
 
* [[User:Egal|Egal]] - Website Programming / Web Sysadmin / Client programmer
* [[User:Mortimar|Mortimar]] - Content Manager / Graphics
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* [[User:Gurubear|Gurubear]] - Webmaster
* [[User:Kilean|Kilean]] a.k.a Haraldstern - Client programmer
 
* [[User:Wintermute|Wintermute]] - Client programmer
 
* [[User:Zcul|Zcul]] a.k.a. Andreas - Client programmer
 
* [[User:Dashiva|Dashiva]] - Client programmer
 
* [[User:Budda|Budda]] - Client programmer
 
* [[User:Athero|Athero]] - Art developer
 
* Kinoss - Art developer
 
* Mrbloodworth - Lead Art developer
 
* Taliesin a.k.a [[User:Doughboy|Doughboy]] - Sound Developer
 
  
 
=== Retired Developers, Thanks guys! ===
 
=== Retired Developers, Thanks guys! ===
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* Inventor - Artist
 
* Inventor - Artist
 
* Ron Smits - Server programmer
 
* Ron Smits - Server programmer
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* [[User:Mortimar|Mortimar]] - Content Manager / Graphics
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* Mrbloodworth - Lead Art developer
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* [[User:Kilean|Kilean]] a.k.a Haraldstern - Client programmer
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* [[User:Athero|Athero]] - Art developer
  
 
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Revision as of 14:45, 9 September 2011

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The Founding Developers

Wurm Online was originally created by Rolf Janssen (Rolf) and Markus Persson (Notch). Up until 2007 Notch and Rolf continued to work together on the game; developing the client and server sides respectively. In 2007 Notch retired, but Rolf continued working on the game and created the Client Development Team to continue improving the client.

What do Devs do?

Developers are responsible for a vast array of things from fixing bugs to creating graphics, maintaining the website, managing sysadmin and much more. They directly affect the game by making changes to code, adding content, and altering how things work. While Rolf remains the sole Server Developer, he has expanded the client team with volunteers. Until early 2011 Rolf was the only employee of OneTooFree AB, but recently he has employed two additional developers, Haradur and Wox.

Employed Developers

  • Rolf - Founder / Server programming
  • Haradur
  • Wox - Lead Art Developer

Volunteer Developers

Client

Art

Sound

  • Taliesin a.k.a Doughboy - Sound Developer

Other

  • Egal - Website Programming / Web Sysadmin / Client programmer
  • Gurubear - Webmaster

Retired Developers, Thanks guys!

  • Notch - Founder / Client programmer
  • DragonM - Coordinator, client development team
  • Jake Lear - Artist
  • Inventor - Artist
  • Ron Smits - Server programmer
  • Mortimar - Content Manager / Graphics
  • Mrbloodworth - Lead Art developer
  • Kilean a.k.a Haraldstern - Client programmer
  • Athero - Art developer