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Thank you for agreeing to be interviewed.</p>
<p>First question: When did you first hear about JMonkeyEngine?</p>
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</figure> Way back in 2014, after a long period of developing desktop applications,<br>
servers, and minecraft plugins, I decided to look into writing games.<br>
At that time I was more into C#, but XNA was a sinking ship,<br>
so looked at alternatives.<br>
I found jMonkey and gave it a shot.</p>
<p>What made me stay with JME was the community.<br>
Actual developers of the engine would respond to my questions,<br>
which was encouraging and made me want to continue with it and contribute back.<br>
A lot of what I know now is down to the fact that people far more educated<br>
in game development than me took the time to share their knowledge.</p>
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</figure> I had a similar experience.</p>
<p>What were your first steps? Did you install the SDK right away?</p>
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</figure> I did install the SDK!<br>
At that time the SDK was “the thing to use,” and it was a cutting-edge tool.</p>
<p>I distinctly remember making an infinite-terrain world with a<br>
2-D heightmap and cars.</p>
<p>And I remember some of the first mistakes I made, too:<br>
wondering why adding lights everywhere was slowing down my game<br>
(in a forward-rendering pipeline) and why shadows weren’t realistic<br>
with multiple lights.</p>
<p>I also remember Normen Hansen tutoring me into developing plugins<br>
and improving the SDK.<br>
For me, that was great.<br>
I felt like part of the family, and it was extremely encouraging to<br>
interact with such an intelligent and giving bunch of developers.</p>
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</figure> Suppose the old you (from 2014) was transported to the present,<br>
as a newcomer to the JMonkeyEngine community.<br>
What advice would you give yourself?</p>
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</figure> Good question.</p>
<p>I think it’s important to make mistakes to become better at what you do.<br>
We all start with big ideas,<br>
and virtually all come to realize it’s way more difficult than we anticipated.<br>
That’s a learning process we all need to go through.</p>
<p>So my advice would be to keep doing what you’re doing,<br>
but don’t be disheartened by not achieving your goals on the first attempt.<br>
It takes years to become proficient.</p>
<p>Listen to those that know better and try to understand why they came to<br>
that conclusion.</p>
<p>Learning is not always about being right!</p>
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</figure> Just so!</p>
<p>Next question: You’re currently JMonkeyEngine’s community manager.<br>
How did that role come about?</p>
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</figure> My primary talent is finding ways of getting things done.<br>
If it can be done, I can do it.<br>
That’s always been my attitude.</p>
<p>When it became apparent that there was a lack of direction,<br>
it rolled around in my head for quite some time.<br>
What could do to improve things?<br>
Did I have it in myself to keep the momentum going?</p>
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</figure> How has your passion for the role evolved?</p>
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</figure> My passion for the job remains the same as it was when I took the role,<br>
but I must admit it is a challenge!</p>
<p>I’ve managed companies, people, websites, servers, and all things in-between,<br>
but I’ve never managed an open-source project of this size.<br>
You don’t pay people.<br>
You have no definite control over what people do or don&rsquo;t do.<br>
Instead you have to rely on support, trust, and a rather large dose of<br>
doing it yourself to encourage movement.</p>
<p>It’s very rewarding to work together to keep jMonkey alive<br>
and to see genuine improvement as time goes by.</p>
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</figure> Of all your JMonkeyEngine projects,<br>
which have given you the greatest satisfaction?</p>
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</figure> The most satisfying thing I’ve written for jMonkey is the JmonkeyStore.<br>
It’s nice to create something that brings people together and provides<br>
so much use.</p>
<p><a href="https://jmonkeystore.com">https://jmonkeystore.com</a></p>
<p>If I had to choose something other than the store, it would be the<br>
shadows project for my game Animalia.<br>
It took me over a week &mdash; probably ten days &mdash;<br>
and countless headaches to get it just right, and when it finally worked<br>
it was ultra satisfying to have overcome all the issues.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfZyf9jG8PI&amp;t=5s">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfZyf9jG8PI&amp;t=5s</a></p>
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</figure> What’s next for JmonkeyStore?<br>
Are you still adding features?<br>
Where do we stand with respect to its Patreon goals?</p>
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</figure> I’d love to allow buying and selling software.</p>
<p>There will also be the option of giving a developer a one-time payment<br>
of the buyers choice &mdash; a sort of “buy me a beer” option.<br>
As time goes by, it should bring more users to the community.</p>
<p>We’re about a third of the way to being able to do that.<br>
It&rsquo;s a very exciting prospect to look forward to!</p>
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</figure> Have you paid any bug bounties yet?</p>
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</figure> The bug bounty system is another great<br>
tool we can bring forward when the Patreon sponsorship increases.<br>
It’s something I’m very much looking forward to switching on.<br>
It’s a great way to get contributions moving forward &mdash; and even finding bugs.</p>
<p>No bounties will be set until we increase funding.<br>
Right now the funding doesn’t warrant much incentive.<br>
It would only support one bounty every 2-4 months,<br>
which would stall things and probably cause more harm than good.</p>
<p>For now, we are funding the monthly costs of our web presence and services,<br>
paid for by our generous community.</p>
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</figure> I guess that&rsquo;s enough for now.</p>
<p>I enjoyed conducting this interview.  Thank you for your time.</p>


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