2016-05-12 3:54:38 ¶ ●

## Hey, what's actually going on with people who wanted to be a part of the team? Like... I submitted the google form back when this was first suggested, this blog is following me, and I have been pretty active on the ideas google doc, but is there an actual closed group team? Or is it just more of a "we're gonna keep posting stuff in the forum and whoever wants to help can help" thing?

Hi Atalana! Bluebird here. Momo’s Welcome to Act 8 thread on the forums may contain some useful information (http://act8official.boards.net/thread/20/welcome-act-8), and in fact the forums in general are a good place to be. The @act8officialteam Tumblr is another thing to keep an eye on. It’s been pretty quiet there so far, but I will be posting more regularly from now on. You’re not the first person to mention that they’re feeling a bit out of the loop, and that’s something I’m determined to fix.

Team 8 is an open development group, and the workflow goes something like this: The concepts and designs of fans on the forum and in the google doc are refined into a rough draft of Act 8, primarily by Momo ==> A list of the tasks required to evolve the draft into its final form is created ==> Tasks are delegated to people via the IRC channel, Skype, or the forums, mostly based on the contents of the google submission form.

The very earliest parts of Act 8 were assigned at a frantic pace, to a relatively small group of people. Future assignments will likely be delegated in a more sedate and organized fashion. Posts calling for volunteers will go up on the forums, and I’ll be sure to advertise them on @act8officialteam. We’ll probably also continue to contact some people directly, based on google submission form contents, which I continue to review a few times a week.

Lastly, keeping the IRC channel open in one browser tab if you’re able to do so is a pretty good way to stay up-to-date on the daily minutia of the project, and also to socialize. It’s mostly pretty quiet, but there are short bursts of activity throughout the day, which are easy to miss if you don’t keep the channel open.