Dev Pods Sponsored Membership Application

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Are you 18 or older?* This field is required.
Yes
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Can you afford to cover your own membership dues?* This field is required.Anyone 18 or older can join Dev Pods by paying membership dues - for details visit DevPods.gg. Strangers on Patreon cover costs for a fraction of members who would otherwise be unable to participate (details). Only the Dev Pods cofounders (Chris DeLeon and Tim Ruswick) or someone under an NDA ensuring privacy will see your answers, and no one else inside or outside of our community knows who participates with their dues covered through this option. Submissions go into a pool, not an ordered queue, so when we have an opening that matches your application yours could be next. The wait tends to be 3-7 months, though may be shorter or longer. More people apply for sponsorship than we have openings, so not all sponsorship applicants can be admitted.
No, I'd need my dues covered (limited openings, wait list)
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Participation requirement to maintain a sponsorship allocation* This field is required.Dev Pods is not designed to be a full-time or fast-paced program. Most members participate only a few hours each week, maybe 2-3 sittings spaced out on some weeks but no involvement on other weeks. It's flexible and self-paced. No one tells anyone else which game team to be part of. Members pick their own roles and tasks one week at a time. However, we have a responsibility to people who pay for the support of these openings to ensure the opportunity is assigned to people using of it. This is like how if someone has a scholarship but doesn't attend classes, it has to be reallocated to someone else. If a member joins through sponsorship but does nothing within a month of being admitted, or doesn't participate on team projects at least 6 weeks (about every other week) in a 3 month period, the opening will be cycled to another applicant.
I understand that to keep the sponsorship I'd need to be involved at least every other week
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Community rules* This field is required.• Members must be 18 or older. • Dev Pods aims to be a supportive and harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, level of experience, age or religion. • Dev Pods games are released free online, using GitHub's Display Name for credits. • Any part or work-in-progress stage of Dev Pods games may appear in portfolios, social media posts, and community promotional material. • External assets (even public domain or CCO) or generative AI art/audio/text are not suitable for Dev Pods games. Everything in our games is created by teammates. • Video updates by leads may be viewed by people not currently in Dev Pods. • No spam or self-promotion (server invites, ads, etc). This includes messaging members about outside promotions. DMs about Dev Pods are fine, though chat in group channels tends to be best for teamwork. • Stalking, threats, intimidation, doxxing or harassment are not tolerated in any form. To maintain a professional environment posts containing (or linking to) nudity, sex, hard violence, slurs, or excessively disrespectful language are not permitted. • If you see something against the rules or that makes you feel unsafe, let staff know.
Yes, I agree to abide by these rules if admitted
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Are you looking to make freeware games with teams?* This field is required.This is a community of people making freeware games together for practice with related support, not a network of solo developers or suitable for outside commercial projects.
Yes
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Which of these do you know well enough to do on a team?* This field is required.Check any box that you know would be comfortable doing even on a game jam or prototype.
Unity C#
GodotScript
Unreal 5 (Blueprints or C++)
Game Art (2D and/or 3D)
Game Audio
Game Writing
Level Design
Project Leading (Producer)
Other
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Which of these do you intend to learn or practice in Dev Pods?* This field is required.Check all that apply. If you're open to any programming language or engine, marking the 1-2 you'd prefer using first can speed up your application process since it helps us tell which developer group it'd be easiest for you to join. We understand this answer may evolve over time. It's fine if you can do something (i.e. checked it on the previous question) but don't want to do it on freeware games - ex. it's your day job so you only do it in professional roles, you know how but don't enjoy doing it, etc.
Unity C#
GodotScript
Unreal 5 (Blueprints or C++)
Game Art (2D and/or 3D)
Game Audio
Game Writing
Level Design
Project Leading (Producer)
Other
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Tell us briefly about your game development learning or experience so far* This field is required.We are a learning and practice community, so unlike a job application this does not need to be impressive or include official credentials. On the other hand, there are many free ways online to learn fundamentals of programming, blender, pixel art, music composition, as well as game jams or solo itch.io-scale projects. Being ready to collaborate well with teammates requires having put in non-trivial time on picking up some fundamentals before joining.
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Why did you decide to apply to join Dev Pods?* This field is required.This does not need to be long or elaborate, but it is an important space to say something that could set your application apart, tell us something relevant about your journey, or reflect an understanding of our group's purpose.
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How'd you find out about Dev Pods?* This field is required.Did you see a social post (which? who?), YouTube video, podcast interview, from a specific member, etc.
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Any other notes, comments, or links to share?Anything else you want to mention. Feel free to include an itch.io or portfolio link if you have one, though this is not required. If you have other online presence you're comfortable sharing - even if it's not game development related - such as social media, github, youtube, linkedin, etc it's also not necessary but can help as another way we can validate which submissions are from real people and not bots or redundant application submissions.
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What's your name?* This field is required.A semi-anonymous online alias is fine, whatever you prefer we call you.
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