BAR is fully open source. Anyone with coding skills can submit pull requests and earn contributor status over time.
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Anybody can submit a pull request to the BAR codebase on GitHub. If you keep contributing, the team notices your work. Active contributors get invited to monthly internal meetings, receive contributor status, and gain access to contributor channels on the community platform. You also pick custom flags for your profile.
Use the customize menu to grab the Development Role. Once you have it, the entire Development category that showed as No Access becomes visible. Read the pinned posts in each channel before asking questions. Keep bug reports in the bug reporting channel and suggestions in the suggestions channel.
BAR is built by volunteers working on whatever interests them. That means some features move faster than others, and the team chooses what to work on based on their own priorities. It is an open source project and labor is the bottleneck. Tone matters in this environment: suggestions land better when they acknowledge the work people already put in for free.
Map creators looking for tools and discussion should grab the Development Role and check the relevant pinned channels. The BAR community includes people who build maps, write mods, and develop the core engine. Pulling the right role unlocks those spaces.
The BAR development community shows what happens when people work together without drama. Creed of Champions runs the same playbook on the battlefield. Teamwork first, zero blame, respectful communication.
[Crd] "Gaming actually fulfills a human purpose here - cooperation, mutual upbuilding, fun and striving for greatness together. Instead of random anonymity, you meet, learn from, and enjoy real people."