From Blue Mars Developer Guidebook

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Contents 1 Summary 2 City Developer's role 2.1 Build a City 2.2 Establish a community 2.3 Aggregate Blocks 3 Block Developer's role 3.1 Exhibit large/interactive content 3.2 Manage real estate 3.2.1 Managing Shops 3.2.2 Managing Residences 4 Shop Owner's role 4.1 Sell created content 4.2 Decorate shop interior 5 Content Creator's role 5.1 Create content 5.2 Use by yourself

Summary

Congratulations on becoming a Blue Mars developer! As a next step, you should take a moment to think about what type of developer you would like to be here (at least for starters). Are you good at designing and creating items and would like to show off or sell your creations in-world? Or do you envision creating and running your very own City, complete with entertainment, real estate, and shopping?

In Blue Mars, you have various levels of roles you can take on as a developer depending on your goals and ambitions. The table below shows a general overview of the four types of developers--Content Creator, Shop Owner, Block Developer, and City Developer--, the roles that they play, and the knowledge/skills that are recommended for each role. In terms of development complexity (that is, the amount of things you need to create and manage), the simplest is the Content Creator, with increased roles and responsibilities as you move up the table, with the City Developer playing the most roles and having the most control over their in-world environment.

Please note that this is only meant to be a general guide to the various developer roles. How much you develop your Shops, Blocks, or Cities is entirely up to you, and depending on your involvement you may have more or less of the roles described below, which may require more or less of the skills listed in the table. You may also choose to share these roles and responsibilities with other developers, combining your various expertise to create and operate your City.

Titles	Roles	Prerequisites
City Developer (City Owner)	Build a City	General knowledge of City Editor / General knowledge of real time game creation / Knowledge of technical limitations of CryEngine2 / Knowledge of technical limitations of Blue Mars servers / Entity system / Lua scripting / Knowledge of lighting on CryEngine2 / Basic operational knowledge of 3D applications
	Establish a community	Knowledge of communication methods in Blue Mars / Knowledge of entertainment / Knowledge of asset pipeline in Blue Mars
	Aggregate Blocks	General knowledge of Block Editor / Knowledge of property pipeline in Blue Mars / Understanding of virtual currency (BLU) / Familiarity with Real Estate Marketplace / Knowledge of how to lease out Blocks to other developers
	Act as Block Developer	See below
Block Developer (Block Owner)	Exhibit large scale content	General knowledge of Block Editor / General knowledge of Item Editor / Knowledge of Content creation conventions (See also)
	Exhibit interactive content	General knowledge of Block Editor / General knowledge of Item Editor / Knowledge of FlowGraph and Entity system / Knowledge of Blue Mars performance limitations
	Manage real estate business with Shops and Residences	Understanding of virtual currency (BLU) / Business in Blue Mars / Property pipeline in Blue Mars / Familiarity with Real Estate Marketplace (leasing Blocks) / Knowledge of how to lease out Shops to Content Creators
	Act as Shop Owner	See below
Shop Owner	Sell created content	Understanding of virtual currency (BLU) / Familiarity with doing business in Blue Mars
	Decorate Shop interior	General knowledge of Shop Editor / Asset pipeline in Blue Mars / Familiarity with Real Estate Marketplace (leasing Shops)
Content Creator	Create content and use by yourself without a Shop	General knowledge of content editors / Knowledge of content creation conventions (See also) / Knowledge of asset pipeline in Blue Mars

City Developer's role

Roles: Build a City, Establish a community, Aggregate Blocks or act as a Block Developer.

Build a City

• City Developer quick start guide
• City Editor Tutorial
• Uploading Your City

Establish a community

• Develop inworld attractions.
• Place Flash content in your City.
• Establish your City's unique characteristics with Common assets, City limited items, Background music, etc.
• Hold events such as town meetings, tutorial sessions and game competitions.

Aggregate Blocks

• Create Blocks by using the City Editor
• Use PROPERTIES tab in Developer MyPage

Block Developer's role

Role : Exhibit large scale contents and Interactive content, manage the real estate business with Shops and Residences, or act as Shop Owner.

Exhibit large/interactive content

Note: Block Developer's contents will be static as well as interactive. Block Developers can choose to have more objects in Blue Mars than Content Creators.

• Access City common data.

There are several ways to create interactive objects.

Use CGA

• Create CGA
• Place as clickable self animating objects.

FlowGraph

• FlowGraph Basics.
• Simple Animations in the FlowGraph.

Entities

• ARChair
• ARElevator
• ARAvatarTrigger can be used to activate FlowGraph.

Manage real estate

Managing Shops

• Set up a Shop as a Block Developer.
• Lease out your Shop

• Through the Real Estate Marketplace.
• To specific companies.

• Evict tenants.

Managing Residences

• Create and set up Residence as a Block Developer.
• Lease out your Residence.
• Evict tenants.

Shop Owner's role

Role : Sell created content and Decorate Shop interior

Sell created content

• Create content.
• Lease a Shop.

Decorate shop interior

• Create shop interior (See also).
• Place your content in the Shop.

Content Creator's role

Role : Create content and Use by yourself

Note: To sell your content, you need to lease a Shop.

Create content

• Use any 3D application which can export Collada DAE.
• Use the Blue Mars Sandbox Editors for content creation.

Create attachments (cloth/accessories/hair).

Create custom body shapes (physique).

Create non-attachable items (furniture/ornament).

Create custom animations (body animation/facial expression).

Use by yourself

• Upload your content to Blue Mars.