So many roles...

One thing I like in particular about being an open source game developer is the variety of jobs that need to be done. A non-exhaustive list of available jobs would be..

• Game designer: inventing game concepts, rules, properties
• Software designer: design algorithms, interfaces, entities, relations
• User interface designer: designing the screens and buttons
• Programmer: implement it all
• Software quality tester: debugging, testing
• Artwork creator: drawing, composing, creative writing
• Project manager: publish releases, coordinate activities
• Technical writer: writing documentation, design specifications, player manual
• Play tester: play intermediate versions
• Web designer: maintain an online presence
• Community manager: keep in contact with fans and coworkers
• Journalist: write about the project
• Legal expert: manage license of various content
• Translator: internationalize the content

I do not need to stay with one job. For example, in case programming gets boring, I can do something else like writing about it, which I'm doing now.

Of course I have favorite roles and I would be happy if more volunteers would contribute to the project doing one job or the other. But so far it's more or less a one man show with about a dozen different jobs done by a single guy in his free time!