Furrycactus - Mapper Application

[furrycactus]

Ckey/BYOND Username:
Furrycactus

Discord Name:
Joshie

Position Being Applied For:
Mapper

Past Experiences/Knowledge:
I was a mapper on Aurora in the past circa 2019 to 2021, but I left the team and the server for a time due to a mixture of burnout and to prioritise my studies. Prior to that, I did a lot of mapping with TG code for a private server I had with friends. In the time since coming back to Aurora, I've kept my toes in the water through the occasional contributor PR or project.

Examples of Past Work:
For anyone still around that played back then and might remember, my biggest projects in the past were departmental remaps of the Engineering sublevel and the Medical main level on the NSS Aurora, and updating the NSS Exodus map to the modern (at the time) standards for the anniversary event where we returned to the map for a weekend.

My more recent work has consisted of various contributor PRs, mostly for smaller scope QoL changes and bug fixes on the Horizon or various ghost role off-ships. Probably the biggest one of these that I've done was a total redesign of the IAC Rescue Ship.

Attached pictures are an example of the smaller PRs I've put out recently, here, here, and here.

Additional Comments:

I'll be completely candid, while I enjoy the mapping process very much, I understand very little in the way of code. Any code that I've managed to get working in the past has been haphazardly reverse-engineered in a very Frankenstein-like manner, and if it worked it was because of duct tape and prayer. I've tried, but my brain just doesn't get it. So if that's something that would pull the brakes on this app then I totally get that.

[hazelmouse]

I've worked with Joshie a few times before, in my experience he's an excellent mapper with very good intuitions and technical knowledge. I think he'd be an excellent addition to the team.