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# Project Contribution System

The **Project Contribution System** lets the community directly support upcoming server projects new features, systems, or content that the staff is planning. Each project has a **funding goal**, and players can contribute to help reach it. Everything is fully transparent: every contribution is recorded and publicly visible in-game.

📍 **Location:** Ark Lobby: *Project Contribution*

### How It Works

1. The staff posts a **project** with a title, description, and a **goal amount ($)**.
2. Players who want to support it **contribute** through the Administration.
3. Every contribution is recorded under the project with the contributor's name, amount, and date.
4. Once the goal is reached, the project is marked **COMPLETE**, announced server-wide, and development of that project begins.

### NPC Menu

#### Project List

Shows all **active projects**. Projects still in progress are shown in **red** projects that have reached their goal are shown in **green**. Select a project to view its details:

* **Description:** what the project is about.
* **Goal progress:** e.g. `(250$ / 500$)`.

Inside a project, you have these options:

* **My Contribution:** Shows your own contribution history for this project: each amount, its date, and your total. Contributions are tracked per character.
* **Contributor List:** Shows **everyone** who contributed to this project, with their amounts and dates, plus the total number of contributors and the total amount raised. Full transparency — you can always verify where the progress comes from.
* **I Want Contribute:** Shows instructions on how to contribute (see below).

#### Project History

Shows all **completed projects**, including their final totals, start and completion dates, and the full contributor list of each. Completed projects stay here permanently as a record.

### How to Contribute

Contributions are handled **manually by the Administration** to keep everything secure and verified:

1. Open the project you want to support and select **"I Want Contribute."**
2. Contact the Administration via **Discord** or an **in-game GM**, and tell them:

   > *"I want to contribute to the project: (Project Name)"*
3. A GM will guide you through the process and officially record your contribution.
4. Your name, amount, and date will then appear in the project's **Contributor List**, and the project's progress bar updates immediately.

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Only contributions arranged **directly with the Administration** are valid. No NPC, player, or third party can accept contributions on the staff's behalf. If someone claims otherwise, report them to a GM.
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When a project reaches its goal and is completed, a **server-wide announcement** is broadcast thanking all contributors, and the project moves to Project History.
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### FAQ

**Q: Can I contribute more than once to the same project?** Yes. Every contribution is recorded separately, and *My Contribution* shows your full history and running total.

**Q: Can I see who else contributed?** Yes the *Contributor List* inside each project shows all contributors, their amounts, and dates.

**Q: What happens to a project after it's completed?** It moves to *Project History* with its final totals and contributor records preserved permanently, and the staff begins working on it.

**Q: A project I was viewing disappeared from the list.** It was either completed (check *Project History*) or removed by the staff.


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