Source control
Source control is a set of activities which is often performed by any member of the team who is producing game assets of any kind (script, art, music, code, etc). It involves managing and organizing different versions of the assets produced, communicating to the team about changes made and the version to use for relevant team members. With VNs that have longer development duration, a version control system can be used to assist the development team in managing asset changes as well as facilitate coding in parallel. The job of managing the version control system typically falls under the programmer's role.
Classic source control
- Google Drive
- Dropbox
- Discord
- any application that allows file sharing
Version control system
Version control systems such as Git is often used along with a repository hosting and management service such as GitHub or Bitbucket. These services allow you to make coding assets and game builds available for all team members (or the public if desired), with additional functionalities unique to version control system such as pull requests which supports coding in parallel.
