Before you can join the development team, your work needs to be reviewed by other developers.

• Clone the Git repository to obtain access to the latest source code.
• Read up on our C++ coding standards.
• Check the Patch Submission Guidelines and the Developer Guide for information on best practices for authoring Git commits.
• Submit your pull requests on GitHub.

One way to contribute is to find an unassigned bug in the bug tracker and fix it. If you wish to work on something else, you should probably explain on the forum what you wish to do before doing any actual development. When adding new features, keep in mind the project philosophy, which is that of KISS.

The development team hangs out in the IRC channel #wesnoth-dev on irc.freenode.net. Feel free to join us and ask any questions you may have about our codebase!