Please read the title! 
So to be clear, first off yes this is a volunteer thing but I want to approach it more like an even collaboration because I have no money right now, I’m paying rent and really strapped, etc. More about that below. tl;dr, there’s a reason I’m not saying “my” Minecraft clone, because a group effort would be ours.
I am working on a Minecraft clone, as some of you know. but even still, the design is so rough and so broad that I’m beginning to realize there is more than enough room for the vision of someone else to make it their own in equal measure.
“Minecraft with variable forms of governance, block protection, and a final fantasy job system” are currently my 3 (current) design pillars- but this does not a game make. Like there is so much in there. How are resources collected? Do we want to redo the system of tools, inventory? How about the way we gather resources or ensure balance between various players? Can we make that more sustainable? What about automation? progression without extreme asymmetry between experienced players and novices?
I don’t know the answer to these questions and I don’t feel super confident answering- or tackling- them on my own. But I’m asking because I wonder if there isn’t someone out there- whether within this server or otherwise- who would be interested in bringing their own vision to the huge gaps I have in my existing design, thereby making it a shared project rather than just “volunteer for me.” More like “let’s both have joy in sharing the same thing 50/50.”
This is a genre that takes a lot to have a “minimum viable product” too- lighting, lots of crazy world/chunk stuff (which i am struggling with)… inventory management, and most likely survival features too. A lot of this I’m willing to do, but I’m encountering issues that I feel people would be interested in solving that I’m not currently interested. Or even more than that, I’d like to work faster than I am right now. For instance, if I had someone doing all the terrain/world gen stuff, I could work on integrating custom block models into the mesh generator. Or working on music, sound, menu/UI, and frontend.
Finally, I know that working with someone else on this would be a huge motivating force, and I hope it would be the same way for the partner in this scenario.
So it’s totally fine if no one here is interested- but if you know someone who may be, please reach out to me.
P.S. Also this request does take it on faith that I would be a pleasant person to collaborate with, but also that I am an organized person, my code is readable, and my workflow is not horrible, lol. But to whoever’s interested: We would have a discussion to see we were on the same page as people, and then the person would evaluate me to see if my project’s code and organization is up to snuff. I am also open to doing a game jam together first to see if we enjoy working together.