North Western Development, commonly shortended to NWD, is a software and video gaming modding company founded and run in Alaska, USA. NWD is made up of several different divisions. Each division has a team of developers and support staff that help the division to perform its functions. Developers and support staff may be a part of more than one division. An overview of each division's purpose and it's current list of staff can be found below. Do not contact staff directly unless you are a business looking to partner with NWD, in which case your direct contact should be Jackson Abney. Please join the Discord below.
The FiveM division of NWD is responsible for the development, support, promotion, and sale of all closed source FiveM assets created by or sold under license from a partner. The FiveM division was the first division of NWD to be established and will remain a core portion of NWD for the foreseable future.
Founder, Lead Developer, and Project Manager - Jackson Abney (northwesternbear)
The game development division of NWD does exactly what it says on the tin, it develops video games. This team is responsible for the research, design, development, marketing, sale, and support of any game made by or sold under license from a partner. This division is by far the largest of the divisions within NWD. This is division that NWD aims to make the primary focus of the company within the next few years.
Founder, Lead Developer, and Project Manager - Jackson Abney (northwesternbear)
Interim Lead Developer - Ezra Gilmore (thescriptergeek)
Game Designer, Art Lead, and Writer - Ethan Brandt (ethan_brandt)
Concept and Gameplay Artist - (K1SM3T#1294)
The purpose of the hosting division of NWD is to provide relatively affordable hosting based in Alaska for both companies and individuals who may wish to have a server that they don't have to physically manage. The primary audience for NWHS (North Western Hosting Services) is Alaskan residents who are looking for low cost local game server hosting to play with friends without much hassle.
Founder, Support Lead, Sysadmin - Jackson Abney (northwesternbear)
The Software Development for Hire & Open Source Projects (SDH&OSP) division's primary focus is responding to requests for custom written software which has been commissioned by businesses or private individuals. This provides an additional income to both the developer and for NWD. The OSP portion of SDH&OSP focuses on furthering certain open source projects managed by NWD, all open source projects fall to this division.
The SDH&OSP team consists of any developer across NWD who wishes to take part. It is not set in stone and any developer not actively working on a SDH project can opt out at any time.
At this time all team members participate in their respective divisions on a volunteer basis. No member receives pay aside from comissions earned from products developer and sold.