What Do Gm's Actually Do?

So I've always thought that Game Master make Quest, puzzles, parkour AND code.

But I just learnt from my big friend @Lotem that builders actually make parkour and puzzles. So that makes me wondering, what does a GM do? Does he/she only write a story for a quest?

Do they code them too?

heh
help me plz

 

YML.

 

p sure they handle quests and items, probably more though

 

GMs make quests, make items, and make mobs through YML.

 

Oh, wow, they make up items too? kewl.
^ and mobs too

 

Think of Quests like a taco. The builders make the shell (the actual solid, physical part), while the GMs fill it to the brim with story, dialogue, puzzles and more.

oh and they make items too

 

But they come up with the ideas, they don't have to be good with command blocks?

 

That's for the CMD team.

 

I dont understand how they manage to use command blocks. They are so complicated. For me (who have a hard time summoning a command block) it feels like they must have experience working NSA/Google /NASA/hollywood's best animation studio. I can't understand how they do it.
Is it Jeb or Notch that is working behind the scenes?

 

Command blocks aren't that hard once you're used to them. You can do some cool stuff in a few minutes :D
However, some stuff (like the eye of the storm puzzle) are pretty challenging to do !
I don't know any programming language, this is not required if you want to do stuff with cmdblock

 

This came from the GM Doc

Roles

As a GM, there are multiple roles that you will have to do. However, it is very unlikely that you will be good at all of those. This is why it is highly encouraged to ask for other GMs help when you feel they could do a better job.


Quest Design

This role is about designing the quests from scratch. Starting from an idea, to a plan, to working with YMLs in game. It is not an easy task and is very time consuming.


Writing

This role is about writing the NPC’s messages. It’s often done by the quest designer, but can also be done by someone else. This role is to write short and high quality quest messages, and to give personality to the NPCs.


Mob Design

This role is about designing the mobs. It requires a lot of testing, and a lot of back and forth into the chest room.


Mob Placement

This role is about placing mobs. Some mobs have different power and spells, and using the environment with it can really make the game more challenging and fun.


Item Design

This role is about making items. It’s one of the easiest one, but requires a lot of verification. If an item is badly done, it could easily break the game, so you need to be very careful.