Not too long ago I was one of the contributors for this project. Despite my mediocre programming skills, everyone was extremely supportive and gave me a lot of constructive feedback. Hell, I even got a personalized note from one of the original developers in-game, which was pretty awesome.
If you're looking for some fun, then I'd also recommend checking out some of the dev docs.
https://github.com/frandallfarmer/neohabitat-doc/blob/master...