Suggestions for Working on Issues that Affect Later Levels

Hello. I’m loving CodeCombat so far and would really like to contribute as much an I’m able. I’ve setup the local dev environment, fixed a minor bug, submitted a pull request, and it was accepted – very exciting!

I’d love to go further and contribute on issues like…

and

… but I’m unsure the best method to work on & test issues affecting mechanics of later levels.

What are other Archmages out there doing? Thanks! Any suggestions would be appreciated.