Major goals for 0.7 series

Still experimenting; focus on in-game editing, scripting, and design changes.

• In-Game Editing: NPCs, items, dialogue
• Content
  • Restore a few levels, NPCs, items, quests from v0.5
  • Add sidequests with plot consequences
• Design changes
  • Class system
  • Persistent injuries?
  • Expandable storage (pockets, belts, holsters, packs) instead of shared party inventory?
• Combat core
  • Targeting, calcs, rolls, damage
  • Turns, animation sequencing
  • Basic AI
• GUI system
  • Scrollbars
  • Hotkeys (for GUI buttons)
  • Icon buttons
  • Text input with autocomplete
• Fully interactive GUIs
  • Combat: target info, weapons/attacks, objectives
  • Dialogue, Inventory, Character Creation/Stats
  • Settings, Keymap, Save/Load

v0.7.0 - JS scripting (Released 2022.01.28)

• ☒ Integrate JavaScript engine (MuJS)
• ☒ Cleanup/reorganize
• ☒ Port scripts from Lua
• ☒ GUI
  • ☒ Mouse hover/click/drag
  • ☒ Dialog sizing+positioning
• ☒ 3D Scene interface
  • ☒ Character customization
  • ☒ JS-driven scene loading

v0.7.1 - Gameplay (Released 2022.02.11)

• ☒ Combat basics (damage, death, animations, sounds?)
• ☒ Health bars
• ☒ Weapon/attack selection UI
• ☐ Object picking - POSTPONED TO 0.8.x

v0.7.2 - Content editing & inventory (released 2022.02.19)

• ☒ Edit NPCs and Items
• ☒ Save edited objects back to main data file
• ☒ Quicksave/load
• ☒ Scripting console (very crude)
• ☒ Equipment UI (fully interactive)
• ☒ Quick-add items to NPCs/containers (with autocomplete)
• ☒ Expandable equipment UI test

v0.7.3 - Combat details - (released 2022.03.14)

• ☒ Combat calcs (port to JS)
• ☒ Animation sequencing
• ☐ Turn logic - POSTPONED TO 0.7.5
• ☐ AI test - POSTPONED TO 0.7.5
• ☐ Blood - POSTPONED TO 0.8.x
• ☐ Render weapons in hands - POSTPONED TO 0.8.x
• ☒ Line-of-sight computations & display
• ☐ Muzzle flash / bullet texture - POSTPONED TO 0.8.x

v0.7.4 - GUI, Dialogue, Worldbuilding - released 2022.04.09

• ☒ Convert all v0.5 NPC/item data to new format
• ☐ GUI system cleanup and fixes - POSTPONED TO 0.8.x
• ☒ Main Menu, title screen, scene transitions
• ☒ Dialogue UI + editing
• ☒ Character screen with classes, stats, etc (design change)

v0.7.5 - Gameplay Followup - released 2022.05.15

• ☒ Combat & Peace modes
• ☒ Turn logic
• ☒ Basic AI
• ☒ Expandable Equipment (design change)
• ☒ Clothing size overhaul
• ☒ Buffs / status effects
• ☒ Persistent Injuries (design change)

ADVANCE PLANNING

v0.8 Alpha Series ~ May-Aug 2022

Finish engine overhaul; focus on stability and core combat gameplay. For playtesting I’ll build out the unfinished mid/endgame battleground levels. Restoring the introductory levels, quests, etc, would be a distraction at this point.

• Port/rewrite V1 features:
  • Combat features: line of sight, armor, grenade throwing, etc
  • Camera tracking
  • Party following
  • 3D decals, animated textures, etc
• Finish features postponed from v0.7
  • Combat VFX (blood, gunfire, explosions, throwing)
  • Render weapons in hands
  • Object Picking
  • …
• Engine V2 polishing:
  • Object picking (click directly on NPCs+objects, not just floor tiles)
  • Additional GUI+scripting system rework
• Combat+AI enhancements
• Segmented in-game editing: plot phases/chapters AND separate mods
• Custom font

v0.9 Beta Series ~ September 2022

• Restore/recreate all content from v0.5
• Finish all essential content
• Transparency: depth-sorting or depth-peeling
• Multithreaded update/render
• Other engine tweaks and enhancements

v1.0 Final Release ~ 2023?

• Polishing and expansion
• Finish the game as intended