halley/todo.txt at develop · chidddy/halley · GitHub

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editor
- compile game
- launch game
- project properties
- editor options
- ECS editor
- ECS inspector
- create project from template
- game stats display
- render graph editor
- state machine editor

scene editor
- scroll view
- reload on asset reload
- entity list
- entity editor

entity
- nested prefabs
- general serialize/deserialize
- snapshot world
- smearing systems
- better timelines?
- defragment/optimize memory? [RESEARCH]

core
- hot reload AudioClips

graphics
- render graph [from old Halley?]
- convert uniforms into attributes for distance_field_sprite?
- optimise SpritePainter
- multi-pass: disable batching
- fallback shaders
- run rendering on another thread? [RESEARCH]
- Codegen vertex attribute data? [RESEARCH]

input
- input context system [RESEARCH]
- use GameController API, ditch XInput+Joystick (should be superceded)

audio
- refactor voice system
- rate limiting
- multiple "layers" (with individual listeners for them)
- range compression/ducking
- audio environments
- source filters
- listener filters
- effects/DSP
  - low-pass/high-pass/band-pass (standard biquad filters)
  - reverb [RESEARCH]
  - doppler shift [RESEARCH]

ui
- tab order
- reduce draw calls, especially between text and images

lua
- lua bindings for C++ objects
- lua ECS? [RESEARCH]

asset importing
- generate fonts with OpenCL

utils
- remove Boost dependencies
- consider replacing STL with EASTL or similar?
- improve Halley::String?
- write my own memory pool/replace boost::pool?
- DirectoryMonitor support on Linux and Mac

system/win32:
- window properties
- input
- audio

samples
- ports from my old game jam games:
  - ggj16 ("Anu & Ki") - from Unity
  - ggj15 ("A Horrible Night") - from Unity
  - poh13 ("Dungeon Butler") - from Halley 1
  - ggj13 ("Stoneheart: The Beauty in the Beast") - from Halley 1
  - ggj12 ("Trapped: In the Chambers of Eternal Darkness") - from Halley 1 [WIP]
  - spjam11 ("Down Goes the Phoenix") - from Halley 1
  - ggj11 ("Planetary Plan C") - from Halley 1
  - sh09 ("Xtreme Programming - the Literal Game") - from Allegro
  - sh07 ("Fury of the Sky God") - from Allegro
  - sh05 ("Bunkermaster") - from Allegro

misc/refactor
- Use C++ modules?

platforms
- Emscripten?

plugins
- Vulkan