Development Roadmap

Roadmap

2024

February 29

Now that gameplay is rebuilt (see this article), let’s :

– Adapt dungeons gameplay for more action :
– More verticality
– More deadly traps
– Make mazes more confusing
– Add destructible elements and mechanics using them
– Add some “fishy” AI creatures
– Make sure Earth and Water (maybe wind and dark too if enough time) Elements dungeons are fully ready for test
– Add some “precautions” against totally accidental items duplication.
– Add some new crafts related to the creatures and environments previously mentioned.

2023

November 30

– A Money that stays with you after death (equipment and bags still drop)
– “Vending” machines, an alternative to crafting your recipes.
– New beautiful rendering
– Enemies try to trick you with feints
– (might stay in-game or not) greenskins can sometimes hit each-other by accident… leading to a heated “discussion”
– Some AIs optimizations
– UE5.3.1
– Still working on the Trailer
– Enemies can be “staggered” by heavy hits
– “Boss” creatures attacks change with HP and distance
– Big 2H iron swords
– Powers to “sync” with
– Target locking system

May 1

March 6

– UE 5.1
– New fog shader
– lots of performances optimizations to target 60FPS
– Creation of a shadow casting imposters generator to improve foliage performances
– New accessibility setting : context-sensitive help
– Help displays the keys or gamepad buttons you can press to use a tool with the environment
– New custom cursor
– User can now scroll with mouse or gamepad by reaching bottom of craft list, inventory controls menu…
– Lots of bugs fixes
– Added magic cercle trap triggers, fire breathing trap, ice shard projector, dark thorn tentacle plants
– Added some chaos destructible and related gameplay mechanics
– Added some caves under and above water
– Improved damage tracing with a “net”
– Added underwater filtering machine

2022

September 30

Make a Demo | video so I can at least share real gameplay

July 31

Supposed :

– Make a solid UE5 base
– New main menu map
– Optimize loading and character spawn
– Optimize rendering to keep the stylized visuals but also allow players to hide in the shadows
– Add contaminated Elves (civilians and knights)
– Optimize resources gathering (network)
– Steam Workshop account creation
– Update assets for sell on Unreal engine Marketplace (need money 😖 )
– Optimize (network) and debug building
– Improve menus visual aspect
– Make as many meaningful visuals as possible
~~– Create some video content showing gameplay~~
~~– Crowdfunding ?~~

April 30

– Create modular Goblin village (Fences, altar, all parts of buildings)
– Get COVID-19 out of my system
– Create the SpaceBin ship interior
– Prepare the introduction video
– Polish a zone (probably Green Magic one)
– Intro cutscene on Youtube
– Double-check building system
– Port to Unreal Engine 5.0 !! (once all plugins are compatible, I was only able build some on them by myself)

February 28

2021

December 31

– Fully implement mana thunder clouds.
– Improve stars background post-process to give the best visuals at any height
– Improve day / night lighting for better gameplay experience
– Add Teleportation Node Thrower
– Improve ledge climbing, make it smoother
– Improve unarmed jump and jetpack animations, avoid frontal overlap when colliding
– Add physics to items when a player is near (to avoid unnecessary resources consumption)
– Add “telekinetic” control over items, allowing player to move / store them where they want
– Add Choice to keep sprint key pressed to sprint or toggle sprint with this key.
– Add Tallow and Rags. Rags can be recycled in rolls of fabric
– Pray for UE5.0 release
– Add Mana Mixer and staves crafting
– Add Character and base spacesuit colors customization.
– Add Character customization menu (more like “proportions” and colors) when entering a game for the first time
– Add Iron armor
– Add Torch (“building” and handheld)

October 31

Improve dodge timings
Add fire and lightning magical swords
Add Cloth production bench
Start writing some village ruins generators
Pray for UE5 again
Add Recycling Gun
Improve menus with mouse and game controller
Improve ballistics to simulate bullet “speed”
New “cartoonish” Post-process Shader
Respawn selection improvement, with anti-stuck and collision issues function.
Beautiful (Of Course ! :-p) new Fire effects
Improved animation control for non-rootmotion animations, allowing, like dodge, player to re-orient or cancel chained melee attacks.
Revamp Crafts leveling and the related UI.
Add low nutrients and H2O consequences
Add contamination consequences and vFX

August 31

Fix AI navigation issues
Improve movement and fight fluidity
New “Aim Down Sights”
Add Runic Robes
Add Runic Ink, Fabric roll
Rewrite damages types, influencing base Armor value :
– Physical part : Piercing, Blunt, Slash
– Elemental part : Fire, Ice, Wind, Earth, Light, Darkness
Rewrite anti-grav belt
Add Jetpack
Pray for unreal engine 5 quick release
Rest a bit ’cause … 👻😵