Roadmap

Last Updated: Sep 18, 2021

Key

⚪ Planned 🔵 Research 🟢 Active Work 🟠 Complete

• 1. Phases
  • 1.1. Alpha
  • 1.2. Beta
  • 1.3. Release
• 2. Future Releases
  • 2.1. Alpha 10 Signal Refactor
  • 2.2. Alpha 11 Full UI System Rewrite/Refactor
  • 2.3. Alpha 12 Level System Refactor
• 3. Alpha Features
  • 3.1. Scriptable Object Event System
  • 3.2. Core Generics
  • 3.3. UI
  • 3.4. State Management
  • 3.5. Editor
  • 3.6. Detection
  • 3.7. Serialization
• 4. Beta Features
  • At Least 80% Test Coverage
  • 4.1. Integrations
• 5. Release Features
  • 5.1. Demos

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1. Phases

1.1. Alpha

v0.0.0-alpha.x.x

The alpha phase will focus on getting features into the package.

1.2. Beta

v0.x.x

The beta phase will focus on getting full test coverage of features, fully documenting all scripts, and writing the manual.

1.3. Release

vx.x.x-alpha.x vx.x.x-beta.x vx.x.x

The release versions will focus on creating examples including a full game—a simple platformer or the like—that shows off the package's features.

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2. Future Releases

2.1. Alpha 10 Signal Refactor

🟢 Refactor signals to use an interface and base class.

Refactor code so that signals can be made more generic. (if that's even possible with scriptable objects) ISignal interface.

🟢 More public API features on signals.

⚪ Manual section for signals.

I plan to include examples from my projects where I've used signals to decouple and simplify various systems. It's nice to make a UI and not have to worry about what code is reading the text from an input field; InputFieldSignalMan awwwwaaaayyyyyy 🐱‍🏍.

2.2. Alpha 11 Full UI System Rewrite/Refactor

⚪ Second pass on Menu State Machine and Menu Pages

This will require a second pass on and test coverage of the state machine in Core.

⚪ VR compatible main menu template.

⚪ Popover Message Box

⚪ Worldspace Message Box

⚪ Message Box Sequencer

⚪ Rect Size Fitter

2.3. Alpha 12 Level System Refactor

⚪ More fully featured loading screen.

Making it more than just a black screen.

⚪ More public API features.

The level loader will have a static event that sends the current progress of the load.

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3. Alpha Features

In order of priority.

3.1. Scriptable Object Event System

🟢 Signals

A scriptable object based event system.

3.2. Core Generics

⚪ Factories

I frequently find myself needing to create objects from code by loading resources or creating scriptable object assets. Having a generic factory class would be an enormous help.

⚪ Commands

⚪ State Machine

🔵 Singleton MonoBehaviour

I'm sick of writing these over and over, so I'm going to make one that actually works correctly as a monobehaviour.

DontDestroyOnLoad inspector toggle.

Destroys all other game objects, keeping the one with the highest instanceID—the most recently created I think—in the hierarch root.

And some other stuff...

3.3. UI

⚪ UI Grid Layout Group

⚪ Flex UI Size Fitter

Basically dead simple flex box for normal Unity UI.

3.4. State Management

🔵 Application State Machine

This will control the game's play/pause state as well as keeping track of what should happen when the is in a menu vs. when it is in the normal game.

⚪ Menu State Machine

⚪ Level Management

3.5. Editor

⚪ Hierarchy Dividers

Customizable dividers that describe what should be underneath themselves.

⚪ For Every Collider a Gizmo

3.6. Detection

⚪ Trigger Volumes

⚪ Camera Sensors

⚪ Actor Sensors

3.7. Serialization

🔵 Save System

A system to create save files using Odin Serializer.

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4. Beta Features

At Least 80% Test Coverage

⚪ Core

⚪ Signals

⚪ UI

⚪ State

⚪ Editor

⚪ Detection

⚪ Serialization

4.1. Integrations

⚪ DOTween (HOTween v2) integration.

⚪ Odin Inspector integration.

⚪ Modular Imports.

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5. Release Features

5.1. Demos

⚪ For Every Feature a Demo Scene

⚪ Complete Example Game

⚪ Released Free on the Asset Store & itch.io

⚪ Do Magic

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