Roadmap

• Save game bug fixes
• Jump game changes
• OpenGL effects
• Shield effects + HUD live updating
• AI balance / pirate bug
• In-game menu usage vs. main menu usage

(Previous list)

• GNU gettext support
• Website comments/logins/posting (mirrors on epiar-announce)
• Nav map
• Summary screen on landing dialog (clean up landing dialog)
• Mission expansion: additional helpers, dependencies, probability of appearing
• AI expansion: make it easier to define/utilize AI classes
• Ideate on improving "the first 5 minutes": newbies should know what to do, how to do it, offering help if necessary
• OpenGL clean up: screenshot functionality, menu transition graphic, motion blur, camera shaking
• Better music & sound effects
• No poorly scaled artwork (mostly (entirely?) a landing dialog cleanup)
• Enable "mission packing" (as zip files perhaps?)
• Ubuntu maintainer
• Check server for updates (?)
• Only use ships that we have full graphics for (pretty, front/back)
• Clean up and expand player info
• HUD clean up (some elements should be larger, simpler, shield status should reflect the model you own, etc.)
• Gate/jump animation
• Hailing dialog
• Minor AI improvements (don't kill a brand new player!)

(from 0.5.0 milestone)

• Major Focus: Cleaning, Polishing, Rounding Out
• At least 45 planets
• At least 15 upgrades (8 weapons, 4 defense, 3 special)
• Epiar & Editor tutorials
• Check server for updates
• Binary packages should have installation programs
• Mission system (scriptable using Lua)
• UI cleanup, general polish

• GNU gettext support with translations into at least English and German, if possible Spanish as well and any other language with volunteers
• Clean up?
• Any needed refactoring?
• Major bug hunting?
• Things we haven't thought of yet?

• All major systems, components must be implemented by 0.8.0 in order for adequate testing and expansion by 1.0
• Beginnings of Alliance AI, working Economy

• Gearing up for release 1.0
• Alliances should be able to conquer each other. Full support for reputations.
• Balanced gameplay.

• Original game vision completed, stable & well-documented/supported

• Ability to check for updates online and automatically apply patches, ala Firefox.
• Planet bars will be chat rooms, connected online via epiar.net
• Players can log in with free epiar.net accounts and see each other, battle, and generally play in the same online universe
• Graphics and sound should begin to be of commercial quality. We should really push hard to find good designers and artists if we haven't found them already.