Roadmap

• Milestone: Smaug Revision

  2 years late (08/16/06)

  25%

  Closed tickets:

  2

  Active tickets:

  6

  Goal

  Fine tune SmaugFUSS, and get basic features in. Assure high quality product.

  Requirements

  No significant changes should be made to the SmaugFUSS base. Any feature additions should be as modularized as possible as to not cause significant changes to the base.

  • Overland base+
  • Area patch*
  • Code related to snippets (snippets and their modifications)*
  • Multiclassing
    • Compiler option for inclusion
    • Cset option for max # of classes
    • Race option for modifiers off the base # of classes.

• Milestone: Existing code port

  2 years late (08/29/06)

  Goal

  All relevant code from shadow0.1 will be either ported to the new base, or rewritten. (Anything that hasn't already been ported.)

  Requirements

  No regressions. Period.

• Milestone: Necessary Features

  2 years late (12/30/06)

  Goal

  Port existing code from relevant bases. Include all features required to make the game playable on an acceptable level. This includes base code for special classes. (To be further refined in phase 4.) Also, display standards formalized and incorporated.

  Requirements

  Game must be enjoyable and have purpose for players no matter how long they have spent on the game.

  • AFKmud port
    • Hardened against buffer overflows and other string errors.
    • Advanced Mudprog capabilities.
    • Guild banks, shops, and forges.
    • Guild ranks and roster listings.
    • Player timezone support.
    • Support for arena battles in which players may duel without consequences.
    • Dynamic online channel system.
    • Multiple interface views for score, group, practice, and skill lists.
    • Pets which also save equipment. Pack animals!
    • STEAL A LOT OF INTERFACES
  • FRIDGE port
  • Implement 'todo' file
  • Go through existing ideas posts, and bug reports
  • Race hierarchy
  • BASIC Player shops and groups

• Milestone: Balance

  No date set

  Goal

  Make the game balanced and playable. Make sure it is fun, as well as fair.

  Requirements

  Classes and races must fit requirements of their respective helpfiles and succeed in combat on a relatively equal level to their peers. This does not necessarily mean they will have ALL their abilities.

• Milestone: QA

  No date set

  Goal

  Assure highest standard of stability, and consistency before leaving beta stage. Iron out inconsistencies, annoyances.

  Requirements

  Absolutely NO crash bugs - including known special cases that can be avoided. Helpfiles for every command skill, and spell. A helpful tutorial to start the player.