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The development and refinement of content is assumed to be ongoing. So while the "Tech Tree" is listed under "completed", it is assumed that techs will be created and modified as new parts of the game are added.  Buildings, ships, species, monsters and any other content will probably be continually created, removed, and/or refined as development progresses.
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'''NOTE:''' While v.4 is incomplete, several elements from further on the roadmap have or are being implemented, at least in a rudimentary form-- most notably species, space monster and ground combat.
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===0.1===
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'''Completed'''
  
===Completed===
 
====0.1====
 
 
*Basic galaxy map  
 
*Basic galaxy map  
 
*Splash screen / save game / load game  
 
*Splash screen / save game / load game  
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*Fleet movement and capturing of planets & star systems  
 
*Fleet movement and capturing of planets & star systems  
 
   
 
   
====[[V.2_Requirements|0.2]]====
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===0.2===
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'''Completed'''
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[[V.2_Requirements|Specifications]]
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*Galaxy generation routines
 
*Galaxy generation routines
 
*Basic economy model, planet classification, resource production
 
*Basic economy model, planet classification, resource production
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*Basic Planet Specials
 
*Basic Planet Specials
  
====[[V.3_Requirements|0.3]]====
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===0.3===
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'''Essentially Complete, Content Additions Ongoing'''<br>
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[[V.3_Requirements|Specifications]]
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*Buildings model  
 
*Buildings model  
 
*Secret Projects (add projects as we add more features)  
 
*Secret Projects (add projects as we add more features)  
 
*Tech tree beginning: establish as much resources and growth tech content now as possible, adding more as necessary and possible while doing future versions.
 
*Tech tree beginning: establish as much resources and growth tech content now as possible, adding more as necessary and possible while doing future versions.
  
====[[0.4_Design_Pad|0.4]]====
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===0.4===
* Ship design system and interface
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* Basic Space combat auto-resolution
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* Stealth and detection system
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* Fuel limiting fleet movement and a resupply system
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* Planet resource-exchange range limits and blockades by ships
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* Planets populated by species with preferences for different planet types
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* Neutral / native populations on planets
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* Space monsters
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* Basic planetary invasions and ground combat
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* Basic encyclopedia interface
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* Content tweaks to improve playability
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'''Initial Design Completed, Design Detail Discussions Ongoing'''<br>
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'''Being Coded'''
  
===Under Development / Ready for Development===
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[[0.4_Design_Pad|Design Pad]]
* Macro Substitution for scripting
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* Proper Outposts
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* Revision of the Food resource
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* ...
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*Space combat model
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*Ship design model
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*Tech tree for both of the above
  
===In Concept Design===
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===0.5===
* Species-empire interactions
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** Species like or dislike empires with certain properties or behaviours
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** Species like or dislike empires due to events or actions the empire has taken that affect the species directly
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** Species opinions of empires interact with planet happiness
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* Diplomacy
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'''Initial Design Being Dicussed''' <br>
** Empires can establish states of peace, war, or alliances, which interact with resource output, production or research.
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* Detection and Stealth
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*Diplomacy model (how much, if any, of an EU2-esque diplomacy model?)
** Does the current detection - distance vs. stealth system work?
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*Diplomacy AI
** How should content be design to work with this system?
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*Tech tree update: Diplomacy
** What could work better?
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*Server remotely manageable and master server
  
===Planned for 1.0===
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===0.6===
(may be completed in any order)
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* Custom species can easily be created by players.
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*Ground combat
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*Tech tree update: Ground combat
  
* Interactive space combat
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===0.7===
  
* Ground combat
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*Espionage
** Players have minimal or no interaction with ground combat
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*Space Monsters
** Ground combat can proceed simultaneously with and during space combat
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*Random Events
** Ground troops can be dropped on planets during interactive space combat or can be ordered dropped from the galaxy-map system sidepanel GUI
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*Tech tree update: Espionage
** Ground troop victory is necessary to capture a planet from another player, or to capture populated neutral planets
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** Unhappy planets can generate "rebel" ground troops that can lead to a player losing control of a planet, possibly to other empires.
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** Species, and species opinions of empires, interacts with ground combat
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* Diplomacy
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===0.8===
** AIs play to win, and there are no "diplomacy modifiers" that directly alter AI interaction with human players or eachother.
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*** AIs do consider species preferences and their consequences
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** Empires can trade resources, techs, planets, ships, or map information by mutual agreement.
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*** Human or AIs can propose and accept trades in a suitable GUI.
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*** Trade agreements should be possible to propose, modify and accept instantly, but likely won't take effect until the subsequent turn resolution.
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** Empires can be at war or peace with other empires
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*** Peace vs. war affects blockades, and ship movement
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* Remove server management and master server
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*Governments (a SMAC-style government model has been chosen, but details remain to be discussed)
** Some sort of matchmaking system should be possible within the GUI
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*Leaders
** A master server should set up game servers for players
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*Races & Race picks
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*Tech tree updates: governments, race-specific picks
  
=== Final Polishing before 1.0===
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===0.9===
* Balancing and playtesting.
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* Grammar and spelling
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* Translations to languages other than English (the development language)
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*Game balancing, extensive playtesting. this will be an alpha release geared towards playability.
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*Translation of game content into officially supported languages. Which languages these are will depend on who volunteers to translate.
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===1.0 - Final Release===
  
===Optional for 1.0===
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*Polish. Editing everything for grammar and spelling (content) and readability (code). Final graphic, FX, and music work. Ideally, there should be no new features in v1.0. If there are, v1.0a will be released and thoroughly tested before we announce the v1.0 release.  
The following concepts are not required for v1.0, but may be added before or after v1.0 if a strong motivation for them is provided and an adequate design is established.
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All game-design proposals should world ''whether or not'' any of the following aspects are included in the game.
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The roadmap after v1.0 will involve champagne.
 
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* Espionage
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* Leaders
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* Governments
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* Random events
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* Galaxy map saving and reuse
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* Map editor or "God Mode"
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* Scripted "campaigns"
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* Strategic resources
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* "Hall of Fame" high score list
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* Galaxy-map level threats (novas & mobile space storms)
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Revision as of 17:11, 21 March 2012


NOTE: While v.4 is incomplete, several elements from further on the roadmap have or are being implemented, at least in a rudimentary form-- most notably species, space monster and ground combat.

0.1

Completed

  • Basic galaxy map
  • Splash screen / save game / load game
  • Basic planet screen
  • Automated combat resolution
  • Fleet movement and capturing of planets & star systems

0.2

Completed

Specifications

  • Galaxy generation routines
  • Basic economy model, planet classification, resource production
  • Stockpiles
  • Population growth model & population cap
  • Starlanes
  • Environmental preferences
  • Basic Planet Specials

0.3

Essentially Complete, Content Additions Ongoing

Specifications

  • Buildings model
  • Secret Projects (add projects as we add more features)
  • Tech tree beginning: establish as much resources and growth tech content now as possible, adding more as necessary and possible while doing future versions.

0.4

Initial Design Completed, Design Detail Discussions Ongoing
Being Coded

Design Pad

  • Space combat model
  • Ship design model
  • Tech tree for both of the above

0.5

Initial Design Being Dicussed

  • Diplomacy model (how much, if any, of an EU2-esque diplomacy model?)
  • Diplomacy AI
  • Tech tree update: Diplomacy
  • Server remotely manageable and master server

0.6

  • Ground combat
  • Tech tree update: Ground combat

0.7

  • Espionage
  • Space Monsters
  • Random Events
  • Tech tree update: Espionage

0.8

  • Governments (a SMAC-style government model has been chosen, but details remain to be discussed)
  • Leaders
  • Races & Race picks
  • Tech tree updates: governments, race-specific picks

0.9

  • Game balancing, extensive playtesting. this will be an alpha release geared towards playability.
  • Translation of game content into officially supported languages. Which languages these are will depend on who volunteers to translate.

1.0 - Final Release

  • Polish. Editing everything for grammar and spelling (content) and readability (code). Final graphic, FX, and music work. Ideally, there should be no new features in v1.0. If there are, v1.0a will be released and thoroughly tested before we announce the v1.0 release.

The roadmap after v1.0 will involve champagne.